My Errant Mind

There’s always someone out there on the American political stage worth throwing eggs, tomatoes and cabbage at if one is bored. More often than not these days, it is President Bush.

Allow me to boo, hiss, and throw eggs with the rest. Again.

Bow Down Before The International Court Of Justice

President Bush has stayed the execution of Ernesto Medellin, and is suggesting that the State of Texas must bow to a court in The Hague, Netherlands. This has a lot of people upset for several reasons.

Now, personally, I think if the fellow was an American citizen, he ought to be treated as an American would. Apparently he was a Mexican citizen, however. He was here illegally—imagine that—but it matters not. If he was not a citizen, yes, he ought have had consular access in my opinion.

However, Americans do not always have consular access when in foreign countries, and are expected to abide by the laws of the nations they visit. As are all people of all nations.

Access to consular services ought to be afforded to citizens of all countries. If I were traveling abroad and accused of something, I would certainly appreciate having that opportunity—especially when you consider how corrupt and even hostile some countries can be to people who may come from countries which the host nation has a political point of contention with. Mexico is one such country full of corruption. And, of course, Mexico has no respect for national soveriegnty—they do, after all, print manuals on how to evade the US Border Patrol to give out to illegal aliens, and bus them around to jumping off points.

[Look, as an aside...I will be the first to say that if someone flees their homeland and is seeking refuge in a new country, my hat is off to them for having the courage to do so. But, you must abide by the decision of the country you go to. If they will have you, then all is fine. If they won't, then you must abide by that as well.

I have never been against emigration or immigration from or to anywhere. Only the unchecked sort by those who will not respect the wishes or laws of the nation they arrive at. It is a given that any political, social, religious or economic refuge will arrive in some nation possibly without proper paperwork from the nation they fled. That's fine. But don't hide out, cower, and become a criminal. Show respect for the authorities and present yourself, and abide by the laws of the nation of which you are a guest.]

All to say that I think consular access should be afforded non-citizens, regardless of which country they are in or what the situation is. I’ll even go so far as to say it ought to be a mandatory matter of practice.

The Case Is Not Worth Review, However

I’m not saying Texas ought to overturn his conviction by any means. I am not saying they ought to even review it. He admitted his guilt. And it was one of the most heinous and brutal crimes you can imagine—gang raping, and brutally beating and strangling young girls. There’s nothing to review. Will Mexican official somehow find a way to make him innocent? No.

Already, this piece of garbage has cost the American tax payers more than he is worth. And, let’s not forget that he was not denied consular access, but rather, he did not ask for it.

The President should not be stepping into dictate to American states that they must submit their law and order to the whims of the International Court of Justice.

So, let me state that I throw my egg for a different reason than those defending the death penalty or those who are tired of illegal aliens flooding our country and committing crimes. I am throwing egg because Bush and his globalist agenda are giving away America to illegal aliens, giving away our national sovereignty, destroying states rights, and trampling on civil liberties.

We already had one civil war over states rights, did we not?

Perhaps the President wants to see if there are any Americans left that are willing to fight another for the same reason, or if the capitalist lifestyle and the system of slavery to the government and economy has been sufficiently branded into the mindset of citizens that the government need not fear giving away our national interests for the sake of making a few rich elites even more wealthy?

I can assure you, there are many who are not happy about the direction our country is headed. I hear from a lot of people who already believe the nation is so far off track that they believe a major disaster that would eliminate the government altogether and necessitate rebuilding the nation from scratch would be a good thing.

My ancestors fought to break away from the tyranny of the British crown. I’ll be damned if I want to see the nation I fought for given up to international interests, to the UN, or to anyone else. There’s a quote from the first President of our nation, and arguably its greatest general ever, George Washington:

If all else fails, I will retreat up the valley of Virginia, plant my flag on the Blue Ridge, rally around the Scotch-Irish of that region, and make my last stand for liberty amongst a people who will never submit to British tyranny whilst there is a man left to draw a trigger.

George Washington, at Valley Forge.

My great uncle, six places removed, was one of the officers with Washington at Valley Forge (Alexander Balmain, chap. Muhlenberg’s brig.) that reaffirmed their oaths of allegiance when this fledgling nation was in peril. He later performed the wedding ceremony for another President, James Madison and his wife Dolly. I cannot imagine he or my other ancestors would stand for the sort of things President Bush and other politicians are doing to our nation.

I cannot imagine our first President would see George W. Bush as anything other than a threat to this country. Some people suggest Bush is pushing communist agendas of the Orwellian sort, and it is not hard to see why. England would seem to be headed in that direction these days—there are, last I heard, one closed circuit camera for every fourteen citizens in the UK.

And, look how quickly the AU military mission in Darfur is shifting to UN control. Remember how international pressure and the great powers (yes, including the USA, unfortunately) sold out Rhodesia? And sure, getting rid of apartheid was a noble thing to do, but look what the result has become in South Africa. Everywhere you look, it is the same scene and the same institutions and globalists are behind it.

The quickest way to ruin a nation is to become dependent on the international community or to cede sovereignty to its wishes. And Bush is making sure America holds on tight to the coattails of globalism, sort of like his father did.

And so I pose the rhetorical question to myself and everyone I know—is it time for another Tea Party, another American civil war? I have heard some most interesting answers.