Athletic Achievement

Before I get to the subject of good and evil in politics, let me just point out that Lance Armstrong's achievement in cycling is truly spectacular. Think about it: He has crushed the previous world record by 40%. FORTY PERCENT!

Tiger Woods has won 10 major championships in Golf, while the all-time record is Jack Nicklaus' 18. So to crush the all-time record by 40%, Tiger would have to keep it up until he had won 25 majors. Twenty-Five. Good luck, Tiger. You'll need it. Even to beat Jack Nicklaus by one would be an amazing achievement and put Tiger on top of almost every conceivable golf list. And while it's certainly possible, it is by no means assured.

Michael Jordan's six NBA championships are pretty impressive, but the Tour de France is more physically grueling than any NBA championship, and lance has won Seven, not Six.

The physical pain and punishment inflicted during the TdF is staggering. I know of nothing else like it in the sporting world. Imagine boxers punching through 15 rounds for 22 consecutive days. Or NFL players going at it for seven games in seven days. NBA players wilt on their third game in three nights. To win a grand slam tennis title, a player has to win seven matches in 14 days. It isn’t easy, but it isn’t the Tour. The Tour de France is three full weeks covering 2,236 miles, racing on all but two of the 22 days. In the latter stages, time trials held at all-out, butt-busting, hyper speed, the race traverses hills - no, mountains, my classic Range Rover probably wouldn't even survive. Then a final time trial and a comparatively restful finale.

Lance's Athletic Achievement it truly exceptional. It is amazing. And to add to it Lance's overcoming advanced testicular cancer before even beginning this oddysey really makes Lance's Legend all the more compelling. I wonder if anyone will ever beat Lance's Achievement in any sport, ever. I can't tell you how much I respect Lance Armstrong for what he has accomplished. The kind of faith required to achieve such greatness is truly inspirational.

Well, I should probably move back to politics. Lance is amazing, there's no getting around that. I just hopes he Chooses the Right party if he does get into politics. Currently, that is the Republican Party. Seriously, fellow Conservatives, let's get behind an effort to recruit Lance Armstrong!

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Congratulations, Lance!

According to the Breaking News banner at FoxNews.com, Lance Armstrong has just won the 2005 Tour de France. This historic achievement adds a Seventh crown to his collection, cementing his role as the Greatest Cyclist of All Time. Not even Tiger Woods' domination of Golf compares to Lance's achievement. Congratulations, Lance. America is very proud of her Texas Son. LiveStrong!

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Update 10:59AM EST SUN24JUL2005: FoxNews Story

John Kerry may not be as smart as President Bush...

...but he seems to have enough brains to think like I do. Sadly, his twisted intent undoubtedly includes using Lance's greatness as a tool to undermine America. John Kerry tries to recruit Lance to do his evil bidding. I know that John Kerry probably believes that his ideology is correct, and that Republicans are wrong, but whether he is sincere or sinister in his motives, nothing changes the fact that Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were disasters for our National Security, and John Kerry would have been worse than both of them put together. The reason that President Bush received more votes than any President in history was due to many factors, but one of them was clearly the fact that John Kerry and the Democrats cannot be trusted with our National Security. Bill Clinton's using the U.S. Military to deflect attention from his scandals, his disseminating classified military secrets and technology to the People's Republic of China, and his refusal to accept Osama Bin Laden from Sudan when they offered him to us on a silver platter all highlight the defective thinking of Democrats, and throw Kerry's salivating at the thought helping Lance Armstrong choose the dark side into strong relief.

I hope that Lance Armstrong has enough sense to Choose The Right. If he becomes a Democrat, all the respect people have for the Amazing American, Lance Armstrong, could be subverted and used for evil. Yes, I said evil. Is forcing your views upon people, as the Democrats attempt to do (and unfortunately, have a lot of success in so doing, thanks to the MSM), not evil? Is forcing people to financially support evil causes not...evil?

