Doug Patton

2010, Our Most Dangerous Year Ever

Official and unofficial calls for the firing of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, following the Christmas Day attempted terrorist attack aboard a Detroit-bound airliner, miss the point. Napolitano is merely a symptom of a far greater problem.

Ben Nelson Makes Us Ashamed to be Nebraskans

Political humorist P.J. O’Rourke wrote a book about Congress entitled “Parliament of #.” As one of U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson’s constituents, I think his actions regarding the so-called health care reform bill make O’Rourke’s title an insult to prostitutes everywhere.

Christmas, A Time For Real Hope

There will be plenty of time in the New Year to discuss health care, global warming, the development of nuclear weapons by our enemies, and so many other topics concerning the fight for freedom in 21st Century America. With so many people disillusioned with the “hope and change” proffered recently as a substitute for true faith, this might be the best of times to examine the only true hope of humanity.

If Truman Had Taken WWII as Seriously as BHO Takes War on Terror

Imagine for a moment President Harry Truman addressing cadets at West Point on his strategy for finishing World War II:

Are These the Actions of a President Who Loves His Country?

I have grown weary of pretending that Barack Obama has anything but disdain for the United States of America. So let us ask the question on all of our minds: Are the actions of this president those of a man committed to what is best for his country?

Give Me Character Over IQ Any Day

Oftentimes, I draw political lessons from one of my favorite movies, Mel Gibson’s “Braveheart.” In one particularly poignant scene, the protagonist, Scottish hero William Wallace, is exhausted from fighting the forces of England’s brutal monarch, Edward the Longshanks, which continue to occupy and oppress Scotland. Wallace has distinguished himself time and again on the battlefield as fearless, honorable and zealous for the cause of freedom, and he is ready to deploy with his men for another attack, this time against the northern English city of York. He is talking to the Scottish nobles, who are trying to convince him to compromise with their enemy.

The Rise of the Conservative Woman

One of the most annoying things about liberals is their insistence that only they can define a “real” minority or a “real” woman. In the eyes of the left, Clarence Thomas, Ken Blackwell and J.C. Watts will never be “real” black men. Likewise, Michelle Bachmann, the smiling firebrand conservative congresswoman from Minnesota, and Sarah Palin, the popular former governor of Alaska, will never be “real” women.

It’s the Same War, Mr. President!

The first words out of a person’s mouth, especially in a stressful or crisis situation, are often quite telling. Barack Obama, America’s first openly Marxist president, is no exception. Even though his handlers had plenty of time to craft a message about the terrorist shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, this president’s first reaction was to describe what he sees as the distinction between the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and this latest terrorist attack inside our borders.

Are You Ready for a Political Earthquake?

“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” – Mark 8:36 (KJV)

Scratch Another GOP Candidate off the List for 2012

Newt Gingrich has often shown himself to be one of the great political and social visionaries of our time. A historian with a PhD and the ability to author a couple of books a year (he’s written nineteen so far), the former Speaker of the House was first elected to Congress in 1978, in the middle of the hapless Jimmy Carter administration and from Carter’s home state of Georgia. It was an indication of things to come.

Health Care Bill is About Control, Not Health Care

The entire Declaration of Independence, including all 56 signatures, is contained on a single hand-written sheet of paper.

Passing Thoughts on the Random Scene,

When the President of the United States is someone as worthy of regular comment as is Barack Obama, a staggering amount of information presents itself over a two or three week period. So rather than skip an abundance of great material after my recent hiatus, I thought I would succinctly throw my two cents worth in on a plethora of issues.

Wilson vs. Obama—Who Spoke the Truth?

“Congress shall make no law regarding…” Do those words sound familiar? They are, of course, familiar to any and all of us who have received even a cursory education in the founding documents of this nation.

Government Gets Health Care Backward

Unable to successfully demonize our health care providers with nightmare scenarios about unnecessary tonsillectomies and amputations, the Obama administration now is desperately attempting to regain the magic of last year’s campaign by persuading us to hate our insurance companies instead of our doctors. Hence, the new name for their monstrous socialist power grab: “health insurance reform.”

Let Us Not Confuse Longevity With Statesmanship

It was almost nauseating to watch the media fawning over Ted Kennedy’s corpse as though he were the last brother of King Arthur, and his passing was signaling the end of a real place called Camelot. In fact, there’s an argument to be made that Chris Matthews and company actually believe in that mythical kingdom.

And Then They Came For My IRA

“From each according to his ability; to each according to his need.” - Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

Obama Unaccustomed to Having His Lies Challenged

Barack Obama is one of the most spoiled politicians ever to capture the imagination of a nation. He has enjoyed what author and newsman Bernard Goldberg has described as “a slobbering love affair” with the American media.

Don’t Think That It Can’t Happen Here

Many Americans believe that we will never succumb to the tyranny that has plagued the rest of the world throughout most of human history. Far too many of us today think, “It can’t happen here.” At the risk of appearing to don my tin foil hat and join the black helicopter crowd, there are certain undeniable facts that keep rearing their ugly heads. And as John Adams once said, “Facts are stubborn things.”

Palin Again Confounds the Clueless Chattering Classes

The inside-the-beltway pundits have been abuzz ever since Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced her intention not only to decline a second term but to resign the post in three weeks. What could she be thinking? Leaving office sixteen months early makes no sense to them. How could she do this and still expect to have a political future? She must be crazy! “Crazy like a fox,” to quote Bill Kristol, conservative columnist and publisher of The Weekly Standard, one of the few talking heads to recognize the positive potential in what Palin is doing.

These People Truly Hate America

Like much of the country, you may have spent your time last week snickering about the peccadilloes of yet another hapless politician who couldn’t keep his pants zipped. Or maybe you were captivated by the untimely but predictable passing of the most talented musical freak of the last quarter century.