Modern Day Minutemen

This Friday more than 1,000 men and women calling themselves the 'minutemen' will be stationed along the 23 miles of U.S. border near the Tucson Sector in an attempt to discourage crossers and would-be terrorists from entering the United States. These volunteers will be armed with radios to contact Border Patrol agents when migrants are spotted. But a leader of the violent, terror-connected Latin American gang Mara Salvatruchas, Ebner Anivel Rivera-Paz, has reportedly issued orders from federal prison to members of his international criminal organization to teach a lesson to the group of Americans taking border control into their own hands. Looks like there is going to be a second "showdown at the OK Corral".

My take on this, as long as the volunteers aren't looking for a fight, go for it. It's our country, you have a right to be here too as long as your legal! And if they have to arm themselves from these gangs, so be it.

World War 3

Ladies and Gentlemen: I am proclaiming, as conditions sit today we are headed towards World War 3! We are gaining more enemies than allies. On the roster right now, our enemies include North Korea, Iran, China, and soon to be Venezuela and Russia. All of which could kick our butt if they joined against us. That is why we need to strengthen our allies and if that means stirring up things in the U.N. then so be it! My fear is that we wont have enough volunteers in our military to counter these threats when it comes. And especially not enough money to support any campaigns other than what we're already in.

China just passed a law to allow military attacks on Taiwan if they try to separate themselves and declare independence from the communistic country. From last I heard we supported Taiwan due to free trade and the fact that they're not China.

North Korea is a great threat because they are trying to create nuclear weapons. Hmm, I wonder whom they would use them on?

Russia we cannot trust. Their leader Putin is trying to turn it into the old motherland of the Soviet Union; and he supports Iran.

Iran is trying also to make nuclear weapons under the disguised as nuclear power. Their reason, I think its to attack Israel, which if they do we MUST go to defend Israel.

As for Venezuela, their "leader" Hugo Chavez is a Fidel Castro wannabe, who thinks himself a revolutionary like the communist "Che" Guevara. The bad thing is that he has begun to buy arms from Russia. Riffles, helicopters, jets! And how it directly affects us is that he is a major oil supplier to us. Gee, I wonder what he's going to do with all those extra arms, free Iraq?

This is just a very small count of what we're up against, but we have to take the potential threat they present seriously! There are many my age that are angry and afraid that we might have another draft. They think Bush is planning to have one, even though it was the Democrats who brought it up and wanted to activate the selective service lottery again. Currently Bush has declared that there will not be any draft, but the grim reality is that for this nation to survive, we are going to need a strong, powerful military. And sadly to defend off these threats we will need more power in the form of soldiers. But the distressing reality is that there aren't enough brave, courageous, young Americans who would fight for their right to be free. "Its on the other side of the world, why should I care?" When our enemies detonate a nuke in your backyard you might start caring then! All I'm saying is that we must prepare for the next World War 3, which could be 20 years away, or possibly even 3. If you are under 40, get in shape and prepare for the draft; men and women. If you want peace, then prepare for war. You don't have to belief me, but don't be surprised then when tanks roll up your street that have the New World symbol on them.

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Here is the latest protest sign I have made:



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The Philosophy Of Death: Part 1

Today I’m going to talk about my philosophy, my philosophy on death and killing. The truth about death is that we all are on the list; we all are going die someday. But the manner of our death is what we wish we could control. Personally, I believe that killing is all right. No, I am not buying into the philosophy of Peter Singer, but I believe that there are three justifications for killing, and anything other than that is murder. But let me state that I strongly believe that murder is in fact, wrong!

The first justification for killing is if you are defending a life that is being threatened by another, example, cops. Police do it everyday, they take the life of a criminal who tries to kill them or someone else. This is more than reasonable; it is necessary for the safety and survival of a society.

Second, it is justified to take life as punishment for the taking of another life; the death penalty. If you are convicted of murder by a court, then I feel it is the society’s obligation to end your life to maintain law and order. Now we cannot misinterpret murder for accidental manslaughter. People have killed others by accident because that is reality, accidents happened. It’s sad but different than premeditated murder. Murder is methodical and intended to take innocent life. I still think that punishment should be enforced, but not to the same extent as if it were murder. Scott Peterson was convicted recently for murdering his wife and unborn son. He is now on death row waiting to appeal the courts decision. He was convicted by a jury of his peers to be put to death; he is having to face the consequences of his actions. Sadly though due to our failed judicial system he will probably live a long life in his cell and never see execution day, but at least he is being punished for his crimes. He murdered, and now he must be put to death, period.

