Reflection

The last few weeks, I have found myself thinking about life. The anniversary of the September 11th attacks started me thinking about the state of things. The apathy from people surrounding 9/11 is startling. Some people have forgotten the horror of that day, or are distancing themselves from it in order to justify their belief that we should not fight. I am not some crazy conservative that likes war and thinks that we should continue on this path forever. I am a firm believer that there are some things you just can't negotiate away. There are people in this world whose only goal is to anihilate Americans in any way possible. Al-qaeda can be compared to the Manson family in the United States. Their ideals and outrageous beliefs are originated from a psychopath and perpetrated by people to weak minded to realize that. Just as Charles Manson led his followers, and encouraged them to carry out heinous crimes in the name of something, Osama Bin Laden encourages his people to destroy innocent lives in the name of something. That something is Islam. Muslims, as a whole, may not be a violent people, but the book they live by speaks clearly about people less worthy than they are. It is not a far stretch to see how a psychopath could distort the Islamic views and beliefs into what these rogue bands of thugs believe. This distorted view of the world is what makes these individuals so dangerous. They will not bend to reason or compassion. No amount of discussion or reasoning or barganing  will prevent them from doing what they think they should do, snuff out American life. For everyone out there who blames President Bush for the war, sighting supposed evidence that they had false information and acted on it, stop. What would you have done? The Bush administration and the 9/11 attacks were the result of trying to negotiate with terrorists and ingnoring evidence in the Clinton administration. The clinton administration knew of the danger and did nothing, seeking to perpetuate there agenda. That resulted in Al Qaeda getting a backdoor pass to the United States. Anyone who thought this through would be aware that such an attack would have needed planning for years. It was not spontaneous. In the years since the war in Iraq, we may not have captured Osama Bin Laden, but the Bush administration took down Saddam Hussein, and many other tyrants and dangers to the American people. This is what the activists choose to forget so they can perpetuate their agenda. The truth is out there, people just have to be willing to see if for what it is. If people in the United States would unite against the true dangers to the country and stop fighting over religion, the president, healthcare, and all of the other smoke screens, we may be able to protect ourselves against further attack. Right now, we are weak and divided. We have succeeded in making ourselves a bigger target than we could have ever imagined. At this rate, we won't need Al Qaeda to destroy us, we will do that ourselves.

ACORN

Well surprisingly enough, more ACORN workers have been caught doing illegal and immoral acts. Arrest warrents were issued for 11 ACORN workers in Florida after enough evidence was found that they had illegally registered 888 voters for the 2008 elections. This came to light after being reported to the state attorney general's office. They claim that this was only an attempt to defraud the ACORN organization and that none of the names actually voted, but who can actually say that for sure. It seems that ACORN is unable to hire employees that do not turn out to be some kind of criminal. In 2007 workers in Washington were arrested on the same charges of voter fraud. It a more disgusting case of criminal activity, ACORN workers were videotaped giving information to people posing as a pimp and a prostitute on how to defraud the IRS, and secure 13 underage girls from South America to include in a prostitution ring. The ACORN worker, while telling the two that it is illegal to do so, also proposed they claim the children as "dependents" on their tax return. The undercover people were reporters who came to the Baltimore ACORN office. In the video an ACORN worker is shown to be offering to defraud the IRS by altering tax returns, charging a nominal fee. This is clearly not an organization that fufills is role as protectors and advocates for the underpriveledged. This kind of conduct is appalling, and it should be questioned that, anyone who continues to associate themselves with this radical group, whether or not they should be in the positions they are currently in. It should also be investigated further as to whether or not those positions secured were done so legally.

This information can be found at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,548827,00.html and http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/09/acorn-turns-florida-workers-voter-fraud-charges/

Lessons from the classroom

Class was very interesting tonight. We reviewed the case of Kenneth Bianci, one of the hillside stranglers. It is amazing how so many well educated people can be decieved by such an obvious case of BS. I guess that if you go into interview with criminals expecting them to tell you the truth, you are pretty clueless to begin with. At least it is good to know that there are some professionals out there who have a good head on their shoulders and think with common sense and discernment so that people like Bianci can't get away with murder. I hope that after going through this degree that I will be able to supplement the common sense I already have with the specific knowledge I learn from my classes.

Exercise in the South

Well, I am a new fitness fiend. This started back home in Colorado, so I figured it would be easy to transition my routine to a more hot and humid climate. Well, I was wrong! It is a lot more difficult over here in Virginia. It's easier to breathe, but by the time I am done, I need a beach towel to mop up what's left. I am not complaining really though, I would much rather have to work a little harder to achieve my goals, than to be unable to work out at all. Especially now that I am finally running. I have wanted to be a runner my whole life, but was not able to get there until recently. I am now on my way to running my 1st half marathon!!!! I begin training for that endevour in November, but I am training for that training right now. I successfully made it through one whole week of scheduled training, and went back tonight to start week two. At least now, I feel like I'm working out. In Colorado it was difficult to work up a sweat, over here in VA, all I have to do is look at the treadmill and I start pouring! It's really funny to me. Oh well. Eventually I will need to take this running outside, but I need to figure out how to get to the path from where I live. That's all for today.