Michael Moore wrote a book entitled “Dude, Where’s My Country?” I haven’t read any of his trash, but I think the title is pretty interesting. Dude, where is my country? I remember when Howard Dean, prior to his meltdown scream, vowed to take our country back. And now I ask, Dude where is my country?

I was listening to the Savage Nation, a conservative talk radio program. The lead story came from the Left Coast Nation-state of Washington. I wonder if Washington will change its name since George Washington, for whom the state is named, often cited God as the Source for inspiration, guidance, power, etc. Anyway, I digress.

So in the Left Coast nation-state of Washington, the State Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a 16-year-old boy for robbery. It seems that the 16-year-old hood and his 14-yr-old girlfriend were talking on the phone. The girl’s mother picked up the phone and happened to listen to the phone conversation, particularly the part where the boy admitted to the robbery. So, the mother called the cops, the boy was arrested, tried and found guilty of robbery. But the Washington Nation-State Supreme Court overturned the decision on the grounds that kids have a perceived sense of privacy in their parents house and that the phone conversations were part of this privacy. So, the mother, by listening to the phone conversation had invaded her daughter’s privacy. And now, that nice young man is free to frollick and skip through the fields and rob someone else. And, you may be surprised to hear that the ACLU has applauded the decision.

I remember when I was a kid, if I did something wrong, and a neighbor saw me, one of 2 things would happen. Either I would get scolded by the neighbor or the neighbor would tell my folks, and then watch out! If my deed was particularly bad, both would happen. My point is that wrong was wrong and it never went unpunished. Wrong was never, ever sugar-coated or glossed over. The people who did wrong things were never looked at as victims. The word we used was…let’s see….. oh yeah CRIMINALS!!! Yes, and I remember when gay meant bright or colorful. Now, that definition is ranked 3rd on Dictionary.com

And then I read on Worldnetdaily.com that an elementary school in Oklahoma banned, yep BANNED, a nativity scene and singing “Silent Night” but allowed references to Kwanzaa and Hannukah. And a school in that Left Coast Nation-state of Washington BANNED a performance of Charles Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol” because the principal was afraid the performance might raise questions about the place of religion in schools. So, I guess for the Left-Coast, it is better to remain ignorant than to ask questions. Heaven forbid anyone should actually learn something!

As an aside, I wonder if the ACLU will take us to court because of the word "holidays" as in Happy Holidays, since the word HOLIDAY comes from Middle English meaning HOLY-DAY.

Dude, what happened to my country?