I'll do a nice long post about the evils of American Liberalism next week. Right now I have to get ready to go worship the Lord with my family, so I'll post when I can about evil and politics. Thanks for reading.

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Recruit Lance Armstrong!

Lance Armstrong would be a wonderful American Leader. This is a thought that has been percolating in my head ever since July of 2004, but with increasing intensity since June of 2005. Now that Lance has all but cemented his place as the top Cyclist of all time with another personal & world record 7th Tour de France win, if he chooses the Right, he could be a wonderful patriot. Lance Armstrong is to cycling as America is to the world since Reagan's Conservative revolution qualified America for greatness and God's blessings once again. We overcame Soviet Communism (thanks to Ronald Wilson Reagan, fellow Conservative Republican Patriots, and our God) and have been the lone world superpower ever since (Hyperpower according to les Francais). Lance's faith in himself (and presumably God, although I know nothing of Lance's religious beliefs) overcame testicular cancer and has dominated the world of cycling ever since.

1) As a successful Texan, he would win take Texas' electoral votes.

2) His amazing story of never giving up, overcoming incredible obstacles, and ending on top of the world resonates with Republican, Conservative, American ideals and ideology. His story brings to mind Reagan's triumph over global Soviet Communism.

Unlike the American Left, instead of blaming everyone else for his problems he did all he could to, and one can only assume that he asked God for help as well. There is no doubt that God helped him recover as his recovery was an absolute miracle. I can imagine that Lance exercised an immense amount of Faith, and the Lord blessed him to recover.

He could have blamed his anything and everything for his misfortune like an good little American Liberal (John Kerry & Al Gore, anyone?). Instead, he fought like a true child of God and with his Heavenly Father's help, made himself into a worldwide Icon of American dominance, just like Ronald Reagan.

3) Even though his achievement is in a sport which Americans don't pay much attention to, his story is transcendental in nature (due to the absoluteness of his dominance in the sport) and Lance engenders respect from every American who knows the whole story.

4) Lance probably wouldn't choose to be a Democrat since he seems to believe in:
a) Personal Responsibility
b) The Sanctity of Life
c) American greatness
d) Capitalism
e) Being a nice person
f) The Law of the Harvest

...and he doesn't seem to believe that:

a) America is wrong & always to blame
b) Bush=Hitler
c) France is superior to America (although as I do, he both speaks French & loves the good in France)

If all these things are true, and he ever shows an interest in politics, he will undoubtedly join President George W. Bush as yet another great Texas Republican.

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John Roberts to replace Sandra Day O'Connor?

As everyone who hasn't been hiding under a rock (or on a remote island in the Pacific) knows by now, John Roberts has been nominated for appointment by President Bush to the Supreme Court, replacing the increasingly liberal Sandra Day O'Connor.

At first I was very nervous, since he doesn't really have enough of a paper trail to prove he's as much a strict constructionist conservative as he should be (in the mold of Clarence Thomas & Antonin Scalia, as President Bush has promised in two presidential campaigns)...

Ann Coulter@anncoulter.com: Souter in Roberts' Clothing
Ben Shapiro@townhall: President Bush's...pick disappoints
Fred Barnes@weeklystandard.com: The Safe Pick
Charles Krauthammer@townhall: What kind of Justice will we get?

To be honest, I felt the same way: Roberts is a safe pick, but the chatter we're hearing about John Roberts seems uncomfortably similar to the chatter surrounding the Souter confirmation way back when I was a kid.

