Brendan Eich - 4-7-2014

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy!

H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926

The liberal left within the body politic has on more than one occasion proven their intolerance and desire to limit free speech to only that with which they unilaterally find acceptable. Their media sycophants have willingly chosen to collaborate in this devastating example of cowardice. It is a national disgrace.

Before proceeding, a quick refresher on the wisdom and brilliance of the framers and founders in the construction of the United States Constitution:

The First Amendment -

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

With that in mind, consider the case this week of Brendan Eich, the CEO of Mozilla. Mr. Eich was forced from his position, in the company he helped found, because of a contribution to supporters of California’s’ Prop 8, which delineated marriage as being between one man and one woman. His contribution was made public, five years AFTER he made said contribution, and on that basis, the company bowed to the hysteria brought on by the ignorant liberal left and forced him out.

One of the intriguing tidbits is that Mr. Eich, at the time of his contribution, agreed exactly with the position of then Senator and President-elect Barack Obama. The silence on that fact is deafening.

Of course, Mr. Eich is now labeled as intolerant, a homophobe and a hater of people. Absent from those baseless accusations is the fact that Prop 8 PASSED by a sizeable majority of the people in California.

Sadly, however, when the liberal left targets a citizen exerting his right to freedom of speech with whom they disagree, the result is a forgone conclusion.

The American people must unite and stand firm against these assaults upon the touchstone of liberty – the right to express ones’ opinion without fear of recrimination.

To complete the travesty of this weeks events, presented below is the entirety of the post from the new CEO of Mozilla. Please read it carefully and note the use of the word ‘equality’.

Where was the tolerance for Mr. Eich and his opinion, an opinion, again, shared by a majority of thr California electorate?

To wit:

Over the past few days we have been asked a number of questions about Brendan Eich’s appointment as CEO. This post is to clarify Mozilla’s official support of equality and inclusion for LGBT people.

Mozilla’s mission is to make the Web more open so that humanity is stronger, more inclusive and more just. This is why Mozilla supports equality for all, including marriage equality for LGBT couples. No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves the same rights and to be treated equally.

We realize that not everyone in our community or who uses our products will agree with this. But we have always maintained that as long as you are willing to respect others, and come together for our larger mission, you are welcome. Mozilla’s community is made up of people who have very diverse personal beliefs working on a common cause, which is a free and open internet. That is a very rare and special thing.

Mozilla has always worked to be a welcoming community, committed to inclusiveness and equality for all people. One voice will not limit opportunity for anyone. That was true yesterday and will be true tomorrow. Our Community Participation Guidelines state:

The Mozilla Project welcomes and encourages participation by everyone. It doesn’t matter how you identify yourself or how others perceive you: we welcome you. We welcome contributions from everyone as long as they interact constructively with our community, including, but not limited to people of varied age, culture, ethnicity, gender, gender-identity, language, race, sexual orientation, geographical location and religious views.

Our culture of openness extends to encouraging our staff and community to be candid about their views on Mozilla’s direction. We’re proud of that openness and how it distinguishes Mozilla from most organizations. Most of all, we want to ensure that all Mozilla users and community members know how deeply committed we are to openness and equality for all people.

* Deleted from above: “and to outline a series of actions we are taking to reaffirm this position”
Note – we deleted this text as it was from an earlier draft of this post. We are still considering a series of actions but in the interests of announcing our position this weekend we decided to narrow the scope and shorten this post.

How Much Is Enough?

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy!

H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926

The entirety of mass media has been focused almost entirely on the tragedy of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight. The number of hours dedicated to an issue for which there is achingly little information is staggering.

It is thus perhaps understandable that the aforementioned media has chosen not to focus its attention on more domestic issues. In this era of political gridlock and ridiculous claims of ‘unfairness’, there still remains some hard realities that must be addressed by our elected leaders.

To wit:

This nation is still far from a true economic recovery, and yet the body politic refuses to address the issues of debt, deficit and responsible budgetary restraint. There are continued cries for increasing taxes on the rich, and that more money is needed for this infrastructure or another.

In short, the electorate is bombarded daily with the message that the government requires more cash to continue fulfilling its purpose.

The reality is that government as a whole can longer manage its fiduciary mandate and as such has voluntarily relinquished its responsibility to America for no other reason that political cowardice and budgetary ineptitude.

