Posted on 05/22/2006 11:44:04 PM PDT by Baconian
Memorial Day is the federal holiday that commemorates American men and women who died in military service to their country. So it may seem a bit incongruous – pursuant to same – that I suggest this Memorial Day we hold a wake for the living, in recognition of those who should suffer political deaths for their disservice to America.
That is exactly what had been going on in Pennsylvania leading up to its May 16 primary election. So-called lawmakers, perhaps more accurately referred to as "arrogant, ego-centric, self-serving politicians," thought Pennsylvania voters would continue to sit passively by while they looted and plundered the Commonwealth for personal gain.
Talk show host Bob Durgin and the good guys at radio station WHP 580-AM, Clear Channel Broadcasting in Harrisburg, Pa., fired the first salvo across the bow of the "USS we're smug politicians and can do whatever we want because we are who we are."
Durgin began his assault nearly a year ago, when lawmakers forgot who employed them, voted themselves salary increases of 16 percent to 54 percent in the middle of the night – without public hearings or floor debate – and found a way to circumvent a state constitutional ban on midterm raises.
Durgin and his savvy, fed-up listeners stormed the walls of the State Capitol with wave after wave of on-air sorties. They were joined by groups such as PACleanSweep, Young Conservatives of Pennsylvania and its political action committee, and the Club for Growth.
The tin potentates did what had always worked in the past: They swaggered and blustered; they promised and they attempted to deceive – but the end result had already been written. This time the people not only threw the tea overboard, but also the carrion who sipped same from the bowels of the building owned by the taxpayers. Seventeen incumbents lost their thrones. It was the largest Pennsylvania primary turnover in 32 years. The people of the Commonwealth had spoken – which brings me to my point.
Brave men and women paid in blood for the freedoms we have. Their families surrendered their loved ones for a better America. But today, groups like the ACLU would strip every remembrance of what these fallen heroes have accomplished from public view, because a cross or Bible verse commemorates their sacrifice. We see the likes of attorney Curtis Doebbler and former Attorney General Ramsey Clark defending pissoirs of humanity such as mass murderer Saddam Hussein. Clark, who blames President Bush for Iraqis dying in war, defends the man who gassed his own people – the man who committed atrocities that might well have made Ugandan infidel Idi Amin cringe.
There are soiled politicians like Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who compared our troops to Stalin, Pol Pot and Hitler. We witness those with questionable (indeed highly suspect) injuries, who use same to make gain. Those like John Murtha, D-Pa., and John Kerry, D-Mass., viciously slander the memories of the good men and women who gave their lives for their country.
Military men and women gave their lives to make America the greatest English-speaking country in the history of civilization – yet contemptible Gollum's like Harry Reid, D-Nev., dare to call legislation that mandates English as the official language of the United States of America, racist. One might ask Reid and Ted Kennedy what the official language of Mexico is.
We see those on both sides of the aisle, and in the White House, pushing legislation that would reward illegal aliens for breaking the sovereign laws of our country. We see lawmakers and the White House argue for the rewarding of lawbreaking illegals who come from countries where legal immigrants are not permitted to hold office or even own certain properties.
I say all such actions and intent is tantamount to spitting on the grave of those who fought to define and defend America's borders. Congress and the White House have forgotten who gave them their jobs. They smugly dare to tell us what we want, as if we are children or peons.
This is America, and the blood of many has been shed on foreign shores to keep ours secure. It is time that we all took lessons from the voters in Pennsylvania and start punishing legislators for failing to act in our best interest. Acting in our best interest is not restricting legal products like cigarettes or stealing our property. It is honoring the memory of those who died that we might enjoy same.
This Memorial Day, I urge you to take notice of people like Kerry, Reid, Kennedy, Lincoln Chaffee, R-R.I., Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., et al., who openly condemn the memory of fallen heroes. I urge you to pay strict attention to who supports the bastardizing of our sovereign legitimacy.
I say, without exception, that we make them pay at the ballot boxes. Do not fear the lie that one or the other is better than the alternative – that fabrication demands an answer to the question: "How well-off are we with them now?"
This Memorial Day, as we honor our fallen military heroes, we should start a wake – a death watch if you will – counting the days until we can kick them out of office, not sparing them because they belong to the Elephant or the Donkey party. Our military didn't sacrifice their lives for giant pachyderm-a*#es – they sacrificed their lives for our freedom.
Mychal Massie is a nationally recognized political activist, pundit and columnist. He is host of the widely popular talk show "Straight Talk." He has appeared on the Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, Comcast Cable and talk radio programming nationwide. He is a former self-employed business owner of over 30 years and a member of the conservative public policy institute National Center for Public Policy Research-Project 21.
Good article.. Good post.. Thanx..
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