But with that you have to ask hypothetically, what about a mobster who shoots another mobster? He probably was not taking innocent life since both were in the crime business? Then is that murder since innocent life wasn’t taken? My answer, yes! It was premeditated, and to maintain law and order, we use a judicial system to decide who is innocent or guilty. If we didn’t anyone could go and kill and murder whomever they like. Under current laws you are innocent until proven guilty. Do I agree with this? It doesn’t matter, I am not writing to change the laws, I am just writing explaining and justify my beliefs in conjunction with the laws. Then, what is innocent life? Under Christian beliefs we are all guilty of sin. I belief that innocent life on Earth is defined as one that is not guilty of premeditated murder, or atrocities to mankind. Yes, we are all guilty of sin, but Jesus Christ is what has set us free of that sin. So, for as long as we are on this Earth, to maintain the safety of our society murder is the only crime that is punishable by death.

The third justification for killing is in wartime. Sadly, war is a part of human nature; it is unavoidable. There will always be someone in this world until its end that is bad and wants to murder and destroy innocent life. That person will find others to follow and he will build armies, and then will execute his wishes to murder through those armies. That is why it is a society’s obligation to protect their prosperity and civilian lives through war if needed. Now there are still rules of engagement that the innocent nation must follow to remain innocent, but the cry that all war is murder is wrong. The United States went to war with Iraq to stop Saddam’s tyranny and find his weapons of mass destruction. Though we have not found the WMD’s yet, we have stopped his rape rooms, torture camps, and have found mass graves of innocent lives that he has executed for unjust reasons. Those were more than justified reasons to go to war and kill members of his army.

In conclusion I’m going to have to assume that some might misinterpret my statements as being malice and psychopathic, but really it all has to do with wording and interpretation of our laws and language. Killing in the most part is the taking of a guilty life, while murder is the taking of innocent life. One is justified, and the other is punishable by death.

Anti-War Sentiment Targets Recruiting Center

I just heard about this from Citizen Smash. A Recruiting Center in National City (in San Diego) was defaced on March 19th with anti-war graffiti and posters. The photos were posted on the Democratic Underground forum. On this forum some express their disagrement with this but most are for this vile act of defacing government property. I haven’t heard much about this in the mainstream media, but when I do I’ll report it. Personally, I can't begin to express how disgusted I am. I doubt they will find these punks, but if they do I hope they prosecute to fullest extent of the law.

Fight For Terri's Life

As of now most everyone has heard something about Terri Schiavo and have formed an opinion about her case. Congress and even the President have gotten involve making people to think that it's becoming more a political stand with them than about constitutional rights. But I think that this has less to do with the constitution and more with ethical reasoning.

As far as I know this is how the story goes: Due to an alleged eating disorder Terri Schiavo collapse from heart failure 15 years ago causing severe brain damage; this has left her in a controversial state of vegetation. Now her husband wants to remove the feeding tubes that are keeping her alive because he says that's what Terri would want, but her parents want her to stay alive. This could all be solved with a will but Terri didn't have one made when she was conscience so the question to keep her alive or not has been taken to the courts. And the decision was to remove her life support. Her parents have appealed the courts decision but they fear that their daughter might die before the courts decide anything. And now this case if you can call it that has even gotten congress' attention and our president. But some fear that it is just a chance to push the right-wing pro-life agenda.

After all this what do you do? Personally I think that we should let Terri live. There are signs that she is alive and responsive, and I think that's a reason to keep her alive. I don't know if her husband has an alternative motive for wanting to fight this, but I don't think that she would not want to die if she shows signs of life. The fact that she feels pain, and I think she does should be enough to say, "This is wrong, letting her die in painful way like this!" But for some reason this has become once again a fight between the left and right. My prayer is that the courts will get their act together in time to have the tubes reinstated. Since Terri didn't have a will written expressing whether or not to live or die in these kinds of circumstances should say that she would like to have lived. That's my opinion.