But the more I think about it, the more I think I am just being paranoid. And it helps to read the multitude of conservative viewpoints which sound the familiar refrain: "All is well. (or, at least it is going to be better than it was with Sandra)"

Cal Thomas@townhall.com
Larry Kudlow@townhall.com: A 'supreme' pick for business
The Editors@nationalreview.com: Trading Up
Shannen W. Coffin@nationalreview.com: Meet John Roberts
humaneventsonline.com: Conservatives Rush to Support Roberts
Terry Eastland@weeklystandard.com: Reading Roberts's Mind
Fred Barnes@weeklystandard.com: Souter-phobia

While I am not completely sold on John Roberts, he certainly seems to be the real deal...without much of a paper trail, of course. President Bush sure pulled a smooth one with the Introduction of John Roberts:

1) He took his case directly to the American People...a young, handsome, family man who has incredibly good credentials, on live television cannot be borked by a raging Ted Kennedy.

2) The speculation centered upon anybody but Roberts in the days and hours preceding the announcement: Excellent leak control. Well done, Mr. President!

3) Many conservatives are really talking Roberts up. He's being burnished to a bright glow.

The way Bush has handled this has driven the likelihood of a filibuster down to the single digits, IMHO. The Democrats would look incredibly mean and bitter to violently oppose him with the President's smooth introduction. Here's to hoping Roberts is the Strict Constructionist Conservative we're all praying he is. Have a great weekend!

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Back in the saddle...

Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time. I have been busy to the point of having to prioritize blogging out of my schedule, temporarily, of course. But I am back, and I have some things to say.

First: Valerie Plame/Joseph Wilson and the MSM & ultra-lefties vs. Karl Rove. Here is a brief listing of selected articles dealing with the issues.

Mark Levin's article today at National Review Online
Joel Mowbray's article today at National Review Online
Paul Greenberg's article today at Townhall
Ann Coulter's informative yet hilarious article at her website

The fact of the matter is that Karl Rove didn't break any laws; his only offense was to help President George W. Bush win re-election in the 2004 Presidential Election. The moveon.org crowd hates the President with such reckless abandon that their white-hot hatred has now turned it's attention to the Architecht: Karl Rove.

Encore Mr. Rove, Encore!

Here's to hoping that Mr. Rove is instrumental in the Republican victory in November of 2008!

Second: If Democrats were truly interested in our National Security they would pay a bit more attention to Sandy Berger's theft and destruction of classified documents referring to Clinton's thinking and discussions about terrorism while he was president. He walked out of our National Archives with documents stuffed in his socks , pockets, and by some accounts, his underwear. That is a far worse offense against our National Security (covering up for the failed Clinton anti-terrorism policies) than Karl Rove's warning a reporter against making a mistake in a story. Karl Rove didn't even name Valerie Plame, much less out her. She told anyone who would listen, neighbors, friends, Vanity Fair magazine, etc. that she worked for the CIA. It hasn't even been established that she was a covert agent. After all, she wasn't working overseas, and according to Joe Wilson's book, hadn't left the country for more than five years prior to the Novak column which named her. Oh, and don't forget the fact that her employer (the CIA) was disclosed on her tax returns, it was known by all her friends and family, and she outed herself to Joe Wilson prior to their marriage on their second date, IIRC, according to his book. So if anyone broke the law WRT outing a covert agent, it was Valerie Plame herself. Sean Hannity has pointed this out more than once.

Third: I recently finished reading two wonderful books: Sean Hannity's Let Freedom Ring and David Limbaugh's Persecution. Of the dozen or so books I have read this year, these two are far and away the best. These are must reads for every American who wishes to be well-informed, patriotic, and honest about history, politics, and what's best for our nation.

Fourth: Yesterday I was in a restuarant for a very late lunch (about 4pm local time), and as my co-worker and I were about to get up and leave, I got into a disagreement with the server. He was praising Michael Moore, and I countered that until he was watched both Fahrenheit 9/11 AND FahrenHype 9/11, as I have, he doesn't know what he's talking about. He countered that he didn't need to because "Michael Moore has millions of fact checkers to check his facts for him." I almost laughed in his face. We have a lot of people to educate if we wish to ensure that truth prevails in future elections.

Fourth: I have to get to work soon, so let me just say this in closing: May God Continue to Bless America!