Super Heroes and Cynicism

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I wish more could be known about this super hero (if you can't get the link to the video, in real life she goes by the name Janet Napolitano). If they would just do one less Cher interview per hour on the death of Michael Jackson telling us how he brought hope and peace to the world, maybe we all could be better educated.

Who wants to bet that I'm on this lady's terrorist watch list next time I try to get on a plane? 'Excuse me, sir, you look like you're former military, and you also look mad. Please step aside.' That's okay, Al Sharpton will come running to my rescue with his 'this is an outrage' comments. Or will he?

Man, I really did apply for the wrong job. I guess that Secretary of Homeland Security position would have been a sure thing. What are her security-related qualifications again? And that Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, what's his name? That's right, it's Leon Panetta. No intelligence qualifications either? Uh-oh.

Just so long as we keep those Apache pilots checking 6 times in 10 minutes to see if they can fire on 14 known and well armed Al-Queda death squad members - which to be fair, turned out all right:

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12 Islamofacists were dead initially, then one blew himself up, and the last one was thrown a fragmentation grenade by our ground element, and for good measure was finally shot. I hope all the lawyers analyzing the thermal video tape of the incident deem that when he was shot he was still a threat, otherwise the American Patriot who pulled the trigger may be hauled away in cuffs like a criminal.

Does that make you mad?

Questions: what if the situation suddenly became more complex? How much Big Brother can quick thinking Non-Commissioned Officers take before they are put at risk from being forced into hesitation? How much progress will this philosophy yield before we realize that missed opportunities may become the norm and not the exception? Despite what some ACLU loonies may tell you, it is in fact within good judgement to consider the implications of such things while not guilty of being a war criminal or wishing death to innocents. Its kind of like letting a trusted auto mechanic fix your car. You let him because he is the expert and it is within good judgement to trust his judgement. So why do ACLU lawyers and now our new administration want to tell our military how to do its job when the lawyers aren't the experts on warfare? Is it because they all collectively assume that raping and pillaging will commence if they don't step in and restrain the situation? Thanks guys, for taking such great lengths to understand who we are as a military and what we stand for.....

Our military, under the necessary and principled civilian leadership granted by the Consitution, is conscious enough of the situation on its own to take great lengths and incredible pains to limit the negative effects and loss of life afflicted on innocent people in combat. To ignore this is to create more enemies, something of which is the last thing the military wants to do. If violations occur, the path of recourse is already laid out by the Uniformed Code of Military Justice. No one wants to give free passes for atrocities; however we should be passing legislation (or lack thereof) which allows free passes that give permission for acheiving nothing short of total victory. One widely-known philosophy for guidance by a commander in Iraq on the topic:

"We are no greater friend; no worse enemy."

No worries (kidding); actually we should be incredibly worried. Our 'far left of center' government (ie the total control side of the Liberty spectrum, opposite anarchy) is too busy coming up with protocols that require non-uniformed enemy combatants to be read their Miranda rights upon capture. It appears that we're now trying to apply U.S. criminal court evidence standards to Islamic Totalitarians captured during combat. I wonder when we will begin teaching our Soldiers how to lift fingerprints off of RPG-7s while under small arms fire? Apparently by then (which I don't think is too far off) the Soldier's good word citing that he saw the Jihadist drop the RPG-7 is not good enough. Will that Soldier be called in to testify when the criminal trial begins in a US courtroom, much like Police Officers do in criminal trials? Won't his platoon still need him in order to run patrols? While he is gone to testify, how long will it take him to return to the battlefield from a courtroom located in the continental United States?

It appears that more bureaucracy on the battlefield is what some think equates to taking the moral high ground. Yes, in the twilight zone of the Obama White House, apparently decreased flexibility will always win the day in post-modern warfare insurgencies. That's the ticket! Slap hands! Slap hands!

Based on the logic applied by our upper echelons of government regarding relevant job experience requirements, in my own professional life I've deemed myself a perfect candidate for a job at Mary Kay. I've always liked the bumper stickers 'Enriching Women's Lives'.

Just kidding, because starting a few years ago I realized that it was education alone that enriched women's lives (make-up actually enriches just their faces, according to some). Education on current events is a hard thing to truly find these days, as even Fox News is covering Michael Jackson's death until we're all ready to scream. Well, at least I am ready to scream.

If you are too, then go to one of the links at the bottom of this page (or don't). Either way, find something or some group to commit to that will guide you in understanding that little project our Founding Fathers undertook 233 years ago (this is where I say Happy 4th of July. Sorry, no sparklers).

If something doesn't feel right, quietly whisper 'whatever it takes' to yourself right now. Fight for the information you need to take a stand. Don't wait for it to fall out of the TV and onto your lap during the 6:00 news. Until we wake up as a country, apparently the enrichment standard for this life we live will remain at that Mary Kay make-up level, contained within sports-center, in the drama of reality TV, and as an included fee in e-stock trading options. I know we're better than that.

We are better, but only if we take action. Peacefully, but forcibly. Exercise your rights. Stop tyranny before it starts. In my opinion that means we have to be more principled than they; we have to come together underneath something; we need to come together under something that should have put us right from the start - the Constitution.

A great place to start: The 5000 Year Leap, by W. Cleon Skousen. Incredibly simplistic book. Establishes a brilliance in the basics of principles. Utilitzes common grammar and recognizable English. An excerpt:

"The American People are now two centuries away from the Nation's original launching. Our ship of state is far out to sea and is being tossed about in stormy waters, which the Founders felt could have been avoided if we had stayed within sight of our initial moorings.

"They also felt that each ingredient set forth in their great success formula was of the highest value. They would no doubt be alarmed to see how many of those ingredients have been abandoned, or have been allowed to become seriously eroded."

~ Dr. W. Cleon Skousen (1913-2006), from the book 'THE 5000 YEAR LEAP'

"The adversaries of the Constitution seem to have lost sight of the people altogether in their reasonings on this subject......These gentlemen must here be reminded of their error. They must be told that the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the People alone."

~ Federalist Papers No.46, page 294