Let’s start
with the new unemployment figures. According
to the paper this morning our gubmint (this
is my new expression for our government) is
excited that fewer Americans filed for
unemployment last month. They say this is a
positive sign of the end of the recession.
On the other hand there is a larger number
of unemployed Americans still out on
unemployment. Let’s see, if everyone stopped
filing for unemployment benefits because
they were already receiving benefits,
wouldn’t it be logical to assume that at
some point in time we would run out of new
applicants (decline) and have a larger base
of persons collecting? Of course I do not
have a PHD or work for the gubmint, so what
I say probably has no basis.
Have we gone crazy over trying to be
politically correct or what? Let’s see we
don’t have garbage collectors any
longer….they are sanitation engineers.
Homeless dumpster divers are now called
...consumable asset recovery personnel.
Ladies of the night are referred to as
...nocturnal entertainment workers and
terrorists are just plain old …criminals.
In our collective efforts not to offend
anyone, we have offended all of us. Using
the current gubmint analogy, Adolph Hitler
would have been awarded Miranda rights and
allowed to have legal representation
(tax-payer funded) for any trial he might
have to sustain. The little corporal would
be treated the same as any other common New
York mugger or purse snatcher regardless of
the extent of his crimes against humanity.
In my opinion we owe those tried at
Nuremburg an apology. Did we ever screw that
up…perhaps the current administration will
want to go back and revisit those barbarous
days and issue some form of reparation to
the families of those executed Nazi’s. While
we’re at it ….we can look at those so called
‘witches’ in Salem. I’d bet their civil
rights were violated at well and probably
none of them were given the opportunity of
legal counsel. Shame on us. What were we
thinking?
No, we have decided that we’d rather be dead
than offend anyone’s personal beliefs. So,
instead of looking at the profiles of those
at war with this country, we’ll probably
continue to search children and wheelchair
bound grannies at the airport. Would not be
prudent to question single men of Middle
Eastern descent who have invalid visas, pay
in cash, no luggage and who buy one way
tickets. No, stopping someone for these
kinds of issues would show we are a biased
country and have suspicions about others in
the world around us.
So, we stick our heads in the sand and
refuse to acknowledge the fact that this
nation of ours is at war. Not in the
conventional sense of men and machines on a
battlefield, but a war nevertheless. Our way
of life, our freedoms and our beliefs are at
war with a group of extremist terrorists
(the PC police will probably come after me
for saying this) who want to destroy us.
These people do not wear uniforms but are
enemy soldiers just the same as those we
have fought in wars of the past. To treat
these people as mere opportunistic criminals
is an insult to any American and especially
to those who have been killed, injured or
directly affected by the actions of these
people. Come to think about it…it’s also an
insult to opportunistic criminals.
Why we, the American taxpayer, should be
paying for the legal representation of an
enemy combatant or giving American civil
rights to a foreigner is beyond my
comprehension. Does the ACLU think if we go
to a foreign country that we are awarded the
same rights as a citizen of that nation..of
course not. Our civil rights were fought and
won at the cost of blood and tears of fine
men and women of this nation. To denigrate
these rights in the interest of being
politically correct is an insult those to
men and women.
Think about this while you are standing in
line for four hours waiting to board a
flight that might take you two hours travel
time…..are you really concerned over
offending someone who is trying to kill you
and the other passengers on your airplane…or
do you want to make a clear and positive
statement that tells them they are not
welcome inside of our country and take their
thoughts and philosophies somewhere else in
the world? To do so requires a sea change of
thought and cessation of molly coddling our
enemies …even at the risk of offending them.
As Rhett said…”Frankly, my dear…I don’t give
a damn…”
As Americans, we need to grow up and act
like Americans …not pretend any longer.
Let’s call it what it is….a war and then get
on with what we need to do.
Comments go to pperry@austin.rr.com
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