Editorial: Where are we headed as a Nation?
By Chuck Adkins
As I sit here this evening, I have about three things that I would really like to write about. However, because I really do not want to write three different editorials, I am hoping I can combine all three streams of thought into one well-written editorial. I figure, hell, shoot for the moon, and if I happen to hit mars too, even better. No, I am not trying to do a bad imitation of Molly Ivins. She was writing snarky articles about Republicans, when I was still pooping green. Besides, she was a much better writer that I will ever be.
Editorial: Where are we headed as a Nation?
By Chuck Adkins
As I sit here this evening, I have about three things that I would really like to write about. However, because I really do not want to write three different editorials, I am hoping I can combine all three streams of thought into one well-written editorial. I figure, hell, shoot for the moon, and if I happen to hit mars too, even better. No, I am not trying to do a bad imitation of Molly Ivins. She was writing snarky articles about Republicans, when I was still pooping green. Besides, she was a much better writer that I will ever be.
I happened to watch Keith Olbermann’s special commentary last night. I am glad to see that I am not the only person that happens to think that our current President is a blithering idiot. However, I was quite surprised to see, that in the world of Blogs, what I thought was going to be a rather large atomic bomb going off, turn out to be more of a minor incoming scud missile. And perhaps rightly so, It could very well be, that not everyone is in "must end war now" mode, As a Populist, and a firm believer in the idea that we must finish what we started, I think for us to draw out of the country of Iraq, like tomorrow, would be quite foolish. I am quite aware of the fact that the Invasion of Iraq was a tragic mistake, I really am. However, I also must ask the question, if we packed up and left, would not we be sending the message that we go into countries, destroy their infrastructure, and leave it for them to fix? That would be foolish!
I am, without apology a firm believer in finishing the job that we started. What I mean by that is, we must, at least try, to get that country to be able to survive on it’s own, before we pull out of the country of Iraq. Otherwise, we are going to have every Muslim in the world, hating us to the core. This would be fodder for the radical Muslims who want to see America and everyone in it dead. George W. Bush knows this; He is not entirely stupid. He may not be a good speaker, but I do not think he is as empty-headed as people give him credit for, Otherwise, he would not even be there.
So, really, all of this screaming, hollering, jumping up and down, and carrying on by the far left and some of our closer to the center type people is rather strange. I truly believe that I know what it is that the Democrats are doing. They are pulling a strategic move. They figure if they do not give Bush what he wants, our troops could suffer, so, they are giving the man what he wants. And they are watching the outcome, if it succeeds, they will take credit for assisting the President, and if it fails, they will paint his Presidency as the worst ever, and the Democrats will be painted as the ones who saved America from the nutty Neo-Conservative President. So, personally, as a progressive populist, I think the term "Betrayal", used by Keith Olbermann was a little bit strong. Everyone I think, No matter where you sit on the fence politically, needs to step back and look at the bigger picture. Many people fail to do this, because they are locked into their political ideologies. There are many sides, to the Iraqi coin, not just the side that the far left wants to look at.
Meanwhile, while everyone and their uncle is having a full body orgasm about the Iraq war. Our rather wonderful Congress is trying to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants. This is one thing, I will not understand. Why the in world should this country, give citizenship to anyone who has jumped a fence to get here? To me that would be like someone robbing a bank, at gunpoint, and the cops telling the person "Well, seeing you really needed the money, you can have amnesty". Last time I checked, against the law was against the law. Think I am racist? I am not more of a racist than the demonstrators who I have seen carrying signs that say, "We are reclaiming our land" and "Gringo’s go back to England". I ask you, who are the real racists. And better yet, who is the opportunists? Wanting a hand out that they have not even earned? I think if you are being very honest with yourselves, you will know the correct answer.
One can only hope that our congressman and representatives will wake and realize that our nation already has a great legal immigration policy and this foolish tampering with it, will only further more endanger our nations sovereignty, throw gasoline on a already large jobless rate bonfire, embolden criminal activity and spread infectious diseases within our society. I do truly hope that this idiotic bill dies a proper death in congress or the house.
Chuck Adkins
Editor
The Populist
http://thepopulistblog.com