For proof of that fact, consider this edited compendium of information from various sources relative to the budgetary madness currently in play in Washington. It should be of both deep concern and outrage on the part of the American people.

As they say, you can’t make this stuff up. The numbers do not lie.

Consider:

Inflation-adjusted federal tax revenues hit a record $1,104,947,000,000 in the first five months of fiscal 2014, but the federal government still ran a $377,379,000,000 deficit during that time, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement for February.

Each month, the Treasury publishes the government’s “total receipts,” including all revenue from individual income taxes, corporate income taxes, social insurance and retirement taxes (including Social Security and Medicare taxes), unemployment insurance taxes, excise taxes, estate and gift taxes, customs duties, and “miscellaneous receipts.”

In constant 2014 dollars, the $1,104,947,000,000 that the federal government collected from October through February in fiscal 2014 was $90,193,750,000 more than the 1,014,753,250,000 it collected in October through February in fiscal 2013.

Although the federal government brought in a record  of approximately $1,104,947,000,000 in revenue in the first five months of fiscal 2014, according to the Treasury, it also spent approximately 1,482,327,000,000—leaving a deficit of approximately 377,379, 000,000.

After the current fiscal year, the second highest federal tax intake in the first five months of a fiscal year occurred in the first five months of fiscal 2007, when the government collected 1,076,721,860,000 in 2014 dollars—or 28,225,140,000 less than in the first five months of this fiscal year.

At the beginning of 2013, Congress passed and President Obama signed “The American Taxpayer Relief Act.” While this act made permanent some of the lower tax rates enacted for ten-year periods under President George W. Bush, it also increased some tax rates.

The Congressional Research Service summary of the law said it: “Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise income tax rates for individual taxpayers whose taxable income is at or below the $400,000 threshold amount ($450,000 for married couples filing a joint return) and increase the rate to 39.6% for taxpayers whose taxable income exceeds the threshold, (2) set the threshold for the phaseout of personal tax exemptions and itemized deductions at $250,000 for individual taxpayers ($300,000 for married couples filing a joint return), and (3) increase the top marginal estate tax rate from 35% to 40%.

The law also: “Increases the capital gains tax rate from 15% to 20% for taxpayers whose taxable income exceeds the $400,000 threshold amount.”

Global Warming - part 1

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy!

H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926

The idiocy of the political left and the assertions concerning the farce of ‘man-made climate change’ has reached perhaps its zenith in hyperbole and its nadir in reasoned intelligence on the issue.

While obviously not a constitutional issue, the debate has reached such a level of public policy that the Madison Conservative has decided to focus on the substance of the issue, and leave the histrionics to the ignorant media hacks and sycophants of the political left.

The focus of this discussion will be comments made by Secretary of State John Kerry in a speech on ‘global warming’ made recently in Jakarta. He made specific remarks that must be addressed, and should be of concern to the American people as a whole, for within his comments are the seeds of future power grabs, thus lessening freedom and democracy for all.

To wit:

Consider this bit of idiocy:

"We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific fact,”

coupled with this bit of political hatred 101:

sand."

"The science is unequivocal and those who refuse to believe it are simply burying their heads in the sand”

What Mr. Kerry, the President, and the flacks at MSNBC do not seem to understand is that science is not a product of majority rules. Quality science is by definition a process in which data is examined and presented as just that – data. There is no such thing as consensus derived accepted conclusions.

As to those of us who Secretary Kerry labels as having our heads in the sand, he ignores this simple fact. The data shows that there has been an increase of approximately 1 degree Celsius in the past hundred years, and almost none in the last 15 years.

That is what the data shows. It does NOT offer any conclusions as to the cause.

The planet is roughly 4 BILLION years old, give or take a few millennia. Mr. Kerry and the administration are thus trying to extrapolate ‘man made climate change’ of a planet 4 billion years old based on a hundred years of data.

Who exactly is the ignorant one here?

Liberals attempt o paint those who maintain a scientific sensibility on the subject as ‘doubters’, and ‘flat earthers’, that we do not believe in climate change.

Actually, the opposite is true. We accept that there has been a change in the climate. That is where we stop. There is no evidence tying it to being a man made situation.

There are two questions that never seem to be asked on this subject.

