The latest habit from Former President of Mexico Vicente Fox, is to call America a racist country because of our desire to prosecute illegal Mexican immigrants.

 
Mr. Fox, first of all, if you would watch your northern border with the same zeal you watch your southern border, we wouldn’t have any illegal immigrants in the United States. Mexico expels immigrants back to Guatemala every single day Mexican authorities caught 1.5 million people illegally crossing the Mexican border last year.  In the early 1980s, tens of thousands of Guatemalans seeking refuge from their violent civil war fled into southern Mexico.  Before the Mexican government offered sanctuary, some of those refugees were forcibly turned back only to be shot by the Guatemalan army. Others made it to refugee camps where they were subject to crimes and indignities at the hands of Mexican officials and citizens alike.

And you’re going to lecture us, Mr. Fox?  For what? For the free health care we give your citizens? For the free education we give your citizens?

And I have a flash for you, Mr. Fox.  Your citizens aren’t very happy in your country. That’s why they’re coming to our country. You think they’re sneaking to America because they’d rather live in Mexico? They can’t make a decent living in Mexico. And you love it when they sneak across because they earn a living here and send paychecks back to their families, boosting your economy.

 
Meanwhile we have activists who believe California should be given back to Mexico. That is what’s really driving this movement. It’s not about compassion It’s about redrawing maps. But the obvious question everyone avoids is, why? Why give portions of America back to a country that people are trying to sneak out of so that they can get to America? Doesn’t the very fact that they would rather live here suggest that America should remain and Mexico should stop thinking about expansion and start thinking about how to give a better life to its people?

 
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I’ve seen three of Hollywood’s latest movies based on the terrorist war.  And all I have to say is, “Oh that George Bush!”

 
That’s the reaction we’re supposed to have to these movies, right?  Isn’t that the whole reason they were made?

 
Lions For Lambs (although skillfully directed by the talented Robert Redford) makes the point that the war in Iraq is plagued with government lies and senseless destruction.

 
The Valley of Elah is about how war corrupts soldiers and makes them into murderers when they return home.  The fact that Susan Sarandon was in the movie should have been a big neon light clue.

 
The other one, The Kingdom had that little moral equivalency lesson at the end:  The terrorists kill a lot of people. Americans kill a lot of terrorists. So we’re all really the same, and who are we to judge?  This fresh, original, brilliant idea had never been presented before, and I sat in the theater absolutely spell bound.

 
Don’t you just love these moral equivalency arguments?  “Killing is killing.  A terrorist killing an innocent child is no different than an American soldier killing a guilty terrorist.  Maybe…Maybe we’re the terrorists! Did you ever think of that?”

 
But Hollywood alone cannot be blamed for these flawless arguments. This is also what your kids are learning at our universities these days. These are the pearls of wisdom purchased with your tuition. Boy, that’s money well spent.

 
Supposedly there’s no difference between protecting innocent life by killing murderers and the original murders themselves. It’s like saying there’s no difference between a policeman and a bank robber since they both carry guns.  It’s like saying there’s no difference between a raped woman prosecuting the rapist because imprisoning this man brings harm to him as well.

 
Nobody really believes this tripe.  Even Rosie O’Donnell, who speaks out for gun control has security guards around her home. And those who claim that we have no right to call anything evil speak out against George Bush and other conservatives, calling them evil and comparing them to Nazis.

 
Hurray for Hollywood!  Remove all the tinsel and glitter and all we have left are inconsistent agendas that the directors themselves cannot apply to everyday ordinary situations.

 
Now I don’t mind Hollywood having agendas.  I don’t even mind them having stupid agendas. I do mind when they bark against the occasional conservative movies like Bella, for when they do such a thing, they admit that in their narcissistic minds the only agendas that should be allowed are their agendas.

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The news this week is huge!  The potential is tremendous: Peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians!  This could be the greatest thing since Chamberlain met with Hitler.  I’ve been so excited; I can hardly sleep at nights.

