Not Dead Yet

No, I am not. I am still around...just finding it hard to write much recently. However, some gems have been passed around on the radio and what not, and I thought I would finally say something about them...

First, Eminent Domain. Kinda scary. Scratch that--really scary. Now, I don't expect our government to abuse it...perhaps because I am a blind optimist who trusts those in authority before I take it for granted that they are simply looking for more ways to take advantage of me...but its still pretty scary. Interestingly though, the conservative judges were the ones voting against it. For all the doom and gloom coming from the left, all the talk of the imperial designs of the Bushes and the Right Wing Religious Fantatics (I've been listening to a lot of Air America recently...for some reason I enjoy making myself sick I guess)--yet inspite of all of this, the conspiracies that Bush actually planned 9/11--the Left has hardly blinked this new interpretation of Eminent Domain. Something that actually endangers the common man...and they don't care. Ironic, no?

Second...again, from Air America...I actually heard a liberal say that war was so important that when America goes to war, there can be no question of whether it should be right or not, no need to sell the war to the public--and that if we have to sell it, something's wrong. Well that sounds very idealistic...and completely crazy. If I could have spoken with this Liberal I would have asked if she was under the impression that all the previous necessary wars in our history were wars which the public naturally supported? The Cold War? World War II? World War I? The Civil War? Heck, the Revolution? Wars are sold. Its a fact--and another fact is that we have almost never had universal support for the decision to go to war. The closest we came would probably be right after the firing on Fort Sumpter and the Bombing of Pearl Harbor. Still, in the course of 5 YEARS of fighting the wars that came after those suprise attacks, and the rebuilding that came after, it was necessary for our government to sell the war on numerous occasions in order to keep the public interested and devoted to the cause. If we hadn't, we'd have remained a divided nation...or Europe would belong to Germany, Asia to Japan.

Here's my point--war is tough. People die in war--and that's never easy to deal with--and I respect and honor every man and woman who has served--every family that has sacrificed. But sacrifice doesn't mean that this war is bad--nor does it mean that we're losing it. The only reason there continues to be a reason to "sell" this war is because the Left continues to insist that the nation has been lied to by leaders looking for ways to secure cheaper oil...as gas prices rise...who sounds like they are talking out of their butts and who sounds like they are doing what America has always done when faced with challenges in war?

I know, I know--too much politics. Soon to come--my thoughts on Batman. I just bought a Graphic Novel--very excited!