We dropped the archives down towards the end of the page and we’ve added Weasel Zippers and Powerline to our political websites and Rivals.com to our sports sites since now that the Chargers are out of it and college football wrapped up (we think) two weeks ago or something, it is now the “off-season” and time to get ready for college letter-of-intent signing day and the NFL Draft.
We’ve added a feature called “Fighting the Good Fight”. These links are to the blogs/websites of individuals whose cause is worth noting and keeping updated. We’ve linked to Ezra Levant’s blog, the Canadian publisher (posted here and here) who is being sued and harassed by a Muslim individual and the Canadian Human Rights Commission, respectively for reprinting the Danish cartoons that “offended” many Muslims two years ago… AND who has been the subject of perhaps our very first little blog-roversy – check out the comments from the 2nd link.
Also added to this feature are websites for Border Patrol agents, Jose’ Campeon and Ignacio Ramos who were tried and convicted of shooting and wounding a convicted drug smuggler back in February of 2005 and who are now serving prison terms of 12 and 11 years respectively. This is the first we’ve written of this case because the more we read about it, the more simultaneously baffled and enraged we become (This is America… this sort of thing isn’t suppose to happen here) and we do our utmost to not be guilty of blogging-while-angry. And though our laundry list of grievances against President Bush is sizeable, we’ve always believed, at his core, he was a decent and honorable man. This case suggests something to the contrary which is disturbing.
There is a common thread between Levant and Campeon/Ramos. Its becoming clear that the fight against jihadism and fight for control of our country’s border also involves a fight against the government(s) whose very reason for existence is to be protectors of free speech and sovereignty, yet the evidence points to capitulation and appeasement, instead.
We’ve added a feature called “Fighting the Good Fight”. These links are to the blogs/websites of individuals whose cause is worth noting and keeping updated. We’ve linked to Ezra Levant’s blog, the Canadian publisher (posted here and here) who is being sued and harassed by a Muslim individual and the Canadian Human Rights Commission, respectively for reprinting the Danish cartoons that “offended” many Muslims two years ago… AND who has been the subject of perhaps our very first little blog-roversy – check out the comments from the 2nd link.
Also added to this feature are websites for Border Patrol agents, Jose’ Campeon and Ignacio Ramos who were tried and convicted of shooting and wounding a convicted drug smuggler back in February of 2005 and who are now serving prison terms of 12 and 11 years respectively. This is the first we’ve written of this case because the more we read about it, the more simultaneously baffled and enraged we become (This is America… this sort of thing isn’t suppose to happen here) and we do our utmost to not be guilty of blogging-while-angry. And though our laundry list of grievances against President Bush is sizeable, we’ve always believed, at his core, he was a decent and honorable man. This case suggests something to the contrary which is disturbing.
There is a common thread between Levant and Campeon/Ramos. Its becoming clear that the fight against jihadism and fight for control of our country’s border also involves a fight against the government(s) whose very reason for existence is to be protectors of free speech and sovereignty, yet the evidence points to capitulation and appeasement, instead.
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2 comments:
Dean,
Great post. Permission to shamelessly steal your line: "...the fight against jihadism and fight for control of our country’s border also involves a fight against the government(s) whose very reason for existence is to be protectors of free speech and sovereignty, yet the evidence points to capitulation and appeasement, instead." It bears repeating, over and over.
Ironically, one of the first fissures in the firewall that is the First Amendment, came in the form of the Supreme Court largely upholding the constitutionality of McCain-Feingold, which our current President cravenly signed. K T recently posted that maybe being a RINO isn't so bad if being a Republican means being a profligate pandering vote buyer. I would add that being a RINO isn't so bad if being a Republican means you no longer believe in freedom of speech, especially political speech.
B-Daddy, Thanks. Ya know, there seemed to be quite a bit of domestic "compromising" during the Bush tenure and look where that got us.
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