Different Views

I take great pride not in the fact that I am a soldier, but in the fact that I am an American soldier. I am as capable at helping others as I am at hurting them, and I take far more pleasure in the former than I do in the latter. I am immensely proud and humbled to have the honor of representing my nation, as a member of the armed forces, in bringing relief to those who need it, and justice to those who deserve it.

In Alabama, guns are sold everywhere, but sex toys are banned. Now the state law banning the sale of vibrators may go before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case will garner a lot of attention.

Poor Hillary Clinton is lamenting her vote authorizing the Commander In Chief (CIC) President Bush to go to war against Iraq. Ever the victim this senator and former butt of Bill Clinton's philandering is now claiming she was fooled by G.W. Bush.

Taliban 'recruiters' have been showing up in madrassas in Pakistan and educating children in the arts of terrorism. This includes showing the children videos of suicide attacks and teaching them how to drive cars and motorcycles.

The Iranian newly launched international satellite TV, together with Press has accused Britain of training Ahwazi Arab's in an army camp in Jordan.

Ron Paul has grown in support in the Internet and it is moving to the streets.

After WW2 a few voices could be heard that called for America to set the moral tone for the rest of the world. Such leadership is rarely spoken of today and in less than a generation it may have completely reversed.

Being a successful commander-in-chief requires objective thinking, of which McCain probably isn’t capable. His service to his nation, both in the military and out, has been honorable, notwithstanding his imprudent criticism of a president in his own party during a war. He’s only following his heart, one assumes. But it takes more than heart to win.

In France the jogging habit of President Sarkozy has become the subject of debate, analysis and yes ... even psychoanalysis. In the cafes favored by Paris intellectuals the talk is no longer about existentialism or post-modernism - but about Sarkozy's penchant for dressing in shorts and runners, then hitting the road in order to engage in an activity involving leg-propelled forward momentum and the generation of sweat.

There seems to be no appropriate way to totally satisfy the illegal factor of those who have worked and continue to work illegally. Deportation of 12 million people does not seem possible or desirable. In the absence of a perfect, just plan, many individuals should offer up what they think best.

The unsuccessful terror attacks in the UK this month have prompted a number of welcome responses from voices in the British Muslim community. Increasingly moderate Muslim voices in the UK are speaking out against Islamic inspired violence.

And here I always felt so 'not worthy' when speaking to medical doctors. Qualified doctors are perceived to be the elite, the top strata of intelligence, the level that the ordinary folk like you and I, cannot even aspire to.

"We finally got the troops there. Americans have got to understand, it takes a while to mobilize additional troops and move them from the United States to Iraq. We got them there, and now we're beginning to move."-President George W. Bush, Speech at the Naval War College, June 28, 2007.

An intriguing ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court could re-open discussion about the brainwashing that occurs in all-too-many public school classrooms these days. The High Court this week issued a thumbs-down to so-called "diversity" plans in two large school districts that use race as a factor in assigning students.

The controlled media is up to its usual tricks. They discovered long ago that the best way to manipulate the news is to blatantly distort and lie about the subject - or simply ignore it completely. Such is the case with GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul.