Patriot Post Vol. 05 No. 22 | 27 May 2005
2005|22|Digest
THE FOUNDATION
"In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws
of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator." --Samuel
Adams
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THE PATRIOT PERSPECTIVE
Top of the fold -- "Gay Days"? The reality of gender-disorientation
pathology...
This week, many an unsuspecting American family will travel to Walt
Disney World, where they will find themselves at the epicenter of a
recurring cultural earthquake. There, at America's favorite family
destination, hordes of homosexuals will congregate at Pleasure Island
for an annual exercise in societal entropy. "Gay Days at Disney" they
call it -- though it is anything but.
"Gay" in the current vernacular is, of course, the term used by the
fashionably PC to describe homosexuals. In dictionaries just a couple of
decades ago, however, this same adjective meant "happy" or "a state of
high spirits." A century ago, the primary definition was: "licentious,
lacking moral restraints, leading a debauched or dissolute life." The Gay
'90s, for example, were the final decade of what Mark Twain dubbed "The
Gilded Age," an era of unmitigated opulence and unrestrained immorality
among a subculture of the elite.
In light of this earliest definition, we're reminded of the inimitable
words of that great American philosopher, Yogi Berra: "This is like deja
vu all over again." Indeed, today's "gay" culture is equally dissolute,
and its agenda is anathema to the bedrock institution of our past,
present and future -- the American family.
Leading the charge in homosexual advocacy are groups like the
American Civil Liberties Union, and their strategy has heretofore been
an effective one. The ACLU will select cases in U.S. Circuit Court
venues where the Left has installed a majority of judicial activists --
those who do the bidding of constituencies like homosexuals, in effect
ignoring the Constitution and legislating by judicial fiat. It is these
same judicial activists who affirm such issues as same-sex "marriage"
and same-sex partner benefits.
The homosexual legal agenda notwithstanding, the question all enlightened
Americans should be asking themselves in order to understand better
the moral implications of this agenda is, which definition of "gay"
applies to the homosexual subculture in America? In order to answer this
question, one must gain some insight into the pathology of homosexual
behavior.
The shifting paradigm of sexual morality is a source of much controversy
in America. Homosexuals, though less than 3% of the population, are at
the center of this controversy. The secular rights of consenting adults
are in contest with the timeless natural order of the family and society.
To discuss the issue of homosexual normalization, we must move beyond the
"pro-this/anti-that" labels and dispel a false dichotomy -- one that
has infected our dialogue on the issue of homosexuality. Homosexual
advocacy groups often rebut dissenters by branding them as pharisaical,
intolerant and judgmental -- ad hominem accusations which serve only
to preclude a consequential discussion of the issue. Of course, one's
heartfelt disagreement with the social agenda of homosexual advocates has
no direct correlation with one's capacity to love or have compassion
for others. Nor is such dissent necessarily related to judgment,
which is God's alone. Rather, it is about discerning between right
and wrong and obedience to objective truth -- as opposed to conformity
with a contemporary code of relativism whose tenets are "tolerance,"
"diversity" and "inclusion."
From a Judeo-Christian perspective, it should be noted that objective
truth does not constitute law without grace. In fact, law in the absence
of grace is meaningless -- little more than oppression. However, grace
in the absence of law is, likewise, meaningless -- little more than
licentiousness. Law and grace are, in fact, different sides of the
same coin.
Understanding aberrant sexual behavior is the critical first step
toward healing it. Homosexuality is sometimes a promiscuous lifestyle
choice. Often, however, as understood by many medical and mental health
specialists, gender-disorientation pathology is associated with childhood
or adolescent sexual and/or emotional trauma and/or abuse. Additionally,
homosexual modeling by an authority figure -- often an influential
person with access to the victim through the family, church, school,
neighborhood or media -- can result in gender-disorientation pathology.
Homosexual victims often compensate and cover their pain by manifesting
some degree of narcissism -- an unmitigated expression of self-love.
They compulsively indulge in aberrant sexual behavior to avoid
reconciling the pain of abuse or homosexual modeling.
Additionally, while there was rampant speculation a decade ago
about a "homosexual gene," that theory has been repeatedly rejected
by both the scientific community and national homosexual advocacy
organizations. It should be noted, however, that some children may be
genetically predisposed to exhibit masculine or feminine characteristics
associated with the opposite sex -- putting them at greater risk of being
targeted by homosexual predators and more susceptible, psychologically,
to homosexual modeling.
