Lies Leading to War and Political Correctness in the USA

I am revving up to get back into the regular habit of posting rants on the RWZ blog. I apologize to anyone who may read this for 'spiritual' reasons or for a daily conservative rant. Football season (and a hectic work schedule) have taken up an inordinate amount of my time for the last few months. However, I am back and fired up for more editorializing!

I will be brief, but two things have struck me (of late) as so preposterous and hypocritical that I just cannot resist commenting.

The first is obvious...how "Bush lied, manipulated intelligence, and got us into a quagmire in Iraq." If you watch "mainstream media" or are a liberal, you are all over this topic. BUT, if you are free-thinking, conservative, get your "news" from a variety of sources, or are intellectually honest (remember, I am big on that), you cannot POSSIBLY rationalize the statements and double talk of the liberals in this country. I specifically site Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, Charles Rangel, and all of the rest of the Democrats who seem to want to blame the Bush administration for "lying" about intel to get us into war. I mean, they all made previous public statements which are contrary to what they are saying now. I will grant you one thing...politicians lie. That seems to be in the job description. BUT, anyone who can somehow look past what these nut cases are doing is just fooling himself. If you read this blog, you know I am conservative and for the war. I have mentioned numerous reasons why I am for it and I will not change my mind. War is hell, perhaps, but appeasement is Hell with earthly suffering added to it. If you are "anti-war" that is fine. If you wish to dissent, fine. But please do so with some factual basis to what you believe, what you think your beliefs would accomplish in the real world of terror and war that we are living in (believe it or not, like it or not), and do not fall back on the 'who knew what, when they knew it, etc., etc.' argument. The claims by the Democrats in Congress are so off the wall, they really are not worth listening to, or commenting on. But, they get 'news play' and they get repeated, in hopes that they will change sentiment in America against the war...but more importantly against Bush. Be brave and think this over for yourself. And before you comment, think about what it would be like if this all escalated into a "real" war that was happening in the streets of Europe, or, God forbid, in the streets of the USA. Who would you blame for lying then? Would you wish we had kept fighting in Iraq? Would you be ready (and willing) to fight for and defend yourself? Be intellectually honest; how would you feel? We have not known war in this country. The last true war on our soil was the Civil War. Could you fight that way? Are you lying?

Next, I have to comment on the Glenn Beck show from today. He was discussing one of my favorite atheists, Michael Newdow. Glenn basically got into a rant about how people like Mike raise such a fuss about how the government forces things like God on them and how it is unfair, and on and on. Glenn commented on how PC this country is and suggested that everyone sue for what they feel offended by, just like Mike. This is funny, but what I took away was this. We hear politicians talk all day long (for sound bites) about our "democracy". As I have mentioned before, we do NOT live in a democracy, but rather a representative, constitutional republic. Anyway, my point is, in our current framework, or even better yet, in a democracy, a complete fool like Michael Newdow (who is wasting taxpayers' money...yes you, the "working man") would never even get his 'day in court'. In a democracy, he'd never get a chance to complain, let alone file a lawsuit. It would be tough luck that the majority (and the majority of Americans do claim to be Christian) would rule.
My real question is...why are we so PC? What the hell difference does it make if it says "In God We Trust" on our money? (That is what ol' Mike is suing about now.) Is anyone really going to quit spending money (or quit accepting it as payment) because of that? Seriously, I doubt it!

We the People need to get a grip, for the politicians, the news media, and the Michael Newdow's of this country and start being realistic again. (When I was a kid, my parents referred to this as "acting your age".) If you disagree with the war, fine; but be willing to take up arms and fight if your dissent leads to something worse in the streets of your neighborhood. If you want to not be offended, that is fine too; however, stop offending others in the process. And when the majority wins out, deal with it! (Or as Glenn commented this morning, "quit being a victim and rise above it.") And as an American, exercise your right to vote and hold your elected officials accountable. Everyone claims to want 'the money out of politics'. If so, then let's get people back in...the electorate...and demand that this nonsense stop. Let us be strong and forward thinking, and let us be survivors, whether our politics mesh or not. Intellectual honesty goes a long way.

Thanks for reading. Future rants will include: Taxes and a 'Required reading' segment to go along with the topic; why I don't care what Jennifer Aniston has to say about anything; the San Francisco gun ban and why everyone (conservative and liberal alike) had better wake up and be intellectually honest in defending the Second Amendment; why I think all Washington politicians (Democrats and Republicans) must go; and perhaps even a rant about why I think global warming is such a non-issue.