Hey-Hey, Ho-Ho, You Hippies Have To Go!

Saturday March 19th the San Diego chapter of Protest Warrior was out at Balboa Park to counter an anti-war rally and march planned for the 'international day of protest'. We came out with sign of support for our troops, democracy, and freedom. We were even joined by other groups and passers Byers in support. Around 2pm we lined up on 6th Ave. to get ready for the anti-war marchers coming up the street, and as we were waiting for them we heard honks and yells for what we were doing. In fact a Marine came up to one of us to thank us for what we were doing. He was walking his dog and passed by the anti-war people and tried to tell them about his time in Iraq. He told them about all the good we are doing over there, and even mention Saddam's mass graves that he witnessed. But they didn't even care; they didn't want to hear the truth. As the marchers came up we started chanting USA, USA, USA! It was a great moment; we showed the hippies that they are not the voice of America or the world.

The whole time I was thinking, how can you live in a country where you oppose the thing that gave birth to its existence? This nation was won with war, it was defended with war; and if you are morally against all wars, then how can you morally stay in this country. I don't like war, I don't want it, but sometimes war is necessary. War was necessary to win our independence, war was necessary to stop slavery, war was necessary to defeat Hitler, war was necessary to defeat Imperial Japan, war was necessary to stop Fascism, and war was necessary to stop Saddam and his evil doings. War is ugly and sad, but it's unavoidable. If we took the path as anti-war people, say no to all war, we would be dead! I am not a war-junkie, its not that I think war is cool, but I think that it's a necessity to survival and you have to support that survival and those doing it. Our nation knew that Saddam was a threat to his neighbors and us so we gave him ten years to comply with U.N. sanctions. He didn't so we had to go to war to stop him. It is appalling to see these people protesting the Iraqi people's freedom, don't they understand?

Anyways it was a lot of fun; some guys on our side event went over there to stir thing up. One guy dressed up in a prison uniform and had a Saddam mask on which was funny. Thanks to all that came to support, there were many new faces that I would like to welcome. All in all it was a success, we got our message out, showed what true patriotism looks like, and had fun while doing it. Maybe next year we can have more people on our side and less on theirs.

Links:
San Diego Protest Warrior
Darleen's Place
DaGoddess
Dean's World
The Indepundit
The Conservative Revolution
Chapomatic
The Moderate Voice

Terrorism Threat Level: Pink

If you were in Oceanside, CA Thursday morning and were near the pier you would have seen a sight of pink! That's right, pink; the good old ladies (and men) of Code Pink were out there to kick off their three day, 40-mile walk for ‘peace'. They planned to start walking Thursday from the Oceanside Pier, and end Saturday at the anti-war protest in Balboa Park, San Diego. For this event they brought hundreds of pink crosses and staked them into the sand on shore as a memorial for all those servicemen and women who have died in Iraq, even though I don't think they will ever really recognize their sacrifices. "Bring The Troops Home Now" was their message, and it was draped on a banner down the side of the pier. I doubt though that this event is truly for the troops, it has to be all self-serving. This mass mobilization of about 20-25 people was just another opportunity to bash Bush.

