Nice tribute to your grandfather. May honor and remembrance follow him and others like him for generations.

Barely discussed now but troubling, when was Congress, the People's Representatives ever engaged in the process? Maybe it was time for Gaddafi to go, but why shouldn't Congress be involved in international actions in bringing down despots and regime changes around the world? The American People are expected to stand behind such actions giving riches and lives, why shouldn't their representatives be engaged regardless of who is President?

Cult of the Presidency http://www.cato.org/cult-of-the-presidency/
Cult of Executive Power http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0807g.asp

Debbie - excellent tribute to your son and challenge to the nation. God bless you, your family and America. Continue to fight the good fight.

Granted, but there's a whole generation of minors behind him enthralled with violent role playing that given a certain mix of life conditions, a few hapless folk will follow in his and Loughner's footsteps. We're increasing the chances of soul-less creatures preying on fellow human beings in the future. At least a few will have recognized the conditioning ahead of time - though small recompense.

What a terrible tragedy for Norway. Sincere condolences to the nation's people. They have some difficult issues to deal with.

As noted in this article amongst the background being revealed by the Norwegian press is that Breivik was a fan of violent video games. Coincidentally so was the infamous and terribly disturbed Jared Loughner of Arizona - see "Jared Loughner's disturbing video game forum posts" at Salon.

The violent scenes video players get to play out are all too similar to the surreal, inhuman shot-by-shot accounts now coming out of what occurred on the island youth camp in Norway.

For those few individuals on the psychological borderline of extreme anti-social behavior easily persuaded to act out in reality their "play" violence, maybe societies should rethink access to such role playing by young people.

Based on first amendment rights and parental duty, the U.S. Supreme Court just struck down California's law banning purchase of violent video games by minors. That may be a judicial action America may want to now rethink. Otherwise we may continue to reap such unreal scenarios in the future.

Excellent article - appreciate your thoughts. We American's by hook and crook have been abandoning our Judeo-Christian values for many decades. I have similar conclusions relative to this nation's leadership "Presidents Prayers And The Prosperity Of The Nation" http://www.legacy-america.net/2011/07/03/presiden...

The highest lawmakers in the nation have not helped our plight. If America is to recover true Conservatives must muster the courage and spirit to help the nation do so.

1962, Engel v. Vitale; Supreme Court finds prayer in schools unconstitutional.

1963, Abington v. Schempp; Supreme Court rules that Bible reading in public schools is unconstitutional.

1973, Roe v. Wade; Supremes find that the right to personal privacy includes abortion.

1980, Stone v. Graham; Supremes strike down a Kentucky statute requiring display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.

2002, Newdow v. U.S.; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that reciting "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.

2003, Lawrence v. Texas; Supremes strike down a Texas law prohibiting sodomy.

2003, Glassroth v. Moore; 11th Circuit Court rules that a monument to the Ten Commandments placed in Alabama's judiciary building must be removed.

2003, Goodridge v. Department of Public Health; Massachusetts Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples can marry under the laws of that state.

2004, Massachusetts Supreme Court OKs same-sex marriage; it declares that the state legislature may not offer "civil union" as an alternative to same-sex marriage, paving the way for the first state-recognized homosexual marriages in U.S. history.

2005, U.S. v. Extreme Associates; a U.S. district court judge dismisses federal obscenity charges against hardcore pornographers, finding that morality is no longer a legitimate state interest.

"When the Hell did the military become bound by anyone’s or any group’s particular morals?"

Like it or not the U.S. Military has up until recently had a distinct Christian moral orientation, starting with the sentiments of the first general of the Continental Army a vestryman in the Episcopal Church on through Eisenhower. Judeo-Christian ethics and morals have long woven their way officially and un-officially through the deliberations and actions of the U.S. Military. If there were no ancient, religious moral underpinnings to the U.S. Military what is to stop our gravitation to the moral expediency exhibited to the world by the Nazis and Bundeswehr. If rationalization and human intelligence is the only guiding light, mankind has long justified a long legacy and declination into inhuman and horrific behavior.

See it or not, repealing DADT and forcing acceptance of behavior long determined to be detrimental to social structures on those who see it as such will be degrading to our military. Telling those in the military they have no choice but to accept the commands from those on 'high' against their moral sensibilities is not unlike what occurred to the rank and file of the WWII German military who were given no choice but to assail any moral distress or guilt they held for overrunning peaceful nations and assisting in elimination of millions of undesirables.

Keep it in mind as we progress on this and other related moral issues.

SAPPED BY THE LEFT THE US MILITARY RUEFULLY CONTINUES A SLOW BUT DANGEROUS DESCENT INTO MORAL CONFUSION, LOSS OF HONOR, RESPECT FOR SELF AND OTHERS, RESTRAINT, VALOR, TRADITION - OFFICERS & GENTLEMEN NO MORE --"Perhaps the greatest triumph of the Left in the last 25 years has been the junking of military standards regarding the sexes, a set of traditional attitudes that was slow to dismantle itself in the wake of the 1960s sexual revolution...The entire culture became increasingly conditioned to break any and all of the old molds, adopting an "irreverence toward uptight, oppressive, hypocritical, old-fashioned norms of social propriety," See article by Diana West "Honors' Behavior a Result, Not a Standard".

Excellent analysis and article. Obama did not rise to power by himself. No person who reaches the White House does, ever more so as American history goes on. Look at Obama's influential and monied left-liberal power base that includes the MSM, financial giants, entertainment industry, etc.

Investors Business Daily did a great series of articles in 2008 leading up to the elections attempting to reveal to thinking Americans who Obama was - "The Audacity of Socialism" http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/SpecialR...

Not enough people listened, the MSM ignored, buried and castigated the evidence, the Republicans didn't capitalize on it, the people suffer.

We Americans have too long given inordinate hope, expectations, glory and power to the presidency, of any party. Common Americans need to take a more active role in the governance of the nation. Our state and federal representatives (assemblymen, senators, congressmen) are far more important and accountable to us. State Houses and Congress could make an unaccountable and out of control president toothless if they stood up to him, at the novel notion of the will of the people. Wasn't that the way it was suppose to be - "a government of, by and for the people"? Not the agenda of president, king, ruler, czar or cesar.

Read this thought provoking article at the Cato Institute written in 2008 before Obama was placed in office -- "The Cult of the Presidency" http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9396

Americans want change, they need to start with themselves!

It is becoming apparent that full coverage of what occurred on all sides in the Balkans has not been covered by the mainstream media, but why has this occurred and is still taking place?