Posted by
The Patriot on Friday, April 17, 2009 3:16:08 PM
I know, I know. It has been a long while since I last posted anything, but it's frankly been a little overwhelming lately. There is so much going so wrong, so fast, all at the same time, that I haven't been able to get far enough ahead of it to put together anything thoughtful and somewhat original. It's like the joke from
Ghostbusters: "Dogs and cats living together...mass hysteria!"
But after the
recent report on right-wing extremism from the Department of Homeland Security, I feel I must speak. After all, I don't want to be left out, do I? Although we can no longer spy on actual terrorists inside the US, it appears that now the new administration may actually favor surveillance of citizens who have no criminal record, no affiliation with terrorist groups, and have no actual plans to carry out violence of any sort. The danger? That their political beliefs and associated Constitutionally-protected political speech run counter to the Obama administration's leftist agenda, and that must be stopped. Bottom line: if you have strong conservative convictions and speak on them, that makes you suspect and, in the eyes of the DHS, a potential terrorist.
So let me sum up:
I favor a (much) smaller Federal government.
I favor lower taxes.
I am pro-life.
I favor controlling the border and aggressively combating illegal immigration.
I favor a strong military, with a budget to match.
I am pro-Second Amendment.
I oppose government intervention in the economy.
I am a veteran.
Does that make me a right-wing extremist? Am I a potential terrorist? The Department of Homeland Security says it does. I tell you this: when the left succeeds in making political opposition into extremism, and this becomes the accepted definition, we are done for. If they can make the sale that American citizens who believe differently are extremists, even though they have neither planned nor taken any violent action, then the First Amendment is finished, and so are we all. This will turn the United States of America into a totalitarian state, where dissent is a crime (think China). If saying this makes me an extremist, then I am guilty as charged. Put that on your watch list.