Time for Major Re-focus

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.—Isaac Asimov

Fifth time is a charm…well maybe I should let you be the judge of that. I just can’t get this blog together, but I really feel it needs to be said. Certainly I have had no problem ranting and raving about the subject. (I have just confessed, but if you need cooberation talk to Jim.) My writing block is because I am just so angry at the fact that the shootings were so preventable. I am just so angry that so many of these shooting atrocities are preventable if people are concerned with the right things. So once more into the breach…

I watched some clips from the funerals of the soldiers who were killed at Fort Hood. I am sure that I am not alone in my feelings of compassion and empathy for those who died and those who mourn the senseless loss. But I am also angry, at those who refused to take preemptive measures against an obviously disturbed assassin because of their misguided empathy.

This really is the pattern for the politically correct times we live in. Do not scrutinize people who fit the profile of jihadists because we might hurt their feelings, do not release an accurate description of a criminal because we must be sensitive to their skin color, and do not investigate the questionable actions of a self-avowed soldier of Allah because we might hurt his feelings. Where is the concern for those who are killed by jihadists and criminals? Where was the concern for the dutiful soldiers who died as they prepared to serve their country?

Simply outrageous!

It is time to stop worrying about hurting the feelings of the cretin and start being concerned for the ruined lives of their victims.

Of course, the military is going to set up a committee to investigate whether their previous guidelines were effective. That will lead to more guidelines and of course more paperwork, but all the guidelines in the world cannot prevent another shooting if the people that implement the guidelines misapply the findings.

If our focus continues to be on not hurting feelings, it is only a matter of time before more innocent victims are killed. Let’s start focusing on protecting the potential targets. A few minutes of viewing the clips from the many funeral cortèges of the Fort Hood Fallen should bring us into fast focus.

Short Takes

Brevity is the soul of wit—Shakespeare

I have tried to write a new spew for several days now and while some topics have legs and just seem to write themselves, the topic I have attempted to write about have hip waders on and quickly become bogged down, so I am going to attempt them as just small bites:

The Fort Hood shooter. How long will we continue to invite the wolves in among the flock? He praised Moslem homicide bombers, he criticized the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and he used his position to try to convert others to Islam. Would the military have allowed any one of these behaviors to continue had he been of any other religion or ethnicity? Absolutely not!

The 2009 Election results. It’s a good start and a clear message to those who want to see it, but anger and frustration will not be enough fuel for a true ballot box revolution. Once the anger and frustration subside, so often does the will to fight. The only way true change can occur is if people have a clear understanding about what is right. Yes, there is a wrong and right. In order to make true lasting change, we need to stand for the founding principles of this country, not just be mad.