LIBERALS, RIVARD AND ANIMAL RIGHTS

LIBERAL EDITORS - Finally, Bob Richter, public editor for the Express-News and his liberal editor pal Robert Rivard admit they're Democrats. Both of these whiz boys had columns in the March 16, 2008, Express-News issue.

Commenting on the downfall of New York's ex-governor Eliot Spitzer, Richter said, "For readers who claim - sometimes rightly - that the Express-News only reports the political affililation when the person committing a stir is a Republican, Spitzer is a democrat."

Big deal. So the liberal, we love Democrats, Richter is patting himself on the back for running a few Spitzer articles. It was a big story Bob. There wasn't a paper in the entire nation that didn't run it front page. Many however, couldn't bring themselves to identify Spitzer as a "Hillary" Democrat. It must have been tough on you to type Democrat after Spitzer's name.

Richter's pal Robert Rivard wrote a farewell article on Gen. James Peake Ret., secretary of Veterans Affairs. "It's too bad a person of such accomplishment will lose his job early next year, but after four months in office, James Peake knows he is on his way out," said Rivard. Really. Says who, besides Rivard.

Rivard is assuming that a Democrat, Barack Hussein Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton, will win the White House. Should McCain win then Peake may well be kept on as top gun at Veterans Affairs. As Rivards said," It would send a powerful message for the next occupant (please let it be a Democrat) of the White House to leave a few good people in place at the top."

Bush kept some Democrats (a big mistake) on board when he won the White House. Most notable was George Tenet, CIA director (a Clinton appointee).
Tenet told Bush that the case for Saddam possessing WMD's was a "slam dunk."

Well, there you have it Bob and Robert finally admitted they're big time liberal Democrats. Actually, all you have to do is read their leftist slanted E-N editorials. Too bad E-N is the only printed newspaper in town. In case you want to check out a more conservative news source check out the San Antonio Lightning News on your computer. As Ricky Ware would say, "It'll knock your hat in the crick."

PET KILLERS - People who torture and kill pet animals, dogs and cats, for fun are sickos in my book. They should be whipped in public and run out of town. Paying a fine and spending some time in the county jail would also be fitting punsihment.

However, animals are animals not humans. No one should face long prison sentences or exorbitant fines for killing an animal. That punishment should reserved for humans who kill humans. And don't get me wrong I love animals, especially cats and dogs. I often said I prefer my little dog "Cookie" to some folks I've met. It shouldn't be against the law to "stomp" someone's butt for mistreating animals.

Timothy Michael Gereb, 48, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on sex trafficking. Gereb lured teenagers and young women in Mexico to San Antonio and then forced them into prostitution. The scumbag should have received a life sentence.

Justin Allmon, 23, also faces 10 years in prison, but not for forcing Mexican teenagers and young women into prostitution. Allmon's crime? He killed his pit bull after the dog attacked him. A witness called the police and SAPD Police Officer Arturo Rodriguez showed up and questioned Allmon. Rodriguez let Allmon go saying,"I didn't think it was and offense. Texas law allows an owner to kill a vicious dog. End of story.

Unfortunately for Allmon, someone called the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Allmon had killed the dog by stabbing it several times with a knife. "Torture" they cried. How terrible. The Bexar County district attorney's office charged Allmon with animal cruelty.

Prosecutor Nicole Thornbro told jurors in Allmon's trial, "He jumps on it and stabs it over and over and over again." I guess if Allmon had only stabbed the dog a couple of times he wouldn't be on trial. His lawyer said Allmon was only defending himself after the dog bit him. "Justin, to defend himself, pulled out a knife and stabs the dog," he said. Sounds like a defense to me. What was he supposed to do let a vicious dog continue to attack him.

What's next in the "animal rights" crusade - capital punishment, a life sentence? The criminal justice system is out of whack when animals are put on the same level with humans.

KEN ALLARD - As a fellow retired colonel I applaud retired Col. Ken Allard for the insightful articles he writes for the Express-News. Most articles deal with the military and are "tell it like it is" backed up with a long and distinguished Army career.

Allard tweaked a few political noses in a Feb 27, 2008, E-N article "Who has what it takes." In the article he brings to question whether Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Hussein Obama are prepared to become commander in chief.

Sounding like an old, crusty first sergeant, Allard said," No and hell no!"

Hillary, says Allard, talks a good game but has tied her presidential ambitions to to the defeatist MoveOn.org wing of her party. He goes on to point out that any flag officer comtemplating serving under her command should recall her icy contempt with which she sneered that the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus required "the willing suspension of disbelief." I couldn't agree more.

Allard says Obama is even worse, with no experience or competence in defense or foreign policy. Obama, he says, believes 9-11 represented nothing more than chickens coming home to roost, would not have used the military to stop Saddam and regards Iran's nuclear ambitions with "ambivalent equanimity." Amen to that.

Allard also had some harsh words for Republicans for not learning from Bush's mistakes in handling the Iraq War. Mistakes that could put a Democrat in the White House.

Allard believes Republicans have forgotten the principle lesson of Ronald Reagan: that the voters who really matter are not the country-club high rollers but the blue-collar Bubbas driving pickups. He's right.

In an E-N letter to the editor entitled "Dump old toolbox," Bill Celaya takes Allard to task. Celaya, typical of most liberals, says "this country is in its current foreign affairs debacle because well-intentioned Americans have been hoodwinked by jinoist writings such as those of Ken Allard."

"Experience" is the key, he suggests McCain has it, Obama doesn't Celaya writes in his letter. He says Allard and McCain remind him of the old saying, "When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."

He concludes by saying "What the country desperately needs is leadership with a bigger toolbox." Maybe but we tried that with a carpenter by the name of Jimmy Carter and you see where that got us.

What we don't need is a leader who wants to blame America first, surrender in Iraq, meet with dictators like Mahmoud Amadinejad and Hugo Chavez, and disarm America.

Kudos to Col. Allard for standing up for America.