Never mind the previous peace talks, so many now they can barely be numbered any more. Never mind that, generally speaking, the day after Israel makes a deal with the Palestinians, she’s attacked or terrorized. Never mind that in 1948 the Palestinians were offered a two state solution and they rejected it, opting instead for the total annihilation of Israel.  Never mind that this was also the stated goal of the other surrounding Middle East countries, who constantly butt into this “problem” taking their own personal interest in the “peace talks.” Never mind that the “occupied territory” was land taken by Israel in defense when a bunch of nations declared war on her in 1967. Never mind that everything we call “occupied territory” today and everything we call Jordon and everything we call Israel was all promised to the Jews under the Balfour Declaration early in the Twentieth Century.  Never mind that behind the backs of the Jews, 75 percent of this land was sold to the Arabs.  Never mind that the remaining 25 percent was going to be split between the Jews (who figured a sliver of the promise was better than nothing at all) and the Palestinians (who, as stated already, rejected the deal).  Never mind that in their democratic` election, the Palestinians put the terrorist organization, Hamas into power. Never mind that after Israel gave back the Gaza Strip, missiles were fired from Gaza into Israel.  Never mind the fact that Israel doesn’t show up on maps in Palestinian schools and that little five year old Palestinian children are taught to hate Jews in kindergarten classes and Sesame Street type TV shows.  Never mind that America, under George Bush, says she refuses to have relations with any country that harbors terrorism and then we turn around and force Israel to do the very thing we will not do.  Never mind that the only “peace agreements” in the past have asked Israel to give back land but have never asked the Palestinians to do a cotton picking’ thing except promise to stop murdering Jews, a promise they break every time anyway.

Never mind all that!  You don’t want to be a pessimist, do you?   I’m sure this will be a conference for the history books, a defining moment in time that provides peace and tranquility for all.  What a jubilee!  It brings a smile to my face and a pace to my step.  Oh, happy days are here again. 

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I finally saw it.  I finally saw Bella, the movie that has invoked so much controversy, the film that is making liberals foam at the mouth.  An independent endeavor, produced by conservatives, Bella nevertheless won the Toronto Film Festival, not known for any favorable views of the right.

The accusation from the left?  Bella has a Pro-Life agenda.  Look, I don’t know what agenda the studio or writers had.  I do know that the film did absolutely no moralizing about the subject of abortion.  Instead, it showed a woman choose to keep her baby rather than aborting it.  Now, why exactly should such a decision concern anybody?  I thought this was all about choice.  Isn’t that what we always hear?  “We aren’t Pro- Abortion.  We are Pro-Choice.  All we want is for women to be allowed to make an informed choice.”

I see. So why get all bent out of shape over a movie that shows a woman make the choice of keeping her baby?

Bella was artfully made with heart and warmth.  I strongly encourage everybody to see the film.  Again, there is no visible agenda but it wouldn’t have bothered me if there had been.  Almost all dramas have an agenda. The message of the writer is the agenda.  Does the left honestly mean to imply that we don’t see Pro-Choice agenda movies coming out of Hollywood?  Give me a break. In Hollywood, any Pro-Life character either has horns and a pitchfork or he comes around at the end of the movie realizing that abortion must be protected because it is mostly sought by women who have been raped or whose lives would be in danger if the fetus was spared.   Of course the amount of abortions performed for those kinds of reasons are so few they don’t even show up as a whole percentage point.  But you’ll never hear that in Hollywood.  Remember The Cider House Rules?  Was it accused of having an agenda?  No, it was nominated for Best Picture of the Year.

For anyone on the left to accuse others of an agenda would be funny if it weren’t so tragic.

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That horrible organization, the Boy Scouts is getting into trouble again.  Horrible, of course, because they won’t allow openly gay scout masters.  You see, these days, an organization’s view of homosexuality is the only litmus test.  Never mind that young men learn character, skills, loyalty, companionship, team work, patriotism.  Doesn’t matter.   All that matters is their view on sexual preference.

Actually, sexual preference wasn’t stated as the problem in this recent case.  But it seems that our local governments are on such a roll against the Boy Scouts, they’ll come up with anything. And man, did they have to scrape out the bottom of the barrel to find this one!  In Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Boy Scouts were taking donations at polling places on Election Day. The donations were for the purposes of sending gift packages to the troops.  The city forbade them, claiming that such a gesture toward the troops constituted a “political statement” and was therefore not appropriate for polling areas.

So now supporting our troops is a political statement?  I’m confused. I thought the left had their own memorized speech about how they “oppose the war but support the troops.”  Of course I never bought this.  On one hand they were comparing the actions of our troops with the Nazi’s and yet they “supported the troops.”  Would we have excused Germans who stood against Hitler but supported his SS and concentration camps?

Certainly one can support the troops without supporting the war.  But they would have to first disavow any mindless comparison with the Nazi’s because that displays an idiotic ignorance that the left ought to be ashamed of.  But yes, this distinction can be made. One can agree that our troops are doing what they truly believe to be right, and at the same time honestly disagree that Iraq is the best current theater for war. One can (in such a scenario) genuinely support our brave troops. This kind of support is all the Boy Scouts were trying to do.  I was both a Cub Scout and an Explore Scout. (I somehow managed to skip Boy Scouts)  At neither time did I know enough about the world to have an informed political opinion about anything. But I did understand that sending a care package around the holidays was simply an act of kindness.  You see, kids understand these simple pure gestures that complicated adults have forgotten.  One must be an adult to realize we live in the days when no good deed goes unpunished.

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Where is NOW when we need them?  The National Organization of Women was  no where on the horizon in the days following Time Magazine’s report about the cruel way women are treated in Saudi Arabia.  In fact, this story by far trumps ANYTHING that was ever legally unfavorable to women at ANY TIME in America’s history.

A recent appellate court ruling from a 2005 case was the subject matter. In 2005, a Saudi woman was gang raped by seven Saudi men. The men were given sentences from ten months to five years in prison. Not to leave anyone out, the woman was also sentenced.  That’s right, a rape victim was sentenced. The penalty? Ninety lashes with a whip!  The stated violation? She disobeyed Sharia law by being in the company of a male and this is not allowed unless that man is a close relative.

Now there was one bit of good news:   Her case was appealed and the rapists got a stiffer sentence: ten years in prison.  Unfortunately, the woman’s sentence was also increased. to two -hundred lashes and a six month prison term.  Gee, that was time well spent in the appellate court.

And so goes the latest news from the religion of peace.  Why aren’t American feminists flooding the media with outrage over this barbaric return to ancient chauvinism?  Could it be that speaking against Islam makes them appear to be taking the side of their mortal enemy George Bush?  Could it be that Islam has become a Politically Correct religion and therefore is excused from basic human decency?  True, some will admit that this story is a serious problem as several from the left did  immediately following 9/ll.  At that time they went on to say that it’s a problem with radical religion in general of which Islam is only one example and Christianity is the greatest culprit.  You see, even when Christians are innocent, they’re guilty.

In all fairness to Saudi Arabia, they aren’t the only country that has stupid agendas which cloud moral thinking. In another rape related incident, Mayra Nieves, manager on Radio 1190 AM, KMLY  a Spanish language radio station, accused the Phoenix, Arizona police department of being racist because they publicly described a suspect they were looking for and they called this suspect, a Hispanic.  This description evidently, was “profiling”

I’ll just bet my bottom dollar that if the police had described the suspect as a blond haired Swede, no one would say a word. 

This is the problem when agendas become more important than right or wrong. I believe rape is the very worst thing that can happen to a human being. If it isn’t worse than murder it’s at least a photo finish.  You would think that when such a horrible thing has happened, the Politically Correct piles of concern would be put back out in the pasture where they belong.

