An Open Letter to President Obama - Its a War, Stupid

Let me begin by emphasizing that I mean not disrespect to our Nation's President, by the headline to today's Blog. In discussing a previous blog entry with an Elite Member over the Holidays, he stated that the Administration's cowardly use of the civilian courts to prosecute the Christmas Day Panty Bomber was really unimportant, because: "it will all come out in the wash, anyway."

What this former elite member's laundry has to do with our nation's survival is still not entirely clear to me, but I have concluded that I need to be less subtle and more direct in expressing my policy views in this forum, even as there will be one fewer home delivery after Thursday of this week.

In any event, because our nation's survival is the shared responsibility of all informed citizens - w/. Janet Napolitano being clueless, it up to us (and I do mean all disrespect to her view that the "system worked" inanity) - my crucial task here continues. So, be both very afraid and better informed, in order to carry out your own responsibilities to help convince this Administration to fight the ongoing WAR on Terror to win it, rather than prosecuting terrorists as merely street criminals who knocked over a 7/11 or corner gas station. Hence, my Open Letter to the President, which I encourage you to copy and forward to your own elected officials in Congress:

"Dear Mr. President: In your speech to the Nation from Hawaii yesterday, you reassured us that you would use all of our national power and authorities to prevent future terror attacks on Americans. As Commander in Chief, one of your powers is the authority to designate an apprehended terrorist as an enemy combatant, who can then be held by our intelligence agencies for interrogation on his knowledge of other impending attacks. You did not exercise this authority in the case of the NW Airlines bomber. Why not?"

A straight forward question, with huge portents for the next three year's of this President's short stay in Office. May we all seek Peace in the New Year, but thru real security and not the Sally Field notion of making nice with terrorists - they don't like us and never will.

A Red Herring Just bit Attorney General Holder

A.G. Holder ignorantly, or disingenuously, brushed off Senator Graham' s demand to commit the nation to win the war on terror, rather than merely arresting and prosecuting criminals, by saying that it was a red herring as to whether Osama Bin Laden would be given his miranda rights upon his apprehension.

Well guess what loyal listeners, that hypothetical apprehension scenario just became all too real - a Christmas miracle, if you will. Traveling not by sleigh but by NW airlines, Nigerian citizen and bomber, Umar Farouk, was apprehended in the skies near Detroit airport. He is an enemy combatant who attacked us - a terrorist act of war on western civilization. He is not an American citizen, so he has no constitutional protections in his custodial treatment after this apprehension.

Nonetheless, Umar has been charged by the Department of Justice with a criminal act in a federal civilian court, he has lawyered up (and naturally shut up), refusing to be interviewed by government anti-terrorist agents. Had Umar been immediately taken to a Michigan military base, he could have been interrogated continuously until he disclosed his knowledge of other pending operations to attack and kill Americans.

So, Mr. Holder - how does having no access and no information from Umar make us all so much safer than those Bush guys did with their secretly harsh interrogations, which lead to the stopping of many terrorist attacks on Americans? Just asking...

Harry Reid's Christmas present - Death of Democracy

Harry's killing of our nation's 233 year old system of self government is premeditated murder. Nevada's Senator Reid, admitted today that the Heath Care bill, now awaiting Senate approval, contains a provision outlawing any future repeal of a number of its new enactments, including the Health Insurance Benefits Advisory Panels. This Reid formerly hidden provision would make him a King, ruling by divine right so that his proclamations are the last and eternal word of a demi-god, a Deity himself even.

So much for the will of the people, and the right of future generations to enact improvements in governmental operations. Not necessary, as Harry believes that these panels are the perfect solution to the health care needs of the country for all time immemorial. Wow, I knew Harry was smart, now I know is he is the smartest human of all time, Christ-like even. How appropriate that our Savour has come to us during this Christmas season.

So, whatever your views might be as to the merits of the Health Care legislation, every American should be outraged by a proposed "Law to end all Laws", or most certainly the end of the Rule of Law and self government for all future Americans. The arrogance of this proposal is only exceeded by the magnitude of the power grab by Harry Reid; it constitutes a Coup d'e etat.

Is it Legal to Murder women and children w/. discrimination, as opposed to indiscriminately

Recently, two Elite members, Dr. Big Al (enthusiastic interpreter of the theorem of oil spill age dating) and Dr. Georgette (convinced interpreter of dirt aging theorem) both submitted unsuccessful prize contest entries, hoping to identify the United States War Cabinet Secretary who proclaimed: "Sometimes men need to die, willingly" to protect the homeland.

