Islam is not a religion of "peace". In fact, it is not a religion at all. It is a cult. A cult that glorifies pedophillia, misogyny, and murder in the name of "Allah".

I'm grateful that I was raised in a Christian family, where education and character were considered prime requisites toward living a fulfilled life. I am not the best Christian in the world, for I am a sinner, but I really believe that it is important for each of us to strive daily for a greater understanding of God's way.

I was raised to believe deeply that the American Ideals were the best that the world has ever known, and that it is the duty of everyAmerican citizen to cherish these ideals and defend them to our last breath, if necessary.

The West Point motto of "Duty, Honor, Country" comes close to how I view it; but (as odd as it sounds) the Boy Scout Oath comes even closer:

On my Honor, I'll do my best to do my Duty
To God and my Country.
To obey the Scout Law. To help other people at all times.
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

In the crush of daily lives, in the distortions of the left as deseminated by the Major Media outlets, and in the failure of our educational system to teach these core American values; many Americans have forgotten what it means to

BE an American.

I have not forgotten; and by the Grace of the Lord God, I never will.

In this day and age we just can't afford to let a terrorist use a WMD in a major US population center. That means that ALL peoples of the world MUST adhere to civilized behavior - otherwise they are an intolerable threat.

Islam is a deadly world-wide plague and liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents our protecting ourselves from it.

Some of my favorite people:

Ann Coulter & Sean Hannity

Rush Limbaugh

Royal Marshall, Belinda Skelton, Neal Boortz

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but many thousands of electrons were seriously inconvenienced!

When we won our independence, a popular rallying cry was "No more Kings!"

What we have now in this Nation is a nominally "elected" professional politician class, that is mostly devoted to remaining in office, and will do whatever it takes (even to the detriment of their constituents) to keep their personal power. The power of incumbency is awesome, and politicians use this power to full effect. The longer a person is in office, the more power they attain; this is called "seniority" and voters are hesitant to throw out a "senior" politician because that constituency will lose the "pork" that the pol can provide. We need the BEST people to run for office; and the system is such now that the "best" people are unwilling to put up with the bullsqueeze necessary to become elected. This is a National disgrace.

So... how do we fix this?

Term limits is one answer, and so is a law that prohibits an elected official from introducing a bill to benefit his/her own district as well as an anti-quid pro quo provision that keeps one pol from "porking" for another and vise versa. A law that prohibits lawyers from elected office would also help a great deal. Lawyers are "officers of the Court" or de facto members of the Judiciary - that they also number as the vast majority of elected officials is a clear violation of the seperation of powers, and may explain why Congress is unwilling to reign in an out-of-control Court system. A line-item veto (and a President with the balls and the integrity to use it) would also help a great deal. A Constitutional Amendment that forbids an elected official any benefit not provided to the national population would also reduce the abuse of power.

The best way, perhaps, to fix these issues is to return to the truely Constitutional method of electing our representatives, and to force the Courts to behave in a Constitutional manner. Unfortunately, this will require a Second American Revolution. (which I see as inevitable in any case). The last two election have indicated that this Nation is divided 50/50 between socialists and freedom-loving patriots. A house divided against itself cannot long stand.

How else do you "fix" a system that is so corrupt and disfunctional as ours is?