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Archive for April 12th, 2008
By John W. Lillpop In his bid for the United States presidency, Barack Obama is asking the American people to entrust him with the present and future of our great nation. The issue is that simple and of that gravity. America cannot, must not, yield to the urge to elect an African-American or a woman candidate solely on the basis of gender or race. Sentimentality and “feel good” emotions have no place in the hostile and dangerous world in which we find ourselves. Which is precisely why Barack Obama’s patronage of Reverend Jeremiah Wright is so alarming. That patronage would be wrong for any American; it is infinitely more wrong for one who would take on the awesome responsibility of defending 300 million Americans as the nation’s CEO and military commander-in-chief. What if, God forbid, another 9/11 terrorist attack were to happen while President Barack Obama was presiding over the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines? How would President Obama handle the counsel of Reverend Wright who said the following on September 16, 2001, five days after terrorists felled the Twin Towers? “We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost.” Would President Obama simply shrug his shoulders and concede the point? Perhaps he would “comfort” the American people with a national fireside address: “Good evening, my fellow Americans. September 11 is a day that will live in infamy. For on that fateful date, America’s chickens came home to roost. Our terrorism has earned God’s retribution and wrath, as evidenced by the still-smoldering human flesh encapsulated in twisted steel at Ground Zero in New York City. Make no mistake about it, American policy and arrogance brought about the carnage in New York City. We are to blame, completely and fully. You the American people elected me to bring change to our government and our role in world affairs. I intend to fulfill my commitment to change by altering the way in which this nation responds to attacks on our soil. Accordingly, there will be no investigation into 9/11. No hyped up and exaggerated monument to honor those who were incinerated at the Twin Towers. There will be no military response to the most justified assault in human history. The armed forces will NOT be sent on missions of reprisal. In fact, I have ordered a full “Stand Down” to all U.S. military personnel throughout the globe. Diplomatically, I hereby apologize to Osama bin Laden and Al-Quaeda. I declare America to be in agreement with the attacks of 9/11 since we understand that the U.S. is to blame and needed a wake-up call. Moreover, in an attempt to improve America’s relations with Osama and other Islamic leaders, I have dispatched a diplomatic team of American foreign policy experts to strategic locations in Afghanistan to meet with those whom we have offended so gravely. This team consists of my personal spiritual advisors, Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Louis Farrakham. These men are authorized to speak on my behalf while surrendering. This is the manner of change that you, the American people, elected me to implement! I am proud and honored to surrender this nation’s sovereignty and military might to a greater, more noble cause, in your name. In closing, let me share a telephone conservation I just had with Reverend Wright as he races toward Afghanistan in Air Force One. Citing the gravity of the moment and the serious nature of his mission with Mr. Farrakham, the reverend asked me to join him in a brief moment of prayer. His prayer was, “God Dam America!” That, my fellow Americans, says it all, and it is why you elected me to be your president. Good night, and God Dam America!” And so it would be if America is irresponsible enough to elect Barack Obama!
By John W. Lillpop In this the winter of political muckraking and dirty tricks, when candidates play foot loose and fancy free with the truth, one fact remains irrefutable: John McCain is one of the most courageous Americans to have ever donned the uniform of the United States military. Put simply, the man is a national hero who deserves the undying respect and gratitude of the American people for his military service, including several years as a POW in North Vietnam. However laudable his military credentials may be, John McCain does not deserve the Republican nomination for the presidency. Unfortunately, John McCain does not support certain conservative objectives. On issues ranging from tax cuts to campaign finance reform, McCain’s voting record is more aligned with that of ultra-liberal Ted Kennedy, than with conservatives. His greatest conservative shortfall is in the area of illegal immigration, where the Arizona senator actually joined forces with Ted Kennedy last summer to promote amnesty for as many as 38 million invaders currently on American soil. Like George W. Bush and other open borders advocates, McCain insists that he was only interested in “reform,” and not amnesty. But how can one logically argue that rewarding tens of millions of people who have violated U.S. borders and immigration laws with a “path to citizenship” is anything but amnesty? That spurious argument has been soundly rejected by the American people, and should be abandoned by McCain as well. Anything short of deportation is amnesty, Senator! By now, America and her politicians should have learned a lesson from the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986: Namely, amnesty only begets more millions of illegal aliens. Indeed, since amnesty was granted to several million illegal aliens back then, another 38 million or so have unilaterally decided to make America their home. And why not? Why go through the rigors of legal immigration when one can simply invade America and wait for politicians like George W. Bush and John McCain to “reform” the law in favor of the invaders? John McCain’s disdain for the rule of law spiked last June when he decided that that fear mongering was essential in order to sell his amnesty snake oil to an increasingly skeptical public. On June 2, McCain rolled out his fear-based defense of amnesty on the campaign trail in Le Mars, Iowa. Responding to a question about deportation of illegal aliens, McCain delivered the following dilly: “In case you hadn’t noticed, the thousands of people who have been relegated to ghettos have risen up and burned cars in France,” McCain said. “They’ve got huge problems in France. They have tremendous problems. The police can’t even go into certain areas in the suburbs of Paris. I don’t want that in the suburbs of America.” With all due respect to the senator, warning American citizens that government will not enforce certain laws because to do so would lead to rioting is unacceptable and, frankly, incredibly dumb! It is also irresponsible and reckless, because it conveys a very dangerous message, which is: “America is governed by the rule of law, except when the threat of anarchy and violence is too great. In which case, congress and the president will simply change the law to legalize what had been illegal, thereby pacifying those guilty of behavior once considered unlawful.” In addition to the anti-American stench in McCain’s riot warning, one wonders: If John McCain had been as cowardly and deferential to his communist captors as he would apparently be to illegal aliens, would he have even survived Vietnam? Moreover, now that a sitting U.S. senator and leading candidate for the presidency has warned that mob rule, rather rule of law, may be the foundation for future government immigration policy and action, will the illegal alien community decide to play the R card (riot!) in order to get its way? Finally, McCain and others intent on legalizing 38 million illegal aliens argue that amnesty makes sense because Latino aliens share values common to the majority of Americans. That may be so, but I’ll be damned if I can recall a single instance when millions of American citizens resorted to rioting because of displeasure with legitimate laws and enforcement. But perhaps some rioting from American citizens is needed to convince the likes of John McCain to abandon amnesty and his strategy of surrender to illegal aliens? |
