Posted on 10/14/2001 1:28:07 PM PDT by sweetliberty
That means maybe its time to replace all our pretty ribbons with "Don't Tread On Me" patches. Or shelving "I'm Proud to Be an American" and dusting off "From the Halls of Montezuma."
But if we're REALLY serious about putting an end to the terrorist threat, we need to take some concrete steps to show we're not just fooling around this time, such as:
* Unshackle Israel. For crying out loud, when it comes to terrorism, these guys play hardball, not tiddly-winks. It's time we stopped telling them to turn the other cheek. Who let the dogs out?!!
* Repeal the executive order banning the assassination of bad guys. Lifting the ban doesn't mean unleashing CIA death squads all over the world. But symbolism IS important. And symbolically, repealing this outdated executive order would have the same chilling effect as dumping a dead horse' s head in bin Laden's cot in the middle of the night.
* "Re-masculinize" the U.S. military. Tell the feminists to take a hike. Literally. If they can hack it, fine. But if they can't cut the mustard and meet the toughest of military performance standards . . . adios. The old saying is, "Don't send a boy to do a man's job." Ditto girls.
* Develop and deploy a national missile defense shield. It doesn't matter that the terrorists DIDN'T use missiles. The fact is, they COULD have. And the death toll and damage would have been FAR worse.
* Cancel the abandonment of the Navy bombing range on the island of Vieques. Our country's preparedness and national defense MUST take priority over sucking-up to gain favor from a political voting bloc.
* Arm pilots. Many are ex-military and trained to use weapons anyway. Flight attendants, too. And if we're REALLY serious, allow all qualified passengers - at the very least cops, military personnel and other law enforcement officers - to pack heat, as well (they can be given airplane-safe bullets upon check-in). Not knowing if the nun in Row 7-C has a Colt .45 or a Bible under her habit will give would-be terrorists something else to think about.
* Pass national conceal-carry legislation. It's no accident that most of our recent horrific mass murders have occurred in gun-free zones: churches, schools and airplanes.
* Repeal the ban on assault weapons. I recall former presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole questioning why anyone would need an AK-47. Well, who wants to confront an AK-47-toting maniac picking off kids in a playground, or senior citizens in a shopping mall, with a pea-shooter?
Ah, but that's a ridiculous scenario, Chuckster, the gun "safety" enthusiasts would say. Why, the odds of something like that happening in the U.S. are about as high as a band of terrorists hijacking four commercial airliners and flying them into the Pentagon and World Trade Center towers. Exactly.
* Publicly ridicule the dumbass ideas and policies of the left which helped contribute to the environment which allowed the 911 attacks in the first place. I checked, by the way, and there's NO constitutional right not to be made fun of. Nor is there a prohibition against calling a spade a spade. So we're on solid ground here.
Particular scorn needs to be heaped on Rep. Barbara Lee (the ONLY vote in Congress AGAINST the war of terrorism following 911), Jane Fonda and other self-righteous, lame-brain "peaceniks."
* Cut off any and all federal funds to the People's Republic of Berkeley, California . . . the breeding ground for anti-war crackpots and other misfits . . . and a city which actually banned fire trucks from flying the American flag lest it insult and rile up the protestors.
* Tell radical environmentalists to stick it in their ear or other appropriate orifice. Once and for all, this country needs to wean itself from Middle East oil. Start by immediately opening up ANWR for exploration. Then begin building new nuclear power plants like there's no tomorrow because . . . well, there isn't.
* Start killing off or phasing out all non-constitutional government programs such as midnight basketball, AmeriCorps and the National Endowment for the Arts. Every dime spent on liberal, feel-good programs is a dime that won't go toward eradicating the scurvy dogs who made no distinction between military and civilian targets on 911.
* Allow - no, ENCOURAGE - appropriate profiling. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, there's a darn good chance it's a duck. Sorry, but until little old ladies in blue hair and pearls start blowing up Pizza Huts with car bombs, they shouldn't be subjected to the same scrutiny as Omar the exchange student from Iran who just signed up for flying lessons.
* And finally, scrap all this self-esteem crap in our government schools and replace it with serious instruction on the nation's founding documents and revolutionary history. Too many Americans no longer appreciate the meaning of freedom and liberty. It's time to get serious about those concepts again, as well.
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Mr. Muth is National Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus (www.republicanlibertycaucus.com)
Chuck Muth 3659 Scotwood Street Las Vegas, NV 89121 Phone: (702) 454-0350 Fax: (702) 454-7798 e-mail: chuckmuth@earthlink.com
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Americans will have lost their Fourth Amendment of the Bill Of Rights.
We will continue to bomb/blast away at Afghanistan.
The 'real money interests' behind this, will make nice-nice with the Bush Administration.
Our Government will go around to different Nations, showing them how to 'control crowds', 'quiet political dissenters', and basically making the World safe for profits again.
Looks like learning how to be a sensitive, 90's, new age kind of guy was just a waste of time and energy.
Any idea who will pick our fruit and vegetables, perhaps the national guard. And when we kick out all the non-citizens who is left to do the scientic and intellectual work, dumbed-down Americans? Just wondering.
Is Congress and American public going to join in with a Declaration of War?
Where is the part where we fire all those who were responsible for not protecting and defending the USA against all enemies, foreign and domestic, i.e., are they still being left in place? Any idea who will pick our fruit and vegetables, perhaps the national guard. And when we kick out all the non-citizens who is left to do the scientic and intellectual work, dumbed-down Americans?
In the first place, we drill in the ANWR. We become self reliant. I believe all of congress except MS. Lee of the People's Republic of California, have stood together in support of the president and America as well as reflected by 92% approval rating. Of the remaining 8% the majority probably don't know what the h**l is going on anyway. As far as firing those who could arguably have some accountablity for our vulnerablities, I do believe Clinton and his goons have pretty much been sent packing....although there truly should be a trial. Maybe our fruits and vegetables should be picked, as they once were, by kids wanting to earn a few bucks. Oh, of course that would involve requiring them to earn their own money for the latest ear offending cd. What a concept. As far as scientific and intellectual work, what about teaching math and science in schools and not how to properly apply a condom to a cucumber? Necessity is the mother of invention.
Well said. (^:
Want to help Freep some Dem. Senators re. ANWR?
MURKOWSKI: DASCHLE ENERGY DECISION SUBVERTS PEOPLE'S WILL
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--Boris
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