As I sit here with my 6 month old daughter on my lap, I try to think of her future. I look at my boys, 3 and 11, and wonder what goblins they will have to face.
How can I possibly explain to them that there are people that want them dead? My 11 year old is having a hard enough time learning the difference between good and bad vs. right and wrong. He has a tough time with things that can be both bad and right, (1st amendment protected speech with bad content but right in its allowance).
I look around and see news of people being assaulted outside of movie theatres, because they disagree with moveon.org paper hangers. I see some of our more visible citizens going to enemy countries, begging for forgiveness from tyrants. I see airport security skipping over ME type males, and strip searching 80 year old women, so as not to violate anyone's rights. I am bombarded with twisted headlines and deliberate misrepresentation of truth, by people whose agenda is more important than the truth. I can see pictures of people protesting at the funeral procession of my only modern hero, President Ronald Wilson Reagan. I see intolerant people calling all others intolerant for simply disagreeing.
I see all these things, but I'm not totally disheartened. We have managed to survive this far; I can look at the words of the people here and feel bolder. I know that I'm not alone; I know that there are others who see a ray of hope as well, and are willing to fight the good fight in the face of many enemies. This is a major crisis, and it's the ONLY crisis that faces us today, in spite of what Presidential candidates may say to the contrary.
I have no way to explain this to my young children; I have no way to prepare them. All that I can do is protect them through my actions. There is not a torch for me to pass; if there was one, I'm sure that I would keep it anyway. As I see the sweetest, bright eyed smile of an angel on my lap, her eyes filled with trust and playfulness, I know that I can only tell them about this when it's all over.
May we be successful here, so that our children never have to face the demons that we are facing today.
I love my God, I love my Country, I love all of you.
~by HipShot
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "FBI WARNS AL-QAIDA MAY RECRUIT NON-ARABS" (JIHADWATCH.org SNIPPET: "I found this report less disturbing for the fact that al-Qaida is recruiting non-Arabs than for the idea that this is news. It indicates that the FBI, the media, or both have by now utterly forgotten about John Walker Lindh, Richard Reid, Jose Padilla, Jack Roche, and all the rest. Doesn't bode well for our state of readiness to have such short memories.") (July 17, 2004) (Read More...)
Thank you JP.
Very nice.
ON THE NET...
Note:
Myrnal Opsahl was a victim.
She was gunned down in the prime of her life.
The SLA was horrible.
Yet, how many people (except those in law enforcement and/or crime/terrorism investigators), really know what the SLA was all about?
SACBEE.com - SACRAMENTO BEE: "SEPT. 7 HEARING SET IN OLSON CASE" (July 20, 2004)
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/10065867p-10986982c.html
MYRNA OPSAHL.com
http://myrnaopsahl.com/
FACT-INDEX.com:
http://www.fact-index.com/k/ka/kathleen_soliah.html
SOLIAH.com
http://www.soliah.com
RICK ROSS.com: "SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY/SLA"
http://www.rickross.com/groups/symbionese.html
GOOGLE Search Term: "SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22SYMBIONESE+LIBERATION+ARMY%22&btnG=Google+Search
GOOGLE Search Term: "SARA JANE OLSON" (aka Kathleen Soliah)
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22SARA+JANE+OLSON%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&filter=0
COURT TV.com: "70's RADICAL BOMBING CASE"
http://www.courttv.com/trials/soliah/