Goodbye Sweet Andy

I was a very young girl when I first heard his signature song "Moon River" and fell in love with his soft, melodious voice, same as the rest of America and the world.  He was so easy to like, the soothing, romantic and marvelous voice and the handsome, charming appearance that went with it.  He was also a man of character and integrity as we all found out when he courageously stood by his ex wife, Claudine Longet, during the famous murder trial in Colorado.  He seemed to be a happy man who was having an affair with life most of the time, but I'm sure he endured his share of grief and disappointments.  Still, he knew he was given a gift with that marvelous voice of his and was grateful for it.  He was a gentle soul and I'm very sad his last year on earth was so sad.  But unfortunately we don't get to choose the date or manner of our demise.  He's in the embrace of his Maker now and his romantic music lives on in the hearts of all of us who grew up with his music and are thinking of him today.

The Haunting Death and double victimization of Chris Stevens

The details are so horrific, I wonder how his family can stand knowing about them without being torn apart inside.  This wonderful man was tortured and violated in the vilest way but what's even more devastating is our reaction to this horrendous crime.  Where is the outrage?  Where is grief over losing an American representative in this atrocious manner?  The whole country should have been talking about this instead of Romney's so called gaffes, but I guess that was more important to the shameless, biased, and frankly grotesque media who only have one agenda and that is to re-elect Mr. Obama come hell or high water.  Mr. Stevens and the other American heroes endured martyrdoom for nothing.  They were abandoned to their fates and left without protection whatsoever in one of the most dangerous and volatile countries in the world despite voicing their fears that the terrorists had been sending them threats for over a week.  And they were victimized again by us with our mute reactions to the killings.  It was easier to blame it on a video, to apologize to the terrorists repeatedly, and to go on with business as usual.  Where is the justice for our citizens?  Where is the punishment for their killers?  Are they laughing at us in their den of snakes and planning other spectacular killings?  You bet they are and who could blame them when they have us cowered and apologizing for our existence?  Has Libya even been told that all monies will be stopped till the killers are brought to justice?  Has Egypt, who has all but declared itself an enemy of ours, paid any price whatsoever?  Has the President addressed the nation in this hour of grief?  Or was he simply too busy to bother?  Insulting the sovereignty of the nation is an act of war yet we were the ones apologizing for a video that had nothing to do with their murderous rage.  Mr. Stevens and the other American heroes will continue to haunt this nation for a very long time to come because we failed them miserably, but most of all we failed ourselves, and that's our shame and punishment.

The Price of Bravery

The horrendous, senseless murder of our U.S. Embassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other innocent victims, by an incensed mob, really brings home to us the dangerous world we live in.  That this tragic man, who really loved Libya and tried to so hard to help the country get ahead, should be so brutally murdered, is the ultimate irony.  My question is, why didn't the host country protect him better?  Why did they allow the vicious murderers to scale the wall and set fire to the embassy?  The details of his death are still sketchy, some sources have him dying of smoke inhalation in the embassy while others have him being assaulted and suffocated in his car while trying to help evacuate others, but regardless of how he died, one thing is certain, and that is that this courageous man died in terror, trapped by evil forces he could not comprehend nor control just like the victims of September 11 in our country.  His barbaric, untimely death shows us very clearly that the country we liberated and sacrificed so much for has a long way to go.  If people can rise up and murder others so freely, then nobody is safe in Libya or anywhere in the Middle East for that matter.  Egypt is another example of extremism and brutality, with the radicals gaining more and more ground daily as could be seen by the attacks on our Embassy there.  The Libyan Government has vowed to bring the murderers to justice in Libya, but that's a laugh.  Do they even know who they are?  Or were they too scared to interfere and take notice to begin with?  Perhaps this is the time to revaluate our relationship with Libya and Egypt.  Perhaps this is the time to get out of these countries and stop our help to them all together.  Perhaps this is the time to come to terms with the fact that we have to put our beleaguered country first - we are not going to change the course of history - the events in Syria ought to demonstrate that to us.  And our first and most sacred obligation should be to our citizens and our country.  People should not be allowed to kill our embassadors and burn our embassies with impunity, and since we can not go to war with Libya and Egypt, we should get out and leave them to their fates.  Let this horrific renaissance of terror in the Middle East burn itself out.  Let's get out of Afghanistan at once too and stop wasting American lives and dollars, we're only sitting ducks there for the terrorists who are spreading daily like a cancer.

The Unnecessary Fuss About Clint Eastwood

Why are people making such a fuss about Clint Eastwood's performance at the closing of the Republic Convention?  Why are they picking on this wonderful movie icon and ridiculing him?  Could it be that he hit a little too close to home?  I thought he was charming, amusing and different and that he brought his point across very well.  The chair was symbolic and it should not be taken literally.  The chair could represent many things including "an empty suit," and we all know what that means.  They're making fun of his line "go ahead, make my day" when it was very appropriate to the occasion.  He meant "make my day" by electing Mitt Romney.  I'm glad Ben Aflleck was the only one in Hollywood who had the sense to defend him.  I'm sure Mr. Eastwood couldn't care less about the actors, comedians, twitters or bloggers of the world who are piling up on him now because he knows what he is and what he did.  He stood up alone and away from the liberals of Hollywood in that stage and basically said "if something ain't working you fix it" and that took guts because unfortunately this brave performance of his will be his epitaph in this society, the media will see to that, distorting everything the way they are now.  I keep hearing "bizarre" to describe his performance, but what's "bizarre" about it is the overreaction to it.