SamSaid!

PHONE CALLS

     The Bush-bashers at at it again  –  full steam ahead. They are visible on several fronts, but the top target now is telephone wire taps. The choice of words is especially interesting. The denizens of the left choose to use terms like “secret eavesdropping”, “spying on citizens”, “secret snooping”, or “invasion of privacy”. . Supporters of the President prefer to talk about “electronic surveillance”, “intelligence intercepts”, and “wartime security needs”. Despite the literary camouflage it is clear that the applicable telephone transmissions are international  –  one party in the US and the other overseas, and the targets are folks with kowhow into the world of Al Queda.

     Personally, I am not bothered about these bogus  ”concerns” of the ACLU and the left wing academicians. I don't claim to have a sophisticated polling system, but the folks I regularly talk to support the President by 75-25%. In brief, they say, “I'm glad he authorized the wire taps  and he has my support”. More directly, they say that ” ….they are glad that he had the guts to to go ahead and act rather than wasting a lot of time fussing about warrants that would not aid the process.

     It isn't really difficult to understand the motives of the left wingers of all stripes. Their common denominator is their reluctance to accept the fact that we are at war. They just look for fancy words to describe a police action  —  or maybe just a temporary irritant that soon will pass when the Republican hawks surrender the White House.

     When I hear or read the bleatings of the Pelosi wing of the Democrats, I think of some of the sayings I can recall from my youth. A polite expression is “None are so blind as those who will not see”. From the sports world, “He (she) doesn't know the difference between a double play and a first down”, or from baseball, “he(she) doesn't know the difference between his elbow and first base”. The all-time champion is the soul who doesn't now the difference between a part of the anatomy and a hole in the ground.

     We are at war with people who would love to kill us on a grand scale. If intercepting phone calls enhances our security, I am all for it, and I just don't give a ratzass whether the FBI or CIA has a warrant before listening. People with something to conceal may be concerned. I am not. The mealy mouth ACLU types like to think of themselves as the salvation of us all –  acting as “the loyal minority”. I just don't buy the label of “loyal”. It would take a lot of change for me to buy that term when applied to them.

     Hang in there, George.