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Good morning!

I'll be in and out all day today, in between tasks at work. I have a desk I think that needs cleaning off in a bad sort of way.

On a side note, I bought a DVD player on Friday, for my daughter's curriculum next year August 6th never entered my mind.......really! ;^). She will be in 7th grade this September so my wife and I decided to go with the Abeka video classes for her.

We watched Pearl Harbor Saturday night. I actually thought it was very good. My wife was ready to re-nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I got to thinking about America's reaction after Pearl Harbor compared with our reaction after 9-11. I don't think we have reacted anywhere near as strongly as we reacted after Pearl Harbor. After Pearl Harbor we geared up and went after the people that did this and did not stop until we had totally defeated them.

After 9-11 we were urged to go out and buy a new car or take a vacation (THAT will show those terrorist scum). Then months later we went and invaded(?) a fourth (fifth?) world country.

Today, we are sitting and cowering and waiting for the next terrorist hit on our interests. I believe that our response should have been overwhelming. We started out well but have not pressed our advantage. These terrorists should be afraid to harm our country. Instead of infringing on OUR rights and liberties we should be infringing on the rights and liberties and lives of those who would want to do something like 9-11 to our country.

All I have to say is that it is probably a good thing that I am not the President.

WHOA! where did THAT come from? Sorry for unloading a rant on everyone this fine morning. I think I shall get a cup of coffee to calm myself down.

-Kevin

Sorry for unloading a rant on everyone this fine morning.

Don't apologize Kevin (but if your buying coffee...).

We need more rants like that. It's time we lived up to the "if your not for us, you're against us" statement and kicked some serious butt.

Let me call it. Screw with the U.S. and you're cockroach food.

(We watched Ocean's Eleven this weekend, along with Harry Potter on DVD)

I think there is a major difference in the enemy. Pearl Harbor was attacked by a definable government coming from a particular place. There was no question who we were fighting. This time around, we are being attacked by a nebulous enemy with no borders, no ID cards and no uniform. Who the enemy actually is, and the definition of victory, depends on who you ask, and there is no one person who can declare it to be over and surrender. We are fighting an ethos not a country.