God and Country

I sure am glad I don't live in a Godless communist state...whoa...wait an minute...

Greyhawk posted something that caught my eye...and upset me quite frankly...

You have to read Hugh Hewitt's column in the Daily Standard as well as his blog HughHewitt.com.  Here is an excerpt from the column:

Barry Lynn is the top guy at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and a cartoonish presence on talking head television, ever-ready to declare the imminent threat of theocracy in the land. It should come as no surprise to anyone, then, that the organization Lynn leads last week leveled a series of very serious charges against almost everyone at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The report, available here in PDF, is among the worst examples of McCarthyism since Joe McCarthy stood up on February 9, 1950, and declared that "I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department."...

...Unfortunately, the acting secretary of the Air Force quickly established a task force to investigate the report's allegations before considering whether the group issuing it was worthy of trust on such a matter, whether the specific charges can be considered to have risen to a level worthy of further investigation, and whether the appropriate response might not have been a demand of Americans United for their sources before launching such a high-profile, well, we can't quite call it a "witch hunt," can we?

Even a cursory review of AU's "report" reveals it is built on multiple levels of undocumented hearsay. Over and over again the phrase "we have been informed" introduces an allegation of misconduct, or "we have received a host of reports" leads to a serious charge. There are zero footnotes and zero affidavits attached to the report...

Hugh Hewitt makes the following recommendation:

...Put the task force on hold, and ask for the back-up. If there are credible assertions, determined as such by credible third parties skilled in Establishment and Free Exercise Clause doctrine, then quietly empanel an investigation. Asking "how high" when Barry Lynn says jump is a terrible decision.

The Air Force leadership at the Academy deserve the benefit of the doubt...not baseless accusations and a witch hunt on who is more politically correct under the guise of diversity.

Previously, Greyhawk posted a chilling quote taken from the archives of the Belmont Club.  Here is the quote:

For one, Hitler would have taken a very dim view of Jesusland, a country which George Bush is said to be in the process of founding, whose geographic location is to the immediate south of the United States of Canada. Martin Bormann said, "National Socialism and Christianity are irreconcilable." Hitler, according to Klaus Fischer's Nazi Germany stated that "one day we want to be in a position where only complete idiots stand in the pulpit and preach to old women." In a concession to popular feeling, however, the Nazis offered the public certain acceptable 'faith traditions' including something called "Gottglaubig", a dished-up creed heavily overladen with ancient Germanic pagan beliefs with versions of rituals for birth, marriage and death. "By 1938, carols and nativity plays were were forbidden in the schools, and the words 'Christmas' itself was replaced by the word 'Yuletide'." 

I shudder to think of all the great men and women who died to secure the blessings of liberty for our country...they had a strong belief in God and would no doubt be equally as upset to see what is happening today.

Finally, I agree with Greyhawk...how long before we are forced to bulldoze this building?

Notice the ominous clouds above the spires...what a great metaphor for the storm brewing at the Academy.

Or, could this represent the beginnings of of a mini-blogswarm in response to the witch hunts taking place at this great institution?  Hmmm...

UPDATE: CDR Salamander has a great post on this subject.  Here is an excerpt and an equally stunning photograph:

The military does not push religion on anyone, it gets out of the way. There is a lot of religion is the military though. Being shot at will do that to a man. This has always been true in our military, and we have a great history of being tolerant of each other's proclivities - religious wise. If you want to destroy this history of allowing a person to demonstrate their faith while in service, then I recommend you start by getting a chisel and hammer.

Well said...from a "pretty boy in blue."