Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards declared a few months ago that the War on Terror is nothing more than a bumper sticker slogan.

The Global War on Terror is more than a bumper sticker. It is a war between the West and a growing radical Islam. It is a war which engulfs every major continent and every Western nation. It is a war which is fought by armies in Afghanistan, Iraq, East Timor, Somalia, and Lebanon. It is a war which has taken hostages from Gaza to the Philippines. It is a war which has detonated bombs from streets in Baghdad to buildings in Bali and from a Scottish airport to an embassy in Kenya. It is a war which rages from trains in India to suburbs in France and from caves in Afghanistan to skyscrapers in New York. The Global nature of this war cannot be emphasized enough, and though this seemingly endless proselytizing will be repeated many times, by talk radio and bloggers like me, but to the discouraged home front, it seems as though nobody is listening. (more…)

We have recently been faced with one of the most horrifying domestic tragedies a nation can witness. A heavily-traveled artery, which provided the backbone of a major city’s transportation needs, mysteriously descended into a pile of rubble feet below in the Mississippi River. There is no doubt that the tragedy in Minnesota is a terrific terror to those who witnessed it, and all the prayers and help our great nation can offer should be with them. However, the liberal congress in Washington has unashamedly turned the bridge collapse into a politically-polarized agenda designed to further smear top government officials, namely President Bush. Some liberals have conjured enough nerve to link the war in Iraq to the bridge accident. The Democratic Party is screaming with signs that it is cracking from the inside out, and many of its leaders, confronted with sinking confidence in congress and rising confidence in the president, are gripped with panic. The democrats’ unabashed animosity for the Republican Party and the president is appalling. The democratic leaders are so afraid of what they are hearing that any opportunity to blame something, anything, on conservative values will be taken straight to the conservative-hating media. The congress has tried to appear valiant by allocating over 200 million dollars to the reconstruction of the bridge. This action should not be criticized because as the law stands now, the correct action was taken. Nevertheless, it enables the democrats and the bureaucracy they bring with them. They can now point to themselves, proclaiming that they allocated the money to fix the problem. Unfortunately, this will appeal to some people who, unaware of the risk, believe in the good intentions of bureaucratic nature. The shameless Washington democrats and their believers wouldn’t have it occur to them that their own irresponsibility led to the failure of the bridge in Minnesota, and if something isn’t done soon, similar tragedies will occur. (more…)