Mad Again

Like many of you, I had the displeasure of listening to Attorney General Lisa Madigan this morning on Don and Roma where she carefully explained her reasons for staying put. Is it me, or does this smell fishy? You know, the kind of fishy smell you are subjected to if receiving a GOP care package from Rahm Emanuel ;)

So let me get this straight ... the President of the United States summoned her to the oval office to communicate his support and encouragement for a run for Senate or worse case Governor and she had the nerve (I mean strength) to give him the political equivalent of "speak to the hand"? What ever happened to "I serve at the pleasure of the President"? And, the village idiots (that would be us, citizens of Illinois) are supposed to believe that? Please.

The portion of the interview which really got me fired up was when Don asked her about the number of corrupt policitians her office has exposed. After all, she ran on the inability of the former Attorney General to rid corruption from the Ryan administration, right? She could only name Rod.

Really? Only Rod? That seems, odd (or Rod), don't you think? Finding corrupt politicians in Illinois (in both parties) is the Top Gun equivalent of a "target rich environment". Heck, the prosecutions would be so frequent citizens could subscribe to them via RSS or email updates.

So ask yourself the following ...

1) Why would Lisa Madigan, someone who has never gone after or prosecuted members of her own party other than Rod Blogojevich choose to stay in office while Barack Obama (a Democrat), is President?

2) Why would Lisa Madigan, someone who has never gone after or prosecuted members of her own party other than Rod Blogojevich choose to stay in office while her Father (a Democrat), is Illinois Speaker of the House?

It reminds me (yet again) of the movie A Few Good Men where Lieutenant Kaffee says:

"Why would a lieutenant with so little experience and a track record for plea bargaining get assigned to a murder case? Would it be so it never sees the inside of a courtroom?"

You're g _ _ damn right it is! Lisa Madigan is staying put because that is precisely what she was ordered to do. I'll say it again, it is what she was ordered to do. Now, out here in the midwest orders don't mean all that much. But, if you are a Democrat, under the leadership of President Obama, you follow orders or you pack your bags.

There is no way she will leave her post as Attorney General as long as President Obama and her Father are in power. Prove me wrong ...

Use Of Torture Is A Matter Of Context

It is easy to climb up on your moral soap box firmly parked on the sidelines when you have little or no skin in the game. Threatening to destroy the careers and lives of people in the Bush administration over harsh interrogation techniques is a great example of just that. Techniques mind you which have kept this Country safe for over seven years and nobody can prove otherwise.

Or to draw a parallel to today ... when the economy turns around President Obama and the Democrat Party will no doubt proudly trumpet our return to prosperity as a direct result of their policies. To question anything else will be rejected and ridiculed, would it not? So, isn't it reasonable to conclude the same for the Bush national security policies implemented these past seven plus years?

To me, use of torture is purely a matter of context. To quote Napoleon's loyalist and Father of the Chief Prosecutor in the movie The Count Of Monte Cristo, "Treason is a matter of dates." Or to put it simply, depending on the situation any of us would subject ourselves or others to whatever physical and/or emotional harm is required to ease the intense pain and stress we are under. Muskrat ugly also comes to mind ;) Think I am wrong? Consider this ...

To what lengths would you go if your Son or Daughter were being held captive and you knew subjecting a terrorist to harsh interrogation techniques increased the odds of them returning home safely? What if it was simply a matter of dropping the terrorist in a box with a few bugs? I say you give the green light faster than Barney Frank can suck down a strawberry blow pop (okay, pun intended).

Jeff Daniels could star in the hit movie Iraqnophobia where he leads an elite team of earwigs hell bent on finding the enemy and heebie-jeebie them into submission. The tagline of the movie could read "Say yes to torture!". Okay, for those not following, Jeff Daniels not only starred in the movie Arachnophobia but also does "Say yes to Michigan!" commercials. Stay with me people!

Or run this little experiment. Sneak up on a liberal couple and snatch their three year-old daughter. See how far you get before the husband catches you and beats you to the point of near death till you let go of her. Heck, my wife would tear off my left arm and pummel anyone who threatened our children and I would completely understand her reaction. No worries, I am a righty ;)

You see, President Bush and our defenses were caught off guard on 911. It was the equivalent of a parent not paying attention to their child at the park while a predator quietly and swiftly snatched them away. I believe President Bush has a deep and unwavering love for this Country and her people. As a result, he reacted and implemented policies as any parent or citizen would do if people they care deeply about are in danger. God bless him for that.

So, to those of you on the left who prefer adding prisoners at Gitmo to your Friends list on Facebook versus subjecting them to acts college fraternities and sororities consider "chump change", consider the following quote from Jack Nicolson in A Few Good Men ... "You friggin people have no idea how to defend a nation". Amen to that.