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Dear Senator:

For two days now, I have been watching leftists, er, Demorats, er, Democrats crow about Republicans joining them in their “no-confidence vote” and “bipartisan condemnation” of the current President.

I’m just curious, Senator. Was that your intent when you decided to stab the Bush administration and the troops in the back, first with the “torture” bill, and then with your “timetable” bill? Did you forsee the seditious, er, loyal opposition squealing with delight as you stood by them, drank the kool-aid, and joined hands for a rousing chorus of kumbayah?

I didn’t think I could be any more disgusted than I was last week, but I was wrong. I am beyond disgusted. And not with the Democrats, but with you.

I’m not sure if you realize just how angry you have made the people who voted you into office, but check the conservative blogosphere. When I and other bloggers sing the praises of John McCain, you know you should hang your head in shame.

Don’t ask me for money. Don’t ask me to campaign for you. I will vote, but not for you, unless you do a 180-degree turn.

Thanks for your time, Senator. I know you had other things to do, like further gut the military effort in Iraq.

Sincerely,

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Linked to Don Surber’s AARP open trackback post.

Irrationally excessive libertarianism drives me nuts.

I’m on a mailing list on which there is a flurry of heated discussion about whether schools have the “right” (the word here is “power” not “right” and you’d think self-described libertarians would know and appreciate the difference) to make students stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance.

The irrational faction says no, which means it’s story time.

When I was in grade school, we had a classmate (no names) who would dump in his pants, then stand up and sit down with enough force to squish it all over and create a mess. Now, he did this so he’d get sent home, which the teacher did until she got tired of it. She called his parents, and they began sending him to school with extra underwear and pants. When he tried his previous trick, our teacher made him first clean himself up and change clothes, then stand in front of the class and apologize for what he’d done.

What he had been doing was unacceptable behavior. The teacher was doing exactly what she should have done, and taught him a lesson about how to behave like a civilized human being.

So would these irrational “do your own thing at all times and all places no matter what the consequences” libertarians be screaming that she violated this kid’s rights? Would they be claiming that he had a right to mess himself, then deliberately “share” it with all of us so he would get sent home from school?

Yes, the school not only has the power to teach students to respect their flag and nation, but the duty to do so as well. The alternative is behavior like this:

“Rights” aren’t relevant. Civilized, responsible behavior is.

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Seems yet another spoiled hip-hop “street culture” brat wouldn’t do her homework and smarted off to her teachers, so her mother made her create a sign that said, “I don’t do my homework and I act up in school, so my parents are preparing me for my future. Will work for food.” and stand out on the road.

Hear! Hear!

Read the whole story here.