The American Apologist

In honor of my Jewish & Israeli friends…

I ran across this quote recently. It is from the late Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC (Ret) who founded the Gunsite Academy (or Ranch) in Arizona. Gunsite teaches proper gun handling techniques for those who wish to survive an armed confrontation.

In observing our political scene, it is necessary to remember that in any
democracy the absolute goal of the politician is power. Not money, power.
This means that the only thing of any consequence to a politician is
re-election. He will walk on eyeballs to be re-elected, and the only time
that principle means anything to him is when it happens to coincide with
what appears to him the best course towards his own re-election. Now the
only way to get power is to take it from someone who already has it. Under
our system, the theory is that the people at large are sovereign and have
the power, but the only way the politician can achieve power is to take it
from the people who already have it – or should have it. This makes for a
permanent conflict in principle between the voter and his representative.
This is not cheerful, but it is nonetheless a fact.

Of the three systems of government enunciated by Aristotle – monarchy
(tyranny), aristocracy (oligarchy), and polity (democracy) – polity
(democracy) is the best, not because of its inherent virtue, but because of
its basic lack of efficiency. An inefficient government is best for the
people, simply because it is inherently incapable of doing anything well,
and the less it does the better.

Jeff Cooper
From Jeff Cooper’s Commentaries
Vol. 5, No. 2
February 1997

And “we” have decided to trust our healthcare to this ineffective bunch in Washington, DC…

*sigh*

Joe

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God Bless Our Troops…

Joe

I’m not surprised by everyone wanting to tar and feather former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee for his decision to commute Maurice Clemmons’ sentence back in 1999. His action did set the ball rolling on a 10 year path of suspected mental illness, accused child rape, and the apparent murder of 4 law enforcement officers in the State of Washington. That being said, I too would have considered the clemency request when you hear of an 18 year old sentenced to 95+ years for robbery and theft convictions. Afterall, I read (not too long ago) that the average time served for murder in the US is between 10-11years¹. I would give Huckabee the benefit of the doubt (something his political enemies won’t do) because it’s clear the several other entities played a significant (probably more significant) role in this tragedy than the former governor.

Take, for example, the judge who reportedly over-turned a “no-bail” ruling by another judge and granted Clemmons bail just a week or so before his (reported) rampage against the police. The man was up on child rape charges, was wanted on a felony warrant from Arkansas, had supposedly told people he was the Messiah and the Barack Obama would soon acknowledge that fact –  and this judge changed another judge’s decision and let Maurice Clemmons out on bail?? And people want to blame this blood-bath on Huckabee?? REALLY??

Don’t get me wrong — I’m not a Huckabee fan or supporter. But I am a fan of this guy:

Harold B. Estes, Master Chief Bos’n Mate, USN (Ret.)

He dictated a letter to President Obama that is worth reading. Here is the original at Snopes.com²

Dear President Obama,

My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don’t believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.

I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos’n Mate. Now I live in a “rest home” located on the western end of Pearl Harbor, allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.

One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.. So here goes.

I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.

I can’t figure out what country you are the president of. You fly around the world telling our friends & enemies despicable lies like:

• ” We’re no longer a Christian nation.”

• “America is arrogant” (Your wife even announced to the world,” America is mean- spirited. “Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our war dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.)

I’d say shame on the both of you, but I don’t think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.

After 9/11 you said,” America hasn’t lived up to her ideals.” Which ones did you mean?

1. Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British?
2. Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War?
3. I hope you didn’t mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom.
4. I don’t think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected.

Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man. Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don’t, I’ll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue. You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves.

And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don’t want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts , who was putting up a fight? You don’t mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don’t want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists.

One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you’re the Commander- in-Chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you’re not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you’re thinking of.

You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president. You’re not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That’s not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now. And I sure as hell don’t want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle.

Sincerely,
Harold B. Estes

Thanks be to God for the brave men and women, like Harold, who served to protect our nation from harm. God help us from the liberal, socialists, appeasers current in vogue…

Joe

¹ Reference on crime statistics: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/html/cjusew96/ts.htm

² URL on Snopes.com: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/haroldestes.asp

Jimmy Carter is not the only person to claim racism in current event surrounding the “ObamaCare” chaos — there are plenty of liberal elitists who perceive All whites (not just those that oppose Obama) as racists — but perhaps this cartoon best illustrates Carter’s true weakness.

And here’s a story I missed last month regarding Clearwater, FL and their budget crisis — apparently, the FIRST thing to go in the budget was the America flag and the flagpoles… un-be-lievable!
Joe

There are a great many pundits on the Internet, or in public media, who attempt to prophesize the future of America as President Obama pushes his liberal/socialist agenda. But only yours truly, ProphetJoe, has accurately predicted the following:

• the loss of personal privacy,
• the increase in crime (as the result of the failed economic policies and gun control legislation),
• the hardships faced by our senior citizens.

To prove my prophetic prowess, I need only reference 1 story — distributed by the Associated Press and it can be found at the NY Post:

Couple robbed while having sex in Dumpster

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Last Updated: 1:22 PM, September 16, 2009

Posted: 1:22 PM, September 16, 2009

WICHITA, Kan. — A tender moment in a trash bin went all wrong for a couple who found themselves being held up at pocket knifepoint.

Wichita police say two 44-year-olds had climbed into a Dumpster to be alone just after 6 p.m. Saturday when two men interrupted them and demanded their belongings.

Officers say the man and woman were engaged in “an intimate moment” when they were robbed of their shoes, jewelry and the man’s wallet.

Police say one of the robbers was a 64-year-old man who egged his 59-year-old companion on during the robbery. The suspects were found a short time later and the stolen property was returned.

First of all, there’s not an average of 1 woman per 10,000 that would agree to intimacy in a dumpster under ANY circumstance, so this 44 year old man could either sell you the Brooklyn Bridge or he more well-endowed than the Rockefeller Foundation.

Secondly… there really isn’t any other point, is there? They were having “an intimate moment” in a dumpster!! I’m pretty sure this is exactly how the Roman and Greek empires began to crumble and fall…

If that’s not enough. Let’s look at how Obama’s community organizers are doing:

Joe