It is no small irony that the most outspoken advocates for the homosexual
agenda are equally outspoken about environmental issues -- preservation
of the natural order. Even the most humanist of these advocates must
acknowledge the obvious -- that homosexuality is a clear and undeniable
violation of the laws of nature.
Given insight into the pathology of gender disorientation, to abandon,
under the aegis of "love, compassion and inclusion," those who struggle
with homosexuality, is tantamount to abandoning a destitute soul in
a gutter.
In the final analysis, there is nothing "gay" about being afflicted with
gender disorientation pathology. Nor is there anything redeeming about
those who would use a family theme park to advance the homosexual agenda.
(For a comprehensive response to the homosexual agenda in the church,
link to http://FederalistPatriot.US/papers/03-32_paper.asp )
Quote of the week...
"We know that obligatory homosexuals are caught up in unconscious
adaptations to early childhood abuse and neglect and that, with
insight into their earliest beginnings, they can change. ... But, when
homosexuality takes on all the aspects of a political movement, it, too,
becomes a war, the kind of war in which the first casualty is truth, and
the spoils turn out to be our own children. ... In a Washington March for
Gay Pride, they chanted, 'We're here. We're queer. And we're coming after
your children.' What more do we need to know?" --Charles Socarides, M.D.,
clinical professor of psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
On cross-examination...
"The assumption I am now challenging is this: that every desire
for change in sexual orientation is always the result of societal
pressure and never the product of a rational, self-directed goal. This
new orthodoxy claims that it is impossible for an individual who was
predominantly homosexual for many years to change his sexual orientation
-- not only in his sexual behavior, but also in his attraction and
fantasies -- and to enjoy heterosexuality. Many professionals go so
far as to hold that it is unethical for a mental-health professional,
if requested, to attempt such psychotherapy. ... Science progresses by
asking interesting questions, not by avoiding questions whose answers
might not be helpful in achieving a political agenda." --Robert Spitzer,
professor of psychiatry, Columbia University
In other news: Felt's Folly...
This week's revelation of former FBI Deputy Director Mark Felt as
"Deep Throat" from the Watergate scandal has been a source of great
celebration for the Left. For Felt, this is a strange coming-out party,
indeed. We at The Patriot do not intend to offer an apologia for former
President Richard Nixon, who committed a crime by attempting to cover
up his subordinates' involvement in the Watergate break-in. No, we're
quite content to let the Libs enjoy this moment and recall a high point
in their history -- or so they pretend -- with the utter defeat and
humiliation of their longtime nemesis, Richard Nixon.
Back in the real world, a more accurate assessment of this
Leftmedia darling has begun to emerge. Ben Stein addressed the point
characteristically, saying Mark Felt "broke the law, broke his oath, and
broke his code of ethics." None put it better than Charles Colson, who
was the first person imprisoned as a result of the Watergate scandal: "A
hero is someone that you want other people to emulate. ... he broke his
trust ... he broke the confidence of the President of the United States."
All in all, Felt's use of the press to bring down a sitting president
amounts to one of the most formidable assaults on the Constitution in
recent memory.
As a senior Justice Department official -- No. 2 in the FBI -- Felt
could have confronted President Nixon directly. He could have resigned
in protest. Or, optimally, he could have taken his knowledge to Capitol
Hill -- the lawful and constitutionally proper check on presidential
authority. Indeed, if Felt had abided by his oath, the voters might have
determined the fate of Richard Nixon in November 1972, rather than Bob
Woodward and Carl Bernstein nearly two years later. Instead, Nixon's
slow political death and the ensuing loss of confidence in the American
presidency held repercussions heavier than any could have imagined:
America's strategic failure in and ultimate retreat from Vietnam, the
subsequent rise of Pol Pot's Cambodian killing fields, and a mounting
in Soviet aggressiveness globally, even as the U.S. appeared more
leaderless and directionless than ever.
America's nadir occurred shortly thereafter, during the Carter
malaise and the Iran hostage crisis of the late '70s. Then, in 1980,
American voters rejected big government in all its forms -- liberal
and conservative -- and voiced this new consensus in the election and
re-election of The Patriot's mentor, Ronald Reagan. We pray that this,
the true lesson of Watergate -- that unconstitutional governance from
any quarter will lead only to corruption and loss of trust -- will not
soon be forgotten.
