If it wasn’t already clear, the liberals at National Public Radio (NPR) exposed their political agenda for the entire world to see when they summarily fired Juan Williams on Wednesday. Mr. Williams is no conservative, but he is a decent man who has been willing to step up to the plate and contribute to a civil discourse between members on each side of the political divide extant (see WOW) in our country today. Mr. Williams merely stated his personal feeling that he gets nervous on an airplane if he sees people in Muslim garb. I cannot image that Mr. Williams has a prejudiced bone in his body, but this was apparently too much for the liberal ‘thought police’ at NPR who obviously want to limit our right to free speech in favor of political correctness. It seems that liberals can say just about anything with impunity because it is always in the name of ‘diversity’, but anyone who expresses an opposing view is guilty of ‘hate speech’. Well, we have had enough. We will not have our tax dollars supporting a biased, one-sided organization like NPR. Putting an end to the funding for NPR should be added to the long list of items to be accomplished when conservatives regain control of Congress.
We Once Had a Real Leader, President Richard M. Nixon
It’s almost pathetic to hear the President of the United States whining about the coverage he has received from the news media, but that’s just what Mr. Obama has been doing recently, never mind that all the major networks and all but one cable outlet have been in the tank for him from the outset. Referring to Fox News, the nation’s highest rated cable news channel, he even went so far as to say that it was ‘destructive’ to the United States.
Imagine what it must have been like not so long ago when there were no cable news outlets and only three major networks, all of which were firmly on the side of the liberal Democrats, just as they are today. That is the situation that President Richard Nixon found himself in when he assumed the presidency in 1969. For the six and one half years he was in the White House, the TV news anchors at ABC, CBS and NBC battered him on a nightly basis until the American people, presented with no alternative, eventually began to believe what they said, whether it was true or not. Night after night Dan Rather and Walter Cronkite at CBS, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley and John Chancellor at NBC and Harry Reasoner, Frank Reynolds and Howard K. Smith at ABC railed against President Nixon and everything he stood for, including his efforts to win the Vietnam War. All the while the Democrat controlled Congress slathered as they awaited their opportunity to move in for the kill after their comrades in the news media had sufficiently worn him down.
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California
Any rational student of history would conclude that President Nixon did not order the Watergate break in. Even if, as some historians claim, he withheld information in an effort to save some of his subordinates who apparently did know about it, that’s still a far cry from what Impeached President Clinton did. Clinton lied under oath, committing perjury, to save himself! In the end President Nixon did what any good leader would do by taking full responsibility and, though he knew he didn’t deserve what was happening to him, he graciously stepped aside when he could see that staying would not be in the best interests of the country.
One can only imagine how much different our country and world might be if President Nixon had been able to finish out his second term. The War in Vietnam was not lost until Congress cut off funding. The anti-communist forces in Vietnam collapsed just months after the president resigned, unleashing the genocidal killing fields that cost millions their lives. Let us never forget those who were responsible for the loss of one of America’s greatest presidents. Fortunately, President Nixon left a rich legacy in his prolific writings after he was president, giving the world a guide for navigating the future. Now there was a real leader! Indeed, Mr. Obama should consider himself lucky to have only one news network presenting a ‘fair and balanced’ view.
Gus Bevona, the very personification of the fat-cat, thug-promoting union boss, died last month of unknown causes. The New York Times reported that Bevona, whose father was suspected of having mob ties, headed New York City’s Local 32B-32J of the Service Employees International Union for nearly two decades. While the hard-working members of his union were making less that $30,000 a year, Bevona had a $450,000 a year salary and a lifestyle to match. Andy Stern, the far left former head of the ‘purple shirts’ at the radical SEIU and a close protégé of Barack Obama, could only say that this salary was ‘excessive’. Bevona stepped down from his position in 1999.
If unions are to remain relevant, they must be taken back by their members. Do you know how much the bosses of your union make each year? Is your hard-earned monthly union dues payment going to support their extravagant lifestyle? It might be interesting to pay a visit to the offices of your union ‘leaders’ and check out the lavish digs that you finance. If you’ve had enough, go to union meetings and voice your disapproval concerning what they do with your monthly dues. Let them know that you disapprove of having your money go to support the campaigns of liberal politicians who you oppose. Tell them that you are fed up with how they protect poor performing co-workers for whom you have to take up the slack. And finally, tell them that you want to keep the right to a secret ballot in all union issues!
President George W. Bush was excoriated (see WOW) for the better part of a year for the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The manner in which the left wing liberals carried on in their attempt to discredit him left one thinking that they actually believed it was an inside job…that President Bush himself had caused the hurricane! Now, the commission investigating the BP Oil Spill reported last week that the Obama Administration failed to act upon or fully inform the public of the amount of oil gushing from the well and failed to inform the American people of the full scope of the disaster. Of course, the Obama Administration vehemently denied the allegations, although they did admit that the spill was the worst environmental disaster the United States has ever faced. One of the commission’s preliminary reports stated that, “By initially underestimating the amount of oil flow and then, at the end of the summer, appearing to underestimate the amount of oil remaining in the gulf, the federal government created the impression that it was either not fully competent to handle the spill or not fully candid with the American people about the scope of the problem”.
In August, spokesmen for the administration essentially declared, “Mission Accomplished!” with regard to their efforts to contain the oil. They stated that the “vast majority of the oil is gone”, implying that ecological damage had been limited. However, many independent researchers believe that half of the spilled oil is still in the ocean. Allowing the blown-out well to spew oil into the ocean for three months will have a long term impact on the involved Gulf ecosystems, including extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats. And this doesn’t even take into account the disastrous effects that it has had on the fishing and tourism industries, to which Mr. Obama responded with the additional job-killing measure of suspending Gulf oil drilling.
