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May 13, 2008

Liberal IQ

After a six-week convalescence, I began driving again and learned how much the price of gasoline has increased.  I love it!  Despite a 120 mile round-trip daily work commute, I get excited when the price of gas goes up because I hold out hope that it will lead to a corresponding rise in the IQ of liberal Americans. 

Logic dictates that if liberals must pay out their noses for gas, they will make an effort to learn why it costs what it does.  With that realization, they will then take steps to help lower the price.  Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear to be working because they still recite their ignorant litany of reasons for the high gas prices:  Bush, Cheney, Big Oil, Halliburton, space aliens, etc. 

There is one cause for high gas prices and one cause alone—supply and demand.  And there is only one solution to high gas prices—America must drill and refine its own oil.  Period.  If liberals could just understand those two basic truths, their IQs would increase dramatically and we would be well on the way to lower gas prices and energy independence. 

But their IQs are not rising and so they prevent us from drilling for oil in Alaska, the Dakotas, Montana, off the continental shelves, and in the Gulf of Mexico—areas that could provide us with all the oil we need well into the future.  Instead, they sit back and line the pockets of the OPEC nations while complaining about our dependency on Arab oil and the price of gasoline in the United States. 

I’m not sure of the amount, but there is a gasoline price tag out there high enough to cause a considerable uptick in the IQ of liberals.  We may be on course to learning just what that is.

Copyrighted © 2008 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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04/17/08 Recycled Lies
02/07/08 Terminator
01/27/08 Mr. President
11/18/07 Wish List
03/08/07 Web of Lies
11/19/06 Black Hearts
10/22/06 Axis of Evil
07/30/06 Kill the Jews
02/12/06 Death of Islam
10/30/05 Elephant in the Room
10/23/05 Snobs and Elitists
08/23/05 Media Insurgency
03/25/05 Terminal Divorce
03/23/05 Passion Play
11/03/04 Angels Among Us
09/13/04 Hanoi John
07/27/04 Gutter Politics
07/14/04 A Paradox
07/04/04 Promises
06/01/04 The Worst Generation
05/03/04 The Fallen
03/07/04 Friends
02/07/04 Bad News for America
10/07/03 Coloring the News
09/24/03 $87 Billion Lie
07/18/03 Simple Minds
04/25/03 Name Game
03/27/03 An Angel in the Whirlwind Revisited
03/23/03 Taking It to the Streets
03/04/03 True Colors
02/22/03 Promote Peace, Not War
12/22/02 Racists
09/11/02 The Sandbox
08/09/02 Suckers & Bloodsuckers
04/06/02 The Awakening
02/20/02 Free Speech and the Gallows
02/08/02 The Enemy Within
12/23/01 Cave Dwellers
10/21/01 The Lost Children of Islam
05/25/01 Secret Agent Man
03/03/01 Democrats vs The People
01/27/01 An Angel in the Whirlwind
01/18/01 The Long Goodbye
12/22/00 A Christmas Tale
12/03/00 Son of Clinton
11/13/00 Banana Republic
10/20/00 The Ayes Have It
09/17/00 The Late Great Society
09/01/00 The Wheel Has Turned
08/20/00 Stupid People
08/13/00 Coldhearted and Cruel
08/06/00 The Measure of a Man
08/01/00 GOP Abortion
06/01/00 Cowards, Wimps and Weaklings
05/14/00 Common Sense Gun Control
04/23/00 Paradise Lost
04/12/00 The Gore Tax
04/08/00 Authentic Americans
03/03/00 Papal Penance
03/31/00 The Crying Game
03/12/00 The Usual Suspects
02/29/00 A Republican Crisis of Faith
02/19/00 A Dog at School
02/09/00 Slick Mickey
02/03/00 Lower Taxes and Higher IQs
01/29/00 Liberal Morality

 

April 15, 2008

Recycled Lies

The recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI has allowed the political left and the mainstream news media to recycle one of their favorite lies: pedophile priests in the Catholic Church.  As they did when the church scandal first broke, the left and the media continue to avoid the truth when reporting this issue. 

Pedophilia was never a problem in the Catholic Church.  That was just the term applied to it by those who could not admit the real issue to themselves or to the public.  The real problem was homosexual priests recruiting teenage boys.  Had the problem been pedophilia, young girls would have been paraded out as victims, but that wasn’t the case.  The victims were all boys in their mid to late teenage years. 

Many will not admit that fact because they see nothing wrong with homosexuality.  Ironically, they insist that homosexual scout leaders be allowed unbridled access to America’s youth, and they are quick to chastise anyone who takes steps to prevent that access.  Also, they lie to us and to themselves by reporting that homosexual men do not recruit young, impressionable teenagers.  The fact is they do recruit, and what transpired with the homosexual priests is proof of that fact. 

The real scandal in the Catholic Church was that church leaders turned a blind eye to the number of homosexual men infiltrating the priesthood.  It was these homosexual men who then made overtures to the impressionable teenage boys under their charge.  Fortunately, the church has now revamped its screening process for prospective priests and has weeded out many who should not have been ordained. 

But the political left and the news media will continue to push the pedophilia lie because they hate the Catholic Church and they don’t want to offend their friends in the homosexual community.

Copyrighted © 2008 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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February 7, 2008

Terminator

Remember the movie Terminator?  It tells the story of a time in the future when machines rise up and attempt to destroy the very humanity that created them.  Then after decades of war, and on the eve of losing the war, the machines find a way to send one of their own—a terminator—back into the past to kill the person responsible for leading the humans to victory over them.  A good story line, but it doesn’t have anything to do with reality.  Or does it? 

Here in the reality of the present day, we see the story line of Terminator taking shape and playing out in the political landscape right before our very eyes.  The political machine in the Republican Party has risen up, and it is systematically attempting to destroy the very thing that formed and created the modern-day Republican Party—conservatism.  Its weapon is a liberal terminator in the form of John McCain who, like the movie terminator, appears unstoppable using conventional weapons.  

Now he is even attempting to reach back into the past and destroy the founder of the modern-day Republican Party—Ronald Reagan.  By attempting to link himself with Reagan and claiming that they have identical values and beliefs, he hopes to undermine the philosophical underpinnings of conservatism.  But it won’t work.

In the movie, the terminator is himself terminated, and in the real world, the same fate awaits John McCain.  Come November, he will be relegated to the ash heap of history where he belongs.  Then, after his defeat in November and four years of socialist drift brought to us by incompetent Democrat leadership, a new, revitalized—and conservative—Republican Party will emerge to once again claim its rightful place as the true protector of individual freedom.

Copyrighted © 2008 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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January 27, 2008

Mr. President

He’s bright.  He’s articulate.  He’s attractive.  He’s experienced.  And he’s extremely qualified.  He’s the worst nightmare of Democrats and the news media.  He’s Mitt Romney.  And both the Democrats and the media know he will be the next president of the United States if he gets the Republican Party’s nomination.  Therefore, through lies and obfuscation, they will do whatever is necessary to prevent his nomination. 

That won’t be easy for them because of Romney’s resume.  He was an incredibly successful businessman and he was also a competent and successful governor.  Therefore, he brings to the office a broad understanding of business and government, something this country desperately needs. 

