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One would think that the mainstream feminists in America would absolutely adore Sarah Palin and hold her up as a role model for young girls all across America, but they do not. The fact of the matter is, they detest her. And it really isn’t all that hard to figure out why.

Sarah Palin is a woman who crashed right through virtually every barrier ever erected to keep women from being all they can be. Never one to shy away from controversy, she ascended to the governorship of our largest state and eagerly took on the “good ole boy” establishment that had ruled the state’s government since Alaska first became a state way back in 1959. And she prevailed.

She also became a star on the national political scene that outshines any other female politician, and through it all she even managed to bag an elk or two. Yet after all of her accomplishments, the mainstream feminists who should be celebrating her amazing success at breaking down barriers for women and girls instead disparage her at every turn.

In reality, the mainstream feminists aren’t really feminists at all. They are simply extreme leftwing stooges for the progressive wing of the Democratic party. They have shown their true colors by choosing to diminish the one woman who actually has the power and influence to finally help bring to fruition everything the real feminists have been dreaming about for decades. Why? Because while she believes in total equality between the sexes, she also recognizes and celebrates the inherent God-given differences between males and females. For proof, one needs only to look at the way she dresses and applies her make-up. You’ll find nothing mascusline or ambigous there.

Of course Palin also believes in God and the right of the unborn to live, which just adds fuel to the fire of hatred that lives within the hearts of Gloria Steinem and her ilk.

This might come as quite a shock to regular readers of this blog, but I myself am a feminist – but in the same way that Sarah Palin is a feminist. I want my granddaughters to be free to grow up to be anything they want to be, whether it be an astronaut, President of the United States, or a housewife who never leaves the house to take a public job. The sky should be the limit in regards to their goals in life, and their own unique abilities and limitations should be the only things that assist or hinder their climb towards their goals. And so it should be with ALL girls and women in these great United States of America. But most women who wear the “feminist” label seem to disagree – hence their hatred for Sarah Palin.

Video cameras are everywhere nowadays. In fact, if you own a cell phone there is a very good chance that it has one built right in. With that in mind, why on earth would a politician whose very career lives and breathes on good public will act like a jerk in public? Check out this video of an encounter between a pair of college students and Congressman Bob Etheridge (D-NC):

Mind boggling isn’t it? I guess it just goes to show that jerks wil be jerks, regardess of the office they happen to hold.

The environmental movement consists primarily of two groups of individuals. The first group are folks who are genuinely concerned about the state of the environment and the future of the planet. Those in the second group are simply out to use fear and dread to make boatloads of cash for themselves. And no two individuals epitomize these two factions better than Ed Begley, Jr. and Al Gore.

Mr. Gore has masterfully managed to con his way into making untold millions off of the “global warming” scare while living in an energy guzzling mansion the size of a small town and flying back and forth between his half-dozen other homes and various cities around the world in a fuel-guzzling jet. Although he talks a good talk, virtually everything he says fits somewhere on the truth meter between greatly exaggerated and outright fraudulent.

Mr. Begley on the other hand is a true believer. He backs up his words with actions by choosing to live in a modest 1600 square foot home that runs primarily on solar and power power. And while he does use some electricity from the grid, his annual electric bill is only around $300 per year, about what many folks pay out in a single month. And while his job as as actor requires occasional travel, he flies only when absolutely necessary, and on the most fuel-efficient plane available at the time. Oh, and he also gets around town either by riding a bicycle or hopping aboard public transportation or into his electric car.

While I think Mr. Begley is a bit fanatical in his belief in global warming and his intense desire to “save the planet”, I also think he is completely sincere. After all, he “practices what he preaches”. Al Gore on the other hand is nothing more than a charlatan who preaches the “religion” of global warming and rakes in mountains of cash while “sinning” with the best of them when church is out.

As for me, while I certainly want to keep the water clean and the air fit to breathe, I have no desire to ruin our economy or live like the Flintstones in an effort to reduce my “carbon footprint”. But if I did, I would be much more likely to listen to Mr. Begley rather than Mr. Gore.

Richard Blumenthal is running for the office of United States States Senator from the great state of Connecticut, and he would appreciate your vote. Luckily for him, I live in Virginia or his opponent would certainly receive mine.

You see, Mr. Blumenthal is a fake and a liar. Over the years he has repeatedly led others to believe that he was a Viet Nam veteran, and recently he even explicitly said so. The problem is, he was never anywhere near Viet Nam. He did serve in the National Guard while the true heroes were fighting and dying in southwest Asia, but the closest he ever got to seeing combat was attending his weekend drills back home.

I myself served on active duty during the first Gulf war. Does that in and of itself make me a Gulf War veteran? Of course not. I split my active duty time between Korea and Georgia, and even though I was on active duty for the duration of the first Gulf War, I AM NOT a Gulf War vet.

In my opinion, to be considered a “vet” of any war, one must have actually served in the theater while the bullets were flying. I didn’t, therefore I’m not a combat veteran. Mr. Blumenthal didn’t either, yet for years he has led everyone to believe that he did. To a true combat vet and the people who love and respect them, that is a grave insult.

A combat veteran is a person who lived from day to day with the knowlege that he/she might take a bullet, step on a land mine or drive over an IED at any time. A combat vet saw his/her friends and comrades shot up and/or blown to bits. Only a combat vet can truly know what it’s like to experience the horrors of war first hand, up close and personal.

I never experienced any of that, and I have never claimed to have done so. And while I’m extremely proud to have worn the uniform of the United States Military and I would have willingly went into combat had I been asked to do so, I wasn’t and I didn’t. My service was a mere shell of that of my brothers and sisters in arms who actually fought in the Gulf War. For Mr. Blumenthal to claim to have served in Viet Nam is simply shameful. Just my two cents worth…