Anyone who has read this blog for any length of time can be certain that I will crow on about every banner event that involves my kids. I'm just predictable that way. Folks can be counted on (sooner or later) to show their true colors. Today marks the 4th Anniversary of the initial bombing of Baghdad by Allied Forces. Since that time, I've found that I'm not the only one who is just as predictable as the rising sun. The Editor/Founder of the USA Today has been just as predictable since Shock-And-Awe in slandering, misrepresenting and criticizing our President in time of war as I have been of myopic celebration of my children's activities. (By the way; the attached pic is Maddie "training" Spanky the seal at San Antonio's Sea World over Spring Break. Is she great or what?)
His name is Al Neuharth. He's a clever fellow, having created a national sports page that is just about essential to all business travelers during their morning visit to the privy.
Neuharth's act is getting so old. Every day of the last four years has begun with slanted slaps at our military efforts to quiet the volatile world of Radical Islam. Just today for example, Neuharth's headlines include "IRAQIS SEE HOPES DRAIN AWAY". He doesn't analyze what Iraqis hope for?(They hope America wins; they hope for personal freedom. How's that for journalistic even-handedness from USA Today?) In his editorials, he regularly stretches literary license, having joined Hillary Clinton in calling G. W. Bush our country's worst president. (Of course, I predictably disagree. During the War On Terror, I have seen Pres. Bush remain one of the few consistent politicians who has been true to his principles, while the left has changed position with every new opinion poll.)
The larger issue is "the battle for hearts and minds". As the world has gotten smaller due to technology, Radical Islam, Iran and the Taliban's continuous export of crazed and misled killers can only be emboldened by what they can see as a divided USA, no thanks to people like Neuharth. This sadly can only prolong the job and the danger for our brave men in uniform. During WWII, divisive propoganda such as those inflammatory headlines often seen in USA Today, Houston Chronicle, LA Times and the New York Times were considered treasonous.
This rant about Neuharth comes to you because of my disgust at his misguided body of work and its direct effect in hindering America's effort to quickly close the deal in Iraq. In the past, I've had a tendency to rant. Some folks are just predictable that way.
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My lovely wife, my great and adventurous neighbors and I staged a "Crawdad Boil" on Friday night. This involved a 20 gallon pot of boiling water and Cajun seasoning. Throw in 5 pounds of shucked corn, a bunch of garlic cloves, about two pounds of quartered onions and a mess of whole New Potatoes with the requisite 100 pounds of live crawfish. (Don't worry folks. The crawfish don't squeal in a frequency that you can hear.) We couldn't have pulled this together without our resident cook, Keith Holt. It has been said that Mr. Holt could take a work boot, cut it up and slow cook it to produce an sumptuous pot of chili.
