Nine Eleven

How dare you conspiracy theorists, who I've debunked many times, even THINK about America doing this to a citizen? Sad. Just sad. I can't even believe you guys think that way at all.

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It's a fact that the news is often guilty, without many people knowing, of putting words and images in their news reports for the purpose of persuading a group of people into thinking things that the broadcasters want them to think. It's a tried-and-true tactic, and it works. It is the reason behind many peoples' craving for reality shows, and on the other hand for not watching the news at all.

Each and every political party on each and every station is guilty of doing this. It is sad that each side must do this, because although I support the cause they're trying to coerce people into thinking, they're doing it in a way that doesn't allow people to form their own opinions. Before you go slamming on my journalism, this IS an opinion journal.

Case in point: Philip A. Cooney, the former chief of staff of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, edited government reports many times to say that human activities have little impact on global warming.

Fact: Human activities DO, indeed, have little impact on global warming.
Problem: Putting spin on things is, although a freedom, makes the children today and the minds of many people uncreative, and in general, jump on a certain bandwagon.

I dislike media spin. It manipulates your opinion, and that is wrong, as you should be entitled to get the whole story. There is no way to stop this spin, but there are definitely ways to avoid it.

Although leftist media bias is rampant (even more rampant than right wing media bias), it's a fact that both sides do it, and the bottom line is that I use both sources for what I say, and that you should too.

Don't let your opinion be because of one source.

Recap

Just putting in a short message to say that I hope everyone had a good Independence Day. Think about something more than the fireworks, that's an order.

Justice Finishes Second

Let's say that you were a criminal. You're remorseless and murder people and steal their belongings on a regular basis. You're basically just a downright evil person.

Now let's say the government, overwhelmed by the amount of murders, clears their charges and allows them benefits to live without having to do illegal actions. That's serving the bad people and criminals that plague our streets, then actually get everything they ever wanted out of doing that.

Illegal immigration, and the people who do it, are getting that in an upcoming amnesty bill.

I have covered this before and told you how we can fix it easily. However, even though it's been shot down once, they're going to try and get through as many loopholes as they can to put this bill in place. This should NOT happen, if we care about the United States of America at all.

A new development; although some people are becoming less and less supportive of the bill in Senate, President George Bush is trying to convince them to let the amnesty bill pass.

Has he lost his mind?

Although I think Bush is the better alternative to Kerry and Gore, this is just sad. You and I both know that this should just be a non-issue. Why is there even debate? There are ways around amnesty.

Contact your Senator right now and tell him to NOT support ANY legislation that provides amnesty for illegal aliens.

Back in Business

A fact on the global warming front should prove interesting for those who talk about carbon dioxide being the biggest contributor to the greenhouse effect.

Water vapor accounts for 90% of the greenhouse effect, which in turn creates global warming.

If we're reducing carbon dioxide, what about water vapor? Should we stop camping and boiling water? If it's 90%, imagine what kind of change we could create if we were to reduce the water vapor levels in the atmosphere! It would be a massive debate! We could CREATE the next ice age!

Except not.

We also should stop worrying about reducing our carbon footprint, period. It's time to stop fearing change.

Shame.

I entitle today's blog post with a simple word I'm sure, or hope that, everyone is thinking right now; shame. You are ashamed. Even I am ashamed. There are very few of you who have the right to say you are not ashamed, and to those who do, I thank you for being a part of life. For the rest of us, we have a different story.

I left school at 3:40 PM on Thursday afternoon to a four day weekend. My first thought was "Yes! Four day weekend!" I should have known better. I didn't even know Memorial Day was today until yesterday. How dare I ignore the issue I press the most? I press that fighting for freedom is right, but I don't even respect the people fighting for what I believe in.

Shame.

Memorial Day isn't about getting a day off of work and playing video games or going to parties or going to a concert. There is no "Happy Memorial Day." It's about remembering those, both living or dead, who have served the United States of America's armed forces who protect our rights every day, whether or not they're serving at the time.

Shame.

Although my childhood innocence is fleeting, that is no excuse to enjoy the day today. It is no excuse to play Command And Conquer 3 non-stop for the entire morning and to surf the internet in the afternoon. It is no excuse to completely ignore Memorial Day. The fact that I'm writing this article so late in the day defines the title.

Shame.

The people who plan to serve, are serving, and have served are, most likely, the only reason you're alive right now. The families and friends who kept the soldiers going are the ones the armed forces thank for making every day a gift to them. The people who support the armed forces do not compare. They do not compare. They do not compare to those who know what it's like to be on the frontline, in the Middle East or at home.

I am ashamed to call myself an American and act the way I have described. It even shames me to write a blog like this. It's time to turn around.

H.R. 254 or Freedom

H.R. 254 is a bill before the House at the present time called "The David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act," which was created by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX). Now, this may sound like a great bill to have; less hate crimes? I'd do a lot for that! However, it is not as nice as it seems on the surface. In fact, it's ugly and wrong.

H.R. 254 would require every state in America to suddenly have laws that assault your freedom of speech. It makes it a federal crime to judge against a federally protected group. In some ways, this could mean that if you were interpreting things from the Bible (and some passages from the Bible come on airplane meals, might I add), you would be preaching "hate" and could be arrested. That's how some of the other hate laws have turned out.

It doesn't matter who wants this the most (Anti-Defamation League) or who wants this the least (you); all that matters is that you contact your congressman, right now, and tell him or her to stand by the first amendment. Against all things like this.