Cartoon Angst?

Coloradoconservative.com has an excellent piece on the continuing debacle played out by the religious mis-fit. Dennis Prager at townhall.com also has some good ideas about the whole idea of freedom of speech that we as Americans have fought, bled for and protected for over two centuries. And as a Christian, American, and a crusader of sorts, I believe that we should respect the religion of Islam, as well as Hinduism, Budhism, Satanism, and every other religion out there that has adherents to its precepts. Oh, did I forget CHRISTIANITY! How dare me forget the very God of existence and salvation in my roll call of beings to be worshipped and adored. But to me it seems that Christianity has not only been put on the back burner for many years, but seen as a source and point of contention, ridicule and abject blasphemy. That isn’t what really bothers me though. What really gets under my skin is that the very people who have denied God and His existence for many, many years are falling all over themselves trying to prostate their-selves towards Mecca. Why, because a religious cult might have nuclear weapons and in lieu of annihilation we should bow to the old God become new. I don’t think so.
It makes my heart glad to know that the liberals and atheists aren’t so hard hearted after all. But may I postulate that with all of the antagonism toward Christianity, and if Christianity is the “way to God and heaven”, then whatever is not Christ centered isn’t from God or going to Heaven. With this being said, The religion of Islam isn’t just a juxtaposition of Isaac and Ishmael, but an enemy of God, and if, therefore an enemy of God, an enemy to half of the America or better that does believe in Him.

With that being said let me submit a corollary. Had this been before the death and resurrection of Christ, I imagine that we would have a mandate to wipe out the Infidel, taking no prisoners and leaving nothing of theirs to be found or used. But with the advent of the resurrection we have a new mandate. Christ said that there is no way to the Father except through Him and that he who believed on Him should have everlasting life. He also said that He did not come to earth to condemn its people but to save them and grant them an eternal life with the Father. He goes to His fathers house to prepare a place for us. The last I checked, this implied in no way that we should annihilate any other religion but offer to every being on this earth the grace and love that God himself shows to all people.

There are those that would submit that Islam is a peaceful religion. Peace is accomplished through a sense of self-worth and security that comes from knowing the Fathers heart. With the current state of affairs in the State of Islam, I have to wonder who their father really is.

And Then There Were Three.

Through a Looking Glass

For those of the world who have seen the movie “Fight Club”, or read the book that it
was based on, this may not seem so incredible.  Or maybe you have just been paying attention to the increasing number of so called rogue institutions that have cropped up since say, oh, World War 2.  What is amazing though, is that it seems that there are a couple of options here.  Either nobody of consequence is actually paying attention, or, it is taking a bureaucratically and purgatorial amount of time to profligate a policy of protection against the possibilities of perpetual border sniping and infiltration.

Take a look at these articles and see if they come together for you as they did for me…

Is A War Going On In Texas?
Street gangs, a transnational security threat
Recruitment, redemption in the MS-13
http://dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3386933
For a great commentary with images see:
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004363.htm
Also try:
http://www.searchconservative.com/search.php?q=drugs+and+border+crossing&scBtn=Search
And:
http://www.searchconservative.com/search.php?q=+border+crossing&scBtn=Search

Meanwhile, Back in Byzantium…

In David Fromkin’s book, “A Peace to End All Peace”, he makes a corollary
between the unrealized causes of World War One and Middle East tensions
that weren’t so apparently prevalent, or easily discovered, due to an
inability to gather intelligence in a region that here-to-for had not been
mapped for the West.
Forward almost a century…In the Middle East there is a new leader – one who has acquired nuclear capabilities. (Before,and after) Whether that capability was transferred from a former regime during the U.N’s elusive “cooling off” period or not remains to be revealed by those in the know, when it is safe and convenient to do so. Nevertheless, he is a new player on a global Block and for all appearances intends to wield a power either for himself or at the behest of another that could winnow the Earths flock…

Islam, in a sense is a religion that adheres to the view that human nature
is inherently evil and that there is a just and contrite punishment for
whenever and however that evil might decide to show itself. In order to
keep control of its’ adherents, it must subvert any notions that might
question its validity. Which is why intellectualism and “free thought” are
ideas that are shunned rather than promulgated for the good of those involved,
and it’s leaders have a propensity toward isolationism and fear.
It comes off as an amalgam of a failed version of communism confounded even
more by the words of a vociferous and punishing God spoken through none other
than a prophet.
All of this rather than just another version of an abusive authoritarian.
For now we’ll call it a variation on a scheme.

Added by Colorado Conservative. Image appears at Chronwatch.
Iran confirms uranium enrichment
http://www.2la.org/syria/iraq-wmd.php
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040816-011235-4438r.htm
Iran seeking to draw western Afghanistan into its sphere of influence

Iran news feed

It’s 2006. Do you know where your sentiments lie?

It's 2006. There are children in pre-school and kindergarten and even some first- and second-graders who don't remember a thing about 9/11. They don't remember the sickening pull in everyone's gut when they saw the towers burst into flames or the long collapse down, down, down, down into dust. It's been a while hasn't it?

Given all this time has passed, isn't it time we call a truce in the War on Terror? We no longer fear going outside and life again centers on Super Bowls and political grandstanding over things like judicial appointments. We don't need to fight anymore…or do we?

Let's take a look at what we've accomplished…

• Afghanistan and Iraq have the first real chance at succeeding in crawling out of their political hell after our military invasions. Come on, folks. You really think they were better off under Omar and the scurvy little spider called Saddam?
• Al Qaeda has not had the resources to launch a major attack in the western hemisphere
• Spies and traitors (and they are) have been apprehended, from the Shoe Bomber to Jose Padilla.
• Hussein, trial antics aside, stands a slight chance of losing his head to the religion he paid lip service to. Megalomaniacs and supermen beware.

Let's not be remiss to review what we've thus far failed to do…

• Usama bin Laden still has not been captured, although his health is very, very questionable. Mullah Omar and friends are likely keeping him company.
• We did not prevent the Spanish train bombings of 3/11/04 (not 2 years distant), nor the London Underground bombings of 7/7/2005, only 214 days ago as of this writing.
• Iraq managed to spirit away it's WMD to Syria. Iran, not to be left out, is ramping up it's nuke program. By the way, Michelle Malkin makes a great point of how this fury against the Danish is Iranian pressure on the IAEA.
• Our southern border leaks like a sieve and one can easily wonder if a vial of smallpox has made it's way in. If you thought a suicide bomber was bad…

Clearly, we are not safe. Physical safety from your enemies depends on chance or God (depending on your beliefs). We have much work we could be doing to increase our safety but aren't. Tighten the borders? Oh, but then we'd tick off the produce industry for taking all their illegal–I say immoral–and cheap labor. Force Syria to cough up the WMDs? Not without Israelis standing with guns in the middle of Damascus conducting a search. The French wouldn't stand for that, and everyone loves the French.

Relentless pressure is the only option we have. We must keep it up.