It would appear that the American values that have made our country the greatest nation in the history of the world are being discarded as quickly as many a Hollywood celebrity sheds their latest spouse. It is very discouraging to see the nation that has served as the greatest hope to the world shaking itself apart at an alarmingly rapid rate.

   The gay “rights” movement that has insisted that it is a civil rights movement on par with the black civil rights movement of the 60’s, failing to get their way, has revealed themselves for the very narrow minded thugs which they would have the “straight” community believe they were the victims of. They show themselves to be intolerant of religion, democracy, civility, and compassion that surpasses any stereotypes that they have insisted, without much evidence to support such assertions, that they themselves have been the alleged “victims” of. Not satisfied with the fact that most states in this country now recognize “civil unions” that provide all the same legal entitlements of, but with out the title of “marriage,” has been behaving like a group of spoiled 4 year olds that didn’t get their way. Despite the overwhelming evidence that the majority of their society has repeatedly demonstrated a tolerance for such lifestyles, the gay community wants to force on their society, using the very same strong arm, close minded prejudices, which they have been screaming bloody murder that they were the victims of, is simply another indication of how small (and in this case very small minded) interest groups have turned this country on its head.

   From physically assaulting little old ladies exercising their legal right to express their view points, to publishing the names of every donor in California who voted against the gay rights demands to change the definition of what a marriage is, to wild demonstrations that were meant to intimidate and cow any party or individual who was not “one” of them. The ridiculous law suit filed by a gay man in New Jersey against an online dating service that had the temerity to not offer a “gay” section was ridiculous enough. The fact that a judge agreed and demanded that the owners of a private business had to pay off this miscreant, as well as change their private business model to allow for gay dating on the web site, certainly shows how far this land that was supposed to be “of the people, for the people” has fallen.

   Outrageous court rulings against private businesses such as gun manufacturers, cigarette companies, energy companies, et al, is rapidly diminishing what being American was supposed to be about.  The fact that many of these unethical court cases were brought about by municipal, county, state, and federal government entities should have been met with an outraged howl from the masses but were only met with barely a whimper has ensured the fate of American’s every where.

   The “Tight Blue Jean Defense,” the “Twinkie” Defense, and the many similarly ridiculous legal defenses and challenges from well known anti-American groups have all had the ultimate effect of denying responsibilities of the individual. This has necessitated the burgeoning role of government to step in and be responsible for its citizens in unintended and unprecedented ways. The ACLU has made it clear that it will challenge and undermine any reference to Christianity, not just from any level of government, which includes schools, but private enterprise as well. Yet other religions such as the religion of Islam are perfectly fine within those same institutions.

   We have now reached the point that illegal aliens are permitted to openly protest and demand their “rights” to drivers license’s, their right to even be here, albeit illegally, and to live and work here despite their illegal means of doing so. Their demands to be given “special rights,” that are not even accorded to the legal residents of this nation. City and state governments openly break their own states laws, and the laws of the federal government in openly providing “sanctuary” for these self same illegal’s, while spending the tax dollars of its legal residents, without their consent (in most cases) to house and protect these very same illegal aliens.

   The recent talk about how America needs to “earn” its right to be a productive member of the “global” community, as though we have anything to be ashamed of. That our torture of homicidal fanatics, using the water-boarding technique, which appears to be about the worst interrogation technique used, is somehow comparable to the extreme violence that is simply the norm in most countries of the world with far less justification.

   For example, were you even aware that the vast majority of our POW’s captured during the first Iraq war were raped? Yep, men and women, it made no difference. And remember these were uniformed military personnel engaged in open warfare against another countries military forces and as such were supposedly bound to the Geneva Convention, which outlines the proper treatment that all POW’s are supposed to be treated in accordance with but which only the civilized countries like the United States actually adhere to. Just look at the way that our military personnel have been treated by the Japanese, Germans, N. Korean’s, Chinese, Russians, and the Vietnamese. They have all routinely tortured (and I don’t mean the use of just water-boarding) our POW’s and then look at how their captured soldiers, airmen, and sailors were treated by America, Canada, Britain, Australia, etc.

   The difference with the animals that are being held at Gitmo, and the 3 or 4 animals that have reportedly been subjected to the water-boarding technique, is that they are not government military service personnel just following the orders of their commanding officers. These are stateless terrorist thugs who brought us such acts as 9/11, the Madrid, Spain bombings, the U.S.S. Cole bombing, the Daniel Pearl beheading, the 7/7 tube bombings in London, and the more than 15,000 other Islamic terrorist atrocities committed around the world since 9/11. They have no regard for Muslim and non-Muslim alike. Men, women and children are all fair game. To equate these animals with military POW’s, or even with the typical criminal within the justice system is, and would be sheer madness.

   Sadly, there are far too few American’s that are even aware of what is going on in their country (let alone the world) or seem to care. Just look at all the reports now showing how little the average American even knew about the basic facts of our recent presidential politics. Or the intelligence report that was just released, projecting that America will not be the superpower by 2025 that it is today, will ultimately be the fault of a lethargic society that will have earned every bit of its pathetic existence. God bless America, because no one else will.