It's Called Treason

Again we face a treasonous act by the left that will not be punished. And again, it stems from the Presidents failure to submit a formal declaration of war against terrorism and the states that supply, hide and finance them, after 9/11. That would have gone a long way to putting the American people, as well as congress, on notice that we are on a war footing and must, from that point on, be as involved in the struggle as our troops are. Citizens, it is time that we go to war,,,,,,GF






NY Times Should Face the Music

Posted By Bobby Eberle On June 27, 2006 at 6:34 am

The once powerful NY Times has done a marvelous job in recent years of chipping away at its own credibility. Through a series of missteps and the increasingly overt displays of left wing bias, the newspaper is in grave danger of becoming not only irrelevant, but also untrustworthy to mainstream America. That is the kiss of death for any media outlet. In addition, the recent disclosure of yet another classified program aimed at tracking the financial activities of terrorists and terror organizations shows that the New York Times feels it can operate without accountability. These actions are arrogant to be sure, and they also hurt America’s war on terror.

On Friday, the NY Times published a story titled “Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror” which details the federal government’s program of tracking terrorists and terror organizations through their trail of financial transactions. According to the NY Times, “The program is limited, government officials say, to tracing transactions of people suspected of having ties to Al Qaeda by reviewing records from the nerve center of the global banking industry, a Belgian cooperative that routes about $6 trillion daily between banks, brokerages, stock exchanges and other institutions.”


The NY Times goes on to describe the program in greater detail and notes several “officials” who said that the access to large amounts of confidential data was “highly unusual” and “stirred concerns inside the administration about legal and privacy issues.” However, no case has been made that the program is illegal or, in any way, violates the Constitution. Instead, the NY Times took it upon itself to devulge a classified war effort simply because they felt it was “in the public interest.”

In comments to reporters on Monday, President Bush called the disclosure “disgraceful” and said that for people to leak information and for a newspaper to publish it during a time of war “does great harm to the United States of America.”

“If you want to figure out what the terrorists are doing, you try to follow their money,” President Bush said. “And the fact that a newspaper disclosed it makes it harder to win this war on terror.”

Representative Peter King (R-NY), who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, said that the NY Times should be prosecuted. Speaking on FOX News Sunday, King said, “By disclosing this in time of war, they have compromised America’s anti-terrorist policies.”

“Nobody elected The New York Times to do anything,” King added. “And The New York Times is putting its own arrogant, elitist, left-wing agenda before the interests of the American people.”

Yes, there is a freedom of the press, and that freedom comes with responsibilities. There are many classified programs which would be fascinating to know about. But that doesn’t mean I have a “right” to know them. When we are talking about fighting a war on terror, the “public interest” is also served by seeing to it that the government is able to fight the most effective war possible. The actions by the New York Times hurt this effort, and they should be held accountable for these actions.






Lt. Tom Cotton writes this morning from Baghdad with a word for the New York Times:

Dear Messrs. Keller, Lichtblau & Risen:

Congratulations on disclosing our government's highly classified anti-terrorist-financing program (June 23). I apologize for not writing sooner. But I am a lieutenant in the United States Army and I spent the last four days patrolling one of the more dangerous areas in Iraq. (Alas, operational security and common sense prevent me from even revealing this unclassified location in a private medium like email.)

Unfortunately, as I supervised my soldiers late one night, I heard a booming explosion several miles away. I learned a few hours later that a powerful roadside bomb killed one soldier and severely injured another from my 130-man company. I deeply hope that we can find and kill or capture the terrorists responsible for that bomb. But, of course, these terrorists do not spring from the soil like Plato's guardians. No, they require financing to obtain mortars and artillery shells, priming explosives, wiring and circuitry, not to mention for training and payments to locals willing to emplace bombs in exchange for a few months' salary. As your story states, the program was legal, briefed to Congress, supported in the government and financial industry, and very successful.

Not anymore. You may think you have done a public service, but you have gravely endangered the lives of my soldiers and all other soldiers and innocent Iraqis here. Next time I hear that familiar explosion -- or next time I feel it -- I will wonder whether we could have stopped that bomb had you not instructed terrorists how to evade our financial surveillance.

