In what can only be described as "Back Door' politics,the Libs have used the defense spending bill as a way to introduce yet even more so-called "Hate Crimes" legislation.By attaching this useless feel-good legislation to the defense appropriations bill,they virtually insured it passage,and appeased the gay,lesbian,and trans-gender community that has been pushing for their special status for years.I say "special" because these people don't want to be treated as equals,they want to be "special". They want to belong to a specially protected class of people and offending them will now be a crime,a crime of hate.Punch a guy in the nose and you're guilty of assault,punch a gay guy in the nose and you're guilty of a hate crime,which undoubtedly will carry a stiffer penalty.Why do the very people who claim they just want to have the same rights and freedoms as everyone else then push for new laws that puts them above everyone else as a specially protected class of citizen that the rest of us don't enjoy. Why is commiting an offense against someone who is black,gay,Jewish,etc. deserving of special considerations,and subsequently harsher punishment,than if that very same person had committed that very same offense against my elderly white mother? Is her property,her safety,maybe even her life,somehow worth less because she isn't a member of one of the specially protected classes? Don't the laws that protect one of us protect all of us equally.Does it really matter WHY someone commits an offense against another, or just that the offense was committed? Is this just the government pandering to a particular group in an effort to curry favor,or are they trying to legislate thought? My guess is,it's both.

 It seems that President Obama just can't make up his mind about what to do in Afghanistan so he apparently has made the decision not to decide.It was announced yesterday that a decision would be made in the "upcoming weeks".I can only imagine the affect that news has had on our military,not only in that theater,but wherever our military forces are stationed around the globe.Is this the kind of suport they can count on from their president?In the run-up to the election candidate Obama repeatedly talked about how Afghanistan was the "right war"and that President Bush had taken his eye off the ball and that he,as president,would re-focus our attention on defeating the Taliban and Al-Queda.Well,Mr. President,we're waiting. More importantly,the fighting men and women of our military are waiting.Waiting to see if their commander in chief will keep his word.Waiting to see if their president will listen to his own hand picked military leader and send the additional troops and support that Gen. McCrystal says he needs to carry out the mission that President Obama sent him there to accomplish.Imagine yourself being stationed in Afghanistan,already hog-tied by very restrictive rules of engagement,which the enemy you're fighting doesn't bother with,and now being told that your commander in chief will decide if he is sending re-inforcements in "the upcoming weeks".I'm sure they find that very comforting.It was repoted that President Obama had only met with Gen. McCrystal once in some two month period and did manage to find about twenty five minutes to meet with him aboard Air force One while he was in Europe trying to secure the Olympic Games for his home town.  To put that in perspective,the president spent more time trying to get the Olympics than he did consulting with his commanding general about how to win in Afghanistan so that we can start bringing our troops home.I guess a president has to have his priorites.The president has been holding meetings with the likes of Nancy Polosi and Harry Reid about the strategy in Afghanistan and I have to ask"When was the last time Congress won a war?"Shouldn't the president be meeting with military advisors rather than political ones? The Taliban is finding new life in our weakness and have stepped up their attacks,even attacking,and for a time holding,a Pakistani military headquarters.All while the president wants to talk,meet,consult,and think about it.No one wants to make a bad decision,be it sending more troops into a combat theater or simply what to order for dinner,but you still have to decide at some point,the difference being that indecision about dinner only annoys the waiter,indecision about Afghanistan can not only cost lives but shake the confidence of our military personel in the civilian leadership.The leader of the free world does not have the luxury of avoiding the tough decisions,right or wrong,you have to pull the trigger sometime.Some have drawn a parallel between Afghanistan and Viet Nam,and that comparison may prove to be true as long as this administration tries to fight this war the same way.Oh yeah,by the way,we lost that one. Where is Stormin' Norman when we need him?