#1 – How do we know that we are not merely in a thousand year, five hundred year, or three thousand year weather cycle? Again, the planet is 4 billion years old. Man has been keeping records for about a century.  There has been no proof provided that any of this is man made.

#2. If the supposedly enlightened class believes in climate change, what exactly is their goal? What exact climate are they hoping to attain? When will their job be done?

These questions are never answered, but instead we are given this taste of stupidity on how the administration views the issue of global warming:

"perhaps the world's most fearsome weapon of mass destruction".

Not the Iranian nuclear program, or North Korea, or the chemical weapons Syria has been stockpiling, or the worldwide campaign of terrorism.

It is incumbent on one to wonder how exactly this administration plans on controlling the ecosystem of the entire planet.

In truth, this is not about the planet, or even concern over the weather.

Next weeks’ blog will discuss what the debate over climate is truly about.

Ignorance

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy!

H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926

There were two unrelated news stories that came across the wires this past week that, were they not indicative of absolute ignorance on the parts of the individuals involved, would be fodder for comedians the world over.

The first article was a report on an address made by Texas Representative Sheila Jackson Lee.

Here is the edited summation of her remarks, culled and confirmed from various news sources:

“We will be answering the call of all of America because people need work and we’re not doing right by them by creating work. And I believe this caucus will put us on the right path and we’ll give President Obama a number of executive orders that he can sign with pride and strength.

In fact, I think that should be our number one agenda. Let’s write up these executive orders — draft them, of course — and ask the president to stand with us on full employment.”

Consider this for a moment. There are 435 members of the House of Representatives. Rep. Lee is a member of that body. Congress has the constitutional responsibility to create legislation. The Congress is the arm of government that the framers and founders bestowed with the power to write the laws under which the nation would live. The reasoning for doing so is extensive, but one pf the major reasons were to forbid power to be consolidated solely within the presidency. Rep. Lee, who has taken an oath to “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution is gleefully expressing the hope that the president will act unilaterally, and that the Democratic caucus should help with such a Constitutional coup.

The breadth and scope of such petty political ignorance should be alarming to the American electorate.

Such stupidity must be called out before the American people.

The second article concerned a federal judge who ruled that Virginia’s law declaring that marriage is a union between one man and one woman is unconstitutional. There has been an uproar over the decision, based upon the fact that the law was enacted after a legally held statewide ballot vote. There are many on the political right who believe that a federal judge should not be able to overturn the results of a fair ballot election.

That is a fair enough argument, but that is not what immediately concerns the Madison Conservative, although this issue will indeed be discussed at a later date.

What IS of concern, and should worry the people of this judges’ jurisdiction is to be found in her written decision. (you can read the entire opinion handed down today here.:

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/files/edva-ssm-opinion.pdf)

Herein is the pertinent part of Judge Arenda Wright Allen’s decision:

"Our Constitution declares that 'all men' are created equal. Surely this means all of us," Judge Allen wrote on the first page of her opinion.

A fine sentiment coming from a FEDERAL judge, invoking the words of the framers and founders in explaining her decision to vacate the will of the Virginia electorate.

The problem?

The Constitution doe NOT declare that all men are created equal, despite what the judge may believe.

The document that includes that phrase is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. The Declaration is to be treasured as an integral part of American democracy, but it DOES NOT have any weight in the context of delineating the protections of the people from the government.

A federal judge making such a mistake should not be sitting on the bench, and should absolutely not be deciding issues of such magnitude.

The American people must demand better, and accept nothing less than the best from our judiciary and our elected officials.

The Presidential Pen

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy!

H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926

It appears that President Obama was indeed serious about his using executive power to enact policies he has decided are what he wants to do, without all of the messy details of Congress and the United States Constitution.

What is troubling above and beyond that reality is what he has chosen as his first action on that promise.

You may read it, in its entirety from the Federal Register here.

In quick and cursory summation, the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department now say that people considered to have provided "limited material support" to terrorists or terrorist groups are no longer automatically barred from the United States.

