In a few months I have seen the beginning of the burial of our representative republic in the sepulchre of socialism. We have the weakest leadership we have had since Jimmy Carter and Billy Beer. Because someone makes you feel good does not mean that person is a leader. A leader does not delay or run from the hard decisions that have to be made on a daily basis. The king's jester made ancient aristocracy feel good. The stones need to be grown to resurrect our country, our pride, and our national position in the world.

Four pirates with small arms in a glorified rowboat have our president and his brain-trust stymied. I find that incredible. Today (I e-mailed this originally on 4/12) they asked that "someone" arrest them. It is such a simple problem to solve and here I sit watching four pirates face down the most powerful nation and navy in the world, while other pirates circle and celibrate. All we have to do is have four snipers take out four targets simultaneously and it is over. That will make it less likely to happen again. What frigging idiocy are we witnessing? What frigging lack of resolve and guts are we being embarrassed by? What the hell do we have ruining this country? Sorry...that was a typo. I meant to say what the hell do we have running this country?

This is a simple problem and he cannot handle it. Do you really think he is going to handle anything more difficult? I heard Dennis Miller say on a news blurb that he makes Bush look eloquent when he does not have a teleprompter. Miller also said this man needs a prompter to read an eye chart. Now that is saying something. I respect the office but I have no respect for he who desecrates it now.

All I can see is this poor, heroic, forgotten captain floating toward land. When he is there our problem is trebled. He is on their turf and removed from us. He is dead and it is on the administatration's head.

Oh---don't bother telling me how this line of thought is not Christian. We are in a world situation where Christianity is totally threatened on almost all fronts and Europe is already ceding many Christian rights and we are in line moving that direction. If we all just lay and take the slaughter and the threats then there is nobody left to sing God's praises. I have yet to hear a joyful voice lifting from the confines of a graveyard.

PS---someone told the leadership that if it failed to act it would lose much more than it believed was at risk. Someone finally got that group to convince the president that we could take care of it quite easily. Gee--- we did. What a surprise to them all. Now they will claim some great victory for the new administration. It is not. It is a military victory and I salute them and the Seals who made it happen. It could have happened the same day the first Navy vessel arrived in the area. Why did it take so long to do? I do not know, but regardless of all that I am thankful for it happening and the captain being saved.