Cockroaches in the Justice Department

My hat is off to Senator Grassley of Iowa for exposing the fact that no fewer than seven lawyers in the Justice Department and two in the White House Office of Legal Counsel previously worked in efforts to provide legal representation to ILLEGAL ENEMY COMBATANTS held at Guantanamo Bay.

I won't go into the legal status of these detainees other than to say that the rules of war have ALWAYS provided for SUMMARY EXECUTION of these types of provocateurs when they were found on the battlefield. I think that the Military Tribunal that was established has gone far out of the way to protect these people.

However, my point is thus: How can these lawyers who until very recently were acting in the interest of AVOWED ENEMIES of the citizens of our country, suddenly be expected to effectively represent these citizen AGAINST our avowed enemies. Have they no sense of morality or do they have some other agenda?

1. Illegal Combatants are not citizens and are not covered by the Constitution of the United States.
2. Illegal Combatants are and should be held by the military and subjected to any type of interrogation technique by which vital information may be extracted.
3. Illegal Combatants should be prosecuted by the military in Courts Martial after which, if convicted, they should be executed. If not, they should be immediately repatriated to whichever nation-state they were received. This would resolve the problem of permanent detention.

These people's SOLE PURPOSE is to kill us. They aren't trying to steal your car or big screen TV. Given the opportunity, they would kill every American Citizen they could reach. Why exactly should they be protected with "Due Process of Law"?

Lawyers who represented people whose sole purpose is to kill Americans CANNOT now act as credible advocates for the American people.

They should be IMMEDIATELY REMOVED from their positions with the government!

Happy Texas Independence Day

Just want to wish my fellow Texans a happy remembrance of that day in 1836 that a group of stalwart Texicans met together at Washington-on-the-Brazos to declare their independence from the tyrannical central government in Mexico City that had abrogated the Constitution of 1824.

Sometimes I wonder how long before stalwart AMERICANS declare their independence from the tyrannical central government in Washington, DC that has abrogated the Constitution of 1787?

A Political Dilemma

Small town politics are always fun and entertaining to watch and this year is no exception. We seem to be flooded with candidates for County Judge and several of the County Commissioner spots. I know most of the people running for these offices personally and know the rest by reputation. In a small town, that means how many people talk bad about them.

I guess I should start out by saying that I do not vote for Democrats. Period. I figure that anyone who would align him or herself with the party of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barack Obama is not the kind of person I want to be associated with.

Unfortunately in West Texas, particularly in the small towns, there are lots of "yellow-dog" Democrats. Let me explain as I don't want them confused with the so-called "Blue Dog" Democrats in Congress. A "Yellow Dog" Democrat is one more because of tradition than ideological alignment. They tend to be older and say things like "My Grandaddy was a Democrat, my Daddy was a Democrat, and I'M a Democrat." Out here, that can be attributed to the fact that FDR sent tons of money to the plains when the depression and dust bowl were raging. Why else would you have a town named "New Deal" in Texas. The joke is that they would vote for a yellow dog if it ran on the Democratic ticket.

Until 30 or so years ago, you didn't get elected to office in Texas unless you were a Democrat. That has slowly changed, and since 1994, all major offices statewide have been filled by Republicans. Unfortunately, there are still some counties in Texas, especially RURAL Texas, especially rural WEST TEXAS, where running on the Democratic ticket is the ONLY way to get elected. It has only been in the last 15 years, since I came to Brownfield, that the Republican Party has actually been able to recruit candidates to run as Republicans. I believe that this is the first year that the Republicans have fielded candidates for ALL the partisan races.

Now remember, I don't vote for Democrats. That's where I have my dilemma.

In several cases, the BEST candidate for the office is a Democrat. I won't talk about the Republican candidates, but in my opinion, they don't hold a candle to their opponents.

So what to do? Support the best candidate and pretend that they don't send dues to the party that runs the mess in Washington, or vote the party line for someone who is less qualified only because he is endorsed by my party.

Damn my political conscience!