So, in the spirit of this Season of Peace and Goodwill to all men, and Nobel Prizes, accolades will be showered upon any Elite Member who can identify the legal theory our current Chief Executive is relying upon for immunity from criminal prosecution for authorizing more than 4o predator drone strikes inside of Pakistan in 2009, almost one per week of his Presidency. These unannounced, silent (until the bombs explode) attacks have been deemed to constitute unlawful summary executions of merely alleged criminals (and regrettably of wives, mothers, grandmothers, children, neighbors and other innocent bystanders) by a goodly number of international law scholars, and other liberal panty waists.

Accordingly, please submit no more than two answers, as the first one will be disregarded anyway, unless it reads word for word: " in prosecuting a lawful war of national defense, the killing of innocent civilians in the course of the killing of enemy combatants is a legal act."

Accordingly, should the President fully embrace his Justice Department's return to the pre-911 national policy of responding to Radical Islamic attacks on Americans as merely criminal offenses, he best be very vigilant regarding any anti-American views held by future appointees to the World Criminal Court in the Hague. As the Fort Hood murderer's prosecution by Court Martial shows, not even admitted mass murders can be summarily executed, except when killed on a wartime battlefield. Just saying....

The Tigger will not be Pilloried Here

Not a worthy endeavor to pile on the guy, as he is as buried in his own mess as deep as anyone I can recall, including the NY Luv Gov., Client No. 9. Besides how can I try to top today's NY Post headline: "Tiger Pulls Out", leaving the PGA tour for an indefinite hiatus of soul searching (Ouch). I do feel it is incumbent upon this Blog, however, to relate late breaking news from the Columbus Bee weekly - Fat Jack, the Golden Bear, has admitted to several of his confidants that over the past five years he has expended over $180 million dollars, paid to eager ladies agreeable to pursue a romantic relationship with the Tigr. Jack is reported to have told friends: "$180 million for call girls, very expensive, keeping the all-time record for wins in Majors, priceless."

All sarcasm aside, my view of this sordid affair is that moral dishonesty is never a victim free lifestyle, and it ultimately hurts everyone who cares for the perpetrator of the fraud.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Joy to Unbelievers

Season's Greetings to all six some billions of listeners out there reading this blog now, or not. At times, we all need to just step back from our individual and collective endeavors to improve the world, and see all the good and wonderful blessings we share as sentient beings inhabiting the 21st Century earth. Not the least of which is that none of us is the Number One Ranked Golfer in the World.

Therefore, I want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your contributions to the success of this Blog. Because of your status as an Elite Member, you will not be receiving an individual, hard copy Christmas card; instead, as my holiday gift to each Elite Member, you will have your free elite membership renewed for one more twelve month period of time.

Nonetheless, as foolish consistency is the hobgobblin of a small mind, I do expect purchased cards from all of you elite members. Alternatively, you can plant a small tree on private property somewhere accessible to your daily care routine in my name. Just saying...

Back to the Graveyard with a Bigger Shovel

At West Point this week, President Obama announced his plan to increase US combat missions in Afghanistan over the next 18 months, by sending an additional 30,000 troops, before commencing a phased reduction of said troop levels, beginning in July of 2011. I appreciated greatly the President's candor in not promising Victory, as that goal is surely illusory and unachievable.

Nonetheless, the President's four square adoption of the Soviet Union's late 1980s Afghanistan strategy is indeed distressing. Creating safe haven urban centers, while training the National army and National police force as a viable foundation to transition from foreign invader/occupier to friendly ally surely worked out well for them didn't it.

Keep in mind that the Administration's commitment of more than 100,000 combat forces is needed to counter the threat to our homeland by the estimated 100 (plus/minus) al Qaeda terrorists hiding out in unheated, but furnished, caves along the border with Pakistan. Now, most Elite Members will read that nonsensically small number of enemy combatants and say to other listeners: "there he goes again more ridiculous hyperbole." NOT SO - That number was given to the world press as background information for the President's West Point address by his National Security Advisor, General James Jones. Sounds to me, however, that a hundred or so terrorists could be terminated with extreme prejudice by our predator drones. Just saying...