The dirty little secret is that both the Democrats and the news media know that there are only three candidates qualified to become the chief executive of the United States (i.e. Romney, Huckabee, and Guiliani), and Romney is the most qualified of the three.  The Democrat stable of candidates is completely devoid of any executive experience or qualification, and the Democrats and media know this.  That is why they are desperately trying to push McCain as the Republican nominee who is as deeply flawed and unqualified as the Democrat candidates. 

But besides being unqualified, John McCain is not a real Republican, and he will not get the nomination no matter how much the media tries to force him down our throats.  But that doesn’t mean they will give up.  They will try to boost McCain by destroying Romney, and they will call Romney every name in the book to try and damage him.  But regardless of the names they call him, there is one name they will eventually have to utter when speaking of Mitt Romney next January, and that name is Mr. President. 

Copyrighted © 2008 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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November 18, 2007

Wish List

Christmas is approaching, and it’s time to compose that wish list to send to Santa.  So what will al-Qaeda ask for this year?  I think it’s obvious: 1) America’s surrender in Iraq; 2) the pulling of American troops out of Iraq; and 3) freedom for al-Qaeda to plan attacks on the American homeland without interference from the American military and intelligence services.   

And what will Democrats ask Santa for this year?  Again, it’s fairly obvious: 1) America’s surrender in Iraq; 2) the pulling of American troops out of Iraq; and 3) freedom for al-Qaeda to plan attacks on the American homeland without interference from the American military and intelligence services.  It’s getting harder and harder to draw distinctions between the philosophies of al-Qaeda and the Democrats.  

Unfortunately, if the Democrats get their wish, it won’t be coal that America gets in its Christmas stocking this year; it will more likely be a severed head or a roadside bomb.  But don’t be frightened or disheartened because Democrats won’t get their wish.  Despite the fact they have abandoned our fighting youth by refusing to provide the military with the financial support it needs; our troops are being victorious and have almost driven al-Qaeda completely out of Iraq. 

Now we must take action to complete the victory by endeavoring to drive the Democrats completely out of Washington.  But let’s face it.  We will never truly be rid of Islamic religious extremists as we will never truly be rid of Democrat political extremists.  All we can do is keep our collective foot on their throats and never give them room to breathe.

Copyrighted © 2007 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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March 8, 2007

Web of Lies

It began as a series of individual lies told by Joseph Wilson about the president, vice-president, and Iraq .  It then became a symphony of lies that recruited even more liars: Joe Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame; Tim Russert from Meet the Press; Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald; and almost the entire American news media.  In the end, the only one who really appeared to tell the truth was Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Mr. Cheney’s chief-of-staff, and ironically, he was the one convicted of lying.  

As a part of a witch hunt, the gang of liars set their sights on Mr. Libby because he had had the audacity to expose the lies of Joseph Wilson, a beloved figure to the American Left.  They set upon him with all the lies they could muster, and they found sympathetic accomplice in the form of a special prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald.   

It’s hard to imagine anyone being a bigger liar than Joe Wilson, but Fitzgerald gave him a run for his money.  Fitzgerald lied to the public prior to the Libby trial, lied to the jury during the trial, and continued lying after the trial.  Of course, the media perpetuated his lies and those of Joseph Wilson, and it continues to do so today.  And let’s not forget the judge in the trial.  He permitted the lies and used his position to block the introduction of truth into his courtroom.  

As I said before, Mr. Libby is the only one in this whole travesty who appeared to tell the truth, and unfortunately, he is the one going to jail.  If this isn’t a wake-up call to conservatives and Republicans of the need to stand up against the tyranny of left-wing ideology and the dishonesty that permeates the news media and the Democrat Party, I don’t know what is.

Copyrighted © 2007 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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November 19, 2006

Black Hearts

I went on vacation immediately after the mid-term election, and I was wearing my “Lynn Swann for Governor” hat.  Although the election is over, I like the hat and continue to wear it.  

When someone unfamiliar with our governor’s race asked if the candidate had won, I told him that Pennsylvania is a Democrat state, and unfortunately, white Democrats don’t vote for blacks.  He looked aghast at my claim and pointed out that there are elected black politicians.  In response, I offered a further explanation.

Of the few elected black officials out there, they tend to come from smaller electoral regions where the population of blacks is greater, such as congressional districts like Harlem.  In these smaller regions, black Democrats in combination with white and black Republicans can overcome the vote of white Democrats.  

The problem arises when you increase the electoral region to the size of a state that diminishes the overall concentration of blacks.  As a result, you see more black members in the U.S. House of Representatives than you do in the U.S. Senate, of which there is currently one and only because of an odd situation where no white candidate was running.  

Michael Steele in Maryland—one of the most impressive candidates this season—almost became the second black senator; however, he ran into the white Democrat wall as did Lynn Swann in Pennsylvania and Ken Blackwell in Ohio.  Instead, Maryland elected a white Democrat senator who, like Bob Casey Jr. in Pennsylvania, has trouble putting together two coherent sentences.

In the pro-life movement, it is often said that the real challenge is to change the hearts of the abortion advocates.  Perhaps, in the effort to elect more black candidates, work must be done to change the hearts of white Democrats, if they even have hearts.

Copyrighted © 2006 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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October 22, 2006

Axis of Evil

Is it possible to be a Democrat and still be an American?  Likewise, is it possible to be a member of the major news media and remain an American?  Years ago such questions would have been deemed outrageous, but today they are legitimate questions in light of the behavior of both the Democrat Party and the American news media.

Shortly after the attacks of 9/11, President Bush defined the Axis of Evil that included North Korea , Iran , and Iraq .  But now I think we need to update the definition.  Today I’d define the Axis of Evil as al-Qaeda, the American news media, and the Democrat Party—each axis member committed to the total defeat of America at any cost, and each member working independently to help the other two.

With the approach of the mid-term elections, al-Qaeda has stepped up its attacks in Iraq to dishearten the American people and help elect Democrats.  The news media have misreported the war on terror (and everything else) to elect Democrats and aid al-Qaeda.  Democrats have pledged to cut and run in Iraq to regain their own political power and secure a victory for al-Qaeda.  It’s a scenario in which all three Axis members emerge victorious and America suffers a brutal defeat.  And it all hinges on the belief that America no longer has the stomach to defend America .  

So does America have the stomach to defend America?  I guess we’ll learn the answer to that on Election Day.  Al-Qaeda, the Democrats, and the news media are all betting that it doesn’t.  I’m betting that it does.  On which side do you fall?  Your vote on November 7th will provide that answer.

Copyrighted © 2006 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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July 30, 2006

Kill the Jews

They speak with one voice, and their message comes through loud and clear:  Kill the Jews!  No, I’m not talking about Hezbollah and Hamas.  I’m talking about the United Nations, the mainstream news media, and liberals in general.  

On June 7, 1981, Israel saved the world when it destroyed Iraq’s nuclear plants and disrupted the Iraqi nuclear weapons program.  An ungrateful world’s reaction was predictable:  Kill the Jews!  Now Israel finds itself in another situation where it must again step forward and attempt to save the world.  Once again, the reaction of an ungrateful world is predictable:  Kill the Jews!  

Fortunately, Israel knows how to deal with the anti-Semitic hatred and attacks coming from of the likes of the U.N. and the liberal news media.  And it does so with rockets and an overwhelming military force aimed at the perpetrators of world discord and terror, the diabolical Hezbollah and its enablers, Iran and Syria .  

