Why We Fight...

What follows is a link to an admirable post on NRO written by a Jewish Chaplain in Iraq...
nothing more needs to be said to describe it.


http://nationalreview.com/comment/huerta200511110822.asp

The Age of Obnoxiousness-A new Millenium by Dr. T

(Chapter 3)

With all the crazy events that have been taking place around the"war on terrorism" lately, I've been too busy with the present to get back to my original intent, which was to write "The Age of Obnoxiousness". As stated in earlier chapters, the book is a chronology of our culture from the 1950s to the present. And certainly all that is happening now is a by-product of what was going on then. The birth of "liberalism" in the 1960s was the beginning of a culture change that would forever change the American psyche and decades later would impede our national security. Rather a strong statement you say; well, one need only connect the dots. The liberal mindset of a "free society" means no rules, no judgements, everything is relative, there are no absolutes. This thinking is more than naive, it's void of logic and it's dangerous. A society cannot sustain itself without rules, without a respect for authority and social institutions. When the bar is lowered...so it is that society is lowered. The touchy, feel good world of liberalism where all playing fields are supposedly equal, isn't really equal at all. As the 60s became the 70s and the decades marched on so did liberal agendas. Liberalism was growing up and soon the country was dealing with more than rebellious teens trying to become relevant. The liberal agenda was being marketed, packaged and sold to the masses. This is the time when liberal feminism took hold. Women were tired of being stereotyped as either "sex objets" or "all American Moms". They wanted real careers and they wanted to break through the "glass ceiling". Now I don't deny that the mindset I just described was pretty much the norm in those days and it certainly was atypical for a female to be an executive in a major corporation. But as is the case with most good intentions, this feminist movement took on a life of its own and while it helped to some degree, by the time we reached the 90's it provided more harm than good. For decades the women screamed about equal employment and equal salaries. They wanted it all and invariably they got it. There were commericals about women bringing home the bacon and then frying it up in the pan. So they had their jobs, their kids, their households and their stresses. Stresses because you really CAN'T have it all.

What Veterans Day Really Means by DrT

Veterans Day 2005. What does it mean? Is it significant? It better be! My Dad is a World War II veteran and from the time I was a young child I have been fascinated with his service and the circumstances surrounding that war. Of course like most of those who served in that war, my Dad was not boastful about his sacrifices and he didn't talk about what he lived through without some prodding. I expect our servicemen and women of today would be similar in their feelings about their service. But the fact is that then and now, our military are to be revered, respected and treated with gratitude for the tremendous sacrifices they made and continue to make on our behalf. I will tell you that I have NO tolerance for the left wing, anti war, give peace a chance crowd. Their profound stupidity about the seriousness of the threat we face from terrorism is beyond the pale. Our boys are fighting and some are dying, this is the price of freedom.

But those of us who truly understand what is at stake and who truly understand the necessity of a strong military will pay homage today to the boys who jumped into "hell" on the beaches at Normandy and all over Europe, the Pacific, Viet Nam, Korea, Afghanistan and Iraq. We will bow our heads and pray to God to bless them all and we will say thank you for your sacrifice.

I'm back!!!!!!!!!by Dr. T

Hello one and all, I apologize for the absence but I've been busy with speech contests, certifications and radio auditions. Nothing outstanding to report but I'm always in the game.

With all the madness that has been going on in the media I hardly know where to begin. Lets see, we have a possible bird flu pandemic, a witch hunt for Karl Rove, a temper tantrum in the Senate and last but not least, the Prince of Wales telling us to make nice with Islam. Well I'm having none of it! Tonight I did myself a great service and I'm passing the gift on to all of you. If you've never had the pleasure of reading a book by Dr. Leo Buscaglia, take thee to a bookstore pronto. Leo unfortunatley is no longer with us but he has left teachings and views on life that are uplifting and needed now more than ever. Dr. B. was popular some thirty years ago and I remember watching some of his lectures. Tonight I reacquainted myself with him through a book he wrote back in 1972, titled simply enough "LOVE." It is as he describes it, "a warm and wonderful book about the largest experience in life." If ever we need to remember that love is the greatest of all human expreiences, it is now. For in so many ways, we have forgotten. As life continues to become more frenetic, and we are pulled in so many directions, we are losing our humanity. Losing our ability to love. For most of us it is not a conscious choice, simply a result of too many outside pressures. But reading a book like this helps to get one "back on track". For we are the masters of our own destiny and we would be wise not to sell ourselves short.