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The REAL issue with the media and public opinion.
Take the Iraq war. Today we have over 120,000 troops on the ground, with more to follow. Hundreds, thousands of military vehicle convoys move around the country DAILY. Only a tiny percentage of these are attacked in any given day, which means that at the very least 98% of the daily efforts of the convoys run without incident. What about all of these missions, all of these success, all of the progress that is truly being made? Where do you hear about this? Only from the soldiers who have been there, who are there now, and who are actually involved in accomplishing this mission. How does the media majority, including newspapers and televised newscasts, paint the American Soldier? They focus on comments of incompetents like John Kerry who insinuate that our enlisted men and women are dumb, or only joined because it was the only way to climb out of destitute poverty. Or they constantly remind us of Abu Ghraib, where a handful out of all of those working at the facility were convicted of mistreating the detainees. These were disciplined by the military court system (successful justice, it's a good thing) and draw the immature and baseless conclusion that all of our military personell participated in this behavior, or would if they had the chance. The say the men and women fighting for the success of a free Iraq governed by it's own people are rapists and murderers. The insult to humanity and the American spirit is that uninformed people believe this. Nevermind the incredibly far-reaching implications of pulling out before victory in Iraq, which the Democrats and more liberal-leaning Republicans in the House of Representatives really want to do, just without saying those words. We have a constant barrage of negativity issuing from talking heads whose goal in life is to undermine, to push their personal eutopian ideals, and to silence their opposition. Our enemies quote our politicians, using their words to build support within their own extremist ranks. And yet these same liberal voices in our government would likely never sacrifice self for country voluntarily- something any soldier who enlists in any branch of the military pledges to do, and hundreds of thousands have done over the history of our great nation. They are too caught up in rhetoric to take action. We all know the overwhelming majority would not be eligible for military service at this point in their life, that's not the point. It's the attitude - not wanting to risk their comfort, their power in order to stand up for what is right and good. On the other hand, one thing that can never be said about President Bush is that he hasn't stood up for his own beliefs consistently and firmly, regardless of what would happen to his perceived prestige as a result.
On to global warming. So many people believe this farce without question that even here few Oregonians are fighting the governor's tactics when a scientist whose analysis has led him to speak out against the theory of global warming is relieved of his title of State Climatologist on the basis that his opinion does not fit with State policy. Though I am not intimately familiar with conditions during the Stalin-led communist Soviet Union, this sounds like something that would have happened during those dark days. And uninformed people agree with Kulongoski's actions. But on closer examination at the actual data quoted by the global warming fanatics, or more truthfully the total lack of hard evidence supporting the claims, this theory falls apart. Even better, simply consider the tactics used by those pushing this agenda and stripping you of your freedom to chose how you want to live. If nothing else, we should be extremely suspicious when we are dealing with this "scientific consensus." Consensus? Millions and millions of people all over the planet believe that the Earth was created by a higher being, regardless of how they name the being or power. Does that make creation fact? Not if you ask the anti-Christian left. And yet, if we follow the logic behind their own arguments in support of human-caused global warming it does. Which is fine with me, since I happen to believe a Creation actually occurred. But in all seriousness, consensus does not and can not replace scientific fact and analysis. All the while anyone disagreeing with the mainstream opinion of human cause is being stifled at every turn, we have a former Vice President with no scientific degree pushing a blatantly propagandic film all over the country and on over into Europe, and who has even trained an entourage to be official representatives in his stead. (Great, more people who want to be like Al Gore.) To summarize: Hawaii may have seen 50 degree temperatures this year, snow may fall for the first time in 63 years in Kathmandu, tens of thousands of people across the United States can be without power due to extreme cold weather conditions and record snowfall, screenings of "An Inconvenient Truth" can be cancelled for the same reasons, but if you're truly intelligent you had better leave the SUV in the driveway (or sell it) and break out those snowshoes to hit the natural foods market, because we're causing the Global meltdown that will... kill... us... all
As this insanity unfolds, and the Party in Power dismantles our freedom beginning with the Military charged with protecting it, I would ask only one thing of anyone reading this: Wherever a debate is ongoing, whenever a decision is made, consider the end implications of the action. I guarantee that you will find the vast majority (if not all) of the actions taken by the liberal Democrats will in the end accomplish two things - strip you of your freedom, and increase the size of the Federal government. Then think about how long you want this to continue, how much you want to pay in taxes, and how little you want to be able to choose for yourself.