NOTE:  Please listen to my interesting interview with Phyllis Chesler, author of The Death of Feminism.  A second wave feminist, this woman has gotten much flack from peer feminists for speaking out against Islam’s treatment of women.  If you go to my website www.bobsiegel.net and then click into the “Radio” section, then click once again to the “Guests” section, you will see the name Phyllis Chesler.  I hope you will download this program and learn from an impressive, courageous woman.

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any stupider: Have you heard the latest? A father in the New York City school district home schools his kid but still wants his son to be able to participate in the school marching band as an extra curricular activity.  The school board gave a resounding no.  They argued that one could not pick and chose.  School is not a smorgasboard.  Either be completely involved or don’t be involved at all.

Only one problem:  This parent pays taxes to the public school despite the fact that his son is home schooled.  Since the public school gets this money without the increase of an extra student, they are receiving a substantial financial benefit.

How exactly does it hurt to let this kid march in the band?   After all, one of the chief attacks against home schools is that children are “too sheltered and not integrated with others.”  So here we have a parent sensitive to this problem, trying to do something about it.

I have heard one argument that those who march in school bands have certain academic and disciplinary standards that must be maintained and therefore it is unfair to let outsiders participate.  But home schools are monitored by the state with a whole myriad of standards so that argument makes about as much sense as telling somebody who does most of her shopping at Wal-Mart that she has no right to occasionally shop at Target.

The truth is,  there are people who want to close home schools down and there’s an unstated agenda that drives them. This agenda is admitted to only when one pulls teeth to get it out of them.   They start by spewing forth excuses such as “academic inferiority of the home school.”  Oh, of course.  These bleeding hearts are only concerned that poor Johnny gets the true quality education he so richly deserves. But when it’s pointed out that home school children literally win hands down on national testing scores, the public school advocates are forced to admit other concerns, such as “sensitivity and tolerance training” offered in the public schools and missing from many home schools. Of course this is code for “Militant Gay Agenda.”  It seems this agenda is going to be in our face no matter what we do, and no matter where we go. The state wants to mold the brains of your child like a sculpture artist wants to work with clay.

This cultural war between the left and the right is not going away any time soon. We must face that fact.  In the meantime, I say,” Let the kid march in the stupid band.”

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Hey Kids

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. And even though the actual holiday is Thursday, we’re going to give you Friday off too.  When you add in Saturday and Sunday it will seem like a four day holiday but you would have gotten Saturday and Sunday off anyway so it’s really a two day holiday made out of a one day holiday. Isn’t Thanksgiving fun?

Thanksgiving is a different kind of holiday than Christmas. We don’t use the word “Christmas” anymore because the word offends the 5 people in our country who don’t celebrate Christmas.

Not so, with Thanksgiving. Because no matter what people believe, everybody still loves to eat. So have a great time with your parents around the big dinner table stuffing your little faces with turkey, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce and candied yams.  And unlike Christmas, you can even say, “Happy Thanksgiving” to every one of your little playmates. But be careful and make sure you don’t tell them who we are being thankful too. Because if you did that, you might have to explain that the first Thanksgiving was made up of pilgrims who were thankful to God. And we don’t talk about God anymore because talking about God makes people upset and it makes them afraid that those who don’t believe in God will be arrested and put in jail. That would never happen but people are still afraid it will happen and, well, you don’t want people to be afraid, do you?  Of course not.  So don’t talk about God unless you want to call him, “Allah”.  Then it is Ok because people don’t worry about being arrested in America for not believing in Allah. They just worry about being arrested in all the other countries if they don’t believe in Allah.

Now I know what some of you are thinking, “What if someone asks me what the first Thanksgiving was all about?  How can I explain that without mentioning God?” Silly. There are all kinds of things to mention about the first Thanksgiving. You can mention the Mayflower. You can mention the Pilgrims, so long as you leave out the part about them coming to America for religious freedom. Because mentioning religious freedom means we will lose our religious freedom. But there’s plenty more to talk about. Talk about how wild the original turkeys were and talk about the Indians who were friendly to the Pilgrims. Calling the Indians friendly is always a smart and sensitive thing to do, only don’t use the word “Indian” Use the word “Native American” Then people will smile at you instead of accusing you of hate speech.

