Dan Rather "Left" Behind by CBS

Dan Rather's career is over. Despite CBS Execs. statements that he had been talking with them about retiring since last summer, we all know why Rather will no longer be at the helm of the CBS Evening News.

CBS has determined that Rather is much more like the first definition of "anchor" found in the hyperdictionary:

1: [n] a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

than either the second or third:

2: [n] a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"
3: [n] a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

Rather's biased bungling of the fraudulent story on George Bush's Guard duty has created huge swells of public criticism and distrust, that are battering the already listing CBS "ship." Just as a ship in danger of being swamped will cut away an anchor that has become trapped on the bottom, CBS is cutting away Rather in an attempt to escape the storm he created.

In a statement released earlier this week, Rather said he is looking forward to his new "assignment" as an investigative reporter for both editions of 60 Minutes. Unfortunately for Rather, his "career move" to Sixty minutes will be viewed in the same way as the 60 Minutes stop watch, recently put on display in Smithsonian Institution's popular culture collection, as a symbol of a story that will soon be over.

Arafat Enters Islamic "Paradise"

Today Yasser Arafat was pronounced dead. Despite his death, the legacy of his abominations goes on, in the form of terrorist atrocities committed by his Islamofacist Hamas party and all those who share his abject hatred of the West and Israel.

Yasser Arafat's 75 year biography of terror against the Jewish people reads like that of Adolph Hitler. During his life he was responsible for the death of far more Palestinians than the Israelis, who he vowed to destroy by Jihad. Thousands of innocent men, women and children have been bombed, shot and decapitated by either his direct order or the inspiration of terrorist organizations he has been affiliated with, including the Palestinian Authority.

No one who truly studies the historical facts surrounding Israel, the Palestinian People or Yasser Arafat will conclude that Arafat is anything but a genocidal terrorist and self-serving monster. His actions have prevented any type of peace in the Middle East and have helped fuel the flames of Islamofacist hatred that now rages worldwide.

Those who would "honor" such a man deserve our ridicule for their ignorance and our condemnation for their arrogance. Despite President Bush's prayer "God bless his soul," I believe the "paradise" awaiting Arafat and all terrorists, is an eternity in the same "Hell" they inflict on us here on earth.

No "Tricks" Here!

'OK' We had to do it. If for no other reason than to "scare" a few Democrats. What's been interesting though is what I've learned by watching children and parents react to it.

Children LOVE elephants! We got more compliments from kids on our pumpkin than we've ever gotten before. I wonder if it would have been the same with a donkey?

Many parents find it all to easy to ruin a night's fun and confuse their children with adult concepts. I heard more than one parent say either to their child or within their child's hearing something like "Bush is terrible. Why would anyone support him."

Watching these two different responses to the same object made me wonder how the children would eventually process this information. Would the children associate elephants with something "terrible?" Would they ask their parents why Bush was "terrible?" If they did, how would parents "educate" their children? What "scary stories" would they tell about the President of the United States, leader of the Free World, Commander & Chief, defender of the unborn, liberator of millions and protector of our homeland and way of life?

The probable answers to this last question are what "scare" me the most!

Politics "Eclipse" Reason

Wednesday's eclipse.. a sign?

The primitave part of my soul watched last night's the lunar eclipse in awe. As I reflected on this event, I couldn't help but draw an analogy to the current political atmosphere, where reason is being eclipsed by the lies, fear and even intimidation, of those who seek to "win at all costs."

Just as my ancestors quaked at the implications of their moon turning to "blood," I too shiver in fear as the "bloody" accusations of betrayal, incompetence, curruption and injustice overshadow the light of all that has been accomplished by our current administration. Not only the administration, but all those who bravely defend the ideals of freedom, democracy and the values our country was founded to preserve.

Eclipses have frequently played a dark and prophetic role in history. Many battles and wars have been fought in conjunction with eclipses. The red of a lunar eclipse was often connected with the shedding of human blood, plagues or as a prophetic symbol of God's approaching judgment.

Perhaps the methods employed by those who seek to "win at all costs" are a "sign" of the times and a herald and invitation for the destruction of our democracy and western civilization. I myself hope that this "eclipse of reason" is only temporary and regardless of the outcome of the election, we will survive this "night" of political uncertainty and terror.