Posted by
Albino Moose on Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:00:00 AM
I should perhaps call my blog "Let's get ready to ramble," since I have been known to do that. I wanted to add one additional thought to my first post.
I have been asked if the recent Homeland Security statement about potential conservative terrorists (is that an oxymoron?) would deter me from saying what I think. On the contrary. Here are my thoughts on that subject. President Obama's hero, FDR, said in his 1st inaugural address, "Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." The second half of this statement is usually ignored, but it is very valid. We must not be afraid to first stand up for our rights to have rights...and to exercise them. For too long, conservatieves have practiced a kind of self-flagellation..."Oh, I'm so sorry I offended someone." Ronald Reagan once said, "Do not be afraid to see what you see." And don't be ashamed to call it by name. Be proud of what you believe, or stop believeing it!