Oh, one more thing: If people ask you why Thanksgiving is a holiday be sure not to tell them that “holiday” means “Holy Day.”  Otherwise you’ll have to explain what’s holy about it and we’ll be right back where we started.

Well now that you’re up to speed on your etiquette and courtesy, Happy Thanksgiving everybody.

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Title: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Words?

One wouldn't expect a simple tale like The Boy Who Cried Wolf to be so chilling.  But as a child, I felt this Aesop's Fable was one of the scariest I ever heard.  You remember the ancient story;  The shepherd boy who warned a near by village that a wolf had been spotted,  The villagers, who quickly responded only to discover that they'd been the victims of a practical joke, a joke which repeated itself until finally they grew callous to the kid's voice.  And finally, Aesop's simple, profound moral: The problem with crying "wolf" too often is that sooner or later a real wolf is bound to show up. When that time finally rolls around, asking the villagers for help will be like talking to the trees.

Well, kids become adults but adults still cry "wolf", or at least they use words just as alarming.

 
Consider the word chauvinism, a legitimate danger, which has historically oppressed women and which continues to be an issue in many Evangelical churches, lowering the credibility of Christianity in the eyes of those who consider it an out dated religion.  The foundations of the feminist agenda were important and valid: "Women must be given the same rights as a man in the home and in the work place."  Unfortunately, today's women's movement is light years from this original concern.  Feminist leaders are now telling women that they are not truly feminists unless they are willing to embrace both lesbianism and the Pro-Choice position.  The result; an understandable over reaction on the part of many men who get sick of hearing the accusation chauvinist  every time they disagree on a moral issue.  Indeed some of the Christians who hold on to patriarchal  views have admitted that a large part of their concern is  the current direction of the feminist movement.

 
A similar wolf cry; harassment.   Originally this referred to an employer who either subtly or obviously communicated to an employee of the opposite sex that their job would be in jeopardy if sexual favors were not bestowed. This shameful practice went unchecked for years and there is reason to hail appropriate legislation.  Unfortunately, healthy discussion usually leaves a debris of stupid discussion. The term “harassment”  has grown and evolved  to mean practically anything a person wants it to mean.  Men are being told that it  is sexual harassment to ask a woman out on a date a second time if she said "no" the first time.  Men are likewise being told that staring at a woman's figure constitutes harassment.  No, they are not referring to Peeping Toms or the invasion of some one's privacy.  They are talking about any stare, any place, even at  the beach, where, ironically, feminists have fought for years  to wear what ever kind of bathing suits they wish. Recently, some have even advocated the right for women to go topless at the beach,  Of course men shouldn't dare look at such women.  The result?  People are getting tired of the word harassment.  I fear that in time those poor women who truly get threatened at work will find worn out, unsympathetic ears.

 
One more wolf cry, perhaps the most biting of all; racist.  Nobody wants to be called a racist but it's becoming impossible to avoid this big bad word.  If you don't believe in quotas, you're a racist.  If you don't believe in government regulated health care, you're a racist.  If you do  believe in educational choice, you're a racist.  If a teacher has the audacity to expect all students to get their homework done without taking each person's culture into account, that teacher is a racist.  If we don't want our children taught that homosexuality is a legitimate moral lifestyle, we're racists, no debate, no discussion.  The mere  questioning of such a progressive idea, is racist. Some are actually asserting that any white heterosexual male is born a racist.  

 
I’ll never forget the time when even harmless Ol' Walt Disney was made a target..  The movie Aladdin was denounced by American Arab spokespeople because the villains had accents and the "good guys" didn't.  Never mind that all of the characters, good and bad were portrayed as being Arabian.  Never mind that this was just a cartoon based on an ancient fantasy.  The movie still contained "racism of the most atrocious kind."

