Sign me up!

I've heard talk of citizen involvement in the War on Terror, but I've been seeing more of it recently. Sounds like a very good idea. President Bush says, "Stay Vigilant". Often you hear, "What does that mean?" Well looks like examples are coming, and they're coming from citizen action, not the federal government.

I'm all for it. These are serious times we are living in. Keeping your eyes open is one thing. Knowing what to look for and what to do if you see something is essential to making it work. I often wonder if I see "something" will I act? Will I know how to act? If it were obvious, then anyone would call the police. But are there less obvious things that I might say, "That is weird… but probably nothing. I don't want to bother someone if it's nothing. Probably nothing..." No one wants to be a nuisance. No one wants to cry wolf. But we want to help. We want to be involved.

Lots of good stuff at Daily Pundit. Great banner. Never Forget.

(HT: Instapundit, Daily Pundit)

So Much to Read. So Little Time.

Six months after my introduction to blogs, I'm still amazed at the information and perspective out there. How did I live without it?

This one is brilliant. Michael Von is increadable. Infomative and Exciting. Riventing. Stunning photography. It's a real-time novel of the heros who are sharing the power and glory of freedom. Thank you, Michael. And thank you to the heros that you chronicle.

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I Beg to Differ

Sky News reports on the 7/21 bombing in London:

"Police have said the incidents are not a serious as the July 7 attacks."

I beg to differ. These bombings are far more serious. Bombers capable of attacks 2 weeks after previous attacks are much scarier than those that had had years to plan. With the crackdowns, police presence and leads following the 7/7 bombings, the terrorists should have been on the run, in hiding or in custody. The terrorist network of Britain is much stronger than press reports had indicated.

Hope

Where it ends, nobody knows.
But concession is not the answer.
Failure is not an option.

Recently I was talking to a friend of mine. We were having a conversation about fighting terror and he concluded, “I don’t see an end to terrorism, ever, sadly.” This hit me hard. How can there be so little hope? Such a bleak vision of the future? This is not the attitude of freedom. It’s the despair of oppression. Freedom has never come to those who despair. Our country and our ideology were founded on courage and persistence. Both of which underlined by the unifying charter that man longs to be free. So where does my friend’s pessimism come from? Reality? Youth (he just turned 21)? Politics? Some of each, I suppose. Reality is scary and daunting. The future is dark and we cannot see far. But youth has not had the opportunity to see time go by. To look back on long periods in their lives and see the great changes possible when time spins her yarn. Finally, my friend nobly believes in good of humanity. He believes in a world where human helps human helps human. His chosen leadership in this vision, though, is the left side of the Democratic Party. The ideological, socialist left. The entertainment and wealthy influential left. Unfortunately, the strategy of this leadership is to use despair as motivation for their cause. They make people feel that the world is beyond hope. And those responsible are the current leadership. The only hope for the future is to change the leadership. So they use despair en masse as a tool to gain control. But the awful ramification of this technique is that good, smart, people with great futures ahead can fall from the wagon of hope.

Do not despair, for there is hope.
Hope lies in freedom.
Hope lies in courage.

The Natural Frequency of Victory

Natural frequency is an oscillation in a moving system at which point each consecutive movement creates a greater oscillation. If a system stays at it’s natural frequency, the forces within the system will exceed the maximum values of strength and the system will fail. We are approaching the natural frequency at which Muslim society will begin to fail. The imbalance in the Muslims society is causing failure. You’re starting to see it. It is the path to the end.

As usual, The Belmont Club expertly describes the situation. Don’t miss his conclusion.

And Austin Bay points out more fracture.

Maybe this is more like the tickle in your nose before a sneeze. Hopefully the sneeze will come and the germ will be ejected from the body.

No One is Innocent, Anymore

We talk about the tragedy of the innocent people killed in London, Madrid, New York, etc. But by who’s definition are they innocent. And whose definition matters? In the eyes of the terrorist Muslim, these people are not innocent. They are guilty of being an infidel. And that’s all that matters for them to justify their death sentence. We should look at the attacks in this way, as this is how our enemy sees us. “Innocence” is a cover story for our society. And it shelters us from the truth. A truth that must be faced in order to defeat our enemy.

And we must take this mindset with the terrorist. No more Radical Muslims, or Muslim Extremist. No more Peaceful Muslims either. If those on the trains are not innocent in the eyes of the killing, then Muslims who do not help fight for freedom in the face of terror are guilty. No more protection for the silent. Silence from the group that can put an end to this barbarism. The tide is turning. I have heard it. I can see it. The solution is in the hands of the Muslims. The only solution.

If you haven’t noticed, this is a fundamental principle of a free society. We work together to make and keep law and order. I report a crime. Police investigate, witnesses testify, the perpetrator is tried and if found guilty, punished. And a free society lives by freedom and punishment. There is no punishment from the Muslim society. It’s as if I killed a convicted child murder and you saw me? Would you look the other way? You might want to look the other way. But our system is founded on laws and is only supported by the society living within those laws. The terrorists are killing and the one group who can testify and thereby dispense justice is looking the other way. Why? Are they afraid of the killers? Or do they in some way support the actions of the terrorist? Either way, they are guilty.

Don't Underestimate

Related to yesterday’s post, we cannot let our guard down with this enemy. They are strong, and willful. They don’t believe they will lose. They don’t believe they are the under dogs. I found this quote on The Belmont Club by Winston Churchill:

“If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.”

“…you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” This is the motivational call by the terrorists. So we share some motivation. But we don’t share doubt. We don’t share reason. “How can we defeat a few extremists?” So few can do so much. And we say, “How can they think they can win?” They don’t reason.

A Great Man

One day, the world will know him as a great man. I've gotta read more of this, but at least the beginning of this interview with President GWB is refreshing. For those of us who believe in him, this will not come as a surprise. For those who do not, it will fall on deaf ears.

"In person Mr Bush is so far removed from the caricature of the dim, war-mongering Texas cowboy of global popular repute that it shakes one’s faith in the reliability of the modern media."

UPDATE: I see I am not alone on my feelings of Massachusetts and President Bush. Thank you, Bill Roggio, for your observation and perspective.

Failure is easier than success

This has been bugging me for a while, now. Specifically at work, but I think it is in politics, too. Especially in Massachusetts. Sub-consciously, we hope to fail. It’s easier to fail. We like to see each other fail. Look at our entertainment. The Simpson’s. Seinfeld. Other's failures make us feel better. Even at the cost of the company or the state or the republic. I'd like to write a lot more about Massachusetts politics, but in a nutshell, the citizens of the state complain about the affairs, yet they don't make the changes on Election Day. So a super-majority rules the state with impunity. Pay hikes, hack jobs, government regulated industries. We love it, here in Massachusetts. It gives us something to bitch about. The Red Sox were our biggest crutch. Every year we could count on our dosage of disappointment. We didn't know what to do if we won. How do we celebrate? It's so much easier to bitch and complain. It's so much easier to second guess and make the leader a scapegoat. It’s much easier not to take responsibility. And this attitude discourages leaders! Why should I stick my neck out? I know the wolves are out there waiting to attack. If we don't start taking responsibility, if we don't start encouraging leadership, we're driving full speed toward despair. And everyone’s got their mouths shut.

The Defeatist Caucus

UPDATE: Here's a nice compliment to this post. Nobody's Perfect

Stay the course. Fight for freedom

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