In end, Israel may again save the world.  And while it is saving the world, we will be forced to endure an unrelenting chorus of “Kill the Jews” sung by an ungrateful world and led by the U.N. and the liberal news media.  

People often wonder why I so detest the United Nations, mainstream news media, and liberal ideology.  The answer is clear.  It’s their message:  Kill the Jews!

Copyrighted © 2006 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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February 12, 2006

Death of Islam

As I watch Muslims commit murder and violently demonstrate in the streets over what they view as the humiliation of Islam through the publication of cartoons depicting Mohammed, I am struck by the dichotomy with another religion.  

537 years before Mohammed was even born, another religious leader was held up in ridicule by means of one of the most humiliating methods of that time—crucifixion.  But instead of resorting to murder and violence, his followers turned the tables and did something that totally baffled and eventually disarmed their opponents.  They embraced the symbol of humiliation and turned it into the peaceful symbol of their religion.  And from that day forward, the cross became the symbol of Christianity. 

Islam would do well to take a lesson from Christianity, but it won’t.  It can’t.  Unfortunately, Islam is stuck in the 12th century.  It inherently believes that it can prevail through violence, murder, and intimidation, but that path will inevitably lead to its own destruction.  Civilized society of the 21st century has been as tolerant as can be expected despite the beheadings, bombings, and uncivilized prodding of militant Muslims and the silent approval of the rest of Islam; however, even a civilized society will reach its breaking point.  And when it does, watch out. 

The 12th century seems dead set on having an ultimate battle with the 21st century with all the death and destruction it can muster.  And when this Super Bowl of civilization takes place, the smart money is on the 21st century.  What we may be witnessing here is the death of Islam.  And unfortunately for Muslims, they appear to be the ones promoting their own demise. 

Copyrighted © 2006 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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October 30, 2005

Elephant in the Room

The indictments have been issued in the CIA leak investigation, and it appears that Lewis “Scooter” Libby, has been accused of having lied about not having committed a crime that wasn’t committed and wasn’t a crime. 

Got that?  No?  Well then let me repeat it.  Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald has accused Mr. Libby of having lied about not having committed a crime that wasn’t committed and wasn’t a crime. 

If you’re having trouble following that pretzel logic, congratulations, you’re a sane, rational human being living outside of the Capitol beltway.  Only in Washington do they think in such terms. 

One of the most disturbing things about Mr. Fitzgerald’s investigation is that it took him two years to come up with such convoluted charges.  In reality, the investigation should have lasted no more than five minutes because that’s how long it takes to learn that Valerie Plame, CIA employee and wife of Joseph Wilson, was not a covert agent and hadn’t been a covert agent for more than five years.  Therefore, according to the law, it was legal to tell anyone her name and where she worked.  That’s the elephant in the room that Mr. Fitzgerald and the press have been trying to ignore. 

Instead of ending his investigation when he first bumped into the elephant, Mr. Fitzgerald dragged it along for two years until he could manufacture a crime.  And even in that, he failed miserably.  But what would you expect?  He’s a government lawyer, and by definition, he’s not the cream of the crop. 

As such, Mr. Libby should have little trouble proving his innocence.  After all, there’s still that elephant in the room.  You can’t miss it.  It’s sitting next the other elephant, the one that exposes Joseph Wilson’s lies that were the impetus for this whole fiasco.

Copyrighted © 2005 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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October 23, 2005

Snobs and Elitists

President Bush summed it up very well when he commented on the “chatter” circulating about Harriet Myers, his nominee for the Supreme Court.  I have to agree.  There is a lot of chatter out there—ignorant, hysterical, elitist chatter—and much of it centers on the allegation that Ms. Myers lacks the intellectual capacity to interpret the Constitution.  

The Constitution with its preamble and amendments consists of approximately 8,000 words.  Contrary to popular belief, interpreting an 8,000-word document is not that difficult.  It’s definitely not brain surgery, and it doesn’t require an intellectual elitist to figure out what it means.  After all, it was written by common men, most of whom were farmers. 

In fact, it has been the intellectual elitists on the Supreme Court that have bastardized the Constitution over the years.  The intellectual elitists were the ones that gave us the Roe v. Wade Decision where they said the Constitution endorses the killing of unborn children.  The intellectual elitists were the ones that gave us the Dred Scott Decision where they said the Constitution endorses slavery.  And most recently, the intellectual elitists were the ones that gave us the Kelo v. New London, Connecticut Decision where they said the Constitution endorses the unbridled taking of private property in order to increase the wealth of government. 

I’m pretty sick of the intellectual elitists on the Supreme Court, and I’d welcome someone who doesn’t ascribe to their arrogant and foolish elitism.  Someone with a humble, down-to-earth understanding of life and the Constitution would be a welcome change.  I don’t know if Harriet Myers fits that bill or if she is that type of person, but she may well be.  It’s possible we could find out very soon unless the intellectual snobs have their way.   

Copyrighted © 2005 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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August 23, 2005

Media Insurgency

It began as a war against President Bush, but it has morphed into a full-fledged war against America.  Not only must we contend with foreign terrorists, now we must contend with an American media insurgency aiding and abetting them. 

Why the American media would throw-in with terrorists is beyond understanding.  Why suicide reporters would completely destroy their credibility in order to jeopardize our lives and injure our nation is mind-boggling. 

Americans take a risk every time they open a newspaper or turn on a television news program because it is unknown when a media insurgent will attack their patriotism, intelligence, and sensibilities.  Suicide reporters don’t care how unpatriotic or how stupid they appear as long as they can wreak havoc on America’s goals of security and success. 

Their assault on America doesn’t stop at national defense either; they also seek our economic ruin.  They whip up discontent over the price of gasoline while spreading lies and misconceptions that prevent the drilling and refining of our own oil.  And on a personal economic level, they lie about the state of social security and try to make everyone believe that it is solvent and doesn’t need reformed.  After all, a poor and desperate population is easier to convince that America is evil and deserves to be defeated. 

Call me naïve, but I don’t believe the American media insurgency will prevail.  It may have the full support of the Democrat Party, but I truly believe that both are doomed to failure.  America’s greatness will ultimately prevail, and the foreign terrorists along with the America media and the Democrat Party will be defeated.  The demise of the Democrat Party is already at hand. The fall of the American media and the terrorists is only a matter of time.

Copyrighted © 2005 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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March 25, 2005

Terminal Divorce

It’s the hottest trend in American society and jurisprudence, and it’s a real boon to those championing male machismo.   The only thing missing is a catchy name to make everyone rush out and try it.  How about this one, “terminal divorce”?  Okay, so it’s not so catchy, but at least it’s descriptive.  If you don’t like that one, try one of these: “lethal divorce,” “physician-assisted divorce,” or maybe even “divorcenasia.” 

If you’re a married man—and you must be a man—who wants to get in on this latest trend, all you have to do is kill your wife, preferably by starvation and dehydration.  There is no paper work to complete.  No licenses to purchase.  And definitely no living wills or advanced directives required.  All that’s necessary is that you claim your wife wants it this way.  

