For those we lost, We will not forget 09/11/2001 “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
— The Continental Congress, July 4, 1776

“The task of statesmanship has always been the re-definition of these rights in terms of a changing and growing social order.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt (Commonwealth Club Address, 1932)

“Roosevelt was wrong! The principles laid down in the Declaration of Independence are the principles of individual liberty. Our unalienable rights, given to us by God are given to us as individuals. Our rights do not come from society or the government, and they cannot be redefined by politicians. The nature of these rights carries with it the implication of individual responsibility, without which we surrender them.”
— Perri Nelson, November 6, 2008

America is not the greatest sin

Published Tue, Jun 3 2008 10:18 AM

Recent remarks by a Catholic priest visiting that den of anti-American and anti-Caucasian bigotry known at Trinity United included the comment that America is the greatest sin against God. This from a Caucasian man who is presumably an American citizen. Hmph!

I'll admit that the United States today is not perfect. Our churches spread racist bigotry while at the same time calling racism a horrible sin against God who is Love. Advertisements on television proudly proclaim that the characters promoting the products (Valtrex) have incurable sexually transmitted diseases. Over fifty years have passed since the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, and yet today the politics of the Democratic party is still marred by charges of racism and sexism.

Still, I wouldn't trade this country for any other country on Earth. Here, despite the best efforts of socialists and bigots, I'm free to choose where I want to live and how. I'm free to choose how I earn a living, and what I do with my money. I'm still free to own my own home and do with my property what I want.

I'm proud of my country and its history. I'm grateful that I live here and not in a place like Zimbabwe, where because of the color of my skin I might have my home stolen from me by the nation's military. I'm grateful that I live here, and not in Darfur, where my wife and children might be raped and murdered while I watch, because of the color of my skin and my choice of religion.

I'm particularly grateful that I live here, because I am free to speak my mind, and because idiots like Father Pfleger are as well. Because our nation recognizes that one of the rights given to man by our Creator is the right to speak freely, and because our Constitution prohibits Congress from enacting any laws that restrict that right (despite what the Supreme Court of the Unites States and Presidential aspirant John McCain might say), we are free to criticize our government, and we are free to speak our minds before the world.

Let the "good father" speak out his venom and hatred for the world to hear. Let it be exposed before the light of day, where his ideas will shrivel in the sun like the moldy rot that they are.

Because we are a nation of free men, given the opportunity to know the truth, foul propaganda like this cannot stand the light of day. Because America is a land of freedom and prosperity for all there is still hope that our people will see that men like this are an anachronism, and doomed — like so many other evils — to be dropped into the dustbin of history.

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