Soccer Mom: Unplugged

Ayn Rand, the Russian born novelist penned those words, and this week in an effort to refuse sanction to the evils of the world, a band of bloggers has dedicated itself to exposing hate-filled terrorist rhetoric.  You could hardly log on to bloghi this week without noticing a post about Dr. Julio C. Pino, apparently known to some as Lover of Angels, and the individual behind the global-war blog.

Tonight's post is less about Pino and more about us.  Our little band.  We've never met except for online encounters and we have no relationship other than a likemindedness when it comes to protecting our nation.  Our views on politics vary wildly on some issues and on others we wholeheartedly agree.  We are ordinary citizens.  With one exception, we are not widely known and wouldn't even know each other if we met on the street.  In spite of our seeming insignificance and our almost absolute anonymity, we found a common purpose this week in denouncing the online writings of Lover of Angels and demanding that his employer, a public university, be held to account for using our tax dollars to fund his anti-American elocution.

As for myself, I find the most offense in the writings that describe, in vivid detail, the torturous pain and suffering he hopes will be visited upon our troops. But, then, it is the job of an Army wife to worry about her man in uniform.  And I do.  And that is why I ask that you speak out.  Don't wonder if your voice matters.  Don't wonder if the ACLU will come to this man's defense.  Don't wonder if signing your name to a petition is enough to stem the tide of hate and anti-American sentiment.

Just believe, as we do, that whether or not it is enough, it is right.  And that is all that matters.

Please read the following posts and then consider whether or not your tax dollars should subsidize speech such as this.

Have you forgotten?

Who is Lover of Angels?