No one will question what you say and do.  But even if someone does, the American courts will stick up for you and grant you carte blanche to do whatever you want.  You get to keep the house, cars, and all the money, and then you can go hang out with Michael Schiavo and all the liberal elites.  Even the women’s movement will consider you a hero.  And here’s the best part.  If your wife happens to be pregnant at the time, you gain bonus points with the American Left—two for the price of one! 

So go ahead and pull the plug.  And if there is no plug, no problem!  Just lock her in the closet and stop feeding her.  It will be a “blissful” experience for her, and she’ll probably thank you for it.    

Leave it to America to come up with new and innovative ways to get out of responsibility.  Is this a great country or what?

Copyrighted © 2005 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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March 23, 2005

Passion Play

It is being referred to as a modern day crucifixion, a poignant and applicable description.  The reference is even more relevant because it is being played out during Passion Week.  Of course, I’m referring to the execution of Terri Schiavo. 

It is a passion play with all the markings of another infamous execution.  There is the betrayer, Michael Schiavo, conspiring and arranging the murder out of hate, greed, or selfishness.  There are the tormented family members and friends of the victim, watching in horror from the sidelines, pleading for mercy while their friend, their sister, their helpless innocent child is brutalized and murdered.  

There is the judiciary sitting in judgment and condoning the execution while sanctimoniously washing its hands for all to see.  And there is the American Left, demanding her death while crying out in their blood lust, “Her blood be on us and on our children!”  Lastly, there is the left-wing media, lying and giving false testimony about the victim in order to seal her fate.  

The torture is unconscionable, the execution an abomination.  It only demonstrates that we are no more civilized or compassionate than we were in 33 A.D.  Terri Schiavo is being killed because she is disabled and helpless.  She is being killed because a tyrannical liberal judiciary will not uphold the basic tenets of life.  She is being killed because the disabled, the innocent, and the helpless are considered disposable in our society. 

If Terri Schiavo were a convicted murderer, a terrorist, an endangered animal, or even a tree, the judiciary and the American Left would not tolerate her execution.  But she is an innocent human being, unable to defend herself, and that fact dooms her.  Like a lamb led to the slaughter, she opens not her mouth.  What a powerful Easter message!  Too bad no one is listening.

Copyrighted © 2005 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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November 3, 2004

Angels Among Us

On the day before the election, I expressed my greatest fear: Iranians, Palestinians, Iraqi insurgents, and al Qaeda terrorists dancing in the streets at the news of George W. Bush’s defeat.  They did it after the 9/11 attacks, and I knew they would do it again because a defeat of the president would have been a defeat of America. 

It could be compared to Mogadishu.  For those who get their history from Hollywood, Mogadishu, Somalia, was highlighted in the film Black Hawk Down.  It is where Islamic fundamentalists—trained and financed by Osama bin Laden—killed eighteen U.S. soldiers in 1993.  The reaction by the Clinton administration was to immediately cut and run, and that caused Osama bin Laden to conclude that we are weak and vulnerable.  The lethal result was September 11, 2001. 

Had America’s enemies run George W. Bush out of office, they would have again concluded that we are weak and vulnerable, and the result could have been much worse than 9/11.  Fortunately, Osama bin Laden underestimated the grit and resolve of the American people just as he underestimated the grit and resolve of our president.  

Like it or not, George W. Bush symbolizes America’s strength to the world, and our vote on November 2nd confirmed that strength to our enemies and our allies.  As a result, we will be safer over the next four years.  Any other outcome would have proved disastrous. 

In his inaugural address after the tumultuous 2000 election, President Bush referenced a letter written to Thomas Jefferson by Virginia statesman John Page after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  In his letter, Page asked the question: “Do you not think an Angel rides in the Whirlwind and directs this Storm?” 

It’s comforting to know the Angel still rides with us. 

Copyrighted © 2004 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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September 13, 2004

Hanoi John

The more things change, the more they stay the same.  How true, especially when talking about John Kerry. 

John Kerry likes to boast of his time spent in Vietnam, but other Vietnam veterans have now exposed the truth of his unsavory Vietnam antics.  But that’s not the most troubling aspect of Kerry’s past.  The real problem lies in what he did upon his return from Vietnam. 

Always the self-promoter, Kerry sought to propel himself into the political limelight using unabashed anti-Americanism as the vehicle to get there.  It didn’t matter that the lives of Americans and South Vietnamese were at stake.  All that mattered—and all that still matters—was the political ascendancy of John Kerry.  

John Kerry colluded with enemies of the United States to help orchestrate our loss in the Vietnam War.  He openly admits going to Paris in 1970 to meet with a delegation of the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong who used him as a pawn to undermine our war effort at home. (“Useful idiots” is how the Communists referred to the likes of John Kerry.) 

As a result of Kerry’s actions and the actions of others like Jane Fonda, the United States lost the war in Vietnam, and Kerry was awarded an honorary spot on the wall of the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City.  His picture still hangs there today as a testament to Americans who helped the Vietnamese Communists defeat the United States. 

Now Kerry is engaged in the same kind of demoralizing activity with regard to Iraq and the whole war on terrorism.  Not much has changed since his post-Vietnam days.  The anti-American words and tactics are the same; only the time and place are different.  

Like I said, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Copyrighted © 2004 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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July 27, 2004

Gutter Politics

Have you ever met an alcoholic?  No, not the guy lying in the gutter with an empty bottle of Ripple.  He’s not an alcoholic.  If you don’t believe me, just ask him. 

It’s the guy down the street, the one with the nice wife and kids.  He’s the alcoholic, and he’ll openly admit it.  He hasn’t had a drink in years, but he’ll assure you that he’s an alcoholic. 

There’s one thing all admitted alcoholics have in common.  They all had to hit rock bottom before they were able to pull themselves out of the gutter.  Afterward, they must  totally abstain from alcohol because one drink could send them right back to the gutter. 

In a sense, we’re all recovering alcoholics.  We hit bottom with the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.  Then, amid our surprise, disbelief, and despair, we resolved to pull ourselves out of the gutter and take committed action to see that it never happens again.  Inspired by the steely determination of George W. Bush, we fixed our gaze on success and victory.  We knew what had to be done, and we were willing to do it.   We would never forget 9/11. 

Well, we have forgotten—at least some have—and the news media and the Democrat Party are to blame.  With the 9/11 images hidden, we are told  that 9/11 really didn’t happened or that it could never happen again.  We’re offered the cup of complacency, liberalism, and cowardice, and too many are quick to take the drink that leads straight back to the gutter. 

We are now faced with a choice.  Will we remain vigilant with President Bush and take the fight to those who seek to destroy us, or will we join John Kerry in the gutter, drunk on our own indecision and complacency? 

Copyrighted © 2004 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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July 14, 2004

A Paradox

I know a very well respected man—a family man—who walks around town wearing a John Kerry for President button.  I guess it’s what you’d describe as a paradox.   

Claiming to be a Roman Catholic, he sends his children to the Church to learn that it is immoral to kill a child in its mother’s womb, and yet he supports John Kerry who protects and promotes abortion. 

He is concerned about his retirement investments and his college tuition savings, and yet he supports John Kerry who promises to take more of those investments away through higher taxes on capital gains and dividends. 

He complains that the public schools cannot educate his children and that private and parochial school tuition is too high, and yet he supports John Kerry who refuses to reform public education and will not support school vouchers that would enable him to use his tax money to send his children to the best schools, public or private. 