With an eye to the future, we can only hope that the media's hero-worship
of service-record-withholding Vietnam vet John Kerry (who, by the way,
served in Vietnam) in a Kerry-Clinton '08 ticket -- with the bold
minds of the Washington Post leading the pack -- will be tempered by
the memory of Brother Cameron Kerry's arrest in the break-in of an
opponent's Lowell, Massachusetts, campaign headquarters in none other
than John's 1972 Congressional campaign.
Open query...
"Was Mr. Felt a hero? No one wants to be hard on an ailing 91-year-old
man. Mr. Felt no doubt operated in some perceived jeopardy and judged
himself brave. He had every right to disapprove of and wish to stop
what he saw as new moves to politicize the FBI. But a hero would have
come forward, resigned his position, declared his reasons, and exposed
himself to public scrutiny. He would have taken the blows and the
kudos. (Knowing both Nixon and the media, there would have been plenty of
both.) Heroes pay the price. Mr. Felt simply leaked information gained
from his position in government to damage those who were doing what he
didn't want done. Then he retired with a government pension. This does
not appear to have been heroism, and he appears to have known it. Thus,
perhaps, the great silence." --Peggy Noonan
This week's "Braying Jackass" award:
"With a story as enticing, complex, competitive and fast-breaking as
Watergate, there was little tendency or time to consider the motives
of our sources. ... There was no time to ask why they were talking
or whether they had an ax to grind. ... It was only later after Nixon
resigned that I began to wonder why Felt had talked when doing so carried
substantial risks for him and the FBI. Had he been exposed early on,
Felt would have been no hero. Technically, it was illegal to talk about
grand jury information or FBI files -- or it could have been made to
look illegal." --Bob Woodward
RE the Left...
"When you have to blow the whistle, there's a proper way to do it. I
don't think Mark did it in a professional way." --Charles Colson,
former Nixon White House aid
"He [Felt] took files from the investigation at the FBI headquarters,
drove to Memorial Bridge and threw them in the river." --Terry Lenzner,
former counsel, Senate Watergate Committee
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From the Left...
Elsewhere in the alternate reality that is the political Left, David
Rosen, chief fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton Rodham's 2000 Senate
campaign, has been acquitted of charges that he had made false reports
to the Federal Election Commission. The issue in question was a gala
in honor of President Clinton in August 2000 -- the reported cost of
the event was $400,000, but the actual cost is thought to have been
nearly $1.2 million. Under federal election law, all contributions and
costs are to be reported accurately and be accessible to the public. The
real meat of the story, however, is the Clintons' continued association
with questionable people and practices. Yet, somehow they always seem
to slip away unscathed.
News from the Swamp...
President Bush took the opportunity this week to remind the White House
press corps and the nation what it means to be a principled leader who is
dedicated to doing the work of the people and not the opinion polls. In
the latest of what have become monthly press conferences, Bush dismissed
the idea that he's becoming a lame duck. The Leftmedia, which can smell
blood better than a shark, has interpreted challenges to Social Security
reform and the President's judicial and ambassadorial nominations as
the symbolic end of Bush's presidency, a scant 42 months early.
True to his nature, Bush signaled that he remains confident in the
ultimate success of his agenda. "It's like water cutting through a rock,"
he told the assembled reporters. "It's just a matter of time. We're going
to keep working and working and working." To be sure, the President's
steadfast commitment to his agenda is likely to outlast the public's
tolerance of the obstructionist policies of his opponents in the Swamp.
On the Hill, an unlikely joining of forces is about to take place. The
Demo Congressional Black Caucus is teaming up with Republicans to push
for changes in campaign finance-reform legislation. Admitting that they
made a mistake in supporting the bill that Congress passed three years
ago, members of the CBC, led by New York Democrat Gregory Meeks, were led
to believe that the bill would protect their fundraising base. Instead,
during the 2004 election cycle, private 527 groups soaked up large
amounts of campaign cash to the detriment of political groups that
generally supported members of the CBC. Now, the Caucus is looking
toward supporting the 527 Fairness Act, which will remove limits on
hard-money contributions and allow labor unions, trade associations,
and other groups to receive and spend political contributions without
forming federal political-action committees. The wider Demo congressional
delegation is against the legislation, but it now appears the CBC may
go its own way to secure campaign dollars.
Does the Senate have enough votes to override President Bush's impending
veto of legislation relaxing restrictions on federal funding for
embryonic stem cell research? Pennsylvania RINO Arlen Specter seems
to think so. He noted on the Sunday morning shows last week that 58
senators had signed a letter to the President requesting that he drop his
opposition to the relaxed restrictions on research, and that another 20
who did not sign the letter will back the legislation. Sam Brownback,
who debated Specter's wisdom on the issue, maintains that the culture
of life must be protected, and any research that allows the destruction
of embryos threatens that commitment.
New and notable legislation: Steve King of Iowa is looking for
co-sponsors for The Truth in Employment Act (HR 1816), which seeks
to end the union practice of "salting," a tactic through which union
employees pressure non-union employers. Bills that passed the House
include HR 32, the Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act, and
HR 1224, the Business Checking Freedom Act, which will repeal the ban
on paying interest on corporate checking accounts.
On the National Security front...
As mentioned recently in The Patriot, the U.S. Air Force has been
preparing for an expected presidential directive authorizing the
development and deployment of space weapons -- and eventually space
forces. While the usual suspects on the Left will howl (indeed,
have been howling since 1968) about the "weaponization" of space,
the arguments behind the use of force in space are irresistible.
Much like the oceans, space cannot yet be permanently occupied, nor can
any nation claim ownership of space. Space itself has no inherent value,
except as it provides advantage on earth to those who can utilize it
for economic or military reasons. The United States supports the free
use of space by all, just as we support and defend freedom of the seas
for all. However, the U.S. Navy exists expressly for one reason -- to
take control in wartime of any portion of the seas necessary to protect
our interests, and to deny enemies the use of the seas. Applying force
at or from the sea to influence events on land has proven a lifesaving
capability for the nation in the past.
So it must be in space. Today, more than ever, space holds strategic
commercial and military importance. Even while championing freedom of
space, the United States must have the ability to take control of space
in wartime, to protect our interests in space, and deny it to others
who would use space against us. Just as the Navy is required to apply
force on the seas, space weapons and forces are needed to carry out
this mission in space.
On the Homeland Security front...
In recent months the issue of guarding our southern border from millions
of illegal immigrants is finally getting the attention it deserves
in the public discourse. Since the war against Jihadistan began,
more ideas and technologies have been brought forward to address a
decades-old problem that has grown from a simple social nuisance to a
serious security risk. Now, Arizona Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe
has introduced an argument that turns this debate on its head.
Kolbe has actively worked to support appropriation bills that prohibit
permanent border checkpoints for the U.S. Border Patrol along the
border with Mexico. His reasoning is that permanent border posts are
easily evaded by illegal aliens seeking to enter the country, and he
believes that the people's money is better spent on vehicles, sensors,
fencing and other equipment. While Kolbe's support for more funding
for equipment and mobile units makes sense, he overlooks the fact
that permanent checkpoints offer another layer of defense and bases
of communications for the Border Patrol that are essential to stemming
the tide of illegals crossing the border. With a problem that has grown
as significant as this, we have to look at all the options and form a
solution that is effective, not just expedient.
From the "Department of Military Correctness"...
U.S. Navy SEAL Lt. Andrew Ledford was acquitted last Friday of
several charges -- assault, dereliction of duty, conduct unbecoming an
officer and making false statements -- all stemming from an incident
in November of 2003 in which a prisoner died after interrogation in
Afghanistan. Lt. Ledford was in charge of the SEAL platoon that captured
Manadel al-Jamadi, suspected of killing 12 by blowing up a Red Cross
facility in October of 2003.
Jurors took only three hours to come to their decision, which was
about three hours too long given the fact that Lt. Ledford's sole
accuser had been booted from the SEALS for theft, and no one actually
saw Ledford abuse the prisoner. But that's not all. This prisoner's
initial apprehension came as the outcome of his surprise encounter
with another, single SEAL team member -- wherein he was finally subdued
when the SEAL tipped a kitchen stove on top of him ... but only after
al-Jamadi had fallen through his own kitchen table! In other words,
there was more than a little "reasonable doubt" as to the origin of
al-Jamadi's legitimately incurred injuries, but since when have pesky
little things like facts ever stood in the way of politically correct
persecution...err...prosecution?
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Judicial Benchmarks...
In the halls of justice on the right, in the Sunshine State, a
Florida appeals courts has sided with the trial judge, throwing out
a $1.2-million award from gun maker Valor Corp. to widow Pam Grunow in
regard to the murder of her husband with one of their handguns. Nathaniel
Brazill, a 13-year-old student of teacher Barry Grunow, shot Grunow
five years ago, and is now serving a 28-year sentence for second-degree
murder. Pam Grunow had argued that Valor Corp. was somehow responsible
for her husband's death in not making its firearms "safer."