 
It gets so silly that a dead serious subject is viewed as (that's right) a silly subject.  We grow numb as the term racist  is used as casually as a game of Password.  Meanwhile, the real racists (Skin Heads, KKK, Young American Nazi Party), grow and smile for now they have a new hope;  Perhaps white people will get so fed up with the word racism  that racist activities can  continue unchecked.

 
There aren't as many wolves as "wolf cries."  But wolves do exist; horrible, evil wolves.  They prowl, they stalk, they circle and they wait for the right time.  Wolf criers help them in the task.   

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In yesterday’s blog, I was talking to Republicans. I warned them not to fracture their party in the next election by refusing to vote at all or by voting for some third party candidate in the event that the Republican nominee doesn’t seem conservative enough.

Today my message is for Democrats. If you’re a Democrat, I want to suggest a whole different strategy:

After Hillary gets the nomination, which she will, and after she then tries to redefine herself as a centrist and a moderate so that she can appeal to the swing voters, which she will, and if the war is going better and she then claims she is all for the war, and always has been, trust me, she will, well I think you should punish her by supporting your own third party candidate. That’ll teach her. That’ll be a terrific strategy for you.

Bring back Ralf Nader again, or that pinnacle of intellect, Al Gore. After all, he’s a famous movie maker now. He’s a scientist too

Catching on, everyone? Let’s review: For Republicans, a third party candidate is a bad idea.  For Democrats, a third party candidate is a great idea!

But here’s the best idea of all. Pray, weep and cry out for America; the America you grew up with, the America you love, the America that is being stolen, the American that is fading away.

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It’s considered big news amongst conservatives that Pat Roberson endorsed Rudi Giuliani, especially since a kindred conservative voice, James Dobson went out of his way to say that he would not vote for the former mayor of New York City.

 
Few people are as concerned about the decline in American law and culture as Dr. James Dobson. But Dobson may be leading some blind followers down a pit so vast, even the Grand Canyon would be envious. He claims that if Rudy Giuliani wins the Republican Nomination he will support a third party candidate.

 
Let me say, first of all, that I have nothing but respect for James Dobson. He’s a fine man. He’s a brilliant man. He’s a courageous man. Evangelical Christians owe him a lot. Our country owes him a lot. And I understand his concern about Giuliani being Pro-Choice.

I have done many programs about abortion on the radio. I’ve also debated the subject of abortion on college campuses. This is an issue of great concern to me.

Dr. Dobson doesn’t want to compromise by voting for Giuliani. But Dr. Dobson is also leading us down a primrose path that we’ve been down before. Have we learned nothing from that Ross Perot fiasco?  Those who voted for Perot put Bill Clinton into office.  Bill Clinton almost destroyed our country. Hillary might just succeed.

If we have another Democratic congress with a Hillary administration, America as you’ve known it will cease to exist. Oh it’ll still be called the United States of America and you’ll still be able to shop in some mall somewhere but that will be the only similarity left.

The first thing to go will be free speech. They might do it through the Fairness Doctrine: For every hour of conservative radio a station must broadcast an equal hour of liberal radio. Since nobody listens to liberal radio, (Air America proved that) these stations will either go out of business or change their format to Country Music or worse; Disco Music!

How about Hate Crime legislation which is really a disguise for Hate Speech legislation, which is really a disguise for making it against to law to say anything critical about homosexuality legislation?

How about churches being sued if they don’t perform gay marriages or if they don’t hire homosexual staff? How about churches losing their tax exemption or pastors being arrested, as one already was in Denmark for preaching from Romans 1?

Is the protest of abortion more important?  Perhaps. But where will we have the freedom to talk about abortion? That freedom has already been removed from the mainstream media and the public school and college campuses.  Hillary will dust it out of the few corners where free speech continues to barely live.

What I keep hearing from Christians is this: “I’m tired of voting for the lesser of two evils.”

I understand. I do. I understand. But the choice is unavoidable. If you don’t vote for the lesser of two evils you will be voting for the greater of two evils. It’s just that simple.

