On Memorial Day I reflected on the friends I have known who lost their lives while serving in the uniform of our country. It is only natural for those of us who returned safely from a combat zone having lost friends to experience varying degrees of remorse. We do not know why some suffer fatal wounds and others survive.

On this Memorial Day I recall Heroes who looked death in the eye and lived to receive the Nation’s highest honor: The Medal of Honor.

I am convinced that we are currently living in the most dangerous time in the lives of everyone living today.

For the first time in the history of our republic, we have dangerous enemies with access to nuclear, chemical and biological weapons both outside and inside our porous borders. It is important to remember, however, that a dedicated Communist with a sharp stick of bamboo or a radical follower of Islam with a can of gasoline or a long knife can kill Americans and others they have been trained to hate. They are just as dead as if they were incinerated by a nuclear weapon, poisoned with chemicals or destroyed by disease intentionally spread.

It is impossible to understand just how all the Obama, Pelosi, Reid, et al, lies prevailed, in the recent passage of Health Care Reform. The lies regarding ‘reducing the deficit,’ health care for all, the ‘straw men,’ the CBO shenanigans, etc. Just how could all their lies prevail??

Well, their lies prevailed just as the neocon Cheney/Bush lies prevailed in the unconstitutional war against Iraq (weapons of mass destruction, nation-building, etc.), and Afghanistan (the Taliban, friends of our enemy, are our enemy!, though they had nothing to do with 9/11). Who knows into what countries the neocons (Project For a New American Century) will chase the ghosts of the Taliban and Al Qaeda?

This is a bad year for career Washington politicians, especially those who voted for the TARP Wall Street Bailout, earmarks or other legislation supported by the Democrats and Obama administration. All incumbents in Congress are vulnerable, except true conservative Republicans and big city Democrats who have a constituency controlled by ACORN, labor unions or organizations directing racial groups. The first big name Republican to take the fall was Sen. Robert Bennett, a three term incumbent from Utah, who won his last election with 68 percent of the vote.

Everyone is in favor of clean water. In an honest and truthful world, only a fool would oppose efforts to promote clean water. We, however, are living in a sinister and deceptive world where truth is sacrificed for wealth and power. In a land ruled by Progressives, Marxists and fellow travelers, a legislative commitment to clean water tragically means a sinister plan for rulers to abolish ownership of private property by using well-organized and financed environmentalists motivated by greed.