He wants a strong, independent country, and yet he supports John Kerry who promises to subordinate our national interests and defense to the veto of the United Nations. 

He wants the country and his neighborhood safe from terrorist attacks, and yet he supports John Kerry who will stop the overseas war against terrorism and hope that the terrorists decide not to return and again attack us in our own streets. 

He wants us to be energy independent, and yet he supports John Kerry who is against tapping energy sources in our own country. 

He wants his children brought up in a society with strong moral foundations, and yet he supports John Kerry who promotes raising homosexual cohabitation to the same acceptable level as marriage and family. 

Like I said, it’s a paradox.  Or is it just plain stupidity?

Copyrighted © 2004 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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July 4, 2004

Promises

Promises, promises, and more promises.  All politicians make them.  Surprisingly, some even keep them.  George W. Bush kept his campaign promises—especially the one about lowering taxes—and that totally confounded his critics.  After all, following through on promises just doesn’t happened in Washington D.C.  But what about John Kerry and his campaign promises? 

Kerry has openly promised to raise the dividend tax from 15% to 35%.  He has promised to raise the capital gain tax from 15% to 20%.  And he has promised to raise the death tax.  What’s up with that?  Has he decided to run on a platform of “Vote for me so I can take away more of your money?” 

And it doesn’t stop there.  Remember last year’s tax rebate check and the larger tax refund you received this year?  Kerry proudly promises to take that away.  He wants to reinstate the marriage penalty and raise the tax rates.  He also wants to decrease the amount of the child deduction.  (Evidently, he doesn’t think you need any more money to raise your children.)  He also promises to raise taxes on small businesses from 35% to 40%, and he supports the double and triple taxation of investments and savings.  

So are we to believe him?  If elected, will Kerry keep his campaign promises like President Bush did?  I think it’s fair to assume that any Democrat promising to raise taxes has every intention of following through on that commitment.  Democrats have a track record of raising taxes even when promising to lower them.  So why wouldn’t a Democrat raise taxes when he promises to raise them?  It’s a no-brainer.   

Speaking of no-brainer, I recall another Democrat presidential candidate who also promised to raise taxes.  His name was Walter Mondale, and we know what happened to him.

Copyrighted © 2004 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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June 1, 2004

The Worst Generation

They’re called the Greatest Generation, a title well deserved.  They were honorable, determined, courageous, and patriotic.  On Memorial Day, I heard one of them disdain the title and instead apply it to the very first American generation, so I guess you can add another descriptive accolade to the WWII generation: humility. 

But what about the Worst Generation—my own generation—often referred to as the Vietnam Generation?  Over the years, the worst of the Worst Generation have gravitated to the Democrat Party and the entertainment and news media, and they have come to represent the most vocal critics of the current war on terrorism.  Perhaps it’s because they view everything through the prism of Vietnam. 

They cry out for more troops in Iraq while at the same time demand a politically correct war in which our actions must be governed by the UN.  They don’t want us to be too aggressive, and don’t even think about offending anyone or embarrassing captured terrorists.  In other words, they want Iraq to be fought just like Vietnam. 

They also lack perspective and common sense.  The Greatest Generation knew that the Japanese, Germans, and Italians represented a single threat.  The Worst Generation refuses to draw a similar conclusion when faced with worldwide Islamic terrorism.  The Greatest Generation knew that the troops fighting in the Pacific and European Theaters were fighting the same war.  The Worst Generation is unable to make that connection in Afghanistan and Iraq. 

Fortunately, President Bush is the antidote to the Worst Generation.  A throwback to the Greatest Generation, he exhibits the same grit, honor, courage, and patriotism that brought us victory in WWII.  He will not succumb to the lunacy of the Worst Generation, and he definitely will not allow us to succumb to the threats of our enemy. 

Copyrighted © 2004 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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May 3, 2004

The Fallen

The only good soldier is a dead soldier.  That could be the mantra of the news media and the Democrat Party.  If you have any doubts, you only had to watch Ted Koppel’s Nightline the other night where he spent the entire program reading the names of American soldiers killed in Iraq.  Strangely absent were the names of soldiers killed in Afghanistan because highlighting those deaths would not further the defeat of George W. Bush. 

The defeat of Bush can only be accomplished through the defeat of America in its war on terrorism.  And to defeat our war on terrorism, you need lots of dead American soldiers.  Live American soldiers represent victory, and victory is not something Democrats and the liberal news media will tolerate.  Live soldiers are only to be criticized and portrayed as villains.  After all, it was John Kerry who referred to his own “band of brothers” in Vietnam as baby killers, rapists, and murderers. 

No, it’s dead soldiers you need, and lots of them.  Therefore, expect to see a body count for every single soldier lost in the line of duty—but only those lost in Iraq.  Also, expect to see their names and faces spread across all the major newspapers and on ABC, which rightfully has earned its new name as the Anti-American Broadcasting Corporation.  Defeat of America must be achieved at all costs, and to the American Left, dead American soldiers are simply acceptable collateral damage in achieving that defeat.  Nothing more.  Nothing less. 

If the war on Bush is successful and John Kerry is elected president, it may then be necessary for Ted Koppel to host a program displaying the names and faces of every American citizen because, at that point, we all become fallen soldiers in the war on terrorism. 

Copyrighted © 2004 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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March 7, 2004

Friends

Based on the rhetoric spewed out during the Democrat presidential primary, we know that George W. Bush is public enemy #1 in John Kerry’s eyes.  We also know that worldwide terrorism (personified by Osama bin Laden) is public enemy #1 in George W. Bush’s eyes.  And those two differences make me hearken back to a Middle Eastern saying I heard during the first Gulf War:  The enemy of my enemy is my friend.  

Recently, Democrats have become hysterical over the observation that both John Kerry and Osama bin Laden have similar interests in the United States presidential race.  It is not arguable that if Osama bin Laden and all the other terrorists were able to vote, they would vote against George W. Bush.  After all, he is the one trying to hunt them down and kill them.  The enemy of my enemy is my friend

I don’t blame the Democrat rank-and-file for being upset with these comparisons, but the truth is inescapable.  Worldwide terrorism wants George W. Bush out of office because he is the only one opposing it.  John Kerry and the Democrat leadership are not willing to oppose terrorism, and the terrorists know it.  The enemy of my enemy is my friend

As for the Democrat rank-and-file, they need to start honestly appraising what their party stands for today instead of reminiscing about what it stood for fifty, sixty, or seventy years ago.  Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “The Sting of a Reproach is the Truth of it.”  The truth about the shared interests of John Kerry and Osama bin Laden regarding George W. Bush may sting, but it is something the Democrats need to hear, recognize, and accept.  They also need to choose better candidates and better friends.  The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Copyrighted © 2004 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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February 7, 2004

Bad News for America

 

I’d first like to state that I definitely know the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden.  But before I reveal that information, I would like to make a brief comment about the Democrat presidential campaign. 

Howard Dean started it.  John Kerry continues it.  And John Edwards and Wesley Clark echo it.  So what’s the message the Democrat candidates are proclaiming with such zeal and vigor?  It is hatred—pure, unabashed hatred—and that is not good news for America. 

