Hey, Leftists, Leave Them Kids Alone
I find it unconscionable that the left believes that we are just supposed to lie down and take their absurdities and perversions with no opposition.
Who Makes the Law?
At first glance one might read the title of this missive and respond, "c'mon Colonel it's the legislative branch." That answer would be true because America is a constitutional republic. In our three branches of government, the one tasked with passing bills, legislation, is the one made up of our representatives, the legislature. However, the question posed by this title goes beyond just the superficial understanding of Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws from which we get the concepts of legislative, executive, and judicial branches. And I am sure many of you realize that there are Americans who cannot articulate that simple construct.
The Army Flag and Flag Day
For those of us who are Soldiers of these United States of America, June is a very special month for us. No, I am not talking about any LGBTQIA+ stuff, rather, this is the month that our US Army was born. I remember an old Army recruiting song titled, “We Were There”.
The Exceptionalism of Opportunity vs. The Rule of Outcomes
We are not stuck in some class or caste system in America. Here, in our nation, the indomitable human spirit wants freedom and liberty to determine its own outcomes.
Who is Controlling Your Rights?
Leftists have no regard for our individual constitutional rights, they only care to advance their ideological rights.
What Gives You Pride?
In this month of June, ask yourselves, what gives you "pride?" Is it something that can be widely admired, or just limited to a small group of ideologues?
Let’s Make a Deal
If we keep making deals, instead of constitutional governance and true fiscal responsibility, we will deal ourselves back into economic bondage.
America’s Version of Bizarro World
Perhaps there are those of you who remember the DC Comics venture called Bizarro World? Yes, I am dating myself. It appears that this is where we are heading, or have arrived, in America.
Increased Devotion
President Abraham Lincoln was not the featured speaker for the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, but his 263-word speech will never be forgotten. When I think about Memorial Day it is truly about those of us who still walk about taking increased devotion to those who have given the last full measure of devotion. Memorial Day is special to me because my Dad and Mom are buried together in Marietta National Cemetery in Georgia. My Dad, Herman West Sr., was a World War II US Army Corporal who answered the call of duty to serve his Nation, even when his Nation did not serve him. My Dad wanted to be a part of a new birth of freedom for people far and away from him in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). And having been born in 1920 in the South, Dad was yet to experience many of those freedoms, but that did not deter him.
The Delusion and Disillusion of the NAACP
[The NAACP] is an ideological and agenda-driven organization, aligned with a political party that has consistently embraced the ideas of physical and economic enslavement when it comes to Blacks in America.