Here is the pertinent excerpt, with the emphasis that of the Madison Conservative:

Following consultations with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State have determined that the grounds of inadmissibility at section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B), bar certain aliens who do not pose a national security or public safety risk from admission to the United States and from obtaining immigration benefits or other status. Accordingly, consistent with prior exercises of the exemption authority, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General, hereby conclude, as a matter of discretion in accordance with the authority granted by INA section 212(d)(3)(B)(i), 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)(i), as amended, as well as the foreign policy and national security interests deemed relevant in these consultations, that paragraphs 212(a)(3)(B)(iv)(VI)(bb) and (dd) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(iv)(VI)(bb) and (dd), shall not apply with respect to an alien who provided limited material support to an organization described in section 212(a)(3)(B)(vi)(III) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(vi)(III), or to a member of such an organization, or to an individual described in section 212(a)(3)(B)((iv)(VI)(bb) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(iv)(VI)(bb),

There are many within the body politic, primarily on the republican right, who are hyperventilating on how the President, by taking this unilateral action, is somehow aiding and abetting the easy access to this nation by terrorists.

That could be understood as a valid interpretation, but it would be wrong.

Before proceeding with the analysis, it is important to consider the lessons of history.

To wit:

Almost 70 years ago, General George S. Paton employed former members of the Nazi party to aid in the management of Germany as it attempted to rebuild in the aftermath of the Second World War. His reasoning was that they understood their own country and its particular needs, and membership in the Nazi party was a requirement of the citizenry. He saw no difference between being a forced member of the Nazi party and an American being a registered Republican or Democrat. His reasoning cost him his command, and surely he had not fully thought out his remarks on the subject.

All that being duly noted, the issue here is an individuals personal history, and what the may or may not have done in their native land that could be properly interpreted as being the actions of one who is ‘Anti-American’, and part of an organization labeled by our government as a terrorist organization.

There is a fine line distinction here that must be addressed, but sadly the President, in his solipsistic arrogance, has chosen to ignore for whatever his intentions may be.

Each immigrant should be judged on their own merit within the framework of established norms and basic common sense

President Obama has actually made that option more difficult for all future immigrants by unilaterally taking this executive action.

The Congress will no doubt reflexively attempt to expand the lack of common sense in the immigration process and thus create more individuals here who linger in a grey legal state.

If this was to be his first action on using ‘his pen and his phone’, the nation would have been much better served if he had spoken of this issue at greater length and in depth during his State of the Union speech, making his case in such a way that the Congress would have passed appropriate language changing the law within the framework of the Constitution.

His heavy handed approach serves no ones best interest but his own political short sighted needs.

America and her citizenry deserve better and must demand it.

In The Beginning.

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy!

H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926

A new year, and yet sadly the same old politics of cowardice is what is being offered to the American people from Congress. While the political and media classes focus on the imbecilic, the headlines speak of comprehensive legislation that does little to improve the nation. It is indeed disillusioning to hear so much stupidity spewing forth from our elected leaders.

Their collective ignorance is alarming when they speak of the ‘American dream’ and how they base that concept on a complete absence of understanding our history, and the facts surrounding the formation of democracy in America.

The Madison Conservative has written previously on the fallacy of comprehensive legislation, the Affordable Care Act – ObamaCare – the most recent exemplar of congressional ineptitude.

Consider that the first governing document in America, the first written record of legislative intent, was composed in only 198 words.

198 words were sufficient enough to find common political ground.

It is hoped that our current legislative class have the ability and mental acuity to grasp that reality.

To wit:

Herein is posted the entirety of the Mayflower Compact, written by the Pilgrims and agreed upon by all aboard the Mayflower as they settled their colony.

Its brevity and specificity of intent are breathtaking.

The below transcription is courtesy of USHistory.org.

In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereigne Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britaine, France and Ireland king, defender of the faith, etc. having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill body politick, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just and equall laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the generall good of the Colonie unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape-Codd the 11. of November, in the year of the raigne of our sovereigne lord, King James, of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fiftie-fourth. Anno Dom. 1620.

Article II, Again.

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy!

H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926

The self-delineated mandate for the Madison Conservative is to provide constitutional clarity and an accompanying discussion for the acts of government, not necessarily the political policies engendered by self serving cowardly politicians.

The acts of the Obama administration have been rich fodder for this blog, simply because so much of what they do is so blatantly unconstitutional and an assault of the foundations of this nation as intended by the framers of the Constitution.

Naturally, there are many on the political left who would claim the Madison Conservative is just another right wing nut case whose sole intent is to hinder the work of our brave young president as he fights against nefarious unseen forces.

Uh-huh.

