Posted by
Maudie in Mandeville on Saturday, July 21, 2007 3:44:41 PM
After Cal Thomas intro's his 7/3/2007 column with his drive through Indiana to a family reunion, the rest of it reads like it had been written by Cindy Sheehan, Cynthia McKinney, or Herman Goering.
He first disparages talk radio, apparently jealous that he's not Rush. Cal agrees with Barack Obama, who tells us, "that religion is not the exclusive property of conservative Christians." B. Hussein Obama certainly should know. Formerly a muslim, he still probably hasn't found any reference to 72 virgins in his new Bible. As for Conservative vs liberal Christians, while religion is not exclusive to any one group, each may have its own 'exclusive property' of beliefs. Obama's United Church of Christ worships with openly ho mosexual bishops and condones that lifestyle, along with some Episcopal Churches. Those two and other liberal denominations promote abortion. Even within the Catholic Church you have what the Pope says regarding abortion, and then you have the 'Kennedy Catholics for Choice'. Religion is a set of beliefs. Conservative Christians have exclusive property to theirs that liberals reject (the 10 Commandments), and liberal Christians have exclusive property to those that Conservative Christians reject (abortion, the ho mosexual agenda, radical feminism, etc.).
Cal piles on in his next paragraph. He asserts that not only can't conservative Christians claim the religious mantle, "Neither is patriotism a trademark of the Republican Party." This brought back memories of all those 'patriots' in San Francisco carrying placards as the Iraq War began, one reading 'We support the troops when they shoot their officers'. He writes "As with religion, some people on the right have used patriotism, which should be a unifying theme, to divide Americans." Harry, Nancy, Ted, Hillary, et al, just bring tears to Maudie's eyes in their attempts to unify Americans. "My liberal friends love America as much as I do." Uh, Cal, I think they spell it with a 'k'.
Cal notes that "when American "boys" went off to war, they had total support from family, friends, neighbors..." No word from Cal on total support from politicians and the news media these days. Cal also needs to reread his history book. Herman Goering's quote that "All you have to do is to tell (the country) they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism" was actually utilized by the Third Reich when they staged a Polish invasion into Germany, then declared war on a hapless Poland. Unless Cal subscribes to the "George Bush did it" crowd from the likes of Rosie O'Donnel, America actually was attacked on 9/11 by an enemy. If he's not a member of Kooksville, what exactly was his point?
"And still we love America for opportunities that do not exist in such proportion in any other nation." And why don't they exist in other nations, Cal? It is those same liberals and the opposing party that supports and encourages and appoints Supreme Court Justices who yearn for European law (or Zimbabwean, ala Justice Breyer) which has limited or crushed those same opportunities which Cal loves. One might ask Cal which party supports and encourages and celebrates the rubrics which have given Americans those opportunities, from a reverence of our Founding Fathers and our Constitution as written (not the living breathing Zimbabwean one), to the capitalist, free enterprise system. As for ridiculing G.K. Chesterton's statement 'My country, right or wrong', it was spoken in general terms, not specifically to every bill before Congress, stains on a purple dress, or cheering a returning war vet telling stories (and I really mean 'telling stories') of rape, cut off heads and ears, taped wires on genitals, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, and all the rest that the liberals accuse their beloved America of doing every day.
The patriotic Chesterton knew that his beloved country was morally good, indeed, morally superior to most other nations throughout his world. Alas, Christian Conservatives may lament how that morality has deteriorated since Chesterton spoke those words, as socialism, atheism, United Church of Christ Christianity, and liberal policies have eroded some of those morals in America, just as Chesteron would certainly be appalled at Britain's drift. The only comfort, if we are keeping score, is that Europe and the rest of the world had a head start.
We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
Patriotism never changes, Cal.