Liberals Don’t Know What Patriotism Means
December 1, 2008 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Conservatives, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Education, Founders, Government, Corruption, Media Bias, Military, News, Patriotism, Publius Contributor, Security/Safety, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
Some think it a canard that liberals aren’t patriotic. In some ways, it is a canard, but only just. Some liberals really do imagine themselves patriotic. But in what ever way liberals imagine they feel for their country, it doesn’t seem that patriotism is really what they feel. At least not in the way that patriotism is properly defined. There has been a spate of stories in the media since Obama’s election that serve to illustrate why liberals seem incapable of being patriotic.
But, first, what is patriotism?
After the War of 1812 one of our most celebrated sea captains, Stephen Decatur (America’s first post Revolutionary War military hero) once gave a toast at Norfolk to his fellow seamen that is the most perfect illustration of true patriotism. As he lifted his glass, Decatur said,
“Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.”
Another ACLU Attacks Christians Post
December 1, 2008 | Filed Under ACLU, Anti-Americanism, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, News, Publius Contributor, Religion, Rights, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
New Orleans, Louisiana was founded by French Catholics and the Christian religion has been an ever present cultural influence ever since. Yet, after hundreds of years that cultural influence being comfortably ensconced in New Orleans and the surrounding areas, here comes the ACLU to try and destroy expression of that religious faith.
The Associated Press is reporting that the ACLU has threatened the city of Pontchatula that if they put Christmas lights on a cross near Ponchatoula’s downtown locomotive they will be dragged into court.
Apparently a few lights threaten the existence of the entire Constitution of the United States.
Race in the Third Millennium
November 29, 2008 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Communism, Democrats/Leftists, Education, Elections, History, Media Bias, News, President, Publius Contributor, Race, Security/Safety, Selwyn Duke, Socialism, Society/Culture | No Comments
By Selwyn Duke
Although the show was propaganda produced by leftist Norman Lear, no one could accuse “All in the Family” of not being funny. Its protagonist, blue-collar bigot Archie Bunker, is one of those legendary television characters, and one of his uproarious lines is apropos here. It was uttered during a scene in which his daughter, Gloria, passionately asked him, “Daddy, did you know that 65 percent of the people murdered in the last ten years were killed by handguns?” The curmudgeonly patriarch’s reply was classic: “Would it make you feel any better, little girl, if they was pushed outta’ windas’?”
While what follows isn’t the conclusion Lear wanted us to draw, the truth is that many Americans would feel better. People tend to fixate on the boogeyman of their ideology, and they often don’t trouble much about evil when it’s not committed in his name.
We see examples of this phenomenon today, and this brings me to a couple of questions of my own. Can tyranny be visited in the name of only one particular lie? And would it make you feel any better if millions were oppressed or murdered to promote a fashionable lie? The truth is, sadly, millions would feel better.
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Democrats Hate Privacy Invaders. Unless…
November 25, 2008 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Corruption, Media Bias, News, President, Publius Contributor, Society/Culture, The Law, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
It is interesting to see how Democrats react to abuse of power and invasion of private personal information. The Democratic Party made President Bush a pariah over his supposed act of “domestic spying” when Bush was attempting to stop terror attacks against citizens of the U.S. They called him all manner of names, tyrant, despot, etc., etc., even though no Americans were being snooped on by the Bush administration. And just recently, Democrats tsked tsked Verizon Wireless when it came to light that Barack Obama’s old cell phone records were snooped into by Verizon employees.
But, did they say a word as agency after agency in Ohio illicitly snooped into Joe the Plumber’s records so that they could find dirt with which to attack him? Did the Democrats find anything wrong with agencies and employees from the government of the state of Ohio illegally prying into the private records of Samuel “Joe the plumber” Wurzelbacher? Not much they didn’t.
Penn. Democrat: ‘Who Really Cares’ About the Constitution?
November 24, 2008 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Corruption, Media Bias, News, Publius Contributor, Society/Culture, The Law, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment
-By Warner Todd Huston
Democrats do not see the Constitution as a limit on their actions. In fact, Democrats don’t see any rules or laws as limits on what they think they can do. They imagine that they can do anything they want no matter what the law says. Democrats are essentially lawless creatures.
Further proof of this came this week in the Pittsburgh City Council during the debate on an unconstitutional gun bill the city was trying to institute. After the lopsided vote was over — with the anti-constitution side winning — Councilman Tonya Payne told everyone that would listen that she didn’t care about the U.S. Constitution.
“Who really cares about it being unconstitutional? This is what’s right to do, and if this means that we have to go out and have a court battle, then that’s fine.”
What more can be said? Democrats hate the Constitution, hate the law, and want to rule their constituents by fiat. This is a universal idea in Democrat circles across the country.
Great Web Movie on Threat of Radical Islam
November 24, 2008 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Democrats/Leftists, Foreign Policy, Islam, Islamofascism, Media Bias, Military, News, Publius Contributor, Religion, Security/Safety, Society/Culture, War on Terror, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments