A Racist War? NO!! A Freedom Fighter Breakdown

Okay, so, while reading some other blogs and websites today, I kept on reading statements like this:

"Nearly a fifth of the fatalities among U.S. troops in the current war in Iraq are black, which will be the highest cost African Americans have paid in any of America's wars if the trend continues," the report said. "African Americans represent 13 percent of the U.S. population and 20 percent of all military personnel."

Are these facts true? NO THEY ARE NOT. The anti-war left and the MSM want the American people to think that this is a "racist war" where minorities are put on the front lines. Well, sorry to all of those lefties out there (Xoff, your name comes to mind) that enjoy bad news about the war.

According to the US Census in 2000, 75.1 percent of Americans classify themselves as White, 12.5 percent as Latino/Hispanic, and 12.3 percent Black.

The Iraq War causulities break down like this: 10.65 percent black and 10.9 percent Hispanic/latino.

So, there is no discrepancies between race and the KIAs in Iraq. Sorry bad-news-mongers.

Who are dying in disporportionate numbers? Soldiers from small towns and small counties.

The soldiers who died aren't numbers, but numbers tell some of their story. Those who died in Iraq were 39 percent more likely than the nation as a whole to live in counties with fewer than 100,000 people.

2000 KIA - Is the left smiling?

Today, there was grim news that the number of killed in action in Iraq has surpassed 2,000. Although this is just another number, the left has been salivating since 1500 for another round number to rally around. So, what do the lefties have planned?

The folks at the American Friends Service Committee want to stop funding for the War in Iraq.

On the day after the 2,000th reported U.S. military casualty in Iraq, people will gather in communities across the U.S. to say that the country's pro-peace majority wants Congress to stop the deaths by stopping the dollars that are funding the war.

This is a horrible plan. Yeah, lets stop funding our fighting men and women in Iraq and expect to SAVE US lives. Why don't these folks look at the consequences of their actions? Of course, this new campaign kicked off with the 2,000 death in Iraq. It is obvious that they have been planning this new campaign for a while...but they waited to execute it. Why? They were planning on more soldiers to die and wanted to springboard off of #2000. I wonder if they had a countdown in their office?

You can't spell overblown without moveon.org. They were founded during the Clinton impeachment telling the Republicans to "move on". I wish they would take their own advice on this one. They ask "how many more?"

Today, we received grim news: 2000 American soldiers have now died in Iraq. Their caskets have been hidden from view, and the news of their deaths has receded to the back pages. But the men and women who died in recent days were no less brave or less honorable than those who died in the first days of the war. It's time for us to honor them to remind the public that they're dying every day in the quagmire of Iraq and ask, "How many more?"

They already have a commercial ready to roll to point out the 2000 figure. Like AFSC, moveon.org planned for the 2000th death and was ready to roll. additionton to the commercial, they are planning a National "Vigil for 2000 Killed in Iraq". Again, they were prepping for the 2000th death. That is sick.

Here is some friendly Freedom Fighter advice for the smiling left:

Stop trying to capitalize off of the sacrifice of the fighting men and women of the US Armed Forces. Instead of planning for more soldiers to die and planning events around these statistics, why don't you focus on the terrorists and the people that are causing Americans, Iraqis, and othcoalitionion members to die in Iraq.

Those soldiers are sacrificing their lives for your freedoms. The least you can do is not hope for the 2000th KIA. And yes, you were hoping for 2000 and you are preparing for 2100, 2200, 2300 and beyond.

So, enjoy your parties today, have fun calling Bush a murderer and catching up with your anti-war buddies about the latest moveon.org commercial. Someday, that smile, that smug little smile, will wipedped from your collective faces when you realize that you were happy when you heard the KIAs reached 2000. I will pray for you all until then.

Cuba floods...Will Dems blame Socialist Fiscal Policy?

A BBC story points out that Havana had some pretty heavy flooding in wake of Hurricane Wilma.

Rescuers used boats and inflatable dinghies to reach people trapped as sea water swept hundreds of metres inland.

Sounds kind of familar. It seems as though the "sea defenses" were overtaken by the storm surge as the storm passed over Havana. Lets see how the American MSM covers this event and how Democratic politicians respond to his tragity. I know one argument that cannot be made: "The sea walls were breached because of a lack of social programs and weak federal supervision". Unless you didn't graduate from 11 grade Social Studies, you know that Cuba is in fact communist with a strong centeral government that controls almost every aspect of a person's life.

Does anyone remember some of this rhetoric:

"As these facts get out, and the American people learn that decisions were made not to fund improvements of the levees because of Iraq, they will not be happy," Washington-based Democratic consultant Chris Kofinis told the Associated Press.

and

"Democrats searching for a way to blame President Bush for Hurricane Katrina are circulating a report that claims the Bush tax cuts and the Iraq war drained funding from New Orleans flood-control projects."

Ahh, so the tragidy we call Katrina was caused by Bush and other greedy capitalist Republicans and evil freedom fighters, who is to blame for the flooding in Havana? There is a lack of captialists and freedom fighters in Cuba (Capitalists are hung and the freedom fighters fled to America!). I have an answer: lets blame NATURE. What a concept...blame the HURRICANE for the wind, rain, and storm surge!

But wait, how about the response to the situation? If it is slow in Cuba (because of flooded roads perhaps) who is to blame. In America, it is the President that sent soldiers overseas to protect our country, as Sen. Kent Conrad (D) so elequently put:

Is the National Guard "depleted because so many Guard are in Iraq that we don't have the opportunity to activate civil control? That question has to be asked."

Mark my words, if one person dies is Cuba, the MSM will first blame Bush (global warming), then blame the military (for not getting our US aid there fast enough), and then blame Bush again (for not having a more open relationship with Cuba). After that, they will applaud the Cuban social programs that got the people back on their feet.

Storms come, rain falls, levees break, sea walls are breached. It happens. Sometimes no one is to blame, but lessons are learned. Unless the MSM comes out and says the Wilma flooding in Cuba is caused by communism and isolationism, then Bush's fiscal or international policy is not to blame for Katrina.

Anti-war folks ready for 2000 KIAs in Iraq; Some Freedom Fighter practical advice!

Well, after some R&R, I am back to blogging and nothing better than showing the true nature of the anti-war movement to get rolling again.

Update: Welcome Michelle Malkin readers!

As you may have seen on Drudge, The Washington Post reports that anti-war celebrity Cindy Sheehan is preparing herself for another media crusade when the KIA in Iraq reaches 2000. Does anyone else think it is sick how these people are going to turn this somber statistic into a media event? The saddest part is they are hoping and waiting to get to number 2000.

All the Democrats have now are tragedies. It is all they seem to talk about. They took Katrina and blamed everyone but the Democrat Mayor and Governor for the tragic loss of life. Now they are taking this looming statistic and instead of being mad as hell at the TERRORISTS, the ones killing our fighting men and women in Iraq, they are planning on chaining themselves to the White House fence.

Here is some practical advice for Cindy Sheehan and her supporters to stifle terrorist attacks against US troops in Iraq and save lives:

Why don't you chain themselves to the Syrian Embassy and demand that they stop insurgents from crossing into Iraq? Syrian insurgents are crossing the boarder daily with little resistance from the Syrian government. If they would stop these criminals from illegally crossing into Iraq, hundreds of soldiers may still be alive today. Demand a meeting with Imad Moustapha, the Syrian ambassador to the US and tell him to crack down on illegal boarder crossings.

Why don't you chain themselves to the Iranian Embassy (technically the Interests Section of Iran, as this country does not have an official embassy in the US) and demand that they stop giving weapons to terrorists in Southern Iraq? There are clear links between Iran and technologically advanced explosives that are being used to terrorize Iraqi civilians and American Soldiers alike. You can set up a meeting and demand they stop killing US Soldiers by providing advanced shape explosive charges to terrorists.

Well, you won't. Why? Because you want to politicize the war as much as they can. Instead of blaming the people that are killing our troops, you are blaming Bush. Be mad, be angry, but focus it on those that did these terrible things!

Cindy Sheehan, Bush did not kill your son, a terrorist did. When you understand that, the healing process can begin. But until then, your outrage is misguided and will not prevent number 2000 or 2100 or 2200, you will only ensure it. Cindy, be outraged at the terrorists and the governments that support them! If you camp outside of the Syrian Embassy, I will join you. And if you chain yourself to the Iranian Embassy, I will join you.

"DEMOCRATIZING EDUCATION CONVENTION" coming the UW

Well, my student tax dollars are going to fund another anti-war, anti-capitalism rally/teach-in here at UW Madison. The group this time is called Democratizing Education. Their e-mail is very telling. Why are they coming you ask?

Because, everywhere, tuition is skyrocketing. Millions of poor people, primarily people of color, are either shut out of college, or join the military to get in. Student associations and labor unions are under attack. Corporations are setting research and instructional policy. Campus free speech and academic freedom are at risk.

Great, another anti-military and anti-business speaker on this campus. Well, who is speaking at the event you ask? Panels include:

The Crisis in Access & Financing (The Broader Economic Picture; The Free Higher Ed Campaign; Affirmative Action & Tracking)

Education Strikes & Industrial Action (The Quebec Student Strike; Campus Labor: The TAA Strike of 2004; Direct Action on Newly Activist Campuses)

Corporatization (Corporate Racism & Higher Ed; Corporatization & Democratization)

Education Unionism (Student Unionism: The Canadian Model; Students-Workers-Community: Towards Campus Unionism; High School Students & Higher Ed)

Great, so a bunch of Canadians are going to be talking about economic policy and affirmative action. My favorite part is WHO IS PAYING FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TO COME!!

With support from the Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution (http://www.LibertyTreeFDR.org/) and from the Multicultural Student Coalition, Student Labor Action Coalition, Teaching Assistants Association, Green Progressive Alliance, Rainbow Bookstore Coop, ASM Workers Rights Campaign, and funded in part by the Associated Students of Madison.

The highlighted organizations receive student fees in some way. So I AM PAYING FOR CANADIAN SOCIALISTS TO COME TO MADISON and preach to the choir about socialism and anti-Americanism.

The "marketplace of ideas" is dominated by the left on this campus. They get all the money, they get all of the professional ASM staffers working for them, and they refuse to allow other points of view on this campus. Hypocrisy in action.

Feature: Reframing "the young conservative"

(This is part one of a five part series over the next two weeks to reframe some of the pressing issues in conservative circles)

Winston Churchill once said: "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. Show me a young conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains. "

Frame Shift: Young conservatives have and need far more heart than liberals because conservatives are fighting for their political lives.

Winston Churchill did not live in modern day America. The conservatives of today need far more heart than today's liberals because we have more to fight for...and we have more to lose. The liberals won almost everything in the 60's and 70's and they since then they have had to dig in and protect their gains. Liberals are fighting a defensive war and you don't need heart to fight a defensive war. In other words, liberals are on top of the mountain...they are in the fort. Conservatives, on the other hand, are on the offensive. They are trying to breach the walls, charge the hill, change society. Conservatives have IDEAS and conservatives have a direction.

Since the Reagan Revolution, we have been gaining ground, but that doesn't mean that we cannot lose it all. Conservatives need to understand that it is hard, or downright impossible to turn around some trends. The trend of big government is almost impossible to stop (even when Republicans have power, they seem inept to cut programs). Why? Because the media, the propaganda machine of the liberal status quo, will sway the public against it. If the liberals go on the offensive for a new program like Nationalized healthcare and we don't counter it...it will be here forever and our nation will be lost to socialism.

Finally, as a young conservative, we need heart to survive on these liberal campuses. Conservative have to stick up for themselves in all of our classes. The teachers that teach us, the TAs that grade us, the city that surrounds us are all liberal. Who needs more heart? A liberal just nods his head and joins in the teacher lead Bush bashing.

The truth of the matter is simple: Conservatives are fighting for their political future. As a great general once said: "We have two choices: win or die, they have other options." This is very true. We are fighting for values that, when gone, will be gone forever. We are fighting for an economic system, when gone, will be gone forever. We are fighting for our vision of America, that when gone, will be gone forever.

He have heart...and we are smart. Mr. Churchill would say the same.

More on the "Drive out Bush" walkout set for Nov. 2

The flyer goes on to say:

NOVEMBER 2 must be a massive and public proclamation that WE REFUSE TO BE RULED IN THIS WAY. November 2 must call out to the tens of millions more who are now agonizing and disgusted. November 2 will be the beginning - a giant first step in forcing Bush to step down, and a powerful announcement that we will not stop until he does so - and it will join with and give support and heart to people all over the globe who so urgently need and want this regime to be stopped.

Lets break this apart:

First, these people are advocating for the forceful removal of an elected President. They want to "(force) Bush to step down". This is just abhorrent. This is equal to treason. They are working on behalf of "people all over the globe" to cause chaos in America and remove Bush.

Second, lets look at that last statement: "and it will join with and give support and heart to people all over the globe who so urgently ned and want this regime to be stopped." Who wants this Presidency to come to an abrupt end? Well, most of Europe (for economic reason), China (for superpower reasons), and of course most terrorists in the world would love to see Bush out of office (as well as terrorist supporting countries). So what they are talking about giving aid and comfort to our economic foes, potential future enemies, and our current military enemy.

This once again shows how extreme liberals are and how crazy this campus really is.

Anti-War, anti-democracy rally: The World Can't Wait

The UW Madison campus will be one of 40 sites of a "Resist or Die" anti-war walkout/rally. It will be at 12pm on Bascom Hill on November 2. The rally, which is organized by The World Can't Wait, has the expressed goal of "driving out the bush regime."

THE WORLD CAN'T WAIT: DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME is the national organization with a plan to gather the millions of people who are disturbed and outraged by the unprecedented political course of this government, and bring them into a conscious resistance movement which has the analysis, scope and determination to actually drive the regime out. The world cannot wait till 2006, 2008, or some mythical pendulum swing.

Yep, that's right, they are advocating for an anti-democratic revolution against our elected officials.

I ran into a couple of the organizers on Library Mall and got a piece of their propaganda among other things it says:

People look at all of this and think of Hitler - and they are right to do so. The Bush regime is setting out to radically remake society very quickly, in a fascist way, and for generations to come. We must act now; the future is in the balance.

I would label that as an extreme..Butt in Madison that is mainstream thought. The moststartlingg line of the handout is that the "regime does not represent us and we will drive it out!" This most likely will turn violent in cities across the US as the individuals involved will be upset that they cannot over throw a government in one day...so be prepared.

This radical voice must not be the only one hitting the MSM on the one year anniversary of the Republican victory. We must organize and we will. More info to come.

Other causes of global warming

Today, a story on Drudge says that this September is the warmest on record. Of course, the leftwingers out there are going to blame CO2 in the atmosphere for the increase in temperature without looking at other possible causes. One such "alternative cause" really got my attention lately. According to the BBC, this year, the sun has been the most active in the past 1000 years.

But the most striking feature... is that looking at the past 1,150 years the Sun has never been as active as it has been during the past 60 years....The flux of cosmic rays reaching the Earth's surface is modulated by the strength of the solar wind, the charged particles that stream away from the Sun's surface.

The interesting connection with sunspots is that over the long term, periods that don't have as many sun-spots have been cooler than in periods that have had increased sunspots. In fact, for 70 years in the 1600's and early 1700's the earth was in a "mini-ice age."

In particular, it has been noted that between about 1645 and 1715, few sunspots
were seen on the Sun's surface. Ice cores record climate trends back beyond human measurementsIt coincided with a spell of prolonged cold weather often referred to as the "Little Ice Age". Solar scientists strongly suspect there is a link between the two events...

In other words, the earth was several degrees cooler during this period. I have no doubt that if our planet was slowely cooling, the media would be blaming big-business and Republicans. I am sure that the Drudge story is going to be picked up by the MSM and it is going to be blown out of proportion. Perhaps they should look at the BIG picture instead of pushing their liberal, anti-business agenda.

Liberals chalk against Miers...that is a good sign!

Liberal activist groups on campus have started to chalk on sidewalks around campus against Miers. This picture implies that Miers will overturn Roe v Wade. Although I still have my apprehensions about her, if the liberals on this campus are against her, I am more optimistic about her being a conservative justice. But, I do have to admit, I am a bit more pessimistic about the ability of the University of Wisconsin to teach literacy. They misspelled Ms. Miers' name. Sorry libs, it is Miers not Meiers. Kind of sad.

HT: JS

A call to arms: Framing the Issue

I truly believe that Republicans are on the right side of almost every issue. The problem is HOW the party and how we as conservatives can communicate the important issues to the public at large. After time, some issues grow stale and when they do, people stop paying attention or even worse, the other side will reframe and capture the idea as their own.

To frame an issue: "a way of structuring or presenting a problem or an issue. Framing involves explaining and describing the context of the problem to gain the most support from your audience."

A great historical example of framing is of the pro-life and pro-choice movements. Both sides changed the name of their respective cause in order to make the other look unreasonable. Who wants to be considered "anti-life"?

Over the next two weeks, I will be suggesting some new frames for some of the more controversial issues out there, but to accomplish this undertaking, I will need your help!

I need the advice of the blogosphere. Before I post on something, leave a comment (include your blog if you have one) or e-mail me (rgthelen-at-gmail-dot-com) with some ideas that you may have. I will try to incorporate it (if I do, I will be sure to give your site credit) into the frame then write about your perspective in more detail and we can grow the issue; we can grow a new frame.

Here is a tentative schedule:

Tuesday: "young conservative" reframe

Winston Churchill once said: "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. Show me a young conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains. " We need to prove why this statement is just plain wrong. For instance, today, the young conservatives of America need to fight more passionately and have more heart than today's liberals. Send me some of your ideas as to how we fight harder than liberals, where we fight with more heart than liberals and WHY we fight with more heart than liberals.

Thursday: "intelligent design" reframe

intelligent Design (ID) is constantly coming under attack from the left as violating Church and State. Conservative politicians that back the equal teachings of Darwinism and ID are framed as being out of touch and unscientific. We have to fight back!

Sunday: Recap

Following Tuesday/Wednesday: "anti-war" reframe
More to come

Following Thursday/Friday: "Bush's tax cuts and deficit spending" (Must recapture the idea before Democrats take it as their own!!)
More to come

Sunday: Recap the project as well as a total "Republican" reframe

Your audience is key to framing. The way a problem is posed, or framed, should reflect the attitudes and beliefs of your audience. Our audience: College students and young adults (18-35)

Send in your ideas. Be it renaming a movement or a thesis...Your help may change the course of the conservative movement! Lets change the world, one idea at a time.

I'm in Minnesota: check out the Beacon for updates from the game

Yours truly is with with Mendota Beacon sports team in Minnesota to cover the Badgers thrashing of the Gophers. Check the MB throughout the game for live updates and commentary! I have a throat infection, but I don't care...I'm going gambling.
My prediction: Badgers 45; Gophers 35

Update: Well, I was up 75 dollars in Blackjack!! Then I ate, cooled down a little, and lost it all. I ended the evening with a net gain of zero. So, I didn't lose anything, but I think greed got the best of me.

Update part II: Just got back from the game. The wireless WIFI system was DOWN in the Minnesota Press Box and we had no way to update the Beacon Website. As you all know, in one of the greatest moments in Badger sports history, the Wisconsin Badgers Beat the Golden Golphers!!!!!

Carnival of the Badger: Check it out

The fine left wingers at Badger Blues are hosting the carnival this week. Check it out.

Proof: New report proves MSM is biased

A new report put out by the non-partisan media watchdog group the Media Research Center says that the three major networks have been extremely biased when reporting on the War in Iraq. First, they find that network coverage is extremely pessimistic.

Network coverage has been overwhelmingly pessimistic. More than half of all stories (848, or 61%) focused on negative topics or presented a pessimistic analysis of the situation, four times as many as featured U.S. or Iraqi achievements or offered an optimistic assessment (just 211 stories, or 15%).

And the coverage is getting worse!

News about the war has grown increasingly negative. In January and February, about a fifth of all network stories (21%) struck a hopeful note, while just over half presented a negative slant on the situation. By August and September, positive stories had fallen to a measly seven percent and the percentage of bad news stories swelled to 73 percent of all Iraq news, a ten-to-one disparity.

What angers me more than anything, is their horrible coverage of positive stories about the US Military. Here is an excerpt:

Few stories focused on the heroism or generous actions of American soldiers. Just eight stories were devoted to recounting episodes of heroism or valor by US troops, and another nine stories featured instances when soldiers reached out to help the Iraqi people. In contrast, 79 stories focused on allegations of combat mistakes or outright misconduct on the part of U.S. military personnel.

For those anti-war folks out there that are saying there is no progress in Iraq, the media had footage to prove otherwise...but decided not to show it:

It's not as if there was no good news to report. NBC's cameras found a bullish stock market and a hiring boom in Baghdad's business district, ABC showcased the coalition's successful effort to bring peace to a Baghdad thoroughfare once branded Death Street,and CBS documented how the one-time battleground of Sadr City is now quiet and citizens are beginning to benefit from improved public services. Stories describing U.S. and Iraqi achievements provided essential context to the discouraging drumbeat of daily news, but were unfortunately just a small sliver of TV's Iraq news.

It is sad that the blogosphere has to exist to counter the MSM to show that there is progress in Iraq. As previous posts have shown, we need to stay the course. This report is undeniable proof that the media has an agenda. The Media is full of democrats that want to win the Whitehouse in 3 years and some Senate seats in one year. We, in the blogosphere, need to fight back and show what the MSM has deemed as too much good news.

Bush's approval ratings are better than 7 previous Presidents!

With the MSM attacking Bush's "record low approval ratings" many on the right may be losing faith in the Bush administraton's ability to govern. But a new report has says that the seven previous Presidents had lower approval ratings than GWB.

The low points for recent commanders in chief are as follows:

Bill Clinton: 37 percent
George H. W. Bush: 29 percent
Ronald Reagan: 35 percent
Jimmy Carter: 28 percent
Gerald Ford: 37 percent
Richard Nixon: 24 percent
Lyndon Johnson: 35 percent

But again, the MSM loves bashing Bush and doesn't want anyone to understand how well GWB is really doing!

HT:dummocrats.com

Republicans Win ASM Fall Elections

The Associated Students of Madison, the Student Government at UW Madison held its fall elections this week. There were two freshman seats open, an L&S graduate seat, and a position of the SSFC were up for grabs. The college republicans, being out numbered 8 to 1 ran like-minded individuals for each seat...and won them all.

Congrats to Sol and Tim for winning the freshman seats, Brain Rusk for the non-L&S grad, and David Lapidus for SSFC...all college republicans. It is a sweep!!

For full results check out the ASM website.

On one of the most liberal campuses in the country. Republicans are winning, one small battle at a time!

Update: Dean of Students office pledges to aid the Beacon

In an update to the news that the Mendota Beacon was stolen and covered up in several locations around campus, the assistant Dean of Students responded with this e-mail:

Thank you for reporting that newspapers are being stolen or moved at the Social Science building. I will notify the building manager to see if there is a way to prevent this from happening. The Dean of Students Office promotes access to many different kinds of newspapers and other materials with a variety of points of view. We certainly do not support anyone stealing or moving the Mendota Beacon to prevent students or staff from getting copies of the paper.
Best regards,

Suzanne Jones

Assistant Dean of Students

Only time will tell if this is just lip service or if they will make an effort of protect the freedom of the press.

Also, the blogosphere has been rallying around the Beacon as well. Mac, over at Right Side of the Road posted a great defense of the Beacon.

A really stupid comment...

In response to my 7 part series "Who is really protesting the war", one commenter left something so stupid I thought everyone should see it.

Anonymous said...

Dudes. Most soldiers are morons, or just terribly desperate. As are most people who blindly follow one ideology, party, leader, or religion. It ain't the liberals who feel that. Most of them are morons too. Read a little conservative philosophy: Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Quine. Just listen to Rumsfeld and you'll understand what big-brains think about the pawns in the field.

By calling "most soldiers...morons" you are seriously biting the hand that protects you. You are such a hypocrite. The very soldiers that you are denigrating give YOU the right to say what you just said. I dare you to say that comment to a soldier's face, instead of hiding behind the anonymous title. By the way, thank you for proving my 7 part series correct: the people behind the anti-war movement ARE against the troops.

Why we MUST stay the course!

Right off the Shore had a great post about the newest letter from Ayman al-Zawahri, al-Qaida's number two. This once again proves why we must stay the course in Iraq. After they "expel the Americans from Iraq, they want to,

Establish an Islamic authority or amirate, then develop it and support it until it achieves the level of a caliphate- over as much territory as you can to spread its power in Iraq, i.e., in Sunni areas, is in order to fill the void stemming from the departure of the Americans, immediately upon their exit and before un-Islamic forces attempt to fill this void, whether those whom the Americans will leave behind them, or those among the un-Islamic forces who will try to jump at taking power.

Al-Qaida is preparing for an American withdrawal from the region and they want to fill in the power vacuum that is formed. Iraq will become a fundamental Islamic country and will threaten Israel and America. A pull out now will require us to go back in 10 years and we will be fighting 10 time more people and will have lost our allies in the region...Because they will all be executed by Zawahri and his al-Qaida allies.

What is even more disconcerning is the fact that Zawahri knows his history. He references the quick withdrawal from Vietnam.

Things may develop faster than we imagine. The aftermath of the collapse of American power in Vietnam-and how they ran and left their agents-is noteworthy. Because of that, we must be ready starting now, before events overtake us, and before we are surprised by the conspiracies of the Americans and the United Nations and their plans to fill the void behind them.

They are ready for us to pull out and the victims will be hundreds of thousands of Shias. If we as a nation have any humanity, we will stay in Iraq until it is stable enough to crush an al-Qaida uprising.

Don't touch my flag...EVER

A recent post by Brad V. as outraged me. In the name of "art" some hippy shoved an American Flag into a toilet during a one woman "performance." What is wrong with these people? That is not art, that should be a crime, yet, in this country, we have deemed it a "constitutional right."

Our government can legislate what can and cannot be said on TV, they can legislate what can and cannot be said in public (starting riots, yelling fire in a movie theatre), and the government can constrict our actions (I cannot burn down my house, I cannot destroy other people's property, hell, I cannot even fire off fireworks to celebrate the Chinese New Year). Yet, our Supreme Court has forbidden our elected officials from banning a man from burning the symbol of our nation.

Now, I know what is going to be said by the liberals and the centralist visiting this blog. You are going to say that if you take away the "right" to burn flags, that you are stripping away some freedom and "what is next?" Well, the slippery slop argument is a fallacy. The other argument is that "soldiers fight for the right for Americans to burn the flag." That is laughable.

In the dissent of Texas v Johnson, Chief Justice Rehnquist said:

"In the First and Second World Wars, thousands of our countrymen died on foreign soil fighting for the American cause. At Iwo Jima in the Second World War, United States Marines fought hand to hand against thousands of [426] Japanese. By the time the Marines reached the top of Mount Suribachi, they raised a piece of pipe upright and from one end fluttered a flag. That ascent had cost nearly 6,000 American lives. The Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery memorializes that event. President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the use of the flag on labels, packages, cartons, and containers intended for export as lend-lease aid, in order to inform people in other countries of the United States' assistance. Presidential Proclamation No. 2605, 58 Stat. 1126."

To paraphrase the rest dissent: The brave fighting men and women of the Armed Services all wear the flag on their uniform, that flag is draped over their casket when they die, and it is flown at half staff in mourning. How can one say that that dead soldier died for someone to burn that flag? Of course they didn't. THEY DIED SO THAT FLAG MAY FLY FREELY OVER THIS COUNTRY.

I love the flag, I love what it stands for and the burning of the flag in protest is the equivalent to inciting a riot. It is the same as hate speech and it is the same as yelling fire falsely in a movie theatre. I hope that Chief Justice Roberts rights this wrong...Soon.

Meet your bloger

I think it is important that you know who the Madison Freedom Fighter is. According to a test I just took, I am a strong republican. The picture above shows it best, I am mostly like Reagan, with a touch of Bill O'Reilly. :)

UW Nuke Reactor not Secure?

A new report by ABC News, will says that 25 Nuke reactors on college campuses across the country are not properly secured. Not many students know this, but UW Madison has its own nuclear reactor and information about it is readily available online.

Although the report does not name names (I guess you have to watch Primetime tonight to get the details), I can assume that we are one of those Universities. UW Madison barely recognizes the fact that we are indeed fighting a war on terror, so to see possible threats as a result are not likely.

The reactor is located in the south wing of the Mechanical Engineering Building. After asking some engineers, it is apparent that there is no, or very little security to get to the reactor. As one up it, "I have never seen a police officer or anyone guarding the door."

HT:C/P

Welcome GOP3.com and Dummocrat readers

A special thanks to Brandon at GOP3.com for his encouraging post on his blog and the nice folks at dummocrats for linking to the site!

Welcome and take a look around, I just finished up a 7 part series on who is really behind the anti-war movement, a look at why we must "stay the course" in Iraq, and a critical analysis of some hippy bikers in Madison.

Freedom Fighter Feature: Who is Really Protesting the War on Terror Part VII

Over the past week, I have been showing the people really behind the anti-war movement. Yes, it is true that about half of the anti-war protestors don't have the anti-Israel, anti-troop, anti-capitalism, anti-American attitude that these people do, but the organizers, the ones behind the action, are these hate-filled people. This photo below is a great representation of how the MSM DISTORTS THIS FACT!! (Big HT:Zombietime.com)

Picture in the San Francisco Chronicle:

This picture (left) was in a couple of newspapers across the nation. What you don't see is WHO IS LEADING THIS MARCH. LOOK BELOW (The same masked protester is in the middle of the banner (above the Y). What the MSM didn't show you:

That girl in front is directing the parade where to go. She is a communist supporter and she has the yellow arm band of a protest marshal. Her job is the direct the protest in the right direction and to have it stop and go, depending on where the media is. She supports the regime that killed thousands of Americans in Vietnam and she no doubt supports the insurgents that are killing Americans NOW! That is just wrong.

It is time that we REFRAME THIS ISSUE. They are anti-war...So does that make us pro-war? No, we are PRO-VICTORY. We will not leave Iraq or any other battleground in the war on terror until we have achieved our objectives and made the world a safer place for Americans. If we fail in our task, if the anti-war/anti-troop/anti-capitalism/anti-Americans win, we on the right lose. The super left will become mainstream and we can say good bye to the America that we know and love. This goes beyond just Iraq, this goes to the very heart of WHO WE ARE as a country. Will we be the beacon of hope for the world or just another average country, one in 200? The choice is up to us.

Beacons Stolen! First Amendment? Only for the liberals

There are reports that the latest edition of the Mendota Beacon has been disappearing from around campus. Upon further investigation, the rumors are TRUE! The Editor-in-Chief, Tim Shea, was contacted early in the afternoon with a report from a Econ TA that a stack of Beacons found their way from the front of the 6th floor (where students have class) to the back hallways, where only TAs and Professors linger. Similar reports of Beacon tampering is becoming common place across the campus.

Michael Malcom, an Econ TA, e-mailed Tim complaining that there was a stack of Beacons outside his office. He was not as much helping the Beacon on its quest for intellectual equality, but as a complaint; he was wondering why 100 Mendota Beacons were "delivered to him" and he wanted them removed.

In other acts of "liberal acceptance" the Beacons are covered by other papers and inserts across the campus.

It seems that the first amendment only applies to liberals. When conservatives want to speak out, we are shouted down and our literature is stolen. I wonder what the Dean of Student's office is going to do about this? My guess: the same as always, NOTHING.

If this had been an LGBT or a Black Student Union paper, there would be outrage! The MSM would be flocking to the scene of a hate crime. Freshman would have to take another ethnic studies course to graduate. But this happened to a bunch conservatives. This university will not shed a tear. This university will not help us, nor does it care in the least. If YOU care, contact the Dean of Students and tell her your thoughts:

Offices of the Dean of Students
Phone: 608/263/5700
Fax: 608/265-5646
TTY: 608/263-2400
E-mail: dos@bascom.wisc.edu

The President of Iraq: We still need your help

The President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, wrote a plea to British Prime Minister Tony Blair today in The Times Online. The letter begins by defending the war in Iraq.

"Those who preferred the stability of the mass grave to liberation, and who raised their voices to save Saddam, but not his victims, have spuriously claimed that the war was fought to discover stocks of weapons of mass destruction. But Rolf Ekeus, the first head of the UN weapons inspectors, has argued that stocks were not the issue. Saddam could always re-create his stocks and until the end he could restart mustard gas production within months and nerve gas production within a couple of years. Moreover, Saddam used chemical weapons casually, gassing 5,000 Kurdish civilians at Halabja in 1988 and then using chemical bombs against Shia Arab civilians in 1991 after the Gulf War ceasefire."

The President of Iraq is asking America to stay the course, he is asking Britian, and the world, to be patient. President Talabani knows that democracies are not stabalized over night. It took our country from 1776-1789 to draft a constitution that works and since then we had a major civil war. How can we expect Iraq to draft a constitution, vote on it, ratify it, and then live by it in 3 years?

And the consequences for leaving Iraq prematurely?

"To abandon us now would be murderously irresponsible and cynical. The resulting devastation would outstrip that of the spring of 1991, when the Kurdish and Shia Arab uprisings were encouraged and then betrayed. Even Saddam's regime conceded that during those few weeks in 1991 that some 30,000 were killed. The true number was many times higher."

No matter the pretext for the liberation of Iraq, it happened. If we abandond these people now, it would be irresponsible and devastating. The loss of life would be huge and the same people that are protesting the war now, would be advocating that Bush send aid to the region.

President Talabani is almost on his knees begging for help..who will say no? Who will allow his country to dive into chaos and allow innocent people to die by the sword of oppression? Well, it seems the liberals are!

The Mendota Beacon: In This Issue

For those of you who don't know, the Mendota Beacon is a conservative bi-weekly newspaper at the University of Wisconsin - Madison with a circulation of 5000.

Here is a quick run down of the highlights in this edition:

On the opinion pages, Brad takes a different angle on the abortion debate while Rachel looks at the use of student fees to promote sex. Of course, with the chill in the air, Fall and Halloween are discussed in depth. Finally, the debate every conservative has been having with each other is battled out on the opinion pages: Is Miers the right choice or the wrong choice for the SCOTUS nomination?

Now, some news: The State Senate looks at the smoking ban issue while a group in Madison wants to recall Mayor Dave.

Of course, no Beacon would be complete without a trip to the bubbler.

Update: As of 11am, the Beacon website has had over 600,000 hits since it began in March!!
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Freedom Fighter Feature Part VI: Exposing the anti-American side of the anti-war "movement"

As our journey through the true roots of the anti-war movement continue, we are going to look at a section of any anti-war protest (a population that the MSM always seems to miss): the anti-American protesters. These people are not just protesting the war in Iraq, they are also protesting America...Itself. Its history, its founders, and its institutions.

Someday, God willing, these anti-war-anti-Americans will do one of two things:
1. Realize that America is the land of opportunity and one of the most free nations on earth. You have every right to protest a war, but when you hate America itself...You have a problem

2. LEAVE. That is the most beautiful thing about America: NOTHING IS KEEPING YOU HERE. If you don't like this country, move to France, Germany, or Canada (if they will accept you...They are very anti-immigration). If you don't like our history, move to a country with a "better" history. If you don't like our democratically elected leaders, then go to a country where they are chosen for you. YOU HAVE THE CHOICE to leave and the saddest part about it is, this country is so great, you have a choice to come back to it.

New Beacon is hot off the presses

Check out UW Madison's finest and only biweekly newspaper. The newest Mendota Beacon is out. I wrote an opt-ed about the Harriet Miers nomination. Here is an excerpt:

We wanted a fight. We wanted to blog about her qualities, we wanted to have rallies, we wanted to watch the talking heads debate the nominee, and I wanted to write a column about liberal hypocrisy in opposing a Supreme Court nominee. The nomination of Harriet E. Miers as the replacement of Sandra Day O'Conner made that all impossible.

There were so many great choices, so many well-known candidates that were openly pro-life and willing to make a strict interpretation of the constitution. Candidates like Samuel Alito, Janice Rogers Brown, Edith Clement, or even Alberto Gonzalez. These are candidates the right can rally around, these are candidates that the constituencies that elected Bush can be happy about. Even an effort to nominate them would be worthwhile. If the Senate Democrats decide to filibuster or obstruct a nominee, then the President could always fall back on a Miers-like nominee, but not before a fight.

I don't know if she is conservative or moderate, but what I do know is that millions of Americans were willing to fight for someone we knew was conservative. Read the whole piece here.

As a side note: The Beacon isonly 5000 hits away from 600,000!! So, check it out today!!

Freedom Fighter Feature: Who is Really Protesting the War? Part V

Today, in our on going look of who is really protesting the war, I am going to state a fact that the MSM is afraid to say: The Anti-War movement is quickly becoming an anti-troop movement. On campus, they call it "anti-recruiting" and it is focused on ROTC cadets, military personal at job fairs, and high school recruiting.



They say "we support our troops, but we do not support recruiters." Guess what? Recruiters ARE troops!

The consequence of this rhetoric is a collective slap in the face of military personal both home and abroad. They are saying that "signing up for the military is wrong" and "most enlistees are duped into it." What is that saying about our troops? The answer is simple: They are calling us stupid and ignorant!!

Their own words are even more telling:

In the late 1960s, during a period of growing student, black, and working-class militancy which eventually played a central role in defeating U.S. imperialism in Vietnam, protesters were able to shut down ROTC departments and make many campuses off-limits to recruiters. Today, we can draw from the lessons and experience of the Vietnam anti-war movement, and successfully kick military recruiters out of our schools.

Anti-recruitment committees need to be organized at every high school and college. Already this fall, campaigns are emerging to kick military recruiters out of high schools and college campuses. Socialist Alternative is working to launch and build these campaigns in a number of schools. These structures can mobilize students to participate in informational pickets, educational forums, counter-recruitment protests, office occupations, and other events.

Through these actions, we can send military recruiters packing with the message that working-class youth and youth of color will not fight and die for corporate profits and the U.S. empire.

First, they claim responsibility for the loss of US lives in Vietnam. Then they are proud of kicking ROTC off of campuses. ROTC is a RIGHT for students. We have the same rights to pursuit a future in the military as the liberals have a right to pursuit a future in Women's Studies or LGBT Studies. Now they want to prevent High Schoolers from making a decision to join the military! Folks, if you believe that recruiting for the military is wrong in High School and Colleges because these students are being tricked into service, then you are calling every soldier that has ever worn a uniform a moron.

A Piece of advice to the anti-war troop haters out there: Your right to protest, to say these hateful things are protected and guaranteed by the very soldiers that you don't want to exist.

Hypocrisy of the Left: A critical look at "Critical Mass"

Imagine getting off of work on Friday. You want to get home as soon as possible to be with your family (or if you are in college, start drinking). You get in your car and start driving only to find that traffic is at a stand still. What could cause this hold up in your life? A car crash? Road construction? No, it is far worse...HIPPIES.

Once a month, a bunch of hippies decide that the best way to spend their time is riding their bike slowly in front of traffic throughout Madison during rush hour. They say they want to "reclaim the streets." I just wish for once, they would do some RESEARCH before taking to the streets.

First, do they understand that a large percentage of the GAS TAX goes to pay for those very streets they want to "reclaim"? The last time I checked, those bikes don't pay a lot in Gas taxes. Also, there are BIKE LANES on most of these street, the socialist common council has seen to that. If a road doesn't have a bike lane, nothing stops them from biking in the right lane!

Second, they want to "reduce dependency on motor vehicles to reduce global warming." Ha, again, their tiny hippy brains cannot comprehend basic FACTS. Cars use MORE gas in stop and go traffic than on the freeway! Critical Mass is aiding to smog and the release of more CO2 into the atmosphere.

Madison has over 20 miles of biking trails, yet these folks feel the need to disrupt people just wanting to get home to celebrate the weekend. Poor showing...Poor showing indeed.

What Political Segment are you?

Tim, over at Timmyscape, has posted a great breakdown of the different segments of political life here at UW Madison. I would definitely fall into the "Common Heartlanders" category.

From Weyauwega to Waukesha, many young college conservatives follow in the footsteps of their parents in dedication to right-wing principles and values. Fairly mainstream, designer clothes or counter culture attire are not in the wardrobe for Common Heartlanders. Studying a variety of disciplines, they are fairly spread out across campus. While not being totally abiding to neoliberal orthodoxy of Independent Masculines or religious principles of Religious Traditionalists, they find themselves resistant to extreme political and social change of most sorts. They essentially believe in traditional America pledging allegiance to domestic businesses, frugality, hard work, the Armed Forces, God, and family. They see government in a less positive view and feel that people should be running their own lives, not Washington. Certainly not the ideologues of the neoliberal or religious right, they may feel threatened by overbearing liberals and choose not to talk politics. Their conservatism is more out of parental upbringing and culture than religious or economic truths. (Emphasis added)

If you have a couple of minutes, check out Tim's well thought out post!

Freedom Fighter Feature: Who is Really Protesting the War? Part IV

(This is part 4 of a 7 part feature that is designed to point out who is really behind the anti-war movement)

Today, we look at the support for the enemy. The left will often say that they are just as patriotic as the right. Well, as this sign suggests...They are not. These anti-war folks are advocating for the death of Americans and Israelis in terrorist attacks!! Their rhetoric is not logical they want to "bring our troops home now" but if they are in Iraq, they want them killed by suicide bombers.

This "Intifada" has killed over 1000 innocent Israeli civilians and thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians as well as American contractors and U.S. Troops. When will the MSM start showing these photos and start interviewing these people?

Photo courtesy of www.zombietime.com

Possible CR Alliance graphic

Check out a beta version of the "CR Alliance" stamp. It is modeled after the State CR Logo. Tell me what you think.

If you want to try it out, under the "side bar" portion of your template, follow these directions

Where there is a ( replace it with a <>

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Best of the Best from the left

In an effort to show the lighter side of the political struggle at UW Madison, I will try to have an in depth look at a super liberal student group from time to time. Today: The ASM Worker's Rights Campaign and their parent organization, SLAC.

Every year, the Associated Students of Madison, the Student Government on campus, puts together a number of "campaigns" that students work on (and student fees are spent on). This year, my favorite by far is the ASM Workers' Rights Campaign.

Their "demands" are hilarious and the worst part is, THEY REALLY BELIEVE THEY WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY!! The best one is:

"Birthday as a Holiday
Happy Birthday! Take the day off and spend it with your family!"

They actually want this and are willing to fight for it. For those of you who don't know, this fine campaign is run by the kind folks at the SLAC. The same people that want to MANDATE PAID SICK LEAVE for all businesses in Madison. SLAC(ers) pretty much want to destroy everything red-blooded Americans hold true. Their mission statement sums up their attitude best:

"Here in the US, the 'belly of the beast', we have the unique opportunity to not only support workers fighting for change in their own countries but also struggle against our nation's actions that hurt worker's interests abroad. Working people make up the global majority and united have the power to wrest control of the planet back before the evil, greedy ones completely destroy it."

They are commies who want to destroy capitalism through a global workers revolution. Well, I guess it is reassuring to know that Marxism is alive and well at UW Madison! I wonder if they know about the HISTORY of communism?

ASM freshman race turns interesting

Well, here's what's up. The ASM Freshman and SSFC races are next week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) and the candidates that are running span the spectrum.

First, there is Monica Sharma, the College Democrat endorsed candidate. Her facebook group profile says it best:

"I am a diverse candidate who would cater to the diverse needs of this campus. oh...and I have double minority status. what what."

"Double minority status"??? What does that mean? Are we not all minorities is some way? Well, she is from the far left wing and if she wins, she will represent about 3 percent of the Frosh class.

Second, there is Kellie Sanders, the left-wing interest group candidate for SSFC. Her facebook group profile has a number of members from WISPIRG on it and she has an utter in ability to spell important words like "candidate" (she spelled it canidate). If you want to have more of your Seg Fees go the WISPIRG, vote for Kellie...other wise, David Lapidus is a great candidate. He is a member of College Republicans AND College Democrats. Although I frown upon the latter, he is a good candidate that knows his stuff.

Now, the good candidates. For Frosh, Sol and Tim are my picks. They know what they are talking about. Sol says it best:

Our Mission: It is our stated position to always Vote to give rights and powers back to the students of Madison, where they belong.

So here are my amateur odds for the election:

ASM Frosh: Sol 350
Tim 300
Other 250

SSFC: David 1230
Morons: 980

Freedom Fighter Feature: Who is Really Protesting the War? Part III

Today, for our week long look at who is really behind the anti-war movement, we take a look at the anti-Jewish and anti-Israel attitudes that are the corner stone of the "movement." This sign is just plain sick!
Why doesn't the MSM ever show these pictures?

Welcome Letters-In-Bottles readers

Take a look around the blog and enjoy. As you will see, I am a bit more hawkish and opinionated on just about everything than the tempered folks on the Island.

And yes, Brad V. makes a valid point. I am not a copy editor....:)

John Edwards is coming to UW-Madison to preach big government

The defeated Vice-Presidential Candidate John Edwards is coming to Madison on October 26 at 2pm to talk about his new endeavor: Project Opportunity, an anti-poverty campaign.

The sad news about his visit is, like all liberal causes, there are strings attached. An excerpt from Project Opportunity's website says:

Today's young people do a lot of community service. But too many of us have given up on public service. That's a problem because to beat poverty, we need good policies. And to get good policies, we need good people to push for them. Therefore, Project Opportunity has a two-part mission: get young people more involved in community service, and get them to advocate policies that expand opportunity for people living in poverty. (emphasis added)

They are basically saying that yes college studentsvolunteerr a lot, but it really doesn't help anyone and government has to come to the rescue.

Why can't John Edwards just keep the message simple and say "help thyneighborr" or volunteerr and make the world a better place." Nope. His visit will be preachy and their goal is to turn good hearted individuals that want to help through service into another cog in their political machine.

The parent organization of Project Opportunity, the Center for Promise and Opportunity, wants to mandate a higher minimum wage and "buildmomentumm to launch a nationwide youth movement.

When will the liberals learn that throwing money at poverty does not solve the problem?

Sharpen your killing skills

Want to refresh your urban warfare skills? Go laser tagging ! I went tonight with some cadets and it was a blast.

The Air Force kicked all opposition with a score of 81673 to 65915 and they had more players!

My personal stats:

36 kills
3 bases destroyed
109% tag ratio
Total personal score of 10003!

Freedom Fighter Feature: Who is Really Protesting the War? Part II

Today, we have some fine folks who support the terrorists that are killing U.S. troops and Iraqi Civilians.

The "Resistance" is little more than suicide bombings against unarmed civilians and cowardly roadside bombings against U.S. troops. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this one is saying "dumb @$$" 500 times!

Green is beating Doyle is latest poll

My friends over at GOP3.com a great point about how the MSM is handling the latest poll that puts Congressman Mark Green in the lead in the Governor's Race!

What is even more interesting is how the Democrats have taken the news. Instead of being positive and running on Doyle's record of...vetoes, they have started to resort to smear tactics.

Targeting Republicans is all the Democrats and the Doyle camp knows, said Wiley. They don't have any ideas for reforming or strengthening Wisconsin, so they resort to playing partisan games and pandering to powerful special interests.

So, being the amateurature odds maker that I am, here are my predictions for the election (a little under a year and a month away):

Walker vs. Green: Even

Green vs. Doyle: Green by 4

Walker vs. Doyle: Doyle by 2

Trick or Treat: The Halloween Debate

Yet again, a campus newspaper has misquoted the Student Council Chair Eric Varney. The Daily Cardinal, in their Ed Board Piece a couple days ago, took Mr. Varney's quote way out of context.

Due to no early planning, they now lack a coherent vision for the annual event. ASM Chair Eric Varney, regarding a vision for Halloween said, "I don't know." Without options to address Halloween, ASM has been unable to bargain with city and university officials, both who have presented visions and policies for Halloween. Essentially, they lost students' seat at the bargaining table on an issue important to students.

First, after talking to Mr. Varney about this subject, he did have a lot to say in regards to Halloween and how to minimize the possibility of riots, but the Ed Board, asking a loaded question like "How are you going to stop riots?" put Mr. Varney in a very difficult situation. To put in bluntly, the Daily Cardinal misrepresented Eric's quote and put him in a bad light, much like the Badger Herald did earlier this summer.

Because all ASM is doing is complaining about not being in the "process" and the Mayor has come just short of issuing Marshal Law, here are some COMMON SENSE solutions for the Halloween Question that the leftist Regime on the City Council should consider (FEEL FREE TO POST YOUR OWN SUGGESTIONS!):

1. Keep bars upon until 5 or 6 in the morning. The riots have occurred AFTER bar-time when drunken patrons are tossed out onto the street. The mayor's plan to close early will prove costly.
2. Less constrictions on movement. The plan this year is snow fences, last year it was the mounted police. This will only end in pepper spray and flex-cuffs.

3. If something does begin (a mosh pit, a small fire), split the crowd in TWO, don't try to corral them. This will only drive them to the level of mob mentality.

4. Protect Businesses and know where the targets are. Use common sense! I have a feeling if there is a riot, the liquor stores will be a target...just a thought.

5. Nothing will happen on Friday night...People know that Mayor Dave may close State Street all together, be prepared for Saturday night.

But, of course the super liberals in control would much rather curtail one's rights and take away personal responsibility than have cheap common sense solutions. Halloween this year won't be as much scary as it is lame.

US Sovereignty under Attack

Reports that the EU and a coalition of countries including Cuba, China, and Iran want joint control over the internet is a cause for concern. By giving other countries control over the internet, a system that the US Government has invested in heavily, the US will lose sovereignty over a major information network and a means of commerce, defense, and now a means of governance. Why do they want it? Because they think it “belongs to the world” now and they thus should not be under the control of one government. First, the US invented it, the US got it off the ground, the US set up a government agency to handle it, and the US helped other countries set it up. This is paramount to giving the United Nations control over our weather and communication satellites as well as our GPS constellation of satellites because other countries us those assets.

The question becomes, who is really behind this effort. Yes, France, Germany and even Great Brittan are major players, but the real force is China. Since the internet has become a major part of every day life in China, they have been hungry to get more control over content, mostly to oppress individual thought and opinion and this will make it even easier. If the US loses control of the internet, China wins. This is a proxy war few Americans know of and my happen with little fan fare or debate, yet it effects us all!

Freedom Fighter Feature: Who is Really Protesting the War on Terror?

Every day for the next two weeks, The Freedom Fighter is going to Feature some quotes or pictures that exposes who is really behind the anti-war movement. You will see some pretty sickening stuff, most of which the MSM refuse to let you see. The anti-war “movement” is fueled by anti-Israel rhetoric, Marxism, and plain anti-American sentiment. Not to mention that most are turning on the US Military (nothing like biting the hand that protects you).

The first picture shows how out of the mainstream the protestors really are. It comes from a protest in California. These are the type of people that are following Cindy Sheehan and her crowd!



If you are as mad as I am after seeing this, tell a hippy what you think about the War on Terror.

Posse Comitatus Under Attack

Posse Comitatus is getting a look over as the President wants have the congessional authority to use the Active Duty Military to combat Avian Flu. According to the news story:

"It's one thing to shut down airplanes," Bush said. "It's another thing to prevent people from coming in to get exposed to the avian flu."

He urged Congress to give him the ability to use the military, if needed.

"I think the president ought to have all ... assets on the table to be able to deal with something this significant," he said.

What this means is that the President wants the authority to use the military to prevent the spread of the Avian Flu in America.

The active duty military has no place in civil matters in America. What could happen if there is an outbreak? Will the military, under the control of the President, call for the containment of an entire city? This is a state issue, if the governor wants to call up the National Guard, that is their discretion, but when the federal government starts getting involved, it crosses a line that was painted over 140 years ago.

Active Duty Soldiers have a War on Terror to focus on and fight, this will only distract them and spread the forces far too thin. Desease control is for some other civilian government agency.

UPDATE: Dad29 makes a good point: Does Bush want to curtail Posse Comitatus and state's rights to gain political points?

My First Post

This is my first post on The Madison Freedom Fighter, my new blog. Why did I start a blog? Well, for far too long, my housemate, a writer for lettersinbottles has been posting and has been having fun doing so. He puts up funny photos, his musings, and his opinions on current events. Well, I have funny photos, I have musings, and I have many opinions, some of which are better and more thought-out that of letters-in-bottles.

Being an underrepresented class here in Madison (a conservative, straight, white male with red hair), I feel as though my voice must be heard. Topics on this blog will range from world affairs to musings about my day. Enjoy