This is Bob Siegel, making the obvious, obvious.

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Have you been following this case that puts George Bush on the opposite side of his home state, Texas? A certain Jose Medellin, who was in the United States illegally, confessed to rape but was put on trial without first asking for help from a Mexican diplomat.  According to international law, he’s supposed to be released.  Bush agrees with Texas but says we need to honor international agreements.

I sure am getting sick of all this. I sure am getting sick of loophole laws that let murderers and rapists run free. Let me tell you about this Jose Medellin whose rights everybody is so concerned about. He confessed in 1993 to participating in the rape and murder of two Houston teenagers. Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena who did nothing but accidentally be in the wrong place at the wrong time. The innocent girls were sodomized and strangled with their shoe laces. Medellin bragged about keeping one girl's Disneyland  watch as a souvenir of the crime.

 
I guess the fact that he not only confessed but bragged doesn’t concern any one. This man has fundamental international rights. Let me tell you just exactly what I think about international law. On second thought, if I told you exactly what I think I’d violate some internet blog guidelines or at least make a sailor blush. So instead, I’ll put it this way: We need to divorce ourselves from international law. International law is no longer just law and it should no longer be our law.  International law has lost its moral compass and can’t seem to find a new one in any box of Crackerjack.

 
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If I hear one more time how intolerant people are on the right…Maybe you haven’t been reading the newspapers:  Today’s intolerance is coming from the left, not the right.  Sad when a person doesn’t know their left from their right.

 
The left loves to throw around phrases such as Pro-Choice. But are they Pro-Choice in letting each State with its respective democracy decide for themselves about abortion or do they want activist judges making those decisions for us?  Are they in favor of choice when it comes to the issue of school vouchers so that parents can choose whether or not to send their children to a public or private school?

 
The left claims that people should tolerate homosexuality, but do they tolerate those who sincerely believe homosexuality is an immoral act?  Or do they instead support the California legislation which makes it against the law for teachers and other public officials to speak adversely about homosexuality and the current House of Representatives bill which makes it against the law for people to not hire homosexuals?

 
As if that isn’t bad enough laws under the guise of Hate Crime Legislation and Fairness Doctrine are trying to control the airwaves so that Talk Radio, one of the few alternatives to the liberal media is silenced and put out of business for good.

 
Of course the “tolerance” of the left is not always demonstrated through legislation.  Sometimes they simply shout people down such as conservative speakers who dare to offer an alterative point of view at today’s universities, that bastion of free exchange and intellectual debate.

 
Or maybe the “tolerance” is accomplished by condescending words.  Those who want to teach Intelligent Design in the class room are reminded of the dark, bleak time in our history when Evolution wasn’t allowed and so now, well…Intelligent Design shouldn’t be allowed.  And if you think it should be, you’re “polluting our national dialogue” to quote the words of outspoken atheist Brian Flemming.

 
And the words just keep on coming:  If you believe illegal immigrants shouldn’t be given a driver’s license, you’re a racist.   If you believe kindergarteners shouldn’t be taught about sexual preference, you’re a homophobe.  If you believe female college professors should be fired for teaching that ALL men are rapists, you’re a chauvinist. If you believe murderers should be executed, you’re uncompassionate.  But if you believe smoking should not be against the law, you’re irresponsible.

 
Yeah, the right sure has gotten extreme.  We need to return to that good old, fashioned, common sense, moderate, tolerant view of today’s liberals.

 
This is Bob Siegel, making the obvious, obvious.

 
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The party of Kennedy and Roosevelt?  Give me a break!  Yes, I do understand.  This is the proud defense of today’s Democrats.  I too am a Democrat.  I was brought up by Democratic parents and we were indeed proud to be part of the party of John Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt.  I still remain registered as a Democrat but I always vote Republican.  Why?  Well, let me explain but I must first share some tragic news that’s going to devastate many of you.