Regarding the redistribution of your income...
Last week, The Patriot reported that convicted sex offenders in New
York are receiving Viagra via Medicaid. We also noted that it was not
known how many other states were doing likewise. Over the weekend,
however, new reports indicate that nearly 800 offenders in 14 states
were receiving Medicaid-funded Viagra. A study by the Associated Press
found the shocking truth: Florida, 218 cases; New York, 198; Texas,
191; New Jersey, 55; Virginia, 52; Missouri, 26; Kansas, 14; Ohio, 13;
Michigan, seven; Maine, five; Georgia, three; Montana, three; Alabama,
two; and North Dakota, one.
From the "Regulatory Commissars" File...
The New York Times is continuing its campaign for universal health care
with an article by Dr. Robin Cook concocting a need for it. Their latest
idea holds the eventual decoding of the human genome will lead to the
liberal's promised land of universal healthcare to avoid the specter
of genetic discrimination by health insurers.
In the Leftmedia's view, nothing can save us from the health insurer
bogeyman except for government-provided healthcare. Apparently
unbeknownst to the Times is that many states already prohibit genetic
discrimination or severely restrict its uses (Congress is also debating
the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act). Other laws overlooked
by the Times are state laws protecting the confidentiality of genetic
information; state laws restricting health insurers to using only
certain underwriting criteria; and "guaranteed-issue" requirements in
most states which are pursuant to federal law, but which raise premium
rates. All of these effectively preclude genetic testing for health
insurance in addition to the impractical cost of genetic testing.
Times reporters don't realize their personal health information will
eventually be available for government use, as always happens under
government-rationed healthcare. Once the government gets personal health
information, there is nothing to stop it from using PHI for everything
else, like denying loans for persons with heart conditions. All of
this is lost on the Grey Lady, which doggedly peddles its solution to
genetic discrimination by recommending the U.S. adopt an unconstitutional
socialized-medicine system which would cost trillions of dollars.
From the "Village Academic Curriculum" File...
The Collegiate Network, a collaborator with the Collegiate Patriot,
has released its Eighth Annual Campus Outrage Awards. As a mere taste
of the Leftist insanity plaguing academia today, we offer readers a
sampling of the top five offenders, some of whom you've read about
previously in The Patriot:
In fifth place, Harvard's now infamous vilification of its own
President Lawrence Summers who, at a conference on women in the fields
of science, suggested -- GASP -- that innate differences between men
and women might account for the disparity between the sexes in certain
fields. Fourth, administrative officials at Occidental College removed
campus "shock-jock" Jason Antebi from his radio program for alleged
"sexual and gender hostile environment harassment." When the student
government came to his defense, administration officials disbanded the
student government, thereby seizing $441,000 in student fees which that
body was elected to administer. In a tie for third, Carnegie Mellon and
Duke Universities hosted groups that openly advocate anti-Semitism and
in some cases genocide of Jews. At CMU, a student group hosted the
"New Black Panther Party" and its head mouth, Malik Zulu Shabazz,
who publicly advocates killing Zionists. At Duke, the International
Solidarity Movement held instruction for students on how to enter Israel
illegally, as well as detailing their collaboration with Hamas, Islamic
Jihad and the PFLP. Second, UNLV Economics Professor Hans Hoppe was
forced to forfeit a week's salary and a year's worth of merit pay for
having made in class an empirical argument that homosexuals engage in
less long-term financial planning than do heterosexuals because they
don't have children. After a student complained, both a "grievance
committee" and the university's provost reprimanded Hoppe for his
"discriminatory" behavior in the classroom.
Finally -- drum roll, please -- LeMoyne College graduate student Scott
McConnell was expelled after writing a paper that advocated spanking in
elementary school as a form of discipline. He received a letter from the
director of his program explaining: "I have grave concerns regarding the
mismatch between your personal beliefs regarding teaching and learning
and the LeMoyne College program goals ... You will not be allowed to
register for any additional courses." Though McConnell received an A-
on the paper, he was allowed no further recourse.
Clearly, the Left is heading more and more, well, Left. This makes
our job all the more critical. Join us in our fight to get the Right
perspective to students on campus by linking to The Collegiate Patriot
to offer your support: http://www.CollegiatePatriot.US
Around the nation...
