Students Spit On Military Recruiters

We have disturbing reports that college students in the United States are spitting on military recruiters.

Spitting is not freedom of speech.

There are good conservatives on many campuses. Many students are liberal while they are students. After a few years of working and paying taxes, many liberals become conservatives.

For example, Ronald Reagan was a Democrat before he saw the light.

But spitting on anyone other than a child molester is uncalled for. Spitting on those who provide the freedoms allowing you to study in peace without being blown up is unforgivable. Spitters may be thankful military recruiters are better people than you will ever be.

President's Day In the United States

Today is President's Day in the United States.

President's Day arose from the February birthdays of president Washington and president Lincoln. Now, it is celebrated (officially) for all presidents. Unfortunately, most Americans view this day as simply another day off of they're in government or banking.

From a historical perspective with a view of current politics, it's interesting to note that George Washington wished to join the British army as a young man. The British rejected him as not good enough.

We all know Continental General Washington proved the British wrong and eventually trapped Lord Cornwallis between the continental army and the French Navy.

General Washington became president Washington and is celebrated as the father of our country.

Abraham Lincoln was vilified in the north and the south. Hard to believe, but there were more vitriolic statements against president Lincoln than even president Bush today.

Likewise, even though we faced a terrible group of enemies in World War II, and the nation was more patriotic then, president Roosevelt faced harsh criticism at home.

Ronald Reagan was ridiculed and mocked. Now, with perspective, we view Roosevelt and Reagan as the greatest presidents of the last century. Ronald Reagan statues are being erected in cities and towns all over the former satellite countries of the Soviet Union such as Poland and the Czech Republic.

Today, we honor all presidents, past and current. To president Bush, history will view you favorably. Countries in the middle east will one day erect statues in your honor and American school children will learn of your presidency while most of the rest of us will respect your memory and honor the leadership you projected despite the best efforts of some to destroy your presidency.

Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, Statue Unveiled

Former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, affectionately known as the Iron Lady, is being immortalized with an 8 foot (2.44m) statue of her in the British House of Commons.

Rightly so and a long time coming.

Lady Thatcher was a leader of strong principles. Once committed to a cause like true leaders such as former U.S. president Reagan and current president Bush, Lady Thatcher followed through. She ignored polls and did what was right. Where would the world be if not for her, Ronald Reagan, Lech Walesa, and former Pope John Paul's vocal confrontation of the evils of communism?

Margaret Thatcher is a role model for any person who wants to lead unlike some who would be U.S. president. Lady Thatcher stood for something and that is refreshing in comparison to a Clinton.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1795523.stm

Statues: The Evil Empire and the Axis of Evil

A statue of Ronald Reagan is being erected in Prague 6, Czech Republic, as a symbol of his part in the victory over communism. The Mayor of Prague 6, Tomas Chalupa, made erecting a statue of Ronald Reagan a centerpiece of his campaign for mayor as a member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS).

This statue will join a similar statue in Poland of President Reagan. Those under the boot of decades of communism recognize the significant contribution President Reagan made in the downfall of communism.

At the time of his presidency, leftists made fun of his "simple-minded" goals of a strategic space shield mocked as "Star Wars." There is little left, now, about which to laugh. We have hit and destroyed moving missiles with lasers (as well as other rockets). China recently destroyed one of their own satellites with a moving missile.

Ronald Reagan was right about "Star Wars."Ronald Reagan was also correct in calling the Soviet Union an evil empire. This author did visit the former Soviet Union and can attest, even in the late 80's, to the fear that the Soviet people had in speaking to those of us from the west. The Soviets killed, starved, dominated, and enslaved tens of millions of people. They were an evil empire, and yet, leftists either made fun of President Reagan, made apologies for the Soviets, or called him a "war-monger."

Just has President Reagan was proven right by History, so will President Bush.

Like President Lincoln, President Bush faces a now unpopular war. Several years ago, the president called Iran, Iraq, and North Korea, the "Axis of Evil." Leftists again brought out their tired and discredited comments and called the president naive or a war-monger.

Yet, History has proven the president correct. Sure, there have been mistakes in the conduct of the war. There are mistakes in everything that every human does and war introduces many opportunities for error. The enemy almost never does what a general desires.

But, overall, the president is right in his fundamental belief that we are facing an evil menace and we must defeat this menace.

Like Lincoln and Reagan, President Bush is a leader who does what is right. Weak men follow polls. Leaders, such as President Bush, have statues erected of them by a grateful populace. Someday, there will be statues of President Bush in the middle east erected by a grateful populace after History proves him right.