Recent thoughts...

I've had many thoughts over the past weeks, but as my wife and I prepare for our first child, I've been preoccupied making the final arrangements. Anyway, here goes...

I find it rather ironic that the American left which claims that the Constitution should apply to foreigners and those in America illegally, while simultaneously defending the notion that our federal courts should interpret and apply laws based on the opinions of foreign officials. If these foreign states were so advanced and civilized, why do most people in the world wish to come to America?

When I see US Senators like Voinovich and Durbin crying on the floor of the Senate, I can only imagine how the islamo fascists must be laughing at us. Such weak leadership, clearly unwilling and/or unable to muster the determination to do what may be necessary can only confirm the notion that we are a 'paper tiger' as bin Laden claimed after seeing us run from Beirut in 1983 and more recently in Mogadishu in 1993.

Quinn's first law states that liberalism always generates the opposite of its stated intent. In the Kelo v. New London case, the liberals on the Supreme Court have paved the way for rich developers to make obscene profits while the lower class property owners in struggling communities will be on the short end of the stick when they begin getting kicked out of the homes for far less compensation than their property is actually worth.

Of course, one ought remember how George Bush managed to get the new Texas Rangers' stadium built. (Hint: New London wasn't the first case of individuals making profits directly resulting from eminent domain)

As much as I despise the idea of burning the American flag, I think it should be allowed so that the people who have such hatred of the country can expose themselves for us all to see and know.

The 'Live 8' concerts were a setup to trap President Bush into throwing tax dollars down the African rathole. If Bush fails to meet the goals established by Bono, the left can cry on and on about how Republicans don't care about humanity and that evil conservatives can comfortably sit by and do nothing while people starve to death and get slaughtered.

Of course, on the other hand, those who scream the loudest about the genocide in Sudan are those who have no reservations about keeping abortion legal. At least the people in Sudan have a slim chance to protect their own lives, unlike the 40 million Americans who were never given the chance. (And, how much stronger would social security and medicare be if those 40 million tax payers were helping fill the government coffers?)

I've had many more ideas recently, some have been repeated ad nauseam elsewhere, some are still floating in my head never to be shared, and the rest will come over time. Keep reading...