It seems that Democrats hate everything.  They hate large and small businesses.  They hate the rich and the poor.  They hate the car you drive and the food you eat.  You name it; they hate it.  But mostly they hate George W. Bush, and that hatred spills over to a hatred of America and a good majority of the American people.   

When you have abject hatred of the commander-in-chief, you can’t help but hate the actions of the armed services and the individuals who serve there.  When you despise the president of the United States, you can help but despise the country and people he leads and protects.  Every action you take to harm or injure the president brings harm and injury to the country as a whole and the people who populate it.   

Al Qaeda and the other terrorist organizations around the world know that, and they share the Democrat hatred of President Bush and America.  That was one of the reasons for the 9/11 attacks.  Fortunately, the national Democrat Party disdains God.  If you were to throw religious fervor into the mix, you might find Democrat activists strapping on explosives before they waltz into Starbucks for their morning lattés.    

So where is Osama bin Laden hiding?  It’s quite obvious.  He’s hiding in the blackened hate-filled soul of the Democrat Party.

Copyrighted © 2004 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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October 7, 2003

Coloring the News

Rush Limbaugh stated on ESPN that the sports media are desirous of seeing a black quarterback succeed.  The reaction was not immediate, but a firestorm  eventually ensued.  In response, the sports media revealed how desirous they are of seeing a white sports commentator (i.e. Limbaugh) fail, and they demonstrated how their desires and biases really do color their reporting.  Could it be that Rush was right? 

Mitch Olszak—the editor of my local newspaper—doesn’t think so, and he said as much in his 10/6/2003 editorial.  Not only did he disagree with Rush’s observation, he jumped on the racial bandwagon and followed the other media lemmings right off the cliff.  So what are Limbaugh’s views about race? 

Rush espouses the conservative view that regards all races as equally competent in achieving success through hard work.  The levels of success are dependent only on the talents and motivations of the individuals.  The key is hard work and achievement, not the color of their skin. 

Liberals, on the other hand, espouse the philosophy that minorities are incompetent or incapable of achieving success without the assistance of whites (i.e. white liberals).  It is the philosophy from which all affirmative action programs spring.  Minorities must be coddled every step of the way by caring, understanding whites.  What could be more racist than that? 

Olszak’s hostility toward Rush Limbaugh’s conservative view of race betrays his own liberal leanings.  It would be easy for me to call for Olszak’s head for the racial insinuations in his editorial or to rally forces demanding his resignation or firing, but that would make me no better than the intolerant liberal media.  

Instead, I’ll use Olszak’s own words and point out that freedom of speech gives him the "fundamental right to express his opinions," but he can't expect people to pay to read them.  

Copyrighted © 2003 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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September 24, 2003

$87 Billion Lie

It’s a lie.  There’s no other way to describe it.  Not only that, it’s the eighty-seven billion dollar lie.  That’s the amount President Bush is requesting for military support and the rebuilding of Iraq—but that’s not the lie.  The lie is what Democrats and the news media are saying about it. 

Democrat politicians, especially the presidential contenders, in concert with the news media are trying to whip up hysteria among the public to turn them against the president and his efforts to defeat terrorism and protect our homeland.  In doing so, they are making the claim that Americans are outraged at the amount of money Mr. Bush wants to spend on the war and the efforts in Iraq.  They claim that Americans—that’s us by the way—are demanding a better accounting of how this money will be spent. 

No we aren’t.  We know that this money is going to be spent no matter what.  We also know that the money will never be returned to us if it is not spent on Iraq.  The Democrats definitely will see to that.  Democrat aversion to returning any of our tax money assures that we will never see a dime of that $87 billion.  Instead, it will be poured down some black hole of social spending or used to buy votes.  It will never be returned to the American people through tax reductions or tax refunds. 

So if this money is not going to be given back to us, it might as well be spent to protect and defend us.  After all, that’s the number one responsibility of the federal government, the one that’s enumerated in the Constitution.  And if it can keep us safe and prevent terrorists from flying more planes into our buildings, it will be money well spent.

 Copyrighted © 2003 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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  July 18, 2003

Simple Minds   

Have you ever tried to argue with a stupid person?  I mean a really stupid person.  It can be incredibly frustrating.  First you discover that the person lacks the intellect to rationally process information.  Then you are left in stunned amazement at his shallowness of thought.   

That’s the dilemma facing President Bush daily when must deal with the news media.  Let’s face it; members of the news media aren’t very bright.  No matter what Mr. Bush tells them, they cannot comprehend it.  Unfortunately, they then turn around and report as “news” their misconceptions of what he said. 

A good example of this is the media hype over a statement in the State of the Union Address about Saddam Hussein and African uranium.  The exact quote from the speech is this:  "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."  The British are standing by their intelligence report.  So despite what the news media are saying, the statement made by the president in his speech was true then and is true now.  So what’s so hard to understand? 

Why do the news media have problems understanding simple concepts?  Perhaps it’s because they’ve always lacked such understanding.  I remember these people from my schooldays.  They were the ones who couldn’t grasp what was being taught, the ones who couldn’t master long division.  To hide their failures and inadequacies, they set about disrupting the classroom—that is until we chased them off the schoolyard.  Now they’ve returned as adults and journalists.  And to hide their current intellectual failings, they’ve set about disrupting the nation much as they did the classroom. 

In days past, we simply would have chased them off the schoolyard and been rid of them.  If only it were that easy now. 

Copyrighted © 2003 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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April 25, 2003

The Name Game 

What’s in a name?  Take for instance the name Conner, a common name for boys these days.  It happens to be the name of my godson, although he spells it differently.  But it’s not my godson I want to talk about.  Instead, I want to talk about another boy, one named Conner Peterson.  You know him as the son of Laci Peterson, the woman whose body recently washed ashore in San Francisco Bay along with the body of Conner. 

In order to seek the death penalty against Conner’s father, Scott Peterson, the prosecution is charging Scott not only with the murder of his wife, Laci, but also with the murder of Conner.  This is unusual in as much as Conner was an unborn child.  He was still in his mother’s womb when the murders were committed.  What is even more unusual is that he has a name, and amazingly, his name is being repeating in the news reports. 

Pro-abortion groups are frantic over the fact that Scott Peterson might be charged with the murder of an unborn child.  They fear that this will hurt their agenda and undermine their goal of desensitizing people to the horrors of abortion.  But it’s not the criminal charges they should fear.  It’s something much more powerful yet quite subtle, and it has the potential to change the hearts and minds of people, the one thing that will eventually doom the abortion industry. 

What has done more to awaken the sensitivity of people in this case is the simple act of naming Conner.  A child has a name; a fetus does not.  You can abort a fetus, but what do you do to a child?  In this case, they’re calling it murder.  We in the pro-life movement have been calling it that for years.

Copyrighted © 2003 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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March 27, 2003

An Angel in the Whirlwind Revisited

Blame it on my Catholic education or my upbringing in general, but I really have an aversion to war.  As a result, I was shocked and awed at how easily I found myself arguing for military action in Iraq if Saddam Hussein wouldn’t disarm.  Despite my discomfort at accepting the need for military conflict, I felt I had no choice.  I tried to be quiet and not express an opinion on the issue, but that didn’t last long.  When push came to shove, I had to take a stand one way or another, and I came down decidedly on the side of military action.  Why is that?  

