I will never forget the day. I had just gotten my 3-month-old son his bottle, and was brushing my 3-year-old daughter's hair, getting her ready for pre-school. I turned on the TV, and was greeted by the sight of a burning building, and an announcement that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I was shocked, but thought it some tragic accident. Until I saw the second plane deliberately crash into the second tower. I don't think I've ever been more shocked, upset, or angry in my entire life. Frightened, as well: my wife was at that time in her office in downtown Chicago, on the 20th floor, right next to a tall building that eerily resembled the two burning towers in New York. I immediately got on the phone and told her what was happening. The news was just starting to filter out, and she was scared. It remains the one time I've ever commanded my wife to do anything in the 14 years we've been married: I told her to get out of the city and get home, even if she had to take a cab the entire way. Not that she really needed to be commanded, just nudged. Thank God she made it home okay; as we learned later, the Sears Tower was on the target list for that day. I also had a cousin at the Pentagon that day; thankfully he wasn't hurt either. But more than 3000 innocent lives were destroyed that day.
One of the things I remember most about the next few days, amid the chaos and uncertainty and the fear, waiting for any news, was the very strange phenomenon of empty skies. I'm sure many people in urban areas can relate to this. We live not far from Midway Airport in Chicago, and as such a plane flies overhead, either just taken off or making its final approach, on a near-constant basis. You can look up at any given time from 6am to midnight and see a plane in the air, whether from Midway or O'Hare airport farther north. But because of President Bush's sensible act, all air traffic had been grounded. So the skies were empty. It was an instance of not noticing something that's there every day until it's gone. And it freaked me out, more than a little.
I wrote a poem about a week later, just trying to get my feelings out, to express my rage and frustration. In the poem, I refer to the jihadists as crazed fanatics that had hijacked an ancient and noble religion. How wrong I was. I had taken comparative religion classes in college, but as with any survey course, you only touch on the very basics of a topic; I was not so much mis-informed as woefully under-informed. As I began to do more research, and listen more closely to the news, and pay closer attention to global events, I experienced enlightenment. I came to realize what a vicious, brutal, ignorant, hateful, and repellent religion islam really is. Not even so much a religion, but a maniacal death cult based on the psychotic ramblings of a murdering, pedophile bandit. A "religion of peace" that has never been spread by anything other than the sword. A degraded heresy, an enemy of freedom and liberty, hardly worthy of recognition, completely unworthy of respect. Which is why I refuse to capitalize "muslim" and "islam".
That enemy still prowls at our gates. Despite the misinformation spread by the media and talking heads of the muslim world, the West is at war with islam. The islamists will not rest until sharia dominates the world. There is no middle ground, no hope for a true peace: you are either dar al-islam, the "house of peace", or dar al-hard, the house of war. The current president will have you believe otherwise. He is wrong; it is one of his many lies. There are no "moderate" muslims. They either practice jihad or support it. None of them denounce it. That is important to remember. When the chips fall, your friendly muslim neighbor will not side with freedom and liberty, they will side with oppression and enslavement.
Always remember that islam, the "religion" in which the prez was raised, caters to and apologizes to, is at war not only with America, but Western Civilization, and any other civilization not under their dominance. There are over 50 shooting wars in the world today; self-professed islamic forces of jihad are involved in every single one of them.
And NEVER FORGET their actions on September 11th, 2001.
God Bless America, may His Divine Grace guide us through these troubled times, and may He give us strength to defeat our enemies and thwart the agents of Satan.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Another First at Constantine's Sidearm
I'm going to implement a new award today here at the Sidearm. I occasionally give out the Complete Shit-Head of the Day Award, mostly to liberal types who personify, by word or action or both, the rank stupidity so prevalent in this country. To counter that, Constantine's Sidearm hereby commissions the "10 Paces" Award, which will be given out to those who have the courage to stand up against the rising tide of politically correct liberalism and fire their own shot of truth in this ideological duel.
The first-ever "10 Paces" Award is bestowed on Joe Wilson (R-SC) for his perfectly apt "You lie!" outburst during Hussein's yak-fest last night. Even though Rep. Wilson has since apologized to the prez (which Bammy accepted, even though his Dumbocrat sycophants won't), he has also refused to apologize further, in spite of the Dems insistence that he apologize on the floor of the House. I only wish he wouldn't have offered the first apology. We need more of that kind of action. Personally, I think duelling ought to be decriminalized; it would make running-mouth liberals think twice before spewing their garbage wherever they felt. And there are more than a few that could stand a thrashing with a hickory cane as well.
At any rate, I look forward to more of these awards. Good shot, Rep. Wilson!
Story here.
The first-ever "10 Paces" Award is bestowed on Joe Wilson (R-SC) for his perfectly apt "You lie!" outburst during Hussein's yak-fest last night. Even though Rep. Wilson has since apologized to the prez (which Bammy accepted, even though his Dumbocrat sycophants won't), he has also refused to apologize further, in spite of the Dems insistence that he apologize on the floor of the House. I only wish he wouldn't have offered the first apology. We need more of that kind of action. Personally, I think duelling ought to be decriminalized; it would make running-mouth liberals think twice before spewing their garbage wherever they felt. And there are more than a few that could stand a thrashing with a hickory cane as well.
At any rate, I look forward to more of these awards. Good shot, Rep. Wilson!
Story here.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Wrong, Wrong, Wrong
I have a lot of reasons to dislike Milwaukee: it's full of Packers fans, it has a history of Socialist mayors, it's where my rugby career was effectively ended after a broken jaw during the Summerfest tournament in 1992. Not satisfied with this, some of the denizens of that not-so-fair town are provoking me, and many others, again.
The city has plans to open the nation's first homosexual middle school (the article is a bit old, so it might be open already). You read that correctly, folks: a pro-homosexual middle school.
What the fuck???
A homosexual middle school for kids that haven't gone through puberty yet? How fucking asinine is that?
Enough is enough. A word to the Queer Nation: I'm sick of you trying to ram your abnormal sexuality down America's throat. This school is bullshit, and so is your "poor me, and fuck you" attitude. I won't lose one minute of sleep when and if any kid that attends this school is bullied and ridiculed, because all the blame can be laid at your door. Quit trying to convince the country that homosexuality is the norm. It is not. And we're tired of hearing about it. So shut your smarmy yaps.
Story here.
The city has plans to open the nation's first homosexual middle school (the article is a bit old, so it might be open already). You read that correctly, folks: a pro-homosexual middle school.
What the fuck???
A homosexual middle school for kids that haven't gone through puberty yet? How fucking asinine is that?
Enough is enough. A word to the Queer Nation: I'm sick of you trying to ram your abnormal sexuality down America's throat. This school is bullshit, and so is your "poor me, and fuck you" attitude. I won't lose one minute of sleep when and if any kid that attends this school is bullied and ridiculed, because all the blame can be laid at your door. Quit trying to convince the country that homosexuality is the norm. It is not. And we're tired of hearing about it. So shut your smarmy yaps.
Story here.
CSHOD for 9/8/09
The CSHOD was going to go to Van Johnson, but he's such a pathetic goddamned idiot that he's not even worthy of being called a shit-head.
The award instead goes to Sen. Max Baucus (Dipshit, Mont.), for his new take on Obamacare. Seems his idea of a good plan allows for families not to sign up for government health care, provided they're willing to pay up to $3800 in fines. I guess that's what Hussein meant by the American people having a "choice": sign up or pay up. Boy, if that isn't a page right out of the Chicago Machine handbook, then ketchup belongs on hot dogs. (For you non-Chicagoans, ketchup never, EVER belongs on a hot dog. Only kids 12 and younger get a pass on that...culinary travesty. That's worse than the greasy, cheese-covered cardboard New Yorkers call pizza.)
I've said it before, I'll say it again, and I'll keep saying it until the issue is dumped into a deep and unmarked grave: government-run health care is a bad fucking idea.
Sen. Disphit's story here.
The award instead goes to Sen. Max Baucus (Dipshit, Mont.), for his new take on Obamacare. Seems his idea of a good plan allows for families not to sign up for government health care, provided they're willing to pay up to $3800 in fines. I guess that's what Hussein meant by the American people having a "choice": sign up or pay up. Boy, if that isn't a page right out of the Chicago Machine handbook, then ketchup belongs on hot dogs. (For you non-Chicagoans, ketchup never, EVER belongs on a hot dog. Only kids 12 and younger get a pass on that...culinary travesty. That's worse than the greasy, cheese-covered cardboard New Yorkers call pizza.)
I've said it before, I'll say it again, and I'll keep saying it until the issue is dumped into a deep and unmarked grave: government-run health care is a bad fucking idea.
Sen. Disphit's story here.
Hussein Youth Speech
I'm very glad to report that neither of my kids' schools took part in the Hussein Youth activities scheduled for today. Had the schools been planning to participate, my kids and I would have spent the day practicing our 2nd Amendment rights.
No matter how the liberal wonks try to spin it, or how far the prez backpedals, the original intent was indoctrination: listen to politicians, be ready to serve the Dear Reader, let the Almighty State take your parents' place in your life. We can hear the Left howl with indignation at this idea, but methinks they doth protest too much. They spend 8 years vilifying a Republican president, because dissent is the highest from of patriotism, but now that their boy is in, suddenly the game changes, and it becomes rude and disrespectful to scrutinize the office of the President so closely. Well, the Libs are full of horseshit.
Something else the Left has conveniently forgotten: when Bush Sr. made a speech at a D.C. junior high in 1991, there was a Congressional probe into the event. Wonder what their reaction would be if Congressional Republicans started calling for a federal probe into Hussein's speech? Ah, I can hear the self-righteous caterwauling now...
No Hussein Youth for my children, ever.
Probe story here.
No matter how the liberal wonks try to spin it, or how far the prez backpedals, the original intent was indoctrination: listen to politicians, be ready to serve the Dear Reader, let the Almighty State take your parents' place in your life. We can hear the Left howl with indignation at this idea, but methinks they doth protest too much. They spend 8 years vilifying a Republican president, because dissent is the highest from of patriotism, but now that their boy is in, suddenly the game changes, and it becomes rude and disrespectful to scrutinize the office of the President so closely. Well, the Libs are full of horseshit.
Something else the Left has conveniently forgotten: when Bush Sr. made a speech at a D.C. junior high in 1991, there was a Congressional probe into the event. Wonder what their reaction would be if Congressional Republicans started calling for a federal probe into Hussein's speech? Ah, I can hear the self-righteous caterwauling now...
No Hussein Youth for my children, ever.
Probe story here.
A Fine Weekend
I hope everyone had a good Labor Day weekend; I certainly did. Even thought Mother Nature says summer isn't over, for us mortal folk it pretty much is: kids are back in school, vacations are wrapped up, football is in the air.
Let's not forget the political types are back at it as well, so now is the time to re-energize the efforts to resist, undermine, and ultimately defeat the Hussein administration and its attendant lunatics. Possibly the most critical elections since the early days of our country will happen in 2010, and we need to make sure as many conservative seats as possible are retaken from the socialist liberals wasting good oxygen in Congress.
Time to turn up the heat: be loud, be vocal, be smart, be convicted; don't be shouted down, don't be silent, don't be foolish, and most of all, don't be afraid. The true Americans in this nation can wrest control of it back from the socialists, racists, globalists, and death cultists that are dragging this nation into a nanny-state hell. But we can't sit idly by any longer. Time to get in the game and show those liberal bastards where it's at! Everybody with me?
"America!" on 3; 1...2...3!
Let's not forget the political types are back at it as well, so now is the time to re-energize the efforts to resist, undermine, and ultimately defeat the Hussein administration and its attendant lunatics. Possibly the most critical elections since the early days of our country will happen in 2010, and we need to make sure as many conservative seats as possible are retaken from the socialist liberals wasting good oxygen in Congress.
Time to turn up the heat: be loud, be vocal, be smart, be convicted; don't be shouted down, don't be silent, don't be foolish, and most of all, don't be afraid. The true Americans in this nation can wrest control of it back from the socialists, racists, globalists, and death cultists that are dragging this nation into a nanny-state hell. But we can't sit idly by any longer. Time to get in the game and show those liberal bastards where it's at! Everybody with me?
"America!" on 3; 1...2...3!
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