And, by the way, having graduated from Harvard Law and practiced with a federal appellate judge and two Washington law firms before becoming an infantry officer, I am well-versed in the espionage laws relevant to this story and others -- laws you have plainly violated. I hope that my colleagues at the Department of Justice match the courage of my soldiers here and prosecute you and your newspaper to the fullest extent of the law. By the time we return home, maybe you will be in your rightful place: not at the Pulitzer announcements, but behind bars.

Very truly yours,

Tom Cotton
Baghdad, Iraq







"Why not go to war just for oil? We need oil. What do Hollywood celebrities imagine fuels their private jets? How do they think their cocaine is delivered to them?"
Ann Coulter




The Tampa Tribune
Editorial
Published: Jun 28, 2006
The New York Times Is Not So Pure
Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, suggested in a letter to readers this week that the newspaper's decision to reveal the existence of a secret government program tracing international banking records in pursuit of terrorists had nothing to do with politics, only good journalism.
We don't buy it.
Those who defend the newspaper say the revelation of the monitoring program lets the public know about the intensity of the government's scrutiny of private individuals. The media, it's true, should act as a check on government power.
But in this instance, there is no suggestion that the program is illegal or has been abused. And the assertion, made by the Times and other newspapers after discussions with the administration and national security experts, that exposure will not harm the program betrays a breathtaking arrogance. How do they know?
The administration tried to dissuade the Times from running the story. Even the leaders of the 9/11 commission, Democrat Lee Hamilton and Republican Tom Keane, asked editors to keep it under wraps. The newspaper dismissed their pleas.
Competition may have had something to do with the publication, since other newspapers also ran with the story.
But when the New York Times publisher recently spoke to a college graduating class, he apologized for the world we live in and the president who leads us. No politics?
"The Times and the far left are so completely out of touch with where the country is on national security and terrorism issues they probably thought this disclosure would hurt Bush politically," writes John McIntyre, co-founder of the political Web site RealClearPolitics. "They are clueless."
Yes, and shameless. Shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks, a Times editorial called for the federal government to "disable the financial networks used by terrorists."
The government has been trying to do just that - until the Times undermined its efforts.





If George Washington gave up, like the liberals want George Bush to give up, ask yourself "where would we be today?' Read "1776" by David McCullough to find out what GW went through in just one year in the quest for our freedom. GF

We MUST win this war

Please take the time to read the attached essay by Dr. Vernon Chong. It is without a doubt the most articulate and convincing writing I have read regarding the War in Iraq. If you have any doubts please open your mind to his essay and give a fair evaluation. It's also eerily applicable to other current issues (Iran's nuclear program, immigration, NAFTA's impact on American jobs, trade deficits, etc.). I had no idea who Dr. Chong is , or the source of these thoughts... so when I received them, I almost deleted them - as well-written as they are. But then I did a "Google search" on the Doctor and found him to be a retired Air Force Surgeon of all things and past Commander of Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio. So he is real, is connected to Veterans affairs in California, and these are his thoughts. They are worth reading and thinking about! (the same Google search will direct you to some of his other thought-provoking writings.)If you would like to see who this fellow is, go to this Air Force web sightand look him up. http://www.af.mil/bios/alpha.asp?alpha=C-
Subject: Muslims, terrorist and the USA: A different spin on Iraq war.This WAR is for REAL!
Dr. Vernon Chong, Major General, USAF, Retired Tuesday, July 12, 2005To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country is now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it, that we have faced in your life time and mine (which includes WWII).The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are very few of us who think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who realize what losing really means.First, let's examine a few basics:
1. When did the threat to us start? Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United States is concerned is 1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following attacks on us:*
Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;*
Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983;*
Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;*
Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;*
First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;*
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;*
Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998;*
Dares Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998;*
Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000;*
New York World Trade Center 2001;*
Pentagon 2001.




(Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide).
2. Why were we attacked? Envy of our position, our success, and our freedoms. The attacks happened during the administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton and Bush 2. We cannot fault either the Republicans or Democrats as there were no provocations by any of the presidents or their immediate predecessors,Presidents Ford or Carter.
3. Who were the attackers?In each case, the attacks on the US were carried out by Muslims.
4. What is the Muslim population of the World?25%.
5. Isn't the Muslim Religion peaceful?




Hopefully, but that is really not material. There is no doubt that the predominately Christian population of Germany was peaceful, but under the dictatorial leadership of Hitler (who was also Christian), that made no difference. You either went along with the administration or you were eliminated. There were 5 to 6 million Christians killed by the Nazis for political reasons (including 7,000 Polish priests).(see http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.htm)Thus, almost the same number of Christians were killed by the Nazis, as the six million holocaust Jews who were killed by them, and we seldom heard of anything other than the Jewish atrocities. Although Hitler kept the world focused on the Jews, he had no hesitancy about killing anyone who got in his way of exterminating the Jews or of taking over the world - German,Christian or any others.Same with the Muslim terrorists. They focus the world on the US, but kill all in the way -- their own people or the Spanish, French or anyone else.The point here is that just like the peaceful Germans were of no protection to anyone from the Nazis, no matter how many peaceful Muslims there may be,they are no protection for us from the terrorist Muslim leaders and what they are fanatically bent on doing -- by their own pronouncements -- killing all of us "infidels." I don't blame the peaceful Muslims. What would you do if the choice was shut up or die?
6. So who are we at war with?



There is no way we can honestly respond that it is anyone other than the Muslim terrorists. Trying to be politically correct and avoid verbalizing this conclusion can well be fatal. There is no way to win if you don't clearly recognize and articulate who you are fighting.So with that background, now to the two major questions:
1. Can we lose this war?
2. What does losing really mean?
If we are to win, we must clearly answer these two pivotal questions:We can definitely lose this war, and as anomalous as it may sound, the major reason we can lose is that so many of us simply do not fathom the answer to the second question - What does losing mean?It would appear that a great many of us think that losing the war means hanging our heads, bringing the troops home and going on about our business,like post-Vietnam. This is as far from the truth as one can get.What losing really means is:We would no longer be the premier country in the world. The attacks will not subside, but rather will steadily increase. Remember, they want us dead, not just quiet. If they had just wanted us quiet, they would not have produced an increasing series of attacks against us, over the past 18 years.The plan was, clearly, for terrorists to attack us until we were neutered and submissive to them.We would, of course, have no future support from other nations, for fear of reprisals and for the reason that they would see; we are impotent and cannot help them.They will pick off the other non-Muslim nations, one at a time. It will be increasingly easier for them. They already hold Spain hostage. It doesn'tmatter whether it was right or wrong for Spain to withdraw its troops from Iraq. Spain did it because the Muslim terrorists bombed their train and told them to withdraw the troops. Anything else they want Spain to do will be done. Spain is finished.The next will probably be France. Our one hope on France is that they might see the light and realize that if we don't win, they are finished too, in that they can't resist the Muslim terrorists without us. However, it may already be too late for France. France is already 20% Muslim and fading fast!If we lose the war, our production, income, exports and way of life will all vanish as we know it. After losing, who would trade or deal with us if theywere threatened by the Muslims. If we can't stop the Muslim terrorists, how could anyone else?The radical Muslims fully know what is riding on this war, and therefore are completely committed to winning, at any cost. We better know it too and be likewise committed to winning at any cost.Why do I go on at such lengths about the results of losing? Simple. Until we recognize the costs of losing, we cannot unite and really put 100% of our thoughts and efforts into winning. And it is going to take that 100% effort to win.So, how can we lose the war?Again, the answer is simple. We can lose the war by "imploding." That is,defeating ourselves by refusing to recognize the enemy and their purpose,and really digging in and lending full support to the war effort. If we are united, there is no way that we can lose. If we continue to be divided,there is no way that we can win!Let me give you a few examples of how we simply don't comprehend the life and death seriousness of this situation.President Bush selects Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation.Although all of the terrorist attacks were committed by Muslim men between17 and 40 years of age, Secretary Mineta refuses to allow profiling. Does that sound like we are taking this thing seriously? This is war! For the duration, we are going to have to give up some of the civil rights we have become accustomed to. We had better be prepared to lose some of our civil rights temporarily or we will most certainly lose all of them permanently.And don't worry that it is a slippery slope. We gave up plenty of civil rights during WWII, and immediately restored them after the victory and in fact added many more since then.Do I blame President Bush or President Clinton before him?No, I blame us for blithely assuming we can maintain all of our Political Correctness, and all of our civil rights during this conflict and have a clean, lawful, honorable war. None of those words apply to war. Get them out of your head.Some have gone so far in their criticism of the war and/or the Administration that it almost seems they would literally like to see us lose. I hasten to add that this isn't because they are disloyal. It is because they just don't recognize what losing means. Nevertheless, that conduct gives the impression to the enemy that we are divided and weakening.It concerns our friends, and it does great damage to our cause.Of more recent vintage, the uproar fueled by the politicians and media regarding the treatment of some prisoners of war, perhaps exemplifies best what I am saying. We have recently had an issue, involving the treatment of a few Muslim prisoners of war, by a small group of our military police.These are the type prisoners who just a few months ago were throwing their own people off buildings, cutting off their hands, cutting out their tongues and otherwise murdering their own people just for disagreeing with Saddam Hussein.And just a few years ago these same type prisoners chemically killed 400,000of their own people for the same reason. They are also the same type of enemy fighters, who recently were burning Americans, and dragging their charred corpses through the streets of Iraq. And still more recently, the same type of enemy that was and is providing videos to all news sources internationally, of the beheading of American prisoners they held.Compare this with some of our press and politicians, who for several days have thought and talked about nothing else but the "humiliating" of some Muslim prisoners -- not burning them, not dragging their charred corpses through the streets, not beheading them, but "humiliating" them.Can this be for real?The politicians and pundits have even talked of impeachment of the Secretary of Defense. If this doesn't show the complete lack of comprehension and understanding of the seriousness of the enemy we are fighting, the life and death struggle we are in and the disastrous results of losing this war,nothing can.To bring our country to a virtual political standstill over this prisoner issue makes us look like Nero playing his fiddle as Rome burned -- totally oblivious to what is going on in the real world. Neither we, nor any other country, can survive this internal strife. Again I say, this does not mean that some of our politicians or media people are disloyal. It simply means that they are absolutely oblivious to the magnitude, of the situation we are in and into which the Muslim terrorists have been pushing us, for many years.Remember, the Muslim terrorists stated goal is to kill all infidels! That translates into ALL non-Muslims -- not just in the United States, but throughout the world. We are the last bastion of defense.We have been criticized for many years as being 'arrogant.' That charge is valid in at least one respect. We are arrogant in that we believe that we are so good, powerful and smart, that we can win the hearts and minds of all those who attack us, and that with both hands tied behind our back, we can defeat anything bad in the world! We can't!If we don't recognize this, our nation as we know it will not survive, and no other free country in the world will survive if we are defeated.And finally, name any Muslim countries throughout the world that allow freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, equal rights for anyone -- let alone everyone, equal status or any status for women, or that have been productive in one single way that contributes to the good of the world.This has been a long way of saying that we must be united on this war or we will be equated in the history books to the self-inflicted fall of the Roman Empire. If, that is, the Muslim leaders will allow history books to be written or read.If we don't win this war right now, keep a close eye on how the Muslims take over France in the next 5 years or less. They will continue to increase the Muslim population of France and continue to encroach little by little, on the established French traditions. The French will be fighting among themselves, over what should or should not be done, which will continue to weaken them and keep them from any united resolve.Doesn't that sound eerily familiar?Democracies don't have their freedoms taken away from them by some external military force. Instead, they give their freedoms away, politically correct piece by politically correct piece.And they are giving those freedoms away to those who have shown, worldwide that they abhor freedom and will not apply it to you or even to themselves,once they are in power.They have universally shown that when they have taken over, they then start brutally killing each other over who will be the few who control the masses.Will we ever stop hearing from the politically correct, about the "peaceful Muslims"?I close on a hopeful note, by repeating what I said above. If we are united, there is no way that we can lose. I hope now, after the election,the factions in our country will begin to focus on the critical situation weare in, and will unite to save our country. It is your future we are talking about! Do whatever you can to preserve it.After reading the above, we all must do this not only for ourselves, but our children, our grandchildren, our country and the world.Whether Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal and that include the Politicians and media of our country and the free world!

I personally wanted to add some comments to this post. I've felt that the "Battle" of Iraq should have been handled differently than what the Bush Administration actually did. Had I been president I would have presented to congress a formal declaration of war against terrorism anywhere in the world. In past wars we engaged nation states. Here we are engaging an ideology that can/will exist in almost any corner of the globe. So a war declaration cannot be submitted against any particular nation. However, a blanket declaration against the hideous ideology of islamofascism would put the congress on record of supporting this necessary war against the islamofascist. Then I would refer to actions such as those conducted in Afghanistan and Iraq as "The Battle of Afghanistan" or the "Battle of Iraq". Battles that are on par with the liberation of France or Italy in WWll. We are not at war with Iraq,,we are at war with the muslim fanatics and their ideology. An ideology which we MUST defeat. This war will go on for many years and the less cohesive that we as a people, supposedly dedicated to freedom, the longer this war will take and the more assured that our children or grandchildren will still be fighting it many years hence. What we need is a "Combat" president who will take the war to the enemy whever they are with the purpose to totally and completely destroy them, not worrying about what his political enemies may say. The freedom to do this can only come from the Constitutional process of a formal declaration of war.

I would also like to comment on the youth of this country and their reaction, or lack thereof to this war. It seems that they are so used to being materially pampered that they don't realize the sacrifice that must be made from time to time to secure their materialism. After 9-11 the recruitment stations should have had lines around the corners and still be like that. Also, the everyday american should be sacrificing some material luxuries to support the war effort, much like the "Greatest Generation" did. Enough of the MP3's and IPODS, ,,get in uniform, get a gun and train with it and get into the fight. It's YOUR fight!! I'll be dead by the time the islamofascists rule half this planet and dictate to the rest what music you can play on your 5th generation IPod. We are at war and we need to win it,,,JF

I AM METH

I received this from my daughter who works with people who have addictions. I don’t know if the story or it’s origins are true, but it doesn’t matter. The point is very well made.

(This was written by a young Indian girl who was in jail for drug charges, and was addicted to meth. She wrote this while in jail. As you will soon read, she fully grasped the horrors of the drug, as she tells in this simple, yet profound poem. She was released from jail, but, true to her story, the drug owned her. They found her dead not long after, with the needle still in her arm.)

Please keep praying for our Children, Teens, and Young adults. Understand, this thing is worse than any of us realize...
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I AM METH.

I destroy homes, I tear families apart,
I take your children, and that's just the start.

I'm more costly than diamonds, more precious than gold,
The sorrow I bring is a sight to behold.

If you need me, remember I'm easily found,
I live all around you - in schools and in town

I live with the rich, I live with the poor,
I live down the street, and maybe next door.

I'm made in a lab, but not like you think,
I can be made under the kitchen sink.

In your child's closet, and even in the woods,
If this scares you to death, well it certainly should.

I have many names, but there's one you know best,
I'm sure you've heard of me, my name is crystal meth.

My power is awesome, try me you'll see,
But if you do, you may never break free.

Just try me once and I might let you go,
But try me twice, and I'll own your soul.

When I possess you, you'll steal and you'll lie,
You do what you have to — just to get high.

The crimes you'll commit for my narcotic charms
Will be worth the pleasure you'll feel in your arms.

You'll lie to your mother, you'll steal from your dad,
When you see their tears, you should feel sad.

But you'll forget your morals and how you were raised,
I'll be your conscience, I'll teach you my ways.

I take kids from parents, and parents from kids,
I turn people from God, and separate friends.

I'll take everything from you, your looks and your pride,
I'll be with you always — right by your side.

You'll give up everything - your family, your home,
Your friends, your money, then you'll be alone.

I'll take and take, till you have nothing more to give,
When I'm finished with you, you'll be lucky to live.

If you try me be warned - this is no game,
If given the chance, I'll drive you insane.

I'll ravish your body, I'll control your mind,
I'll own you completely, your soul will be mine.

The nightmares I'll give you while lying in bed,
The voices you'll hear, from inside your head.

The sweats, the shakes, the visions you'll see,
I want you to know, these are all gifts from me.

But then it's too late, and you'll know in your heart,
That you are mine, and we shall not part.

You'll regret that you tried me, they always do,
But you came to me, not I to you.

You knew this would happen, many times you were told,
But you challenged my power, and chose to be bold.

You could have said no, and just walked away,
If you could live that day over, now what would you say?

I'll be your master, you will be my slave,
I'll even go with you, when you go to your grave.

Now that you have met me, what will you do?
Will you try me or not? It's all up to you.

I can bring you more misery than words can tell,
Come take my hand, let me lead you to hell.