That is why San Diego Protest Warriors showed up, we didn't want their message to be heard without a rebuttal. As the marchers left for their 40-mile trip they were greeted with the few, but cheery people of Protest Warrior. What did they see? They saw the American flag being held next to two signs with the message of: Who's Side Are You On? And the other "We Support President Bush And The Troops". They didn't like this! When they all got to the top of the stairs that lead to the street I could see the lead lady's face going from a gleeful smile to a frown of disbelief that ‘they' are here. We stood tall and proud knowing that we are giving the true message that they don't like. That is why some started to head our way, they wanted to confront these fascist troublemakers. It's funny because a very old man walked up and shook my hand and then started to try and convert me to liberalism. He said in an old man's voice, "I am a veteran of world war two, and what this president is doing is wrong. He's doing what the terrorists want him to do." He then started dropping a few not nice words for my president, but I graciously returned the gesture (handshake), and smiled. At some point though I just couldn't take it anymore. "Sir, you have the right to your own opinion, but I don't appreciate you bashing my President like that," is what I told him. He continued saying his propaganda, but I kept insisting to him to stop saying these lies about my president. After a while he stopped, realizing that he wasn't going to brainwash this young man today. He walked off and I continued holding my sign high, waving to the Marines passing by. But the best part of this was when an older gentleman in his van driving by shouted out towards Scott's direction, "Why do you go you Iraq then!" I love it when they ask him that. "I already have been!" Scott yells back. The man didn't know what to say, but I could see him literally mumbling something under his breath as he drove off, that could not have been better scripted. Other drivers threw us a few bad words too, but it didn't get to us, they can call us whatever they want. Soon after that a reporter came up and interviewed Scott, and that pissed them off even more. We told her that we are here to show real support for the troops, and to express the counter message to that of down there. I was real glad that we were heard. It felt even better that as we were getting ready to leave a mother and her son came up to thank us. The reason, her son there was a Marine who just got back from Iraq. I was thinking how much that must have hurt for this young man to see this. You've just gotten home, and you want to go to the beach and there, this anti-war protest. I felt for the guy, he must have had to have lost some friends there, and these pink people are protesting what they died for. I thanked him for his service and the mother. I don't know what I would have done if I were in his shoes and saw that; I would have blown up! I just don't get it. They say they support the troops, but how is it support when you are protesting all that they are fighting and dying for? I have never seen or heard of a Marine who has said to them, "Thank you, please continue protesting so that I don't have to do my job." In fact, whenever there is a protest, and Protest Warrior is out there, we get cheers and thanks from the active duty servicemen and veterans. Some veterans don't like us, but I've never heard of any active duty Marine, Soldier, or Sailor denouncing what we are doing. So I just have to ask how are the ladies of Code Pink, and the people of the Coalition for Peace and Justice justifying their actions as supporting our troops? I am open to answers, I would like it if someone with one of these groups could please explain it to me, I would like to be enlightened. Oh wait, that's right, Pablo Padres, the deserter.

That was the big pre-anti-war protest counter protest for Protest Warrior in San Diego. Later on we met up with them again in Carlsbad, just so that they don't forget us, we changed signs but waved and said, "Welcome to Carlsbad." After that we went to Camp Pendleton for Operation Thank You, where we held signs of thanks and support for the Marines and their families entering. That was great but we didn't get the same reactions as we did in Mira Mar, luckily we will be back at Mira Mar next week.

This day was good; we had fun and showed the loony leftists that they wont protest without the counter message presented by us. If you want to join us please do, this Saturday we will be showing our American pride in Balboa Park at 6th & Laurel, and hopefully next Thursday we'll be at MCAS Mira Mar. For more information visit: www.sdpw.org.

And if you're wondering how they did on their first day, of the two dozen who started out, only 6 made it to the end of the first day's march point!

Mt. Soledad

Heard a lot about the Mt. Soledad controversy in San Diego lately? Here is the story.

The cross was constructed by the Mount Soledad Memorial Association and dedicated to military veterans in 1954. In 1991, the federal court ruled the presence of the cross on public property violated the California Constitution. To cure the violation, the City sold a portion of parkland surrounding the cross to the Association. The City Charter requires such a sale of parkland be authorized by a two-thirds vote of the electorate. The citizens of San Diego provided this authority in 1992 when 76% of the voters approved Proposition F, which authorized the City to sell a portion of Mount Soledad to maintain the historic war memorial.

The federal court subsequently found the sale of the property to the Association violated provisions of the California Constitution prohibiting government support of religion. The City then conducted a second sale of parkland around the cross, this time by a competitive bid process. The Association was the highest bidder, and, after taking possession of the property, built a memorial composed of granite plaques honoring veterans. In a recent decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the conduct of the second sale to the Association violated the California Constitution. The decision also indicated the sale may be void and constitutional issues associated with the previous passage of Proposition F in 1992 may invalidate the proposition.

