Saturday, July 13, 2013

Eye on the Wrecking Ball

    I think that it is sad that the nation’s people focus all their attention on the trial of man who shot and killed another man, a sad but rather common occurrence in the US rather than the far more important trial or court marshal of Bradley Manning. 
    The Manning court marshal is so shrouded in secrecy and the MSM seemingly so uninterested in it, that we find ourselves forgetting the monumental import that the outcome of this trial will most certainly have on our lives and the futures of our children and their offspring. 
    Obama's relentless efforts to cut us off from learning, through brave and heroic citizens like Manning and Snowden, about the criminal activity our government undertakes here and abroad, will have dire future consequences for us. These brave whistleblowers broke the law and their oaths knowing they were facing life sentences, lifetime in voluntary exile from their beloved country and even the death penalty as in Manning’s case to leak classified information as it was their patriotic duty to the people. They followed their conscience; they believed they had a moral and ethical DUTY to inform us of dirty little secrets about our government that we have every right and reason to know. It should please those who support the president that whistle blowers are in fact serving to aide Obama in his pledge to be the most transparent administration ever.  Punishing them for giving aide to the president is the most egregious case for “Damned if you do and double damned if you don’t”
    Are these brave and honor-driven Americans not the type of men and women that we actually long to have as leaders of this country? Are we not done yet with the slippery liars and corrupt deceivers who treat each and every one of us as public enemies and terrorists? If we allow these whistle blowers be punished as traitors, are we not betraying the fundamental principles of our nation? Are we then complicit in the crimes of the Obama administration...can we live with that? If men like Snowden and Manning are willing to risk their very lives for our once beloved principles, what then are we willing to risk? I think it would be a simple thing to try to, at the very least, keep our eye on the ball. No, not the tennis ball playing out in the other courtroom but the wrecking ball playing out in the Manning Court Marshal. 
    Obama wants us distracted from the important issues so the media aggressively covers the murder trial that has the juicy racial connotations. Obama and his minions know that we like DRAMA and that trial has plenty of that to keep us placated and occupied. Come on people, whites and blacks kill each other sometimes, it is not a new story, therefore, it is  far from “news”. While everybody wonders if the blacks will riot or the whites protest after the verdict Rome continues to burn. Let’s not show them our stupid sheep butts, let’s show them our mule asses as we stubbornly stand behind, support and protect our few remaining, courageous heroes! If we do not pay attention to what really matters we will be sorrier than we can imagine.The ball is in our court now.