A Long Hard Road

The time has past far too quickly since I last posted and I really don't like when that happens. And boy oh boy has a lot happened in the world since then. It would be futile to try and recap anything about then and now for it would take too long and far too much space to try.

So I will suffice it to apologize for my negligence here and try to do better at this.

One thing that I would like to say about the current events of the day is that we seem to slip further and further into stupidity and arrogance the more politicians try to please "everyone" and the more they try to legislate based on moronic polls. Polls that are not even a true reflection of the country. How can you get a measure of what anyone thinks, via a poll, when the questions asked are not asked in a way that an honest answer can be given. There are many ways to ask a question about a certain subject. By the wording and emphasis, the answer can reflect either a positive outcome or a negative one, regardless of what the person answering the question really thinks or understands about the subject.

Take for instance the average Americans perception about the war in Iraq. Say we posed a question as follows.

1. Do you know that the intel available on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction was the same intel that was gathered by the intelligence community during Clinton's Presidency and that all of the Senators and Congressmen and women knew all of the same information for over 10 years and that all of them including democrats and republicans alike agreed that Iraq was an imminent threat and something needed to be done? Yes or No ?

2. Do you know that all of the Senators and Congressmen and women voted for our President to take the action taken prior to going to war and prior to the Presidents speech laying out the plan? Yes or No ?

3. Given the true information in questions 1. and 2. do you agree that the Congress and the Senate are equally responsible for the actions in Iraq? Yes or No ?

4. Given the fact that the President was given authority by the Congress and Senate to wage war on our behalf, do you agree that all current and past politicians are more or less responsible than the President? More or Less ?

5. Given the facts as stated, do you believe the senate and congress are doing their best to protect our nation? Yes or No?

6. Do you approve or disapprove of the job the Senate and Congress are doing in their support of our troops and their mission? Disapprove or Approve ?

7. Given the understanding we have that the Democratic party of political congressmen and senators and the previous President all had the same intelligence information that our current President had and they never implemented any plan of action to protect us from attacks such as 9-11, even though we had suffered previous attacks by the same terrorists, do you feel more safe today under the current Administration that has implemented safeguards, or the previous administrations that had the information and did nothing? Safer Now or Safer then ?

8. Knowing the truth that the previous democratic party of politicians had information and did nothing to protect us or defend us, would you be more inclined or less inclined to trust them in the future with the security of our nation and your family? More inclined or Less Inclined ?

Okay, hopefully you get the picture.

The people that are getting asked questions generally know nothing about the truth. Some of them can't even name the members of the current Administration or their own Congress and senate members. They have one idea and that is that war seems bad and we should not be there. However, if those people asked were to be informed and educated about the truth of what has been and is now taking place, they would be able to answer questions and make more informed responses.

But as long as the questions are tainted and asked in a manner that gets the results that the pollsters want, then the polls mean absolutely nothing and intelligent people will not make decisions based on their results.

I love this country and it pains me to see the mainstream media work so hard to try and make it a socialist wasteland. There is so much mis-information and lies being told and it is just amazing how so many people are duped by it all.

GOD help us and forgive us because that is the only help we may have left.