NEWS FLASH FROM THE PENTAGON: MY ANCESTORS AND I ARE "EXTREMISTS" !

Too incredible to believe - but, nevertheless, it's true - training materials and instructors in the armed forces have labeled American revolutionaries (the 18th century variety), our Founding Fathers, those who supported the Confederate States of America, members of conservative organizations, Evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics as "extremists."

Also in the military, a manual instructs soldiers to avoid negative comments about pedophilia and Islam, as if the two were somehow related!  But, come to think of it, perhaps they are. At the same time, military chaplains are being forced to perform same-sex marriages in locales where such is legal.  And, certainly, we must not indicate in any way that Pvt. Bradley Manning's gender confusion is bizarre!

Across the good old USA, it's political correctness running wild!

Talking head Chris Matthews now exclaims that somehow uttering "Chicago" may be taken as racist, but has not suggested a replacement label.  Maybe we can just say "Windy City."

And, for the anti-gender enthusiasts, in some locations the term "manhole" is being replaced with "maintenance hole."  Hopefully, that will save a lot of pain for some "persons."

And, out in the great state of New Mexico (which is rapidly filling up with peculiar folks from California), a state supreme court decision has ruled in favor of a lesbian couple turned down by a photographer, who on the basis of religious scruples, declined to contract with the women for wedding photography.  One can't imagine that this judicial blow against religious freedom will be allowed to stand, but any way you look at it, we live in strange times! And, boy oh boy, there are some really strange people out there!

This month in Seattle, city employees were encouraged - but not forbidden - to refrain from using the terms "brown bag" and "citizen," for fear of giving offense.  It seems that, in some quarters, the mention of a brown bag could be construed to be racially offensive, and calling one person a citizen could hurt the feelings of a non-citizen.

And those rodeo clowns had better be careful; otherwise, they could end up in "sensitivity training," such as what is now required at the Missouri State Fair. Or, the same fate could befall them as that of Tuffy the Clown: They could be banned for life! What, for goodness-sakes, have we come to when we can't even make fun of presidents?  

Seriously, dear readers, it was just a couple of decades ago that we were laughing our heads off about all of the politically correct weirdos. But, now, things have taken a hard turn to the left.  With a leftist government in power in our nation's capital, the weird has become normal.  At the rate we are going, Rushdie's Satanic Verses will soon be out the window, because of the fatwa placed upon it by the Ayatollah Khomeini and his minions. After all, we would not wish to hurt the feelings of those who passed and supported Rushdie's fatwa.

And, going a bit further with "the religion of peace," I can well remember when an ideology sworn to the overthrow of the U.S. was officially not acceptable.  That particular ideology held captive the people of numerous nations, who themselves were not a threat to America, but instead were enslaved by commissars and apparatchiks.  However, today, we face a greater threat from an ideology/religion which controls the brain waves of a considerable number of its adherents, who willingly submit themselves to the control of a specious religion and the domination of mullahs, ayatollahs and assorted theocratic dictators.  Yet, my writing these words is a grave breach of political correctness. And, so, the 1st Amendment be damned!

I have forgotten, but someone once said that those who control a culture control a nation.  But no truer words were ever spoken. And so, today, American culture is slowly but surely being eroded by leftists and their empty-headed legions of fellow- travelers who have no sense of where they came from, and no idea of where they are going.

I  grew up in a genteel setting in which I was raised to never give offense.  That time is past.  If we are to stand up for our country and our birthright, we must speak out in a forthright manner and not fret over to whom we might give offense!  Many of us have been deeply offended by the shenanigans of the far left and the insanity of political correctness.  As the saying goes, "What comes around goes around!"  It's "High Noon," and that means it's high time that we were heard from.