Pedro's Podium: Thoughts for Thursday

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Thoughts for Thursday - 10/21/10

1. As the clock winds down toward the midterm elections the definition of extreme has extended to anyone who is not a Democrat. Those in power seem to be working from the basic concept that if you are not a card carrying member of the Democratic party, you are an extremist. Of course if that does not work they want to destroy anyone who is running in opposition. This is no holds barded politics. When you can win on your record lie, cheat, and steal are the rules of those on the left.

2. It seems that too many people in this country believe that somewhere in the Constitution are the words; separation of Church and state. Even though the word Church is not in the founding document. It also seems that too many of our elected officials and lawyers believe that the Constitution includes that statement. The only problem with this belief would be its total absence. At least the belief has been put forward that it appears in the First Amendment. Here is the actual text:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

With all the attacks on religion in this country it would seem to me that those who are saying that there is a separation of Church and state are violating the law. By enforcing this so called separation, they are prohibiting the free exercise of religion. Of course when our elected representatives are so ignorant of the foundations of our government a lot of questions are answered. It explains why they believe that there are no limits on the power of the national government. The founders defined the central government as a Federal government. It has slowly turned into a national government. With this change goes our liberties and freedom.

The atheist that are constantly attacking religion, use the word church which is a reference to Christianity. So I guess that means that they don't want a separation of Temple and state or Mosque and state. The use of the word Church or church narrows down the conversation. Should they not be saying "separation of religion and state?" But since it is a lie that those words appear are in the founding documents, it doesn't matter. Oh I do know that a judge ruled that there is a separation of "church" and state, but rulings can and in this case be overturned.

3. The march of political correctness has been relentless for the last 20 years. It is time for the attack of the first amendment to end. There are limits to speech, but the speech police have gone too far. As long as we sugar coat our language and not allow the open discussion of problems, those problems will continue to fester. Fester wounds never heal.

With the firing of Juan Williams from NPR it is easy to see that there are those who wish to control speech that does not agree with their narrow vision of the world. I'm a freedom of speech guy. I believe that if you suppress speech you only drive it underground. Controlling speech does not control thought. There are too many documented cases of NPR not punishing other reporters and commentators who've voiced their opinion, but their views must have been "right" speech. It seems that it is time to remove all federal money from NPR. Their lack of support of common American values must not go unpunished.

In the marketplace of ideas it is important that good ideas and bad ideas are presented. Those that are good will stand on their own and the bad ones will be dismissed by those who listen. The whole concept of political correctness is a recipe for failure. It should be abandoned and society should decide what is right and what is wrong through the open exchange of speech/ideas. Government officials and the news media have no right to violate the free speech rights of the United States citizens.

It is time to reclaim our freedoms and return to our Constitutional government before it is too late. If we allow those who believe that the treasury is a giant piggy bank to be looted stay in power, then the nation is doomed. We lost our republic last year. We must restore it and return sanity to the nation.

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