This week we have had a barbarian throw both of his shoes at the President of the United States, another barbarian burned down Sarah Palin's church in Wasilla, Alaska, and the pirates are active in the Gulf of Aden. Of course, I could have cited many other uncivilized acts. How about the little girl in Florida? How about the Holocaust? How about the corruption of Chicago politics? How about the guy who bilked millions of dollars from people in Palm Beach, Florida? I am sure you can add many more examples.
Mike Rosen is a center-right talk show host and columnist in Denver. He wrote recently that the problem with civilization is that, at times, it can be entirely too civilized! He reminds us that barbarians prey on that vulnerability.
Did the "journalist" in Iraq throw his shoes at Saddam Hussein? No, Hussein was a fellow barbarian. He would make sure the man would be dead in minutes.
While we are marching toward civilization, we need to make sure that the barbarians do not attack our vulnerabilities. Our laws need to take into consideration that there are barbarians among us who want to attack those of us who seek to be civilized. We must never be defenseless against those who would destroy our freedom, our civilization.
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Amen, Bob. That's good stuff.
An Iraqi 'journalist' threw the first two shoes, and NPR threw the third. Listening the other day, NPR advocated his immediate release and not once suggested there was anything wrong with his actions. Instead, they profusely apologized for Bush's hubris. !!!
Real journalists are of course appalled at what MSM journalism has become. Unfortunately, there are few remaining.
Can you imagine the uproar had the Rev. Wright's church been torched? Wouldn't have been Page 12 news like the Wasilla burning.
Good post, Bob. That why we have the Second Amendment and literally guard it with out lives.
Wasilla burning? That's actually only the second mention I've even seen of it. Now I'll have to look it up.
Madness.
And the saddest part of all to me is that we have written history to show us NOT to go down that road and yet we do.
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