It would behoove such accusers to consider the words of George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, no right wing nut and an often public supporter of this administration, while he was testifying, under oath, to a house committee looking into the Presidents actions, specifically those that bypass Congress.

Turley was asked by Rep Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) how Obama’s “unilateral modification” of laws passed by Congress “affect both the balance of power between the political branches and the liberty interests of the American people”; Turley’s response was telling:

“The danger is quite severe. The problem with what the president is doing is that he’s not simply posing a danger to the constitutional system. He’s becoming the very danger the Constitution was designed to avoid. That is the concentration of power in every single branch.

The significance of that statement cannot be overstated.

For those who may argue the point, or continue to assault the Madison Conservative as reactionary, it is critical to understand exactly what the powers and authorities are, relative to a President of the United States.

To wit, from our august governing document:

Article II

Section. 2.

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

Section. 3.

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

Section. 4.

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

150 Years and counting...

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy!

H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926

This Tuesday will mark the 150^th anniversary of President Lincolns’ Gettysburg Address.

At a time when the current administration is demonstrating an almost contemptuous belief in their superiority to the United States Constitution, it is fitting to take a moment and remind ourselves as a nation of the greatness of America.

While not a governing document, Abraham Lincoln in some 278 words beautifully encapsulated the dreams of Americans, and the need for America to continue as the founders and framers had hoped.

Please take a moment to re-read the address, and to consider it in the context of the current political realities that exist in Washington D.C. today.

To wit:

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Non sibi sed patriae - 2013

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy!

H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926

Monday is Veterans Day, and the Madison Conservative is proud to reprint an earlier post focused on our veterans. It is especially relevant this year as the politics of pettiness forced the closure of monuments honoring our vets.

This is not an easy argument to make, but one that must be made and understood by the American electorate.

To wit, the earlier post:

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

At a time when the body politic is abuzz over peripheral issue nonsense it is perhaps a fitting time to turn our attention to a matter of true national importance.

To wit:

There are many worthy charities that need to be supported by the public at large. There is currently running a series of commercials promoting the cause of the Wounded Warrior Project. The one that created the impetus for this blog post featured Trace Adkins.

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

The charity is focused solely on helping returning disabled veterans and their families cope with the adjustments inherent with a disability coupled with the stresses related to the rigors of war inflicted upon the mind and body of our returning veterans.

The website address is being repeated throughout this blog to show support and solidarity with their intended mission.

That being said, and speaking as a United States Navy veteran, the fact that this organization was created out of a need to fill a void should be an embarrassment upon the military bureaucracy specifically entrusted with the care of our veterans, and should be an outrage to the electorate at large.

It is a disgrace that in the United Sates of America our veterans need to have an organization outside of the military ask for funds to help with their transition back to civilian life, to say nothing of asking for financial support to aid in their adaptive needs for a war inflicted disability.

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

There is constant dialogue throughout the nation that we must “support the troops even if we disagree with the mission”, one of the hard learned lessons at the expense of our Vietnam War veterans: a true national disgrace whose wounds we are hopefully beginning to heal by acknowledging the treatment of those particular veterans and doing all we can to guarantee that such treatment of our military is never repeatIt is crucial to understand that there is absolutely not one infinitesimal bit of daylight between the Madison Conservative and the wonderful folks at the Wounded Warrior Project.

The issue here is that there should never be a need for the private sector to provide anything of substantive necessity for our veterans and their needs when they return from battle. The men and women of our all voluntary military provide the protection and safety that allows us to become enraptured with the absurdities of any number of inconsequential matters, such as the current national political electoral theater.

The members of our armed forces choose to fill the role of protector, and their families bear the emotional and financial burdens of that decision. They should never be placed in the position of having to ask  any private enterprise for help in providing whatever support – physical, emotional or financial – the veteran and their family may need as they acclimate back to a civilian life  while coping with a injury suffered in defense of American liberty and freedom.

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

If we break the explicit and implicit social contract with our soldiers, seamen, marines and airmen, America will no longer be the home of the brave and land of the free.

We will be too busy having telethons to raise money for guns, and asking corporations to help with a ‘buy a bullet’ campaign.

The Wounded Warrior Project is truly a charity that speaks to our higher ideals; but it should fall onto the American people through the military bureaucracy to insure that no veteran should ever need to ask a private entity for help.

We as a people are better than that.

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

Non sibi sed patriae