From the states, the West Virginia legislature (majority Democrat)
has a new plan to invest $5.5 billion (yes, that's a "b") of pension
money for state employees in stocks and bonds -- a risky scheme if ever
there was one! Of course, they're promising returns of 7.5 percent or
better annually for 30 years. But wait! President Bush already thought
of that. We wonder if West Virginia Demo senators Bobby Byrd and Jay
Rockefeller are men enough to stand against this outrageous idea --
but we're not holding our breath.
On the culture front...
"Cultural competency" is now an important redeeming virtue in the
world of highfalutin Leftist academia. The University of Oregon just
published a "draft" of its new "diversity plan" which extends this
notion not only to matriculation but to employment policy and tenure
approval. According to the "diversity advisory council" which published
in the plan, the university will incorporate hundreds of new scholarships
(which may or may not reward actual scholarship) in an attempt to double
the number of students from "underrepresented groups." It includes
provisions for "cluster hirings" of professors to teach on race, gender
and sexuality. For professors seeking tenure, one criterion for approval
is a demonstration for "cultural competency," which has no definition in
the plan. Here, we at The Patriot suggest a milder approach to academic
excellence: mental competency.
On the frontiers of junk science...
The Leftists favoring the "Big Nanny" state are self-parodying, albeit
on a delayed schedule. Mock them today with an exaggeration of some
current absurdity, then wait a decade for it to emerge as their actual
position. Writing in the British Medical Journal, Drs. Emma Hern,
Will Glazebrook, and Mike Beckett called for knife control -- banning
the sale of kitchen knives that are sharp and pointy. Even gun-ban
advocate Pete Hamm, of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence,
joshed, "Can sharp stick control be far behind?" (A decade, Pete,
a decade!) American chef Anthony Bourdain has it just right: "Where
there is no risk, there is no pleasure." Nor, we add, any freedom.
From the "Non Compos Mentis" Files...
"I thought, between sports and news and television and friendship,
that you could end the Cold War and, by God, we did." --Ted Turner,
founder of CNN and the Goodwill Games, taking credit for ending the
Cold War (as reported by CNN)
Thanks for clearing that up, Teddy. How deluded we were to think that
Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, John Paul II and the fundamental
flaws of the communist system had a darn thing to do with it.
Around the world...
Amnesty International has released its annual report of the state of
human rights around the globe, and it appears that one of the worst
offenders isn't al-Qa'ida or Iran, Sudan or China, but everybody's
favorite punching bag, the United States. The 2005 Amnesty report
takes special aim at the alleged prisoner abuses at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba. Ostensibly with straight faces, they called the facility "the
gulag of our time," comparing the U.S. detention of Jihadi terrorists
to the real atrocities committed against political dissidents of the
Soviet system.
In The Patriot's own review of Amnesty International's country-by-country
blend of fact and fiction, we were shocked -- SHOCKED -- to note
that the report's summary of conditions in Iraq contained only eight
paragraphs outlining and condemning "abuses by armed groups," but spends
no less than TWENTY paragraphs condemning "abuses" by U.S. forces and
the democratically elected Iraqi government. In Amnesty's 3,000-word
account of human rights abuses in Iraq, nowhere do the words "terrorism"
or "terrorist" appear. So before you begin leafing through Amnesty
International's 2005 report, be forewarned -- it's a torturous read.
The BIG lie...
"The USA, as the unrivaled political, military and economic hyper-power,
sets the tone for governmental behavior worldwide. When the most powerful
country in the world thumbs its nose at the rule of law and human
rights, it grants a license to others to commit abuse with impunity
and audacity. From Israel to Uzbekistan, Egypt to Nepal, governments
have openly defied human rights and international humanitarian law in
the name of national security and 'counter-terrorism'." --Irene Khan,
Secretary General, Amnesty International
And last...
Any irony here? According to the Associated Press, "When Felt was on
trial for authorizing illegal break-ins during the 1970s at homes of
people associated with the radical Weather Underground, Nixon testified
on his behalf. And after Reagan pardoned Felt in 1981, he received
a bottle of champagne and this brief note from the disgraced former
president: 'Justice ultimately prevails'." Cameron Kerry could not be
reached for comment.
Lex et Libertas -- Semper Vigilo, Paratus, et Fidelis! Mark Alexander,
Publisher, for the editors and staff. (Please pray for our Patriot Armed
Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty,
and for the families awaiting their safe return.)
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