Last November's Proposition K was intended to fix the situation. However, arguably misleading ballot statements lead to voter confusion. Proposition K subsequently failed to muster the two-thirds majority and left the integrity of the memorial in jeopardy. On November 20, 2004, the US Congress adopted H.R. 4818 (P.L. 108-447) to which San Diego Congressmen Duncan Hunter and Randy 'Duke' Cunningham attached language, then signed into law by President Bush, authorizing the federal government to take over the control and protection of the entire war memorial in San Diego should the City donate the property to the Federal Government.Info

So in early 2005 the battle for Mt. Soledad is still not over. In March hundreds of people showed up to Golden Hall to express support for leaving the cross where it is. But even with seven hours of testimony, which was in a vast majority in support of the cross, the City Council voted 5-3 not to transfer to federal hands the memorial and thus not letting it remain. They are ignoring the will of the people to have the 43-foot cross be removed! That is why now a referendum is being accurately and concisely drawn up and approved by city hall. It will give the City Council an opportunity to save face and correct their mistake; City Council can review the referendum and actually change their vote if they believe that new pertinent information has been made available. It will require 30,000 VALID signatures, that's if the City Council refuses to fix their mistake. If not they will have forced it to the next step, an actual initiative. If this happens even more will be required of the memorial’s supporters.

So we need help! If you are a citizen of San Diego please go to: HERE to sign the petition. If you are not from around here we could use your prayer that the cross stays. The cross has been here for over 50 years; it's a landmark and a symbol of San Diego. Please don’t let a few malcontents over-rule the voice of the people!

Eyes Wide Open

Last Thursday March 10 The American Friends Service Committee (a Quaker association) sponsored the Eye's Wide Open tour in Escondido, CA. (It had been in downtown San Diego the day before.) It is an exhibit of combat boots and shoes to represent all the soldier and civilian lives lost in this war; there were 1512 army boots there that day. I think that it's a great and important thing to recognize the sacrifices of those who have fallen for their country, but not with the message that they had accompanying this memorial. If anyone has seen this display you'll notice it's almost like walking through a war cemetery, mother's crying, people giving respect to the fallen heroes, photos to remember the lost by. But sadly the mood changed when they started having the speakers come up.

There were a number of speakers, all saying on a certain level that they this war is wrong, immoral, and the troops are dieing for a bad cause. I totally disagree but it wasn't my place to say. But the one speaker that disturbed me, and I've talked about him many times before was Fernando Suarez. For a little background, Fernando's son, Jesus Suarez was a Marine who died in combat in Iraq on March 27, 2003; almost exactly two years ago. His son, though not a native wanted to fight for this nation and knew that Saddam was a threat, so he joined the Marines and went off to war. When he died Mr. Suarez was devastated and since he didn't agree with this war and President to begin with he has since made it his mission to be involved with most San Diego anti-war movements and to protest this war and administration. His slogan, "Bush Lied And My Son Died." I understand his grieving, but I don't think he's handling it fairly.

Thursday Mr. Suarez was the last one to speak, for dramatic reasons I bet.. When he went up he said, "Um, sorry but I'm going to speak Spanish today." Then I over heard on the crowd, "But this is America!" Implying that he should be speaking English. I don't know who that person was but I chuckled, not knowing if this person is for or against this event.

This is what Fernando said: (translated)
"1513 pairs of boots, boots stained with blood, blood that was unnecessary to spill. Shoes that represent more than a 100,000 civilian causalities in Iraq, their deaths was also unnecessary. Our nation does no longer need heroes. Our nation needs students, youth with their families, working for our country, not for destruction. I will hope that thousands of boots like the ones you see today return home, but with their owners inside of those boots. We do no longer need empty boots, we do not need more sick veterans, we do not need more homelessness, and more patients in mental hospitals. Today in Escondido, for me this is very, very special. This is the home of my child, where my son finished his high school years, where he met his wife, and were his son was born. And sadly my son leads these lines and lines of military boots. How many children like my grandson have lost a parent in this war? How many more orphan children will there be? How many Iraqi children have lost their families in this war? I want to ask you a question today, how many more orphan children do you need to see before we demand the end of this war and the return of the troops home? How much more blood should be spilled before we end this massacre in Iraq? I no longer want a memorials like this one, we do not need to buy more flowers for our dead children, we need books in schools, not arms in the streets. I want to ask you that we all unite now, in a minute of silence in honor of those hundreds and thousands of people who have lost their lives, that each one of us without regards to race or nationality, we say a prayer and pray for peace. [Moment of silence] God bless America, God bless American troops."