One thing is certain, it had a lot to do with those I saw advancing the argument against the war.  As I started paying attention and observing exactly who it was that was advocating appeasement of Saddam in order to avoid war, I came to the realization that I knew these people.  I knew them all too well.  Experience had taught me that a majority of them were all notorious sinners who had no real moral substance. 

How could someone like Ted Kennedy, who condones and promotes the slaughter of innocent children in abortion, tell me that it is wrong to use lethal force to dislodge a murderer and tyrant like Saddam Hussein?  How could an unethical liar such as Bill Clinton tell me that a war in Iraq would be unjust and violate codes of decency?  How could Madonna, the queen of perversion, lecture me on the morality of war?  How could I not severely question anything these people say or do, and how could I ever align myself with them?  Well, I couldn’t align with them.  As much as I disliked war, I knew that they couldn’t be right. 

Then the war started, and I received confirmation that my decision had been the correct one.  This wasn’t the war of a cowboy set on taking over the world or stealing Iraqi oil or avenging his father.  This is a man who is very concerned about the Iraqi people, and who is taking great steps to ensure civilian safety while he dislodges a tyrant who threatens them and the world.  This is a man who is amassing large amounts of food, water, and medicine to feed and treat the people in the Iraqi cities as he liberates them.  This is a man who is showing far more humanitarian concern for the people of Iraq than their own leader who oppresses them, murders them, and uses them as human shields to protect his troops. 

In his inaugural address back in 2001, the president referenced a letter written to Thomas Jefferson by Virginia statesman John Page after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  In his letter, Page asked the question: “Do you not think an Angel rides in the Whirlwind and directs this Storm?”  As I watch the war in Iraq proceed with amazing fury yet see the great care that is taken to protect the innocents from harm, I think back to Page’s question and the obvious answer.  Yes, an Angel does ride in the Whirlwind, and his name is George W. Bush. 

Copyrighted © 2003 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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March 23, 2003

Taking It to the Streets

Remember Dolly, the first cloned sheep?  They say she died a few weeks ago, but it appears she left behind a multitude of descendents.  You only had to cast a glance at the streets of some American cities over the past few weeks for confirmation because many of them were filled with cloned sheep attending war rallies.  Yes, I mean exactly that—‘war rallies.’ 

Prior to onset of hostilities in Iraq, the organizers of these rallies tried to disguise them as a peace rallies, but it was all a charade.  The protests and rallies had nothing to do with promoting peace and every to do with ensuring war.  President Bush made it very clear that in the Iraq phase of the war on terrorism there were only two things could have avoided war and ensured peace: 1) the voluntary total disarmament by Saddam Hussein; or 2) the voluntary abdication and self-exile by Hussein followed by the total disarmament by the new Iraqi government.  These were the peaceful alternatives to war; but, unfortunately, the sheep in the streets were too lost in their anti-American rhetoric to promote the way of peace. 

By means of their vicious verbal attacks on America and its citizens, these sheep and others like them empowered and emboldened Saddam Hussein to continue his repressive regime.  They invited him to create the weapons he would have eventually used to kill the very sheep who supported him through their rallies.  The Soviet Union had a term for people like those attending such rallies.  They called them ‘useful idiots,’ and I can’t think of a more appropriate description. 

Be they useful idiots or cloned sheep—call them what you may—they were directly responsible for causing the war in which we are engaged.  Saddam Hussein intently watched their anti-American protests in our streets, and it bolstered his belief that he could win the public relations battle and neuter the United States and the rest of the world.  But one thing he did not count on—the resolve of George W. Bush.  And now he has to contend with the resolve of the American people represented by the force of the American military. 

And what of the protestors who paraded around our streets before the war?  Well, they’re still there, displaying for the entire world their total lack of intellect and understanding.  Before the war they were merely useful idiots and cloned sheep whose misguided actions promoted war instead of peace.  Now they are much more pathetic and dangerous because now they assist the enemy and jeopardize the lives of American servicemen and women.  Now they seek to undermine our national pride and weaken our resolve.  Now they threaten our national security.  Now they represent all that is truly anti-American.

Copyrighted © 2003 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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March 4, 2003

True Colors

It doesn’t happen all that often, but once again, an individual of minority status is poised to assume a position of power in the judicial branch of the federal government.  This has the racist elements in our society energized and determined to do everything in their power to put this guy in his place.  And that place is nowhere in the hierarchy of our court system. 

This “guy” happens to be Miguel Estrada, an extremely qualified jurist who has been nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.  The “racist elements” opposed to him happen to the Democratic senators of the U.S. Senate.  Oh, I should mention that Mr. Estrada is Hispanic. 

In the Democratic worldview, minorities are fine to have around to do the menial things—like vote for Democrats—but heaven forbid they advance to any positions of power.  In the unlikely circumstance that a minority member of society should aspire to such a high position, he must be opposed and defeated by whatever means are necessary, even if it means upending the Constitution of the United States. 

That’s what the Democrats are engaged in now, defeating a Hispanic at all costs.  It’s no different than their reaction when Clarence Thomas was nominated to the Supreme Court.  Another black man on the Supreme Court?  Preposterous!  Now the refrain is: A Hispanic on the U.S. Court of Appeals?  Preposterous!  Allow one in, and we’ll be overrun with them! 

But just as their vile racist attempts failed with Clarence Thomas, so will they fail with Miguel Estrada.  And the whole fiasco will only serve to once again expose the under-reported but quite prevalent racist tendencies of the Democratic Party.  When it comes to the judiciary, they just can’t help revealing their true colors.  And as is always the case with the Democratic Party, those colors include whites only.

Copyrighted © 2003 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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February 22, 2003

 

Promote Peace, Not War

Remember Dolly, the first cloned sheep?  They say she died a few weeks ago, but it appears she left behind a multitude of descendents.  You only have to cast a glance at the streets of some American cities these days for confirmation because many of them are filled with cloned sheep attending war rallies.  Yes, I do mean ‘war rallies.’

The organizers of these rallies try to disguise them as a peace rallies, but it’s all a charade.  They have nothing to do with promoting peace and every to do with ensuring war.  In the Iraq phase of the war on terrorism there are only two things that will avoid war and ensure peace: 1) voluntary total disarmament by Saddam Hussein; or 2) voluntary abdication and self-exile by Hussein followed by total disarmament by the new Iraqi government.  These are the peaceful alternatives to war; but, unfortunately, the sheep in the streets are too lost in their anti-American rhetoric to promote the way of peace. 

By means of their vicious verbal attacks on America and its citizens, these sheep and others like them empower and embolden Saddam Hussein to continue his repressive regime.  They invite him to create the weapons he will eventually use to kill the very sheep who support him now.  The Soviet Union had a term for people like those attending the war rallies today.  They called them ‘useful idiots,’ and I can’t think of a more appropriate term.   

Whether they are useful idiots or cloned sheep, the protesters are doing everything in their power to promote and ensure war.  Saddam is watching.  And as long as he sees anti-American protests in our streets, he will continue on his sinister path until there is left no alternative but war.   

My advice to the protesters?   Promote peace, not war.  

Copyrighted © 2003 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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December 22, 2002

 

Racists

In response to all the frenzy, hysteria, and outright lies told about racism by Democrats and the media during the Trent Lott fiasco, there are a few things need to be said.

If you support affirmative action, you’re a racist.  Affirmative action is simply discrimination where preference is given to one person over another based solely on skin color.  Give preference to blacks with no regard to ability, and you kill the incentive in them to become real achievers, thereby making them less of a threat.

If you support abortion, you’re a racist.  Blacks have been the targets of the abortion industry with very successful results.  More black children fall prey to abortion than white children, resulting in an effective black population control mechanism.

If you oppose school vouchers, you’re a racist.  Black parents clamor for school vouchers to educate their children and ransom them from the shackles of failed intercity public schools, but the goal is to keep them black and stupid so they’ll vote the way they are told.

If you support public housing, you’re a racist.  Blacks are crammed into dilapidated housing projects with no incentive to improve their lot.  Keep them not only black and stupid, but put them someplace where you can keep an eye on them and find them when you want them to vote for you.

If you oppose welfare reform, you’re a racist.  Irresponsibly heaping more welfare benefits on blacks with no incentive or requirement to work keeps them dependent on government handouts that ensure their meager existence, and it keeps them equally dependent on politicians who promise them more welfare.

If you support the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, you’re a racist.  Both men are poverty pimps who make their fortunes on the backs of unfortunate blacks.  They must keep blacks downtrodden and in poverty in order to guarantee their own wealth and notoriety.

The bottom line?  If you’re a Democrat, you’re a racist.  

 

 Copyrighted © 2002 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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September 11, 2002

 

The Sandbox

Don’t worry. I’m not going to tell you where I was and what I was doing on the morning of September 11, 2001. What I’m going to talk about is the morning of September 11, 2002.

I awoke at 4:30 a.m. and watched some TV while I ate breakfast. Afterward, I listened to the radio while I dressed. By the time I left for work that morning, I had already grown weary of hearing where people were and what they were doing on the morning of the 9-11 attack. What truly concerns me is where we are now and what we are doing to ensure that 9-11 never happens again.

President Bush is intent on taking action against terrorism, but the Democrats in Congress don’t share his concern about our national security. It’s as if the Dems are children playing in a sandbox in the middle of an interstate highway. As the only adults on the scene, the president and his administration are desperately trying to move the sandbox out of harm’s way, but the self-centered children are crying and whining about the disruption it will cause.

And who are these self-centered children? You know the names: Tommy Daschle, Dickie Gephardt, Johnny Kerry, Joey Biden, and most of the other Democrats in Congress. Oh, and let’s not forget their playmates in the media: Danny Rather, Tommy Brokaw, Petie Jennings, Wolfie Blitzer. As they sit in their sandbox and play with their little social programs, death and destruction lurk only inches away. They were in this sandbox when they supported Saddam Hussein in 1991, and they’re still in there as they continue to support him now.

It would be easy for Bush, like Clinton, to satisfy the sandbox crowd and ignore the lessons of 9-11, but he won’t do that. Bush is the responsible adult in the room, and he will take to task these whining children as he deals effectively with Hussein, bin Laden, and the other terrorists. Afterward, we can all play safely in the sandbox and never again have to tell each other where we were on September 11th.

 

Copyrighted © 2002 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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August 9, 2002

 

Suckers & Bloodsuckers

Assume for a moment you’re a mosquito. Now assume you have an opportunity to bite an emaciated African tribesman who possesses the ability to annihilate you, or you can feast on a fat American sucker who has totally disarmed himself. What are you going to do? Of course, you’re going to have a piece of American pie.

That’s just what the mosquitoes are doing right now, sampling our cuisine. But instead of pie, they’re chowing down on the American people, and many of our citizens are dying because of it.

Americans disarmed themselves in 1972 when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banned the use of the DDT pesticide based on false information provided in Silent Spring, a 1962 book by Rachel Carson. President Kennedy was suckered by the book in 1963, and his Science Advisory Panel immediately called for legislative measures against such chemicals as DDT.

The false claims of Carson’s book were promulgated by a fringe socialist group known as the Environmental Defense Fund, and it culminated in William Ruckelshaus, EPA Director (and member of the Environmental Defense Fund), making DDT illegal in 1972 by overturning an EPA administrative law judge’s decision. He then refused to provide any explanation or justification for overturning the hearing decision. (As an administrative law judge who had a department head overturn one of my decisions without explanation or justification, I know how this can occur.)

Over a 20 year period, DDT controlled mosquito spread malaria and saved the lives of 500 million people (mostly women and children) in third world countries that used the pesticide, but Western nations, such as the United States, are trying to ban DDT worldwide because they are still being suckered by the lies contained in Carson’s book.

Enter a new player--the West Nile virus--and it’s no longer just the “other guys” in far away lands who are dying. Now we are all at risk. That in itself should dispel the lies and awaken us from our politically correct slumber. It’s time to bring back DDT and return the label “sucker” to its rightful owner, the mosquito.

 

Copyrighted © 2002 - Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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April 6, 2002

The Awakening

There’s a war raging in the Middle East again, and it’s spilling over into this country. I saw evidence of it last night when an American journalist on the evening news wrapped himself in anti-Jewish sentiment and set off a violent explosion of hatred and misinformation right in my living room. Fortunately, there was only one casualty. Regrettably, the casualty was the “truth.”

Israel finally has decided to take some concrete action against the cowardly, barbaric acts of the Palestinians, and as would be expected, they’re getting a lot of criticism for it.

It’s understandable they would be condemned by Egypt, Syria and Jordan. These countries have a long history of attacking Israel. They did so in the Six Day War and again in the Yom Kippur War. Both times they got their clocks cleaned, and in the process Israel acquired the lands now known as the “occupied territories.”

The term “occupied territory” is fodder for the uneducated. Those lands are actually Israeli territory, won fair and square. They are no more occupied Arab territory than Texas is occupied Mexican territory and Pennsylvania and Virginia are occupied British territories. The Israelis are defending themselves and their land, and they have every right to do so.

That’s why it is so bizarre that Israel is also being criticized by the United States. All it took was one day of carnage in September to awaken us from our slumber and put us on a non-stop course to eradicate terrorism worldwide. How is it that we get lulled back to sleep the moment we gaze into the ever-woeful eyes of the terrorist Yasser Arafat?

We need to undergo the same awakening recently experienced by the Israelis. Terrorism must always be identified and called exactly what it is. It must never be given a wink and a nod or allowed even one victory, no matter what you think of the country on which it is being inflicted.

Israel is doing the right and moral thing in waging war against terrorism. They should continue and not listening to anyone—especially the United States.

 

Copyrighted © 2002 – Joseph K. Waltenbaugh

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February 20, 2002

Free Speech and the Gallows

In nobler times, they all would be facing the gallows. I’m referring to the members of the House of Representatives who, in the dead of the night, voted to suspend our First Amendment rights.

The First Amendment to the Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech,” and that is exactly what the members of Congress did. They passed a law making it illegal for you, me, or anyone else to criticize them within two months of an election. That’s something I would expect from the Taliban, not the U. S. Congress.

According to the Shays-Meehan Bill—also known as the Campaign Reform Bill—American citizens may no longer voice their views through political ads that offer up criticism of candidates running for election to the House or Senate, at least not in the two months leading up to an election—the period of time when most people decide for whom they’ll vote.