 
You may want to sit down as you read this.  Most people do read sitting down so in all likelihood it won’t be a problem for you.  Ok, now take a deep breath and brace yourself. Oh, and also, remember:  Please don’t shoot the messenger.  OK.  Here’s the news. John Kennedy is dead.  He’s been dead for many decades.  Franklin Roosevelt is also dead and he’s been dead even longer than Kennedy.  I’m so sorry I had to be the one to tell you but somebody had to say it:  We are no longer the party of Kennedy and Roosevelt because Kennedy and Roosevelt aren’t here. And even if they were here: one of three things would happen.  1)  They’d leave the Democratic Party and become Republicans.  2) They’d change the Democratic Party so that it is no longer being hijacked by self righteous, sanctimonious, leftist, whinny, morally bankrupt, Politically Correct loudmouths..  3) They would cave into the political pressures and compromise the very positions that made them great.  I  believe Option Three to be the least likely but we’ll never know because, well, again, they're dead.

 
Incidentally, what were their positions?  Did they even remotely represent the positions most Democrats take today?  Was either man in favor of making abortion legal?  Was either man in favor of gay marriage?  Was either man in favor of silencing debate in the name of Hate Speech?  Was either man a peacenik unprepared to make war when the better interests of the United States were in danger?  Did we not have World War Two under Roosevelt, a President who wanted to go to war with Germany even before Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese?  Did Kennedy not bring our troops into Vietnam?

 
It’s time to drop this laughable tag line.  Allow me to make the obvious obvious:  Today’s Democratic Party is NOT  the party of John Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. Indeed, when you say such things you run the risk of causing both men to turn in their graves.

 
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Weather channel founder and meteorologist, John Coleman, made news recently by saying that all this talk about Global Warming is a “scam.”  Too late, Coleman! Al Gore says the debate is over.  So you and the other meteorologists who think we can benefit from more discussion might as well pack a picnic lunch and move on.

 
Forget for a moment which side you come down on.  Some of my readers sincerely believe Global Warming is a valid threat.  Others think it’s a lot of hooey.  Still others believe the world may be indeed be warming but are not convinced that human beings have anything to do with it.  Perhaps it’s just part of a reoccurring weather cycle which has been with us since the beginning of time.

 
My purpose right now is not to take a position on Global Warming but instead to react to Al Gore’s new and popular statement:  “The debate is over. “ The slogan is catching on.  Others are repeating this catchy little phrase with the same mindless effort as other Politically Correct mantras, strong on emotion, weak on discussion, such as, “Her body her choice” or “Straight people must be tolerant” or “All white people are racists.”

 
Personally, I find it chilling when there is any topic that can’t be debated. Even on matters where we have already reached conclusions, if we are really that secure in our beliefs, discussion and debate ought not to threaten us.

 
I am a Christian apologist.  I am convinced that the existence of God can be defended scientifically and philosophically.  I am also convinced that the resurrection of Christ can be verified as an historical fact. Many other events of the Bible are corroborated through archaeology.  To top it off, one can actually encounter the Spirit of God as promised in the Scripture.  One can actually meet God and be absolutely sure.  I do not expect these words to automatically convince you.  In fact, I have a great respect for thinking skeptics who are not too easily persuaded.  My point is: I’m convinced.  But never EVER have I refused to debate the subject.  I have debated the credibility of Christianity formally in college lecture halls and on the radio with well known atheists like Dan Barker, Robert Price and the late Phil Paulson.  I have debated the same subject informally over a cup of coffee at Denny’s or in a college lounge area.   Why am I willing to debate something I am already sure of?  Partly because I believe facts speak for themselves. Partly because I think the very best education allows students to listen to both sides.

 
College professors who will not permit their students to hear two sides are irresponsible. and should resign. As for others?  Anybody who says that a debate is over takes the road of cowardice and simple minded thinking, even if that man has won the Nobel Prize.  If the Nobel Prize committee doesn’t stand for intellectual discussion, what does it stand for? That goes for Global Warming.  That goes for anything.

 
This is Bob Siegel, making the obvious, obvious.

 
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