Days of Reckoning

Have you ever listened to the talking heads on Sunday morning TV? Do you ever listen or read the blogs or papers of Liberal Depressives? The extent of moral relativism is so pervasive it makes you want to hurl. I mean literally vomit. For some erstwhile kool-aid drinker to equate this Detroit, MI bombing attempt with Richard Lewis of the UK and his bombing attempt is not only contemptible, it is downright asinine.



Put down the kool-aid and slowly back away. Did you ever go to Sunday school? I mean it seriously. Did you or do you have any children? Are you of the school that two wrongs make a right? Wake up, put on a pair of big boy pants, and let's discuss the pros and cons of our current war on terror. Is the home land security czar doing a good job? Does the Obama administration take the war on terrorism seriously? These are questions adults should be asking themselves and each other.



When the leader of the free world says things, whether we agree with them or not, it matters. People listen from all over the planet. So when the President says we no longer have enemy combatants, and acts of terrorism will now be referred to as "man made disasters", people think the problem must not be that serious. We only have a legal dilemma to contend with. A simple law enforcement issue. This Nigerian would be bomber is not committing an act of war, he is simply breaking the law. He is not an enemy combatant, he is a suspect and entitled to the fullest protection of any American citizen under our constitution.



If this is your position, then let it be pronounced. Let it come to the fore and let us enter into the arena of ideas. Let us determine if indeed this is how we wish to proceed with these type of incidents. To say that because this has happened before and people were tried in our courts successfully so ergo that is precedent, is ignoring the unprecedented nature of the very act itself. This is not a criminal issue. This is not a law enforcement dilemma. These are overt acts of war on the free world.



Let us not fall into some lazy dogmatic political discourse of my side over yours. Let us discuss the relevant issues of our day intelligently and with passion. Avoid the temptation to use worn platitudes that have no relevance to what is actually going on here today. We need to have discourse on these issues and come to a consensus. The Liberal Depressives have forever been on the side of capitulation, compromise, and concession. It is supposed to pass for deliberate, contemplative, balanced, logic. It is not. I contend that it is weakness pure and simple. Do not confuse their lack of courage for confronting directly the hard issues of our day with some sort of measured response. It is neither measured nor a response. It is merely capitulation because that is the easy road.



The days of an uninformed electorate are over. We no longer are plebiscites who rely on the network news to stay informed. We have access to the latest and unvarnished news as it occurs. We are not to be condescended to from on high. Yes there are still many among us who have not chosen to engage yet, but they are fewer by the very minute. We understand all of the great philosophers of history, the great political scientists of history, the great economists of history and we will not be dissuaded from what we know to be true. Save your platitudes for the great unwashed, for they are not listening anyway. The ones who are listening know the difference between theory and process.



I know most pundits today will not forecast the 2010 elections in November. I will make this prediction here and now for you to hold me to in the coming months. The body politic in this country is about to change like it has not in 200 hundred years. We are mad as hell and we are not going to take it anymore. There is a reckoning coming. Those of us who read and listen and learn are anxiously awaiting the moment when we enter the poll booth to utterly annihilate your paradigm. The guillotine for you will be the awakening of the American Patriot and his blade will be his vote.