WAKE UP!!!!

No matter what you may wish to believe, we are indeed engaged in a war. The war against Islamofascism did not begin on September 11, 2001 and it did not end with the declaration of “Mission accomplished.” Those on the left who were quick to condemn the current administration for “failure to connect the dots” are now criticizing the same administration for attempting to collect the dots in the first place.

Not content with their leaking of a classified terrorist surveillance program, the mainstream media has now seen fit not only to leak another classified program, but also to intentionally lie about its nature in order to create fear and loathing in America. To further facilitate the enemy's plans, the MSM has also seen fit to disclose exactly which telecommunications companies are not cooperating with the government. Even though recent polls show that 63% of Americans favor the action being taken by the NSA, the MSM continues to try to incite a negative reaction. When will they learn?

The phone companies already have complete records of when and who you call and for how long. That is how they are able to bill you. The phone companies have been collecting this information for over 100 years with nary a peep from the civil libertarians who have declared themselves to be the absolute authority on (perceived) invasions of privacy. They routinely sell this information to other companies without your consent and without the ACLU filing pointless lawsuits. There is no privacy lost when the NSA also has this information.

Telemarketers know when someone is probably home because the phone companies have compiled detailed statistics of your calling habits. That is why they call the majority of Americans at dinner time. Millions of people work the swing and mid shifts and therefore have different calling patterns. The telemarketers use this information which they obtain from the phone companies to call those people at times when they are likely to be home.

Recently, I had the opportunity to test this for myself. During a long period of unemployment, I was calling companies and conducting phone interviews during the day. Not surprisingly, in those two years, telemarketers called me in the late morning, the time I was most likely at home. Now that I am back at work, the phone is eerily silent during the day and the telemarketers call at night. The only way they could know that is by data mining the records they obtained from the phone company. These are the same records that the NSA is utilizing to identify terrorist networks.

Now it is certainly true that many privacy absolutists believe that the telemarketers are themselves engaged in an unlawful invasion of privacy. However, this “abuse” has been going on for decades without the ACLU getting involved. The reason for the over-reaction by the MSM is simply that they see another opportunity to discredit a President and his policies that they so hate. It doesn't hurt that they are offended by the suggestion of having a career military man nominated for the head of the CIA, a civilian organization. True to form, the MSM is capable of looking past the Intelligence credentials in order to see the “final nail in the coffin of democracy” as many on the hard left call it.

We are not fighting a conventional war. The enemy does not dutifully wear an identifying uniform. Radical Islam is intent on destroying America, and will use whatever means are necessary to accomplish that goal. This is an enemy with which we cannot reason. This is an enemy who will not stop short of the complete destruction of our way of life unless we destroy them first. Hezbollah's 1985 manifesto reads in part: “Our struggle will end only when this entity [Israel] is obliterated. We recognize no treaty with it, no cease-fire, no peace agreements.” Iran's president has called on the Muslim world to “finish the job started by Hitler.” Muslim rallies around the world refer to America as the “Great Satan.” These are not rational human beings. Appeasement will never work.

It's not rocket science. We must use every possible means to identify and destroy the enemy before he can act against us. Programs that tangentially intrude on your life in a manner completely unknown to you except for the criminal leaking of the press are part of that effort. The only people with anything to fear from a program such as this are those engaged in activities to undermine our way of life. We are in a war for our very survival. Never forget that in English, Islam” does not mean “peace.” It means “submission.”