Fernando Suarez is wrong; blood spilt sadly was necessary. That's how we got Saddam, Uday and Qusay and stopped the evil dictatorship. Yes, I wish deeply that there were no civilians' lives lost and especially U.S. soldiers', but that's the cost of war, it is very high. One thing that I told a reporter there asking what I thought was, war is ugly, but it's a necessary evil in this world, always has, and always will be. I don't like war, no one does, but it happens, and we need people to fight and die for it. The United States did nothing wrong in going to Iraq; we had more than sufficient justification.

Jesus Suarez, (Fernando's son) saw the threat and answered the call; that is a HERO! Where does Fernando get off saying, "Our nation does no longer need heroes." That is wrong, if it weren't for the heroes like his son to fight, this nation would be under the control of extreme Muslims or worse, not even here. I do understand that Mr. Suarez is grieving, but he will always be grieving until he accepts that his son died for our freedom and especially the Iraqi freedom. I think it is wrong for a father to protest and denounce everything his son died for.

In response to this anti-war message hidden in a memorial I went with a flyer of my own. It read,

"As of March 9, 2005 the death toll of U.S. casualties in Iraq is 1,512. 1,512 men and women gave the ultimate sacrifice so that the Iraqi people can experience the same FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY that we enjoy." Then I stated 16 facts gotten off of the DOD website of all the good things happening right now in Iraq. I ended it with, "Do we pull out now and let their sacrifice be in vain, or finish the good work begun? Thank you to all who have fought for freedom and democracy around the world!"

I thought that was very powerful, and the best part is that it's non-offensive. The coordinators thought that Protest Warrior was going to be there to protest it, which we weren't, but my message was just as powerful as a protest. I passed out the flyer to give the untold story, the story that they don't want you to know, the story that justifies this war. I was expecting some negative feedback, but to my surprise no one commented on it, good or bad. My friend Pat helped me out whom I appreciate so much; we were able to pass out to most of the people.

I feel for those who have lost someone, but their sacrifice won't be forgotten, nor will it be for not. We have to remember, as humans, war is a part of us; it's in our nature. But it's when we repent our sins do we become civilized and peaceful. There are those who can't or wont do this, so we have to fight and even sometimes kill them. I think Plato said it best with: "Only the dead see the end of war." The war is not over, nor will it ever be, but when you fight for the right reasons as we have, your efforts will produce great rewards.

Hannity in San Diego

Thursday night I went with a very good friend to see Sean Hannity in San Diego on his Barnstorming Freak Show of Political Pornography tour. It was AWSOME! Sean is a great entertainer and a Great American! (Few will get that.) Anyways there’s too much to tell in this blog, Sean is a funny man and so are the people that help him. I do have to say that Sean promised to help San Diego more on his national broadcast; he's going to help keep the Soledad Cross where it is by taking it to the nation. That was music to my ears when I heard that, I stood up and clapped louder than I've ever clapped before. It was great.

As for a whimsical highlight of the evening, while we were waiting in line to enter the ballroom, some crazy liberals (two of them) pulled out signs to bash Sean and the Fox network. One sign said: Fox is dumbing America, and the other: Hannity = Hate Radio. Immediately the entire lobby started booing realizing that these two weren't there to enjoy Mr. Hannity. After about ten seconds of this crap a Man in front of me (keep in mind that this is all happening just a few feet from me) takes one of the guys signs and rips it up. I'm dashing for my camera at this point to get it on film but darn thing is so slow. The two get into an altercation and words fly about, I don’t remember what was said, but they were mad, I was just taking in the view of this spectacle. Finally security came right before punches could be thrown and escorts the two troublemakers away. What I was thinking was how rude they were to do that, (duh) but I mean you don't go to an event and protest it when all the people there paid for it. It would be different if it was in public, or free to all. You just don’t go into the lion's den and start trouble, that's stupid! But I didn't let that little incident ruin my evening; I put it out of mind so I could enjoy my favorite radio personality. I had a great time and if Sean ever comes back to San Diego I’ll be there to welcome him.

The few photos I took are posted below, video coming soon.

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Here is the video I said was coming soon of the two psychos protesting Fox and Sean Hannity when he was in San Diego. The paper you will see in the air is their sign torn up from a person who got fed up with their pitiful protest. It’s short but funny.
Hannity protestors