Fighting Back

Finally, the Bush Administration is fighting back against accusations of harsh interrogation techniques of captured terrorists. Dick Cheney, the former Vice President, recently sat down with Fox News's Sean Hannity defending Bush interrogation techniques, saying that they were necessary when an attack on the United States was a likely possibility. According to many far-left advocates, however, the Bush Administration represents the essence of a human rights violator. Liberal media institutions like NBC News and the NY Times wish for officials to use only those interrogation techniques described in the Army Field Manual...essentially, polite conversation. Which is absoultely insane considering millions of Americans lives are on the line. I don't know about you, but I'm willing to put a suspected terrorist through temporary discomfort (like waterboarding), to gain valuable information that could pose a threat to the country. Yet, many members of Congress are pushing the Obama White House to prosecute officials of the Bush Administration for their use of such techniques. And, as it appears, Obama is willing to back a bi-partisan investigation that would ignite the country. Let me make this clear....prosecuting Bush officials for their use of harsh interrogation techniques, which ultimately kept Americans safe, would be permanately damaging for the legacy of Mr. Obama.

Tea Parties

This past Wednesday thousands upon thousands of Americans gathered at cities across the United States all in the name of fiscal responsibility. In Cincinnati, approximately 7,000 people crowded Fountain Square in protest of the government spending millions of dollars on federal stimulus projects. Fox News showed images of thousands outside the Alamo in Texas, the State Capitol of California in Sacramento, Atlanta, GA, Washington, D.C., and the list goes on and on. Picket line signs bared slogans such as “Taxed Too Much Already,” “Don’t Ruin Our Future,” “Give Me Liberty…Not Debt,” and “The United Socialist States of America.” Some were even dressed in colonial wigs with tea bags hanging from their glasses. As House Minority Leader John Boehner, an Ohio Republican would put it, “Across our nation, thousands of Americans are participating in taxpayer tea parties today for one simple reason: overtaxed families and small businesses have had enough.” And it all happened on April 15th, also known as Tax Day, a day that every American loathes to no end. The TEA, Taxed Enough Already, Parties were not organized by big Republican backers wishing to mudsling President Obama and his financial advisors. This was a grassroots movement against crazed government spending that threatens to destroy the lives of Americans not even born yet. And it was all rightly so. The big spending cannot be attributed to only the Republican or Democratic Party, both are at fault. The stimulus bill during the end of the Bush Administration was just the first toll that sparked much of the public outcry that has led to our government whipping out green bills at record pace. But, at least the Republican Party recognized the huge grass roots movement. Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, Mark Stanford, Governor of South Carolina, and Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, were all involved in Tea Parties in their respective states. Not surprisingly, the Obama White House failed to even make note of the events. The bottom line is that Americans have had enough. Often times, it takes this kind of political participation, unconventional participation, for government leaders to wake up and realize their mistakes.

Christianity and the Mainstream Media

It's no mystery that the mainstream media has willed to deconstruct the so called "evangelical movement" in this country for many years. The real question is why? The United States was founded upon Godly principals, and with over 70% of Americans claiming themselves to be Christians, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense why the media doesn't take a more pro-Christianity stance than they do. Evangelical voters play a huge factor in political elections, epecially in the Southern States. Films in recent years like The Passion of the Christ and Facing the Giants have been huge successes. So, again, why is the media so biased toward evangelicals in this country? The answers...too many biblical points contradict with the media's social agenda. The Bible strongly speaks out against many social injustices like abortion and gay-marriage, both issues are media strongholds. Many of the journalists and editors at the big media corportations (like GE...which owns NBC News, a far left institution) are also extremely liberal, and only serve to cast a shadow of hatred on the evangelical movement. Finally, the Media toy with those who will not fight back. Those folks who they can continually polk with a stick again and again. The Bible speaks on loving another person as one's own self, and therefore, Christians are above the mudslinging that the media take part in everyday.