Kerry, Yrrek, and principles

Principle- A basic or essential quality or element determining intrinsic nature or characteristic behavior.

“Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.” -Winston Churchill

And some change their principles with the wind or the polls.
John Kerry said this, to the Council on Foreign Relations, when he wanted the votes of Republicans and Democrats:

Vietnam, still?

America once fought itself on the battlefield.
We won.
But not without much hardship, sacrifice, and loss of life.

Dissent is not the highest form of patriotism.
Thomas Jefferson never said it was.
But perhaps if it is repeated enough, the masses will believe, as John Kerry said, that “… Thomas Jefferson himself said: "Dissent is the greatest form of patriotism."

Not even from a high school student in a casino?

In “1984,” by George Orwell, Winston Smith has just been put in prison. One of his cellmates is Ampleforth, a poet. Winston asks him,

“What are you in for?”
“To tell you the truth-“ He sat down awkwardly on the bench opposite Winston. “There is only one offense, is there not?” he asked.
“And have you committed it?”
“Apparently I have.”

Islam forbids Aggressive Violence? II

Their articles left more questions than they answered. Their choice of verse certainly did not make Islam seem non-aggressive. There have been letters to the editor, and posts on this blog page asking someone to clarify.
So far, no one has.

Leave her alone! She’s a girl !

Ok, so I actually read the book…
This is how “Godless,” by Ann Coulter, starts:
“They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator…”
and this is how it ends:
“By their fruits ye shall know them.”

The poll Bush cares about

was taken the first Tuesday in November, 2004.
He won.

During a recent White House press conference, Tony Snow was asked how President Bush felt about polls:

“…the President understands what the polls are, but he also understands what his obligations are as Commander-in-Chief. And if the polling data is contrary to the national security interests, guess what -- national security interests win, period.

BUSH LIED!

Finally, he actually lied.
Well, not really. The man does not lie.
But the journalists did think he was at Camp David.
He was actually visiting that soon-to-be-independent country, Iraq, and their newly completed government.
The trip was planned a month ago.
But my goodness, how many times have we heard that phrase- Bush lied?
Constantly, the MiSinforMation police, the Pop Media, the egolosophers, say those words.

Islam forbids aggressive violence?

Can't they see why we would be a bit afraid? A bit suspicious?
An article in the Sunday Augusta Chronicle began with this statement:
Islam forbids aggressive violence. "Do not kill the life/soul that God has made sacred except for just cause" (Quran, 17:33). Would any of us ever know that by watching TV news? Or reading the paper?

The Dixie Chicks do make use of their freedom of speech

But don’t we all?
Natalie Maines and Buddy Holly were born in Lubbock. Lubbock has a statue of Buddy Holly in the center of town. Lubbock loves Buddy Holly.
But the Chicks call Lubbock, Texas, a hypocritical little town and a fool's paradise that hates Buddy Holly.

Towns don’t make statues of people they hate.
States don’t vote for people that shame them.
In 1998 Bush won re-election as Governor of Texas with nearly 69% of the vote. He was the first Texas governor to be elected for two consecutive four-year terms.

40 years in the jungle…

the war’s over, Mr. Campos. Your side won.
At least you didn’t say, “…but I support the troops.”
Not our troops anyway.
Paul Campos, a law professor, had an article in the Chronicle Thursday. He is still trying to connect Iraq with Viet Nam.

One brave President believed…

He signed a bill that included this radical language:

the word `marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word `spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.'.

Now, not even the President believes…

The lies, the changed stories, the politics, the manipulation of the media, the total disregard for the truth…
Not even the President of Duke University seems to believe anymore. He recently re-instated the lacrosse team, saying this:

And it’s all about religion, religion, religion

Christianity once had a violent, radical, faction (The Inquisition, the Children’s Crusade, burning at the stake…) but Christianity cleaned its houses.
It is now, truly, a religion of peace, and has been for hundreds of years.
50 years ago, radical Islam posed a threat to no one, except less radical Muslims. Now it poses a threat to the world (bombings, beheadings…), even peace loving, war hating, Canada.
50 years from now?

Actually, this war is moral, too

Because these few words:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Are fighting these many words (anyone not Muslim is an idolator):
"...Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them."

Actually, it is a legal war… 77 Yea-23 Nay

Congress can do one, and only one, honest action - vote.
All other is just rhetoric.
This is what they voted for on October 11, 2002, at 12:50 AM:

H.J.RES.114 for the 107th Congress- Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq