Hello everyone, I've decided to start a new blog that is all about what I think. This blog is strictly my opinion. Anyone is welcome to argue my points of view or agree with them. Feel free to comment.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Can We Debate the Issues?

Many years ago I learned to be as thick skinned as I possibly could.  I was well aware of the fact that people were going to hate me because I voluntarily put on the uniform of America's armed forces.  I knew that many in the armed forces were going to hate me because I chose to wear the Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem of the United States Marine Corps.  I was one of the best, I knew it and I knew people would be jealous.  My buddies and I took a lot of ribbing from the other services, most of the time we just laughed it off, but sometimes they wanted to get rough.  We usually won.  Even though I knew it was happening, I still was shocked when a girl spit on me in the LA airport.  Even that I shrugged off with a look that made her and the whole group of hippies that she was with back off.  But the insults and the hate being thrown at me now are pretty tough to bear.


In 2009 I realized that my country was headed down a path that I didn't like so I stood up and joined the opposition to the Progressive movement.  Since then I have been called a racist, hate-monger, liar and many other terms that propriety prohibits listing here.  I've been told that I should just shut up and let the Progressives do what they wish.  I'm sorry, I can't do that.  And now I've got to talk about my treatment or my head will explode.  


First of all, I am not a racist.  I don't care what a person's skin color or ethnicity is.  I judge a person by what I see of that individual, not by any other yard stick.  A person earns my respect by their bearing, attitude, and whether they can look me in the eye when I shake their hand.  I don't care what color your skin is, I can look into your eyes and see what is in your heart.  


Secondly, I have not felt hate for anyone since I learned what a destructive thing hate is.  I learned that in the jungles of Vietnam.  Yes, I hate the Vietcong and it made me into something that I can still vividly remember but can not imagine myself actually being that way.  It almost burned me up, and I still carry the emotional scars to this day.


And third, I am not a liar.  Before I make up my mind about an issue I study it from not just both sides, but from every side I can get information from.  I get e-mails from many different groups every day.  Seriously, I receive information from groups as diverse as Tea Party Patriots to Organizing for America.  I listen to talk radio and ABC news.  When I've made up my mind about something, I have facts to back up my opinion.  


Most importantly, I welcome anyone with a different opinion to discuss their views with me.  The problem seems to be that seldom do Progressives want to debate the issues, they just want to attack the source of any information not sanctioned by the leaders of the Progressive Movement.  No matter who I quote, Progressives scoff at any reference to from that person and attack them personally.  This is not debating an issue.  This is hiding behind liberal talking points.  


But the invitation is open.  Anyone who wishes to have a conversation about any issue, from abortion to healthcare to the free market or the Constitution.  I'd be glad to sit down and talk to you.  The only rule that I must insist on is that we discuss the ISSUE, not the messengers.


John A. Wilson
President
Conservative Action Project of Union County

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The Religion of Peace?

 “We have discovered how to hit the Jews where they are most vulnerable. The Jews love life, so that is what  we will take from them. We are going to win, because they love life and we love death.”
- Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah

Does this sound like a peaceful people to you?  Yeah, these folks just want to live in peace with God's Chosen People, the Israelis.??  I don't think so.  The people of Israel has been engaged in a struggle for their very existence since the country was formed.  Israel is completely surrounded by enemies and has fought for her life several times.  Bear in mind that in every war that she's fought, Israel has been outnumbered and the odds against survival were minimal.  But Israel is still there.  To understand why one simply has to read the first five books of the Bible.  God promised Moses and the people of Israel that he would stand with them and would smite their enemies.  And he has done so many times.

However, the Muslims refuse to learn that lesson.  Their hate of the Jewish people continues to burn unabated.  Some people have trouble understanding just how much the Muslims hate the Jews, but I have an opinion on that subject.  Mind, it's just my opinion and I welcome any rebuttal, but my opinion is this.  The Muslims are jealous of the Jews because they are God's Chosen People.  God made a covenant with Abraham and even though for several centuries the Jews were scattered across the globe, now that they, again, have their homeland, His covenant still stands.  The Muslims want very much for Mohammed to have been chosen by God, but he was not.  He was a false prophet.  Therefore they want to kill all Jews.

How far are they willing to go to kill Jews?  Just this past weekend a group of Muslim assassins broke into the home of a Jewish family in a West Bank settlement and killed 5 of a family of 8 in their sleep.  Father was killed in his bed, his wife was cut down in the doorway of their bedroom, there are signs that she did try to resist, but the two little boys died in their sleep.  Of course special attention was paid to the 3-month-old in her crib because, of course, she presented such a threat to armed men. Apparently these brave jihadists didn't notice the other two boys asleep in the living room.  They were still asleep when their 13-year-old sister returned home and discovered the scene.  Can you imagine the emotional trauma that this poor young girl experienced?  Today I read a statement that she has made stating that she will control her anger and be a mother to her living siblings.  You have to admire that little girl's courage.

The most disgusting part of this tragedy was the celebrations that occurred in Syria. There was dancing in the streets over the death of a 3-month-old baby.  

The "courage" of the Muslims in this case as in most cases I've ever seen, was totally absent.  I have heard Muslims speak of "The courage of Allah" but I've never seen it.  They seem to think that blowing yourself up to kill a bunch of unsuspecting, innocent people courage.  I have heard them state that courage was the ability to shoot an unarmed, wheelchair-bound man in the back and throw him overboard from a ship they had hijacked.  To a Muslim, courage was the ability to cut the throat of an unarmed stewardess to take over an airplane on 9/11.  But when faced with true courage, the jihadists are easily brought down.  There is a monument in a field in Pennsylvania to attest to that.  

We have fought two wars in the middle east during the information age.  We saw incredible footage of the war both in Operation Desert Storm and in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Did you ever seen any footage of Muslims standing their ground and fighting for their country?  No. The only time you saw footage of the Iraqi army was when there were a bunch of them with their hands in the air.  

Still today, even as our troops try to maintain peace in Iraq and Afghanistan they do not stand and fight.  They attack with roadside bombs and other sneak attacks.  Even in Vietnam the Viet Cong occasionally mounted an offensive.  But not the Muslims.  No, the Muslims have proven time and again that they are cowards.  Yes, I said it, they are cowards.  If any Muslim wishes to argue the point with me, so be it.