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Is it possible that there are whispers of something
other than the politically correct spin of Media, Inc.
gently starting to rustle through the leaves of the
status quo? Although no fanfare or even reaction resulted from it, Jesse Ventura uttered the unthinkable the other night on national television. In an interview conducted by Chris Matthews at Winona State University in Minnesota, the popular loose-cannon Minnesota governor spoke the unspeakable. In response to a question by a young college student concerning gun control laws, the 2nd Amendment, and the possible curtailing of hunting activities, the irascible and unpredictable Ventura shook his massive finger at the query and said something very similar to this, "The 2nd Amendment of the Constitution has nothing at all to do with hunting rights. No, (shaking finger) the purpose of the 2nd Amendment was to guarantee that people could keep and bear arms in order that they might prevent unscrupulous governments from becoming too oppressive!" Sadly, but predictably, the youthful questioner stood with a vacant and uncomprehending look on his face, as did perhaps most of the viewing audience that evening. Matthews was deathly silent and obviously mildly shocked by Ventura's forthright exclamation, and I rooted with my every fiber that Jesse would repeat his blockbuster statement and hammer home the point in no uncertain terms even more unequivocally. Alas, the moment passed and the interview continued as though Jesse had never breached this forbidden topic. Perhaps Jesse sensed the palpable indignation of Matthews and the legions of Media Inc.'s programmed minions that he represented, forever turning a blind eye to Jesse from that moment on. Jesse Ventura is nothing if he is not a showman, and it may be possible that this vision of a future cold-shoulder by the media prompted him to say no more of 2nd Amendment meanings and the implications they might hold for the future of America. Maybe Jesse knows too well the limits imposed by the puppetmasters, and he knew immediately that he was crossing the line and subjecting himself to some insidious form of neutralization. I would prefer to think that Jesse felt he had made his point clearly the first time, which he really did, but I doubt that that is why he didn't venture to repeat his statement. Speaking of governors, what about George Pataki of New York? Elected some years ago on a platform of reduced government and back-to-earth public policy, Pataki is now the author of a classic incremental registration and disarmament bill in the Empire State. As I happened to click on Pataki's talking head as I was searching the television for the sanity of any old golf telecast, I was shocked to hear the once ballyhooed Republican poster boy for government reduction, espousing inane, illogical, and draconian legislation, having the ultimate aim of total gun prohibition for all private people. I always thought Pataki had a kind of a funny look about him, ....slightly askew, with sort of a crooked sneer cum smile and peculiar and constantly half-lidded large pop-eyes, but as I watched Pataki basking in the limelight of live national television, he looked absolutely cartoonish, a la Who Framed Roger Rabbit?....sort of a cross between a big ham and a lurking crocodile. Sure, ....elect Republicans, ....they'll carry the torch of liberty–––NOT! If all of this wasn't so damned threatening to America as we once knew it (....so, I'm old), it might even be laughable. Everything's so damn surreal any more, with surveillance cameras everywhere, and ubiquitous biometrics expanding exponentially, while talking heads on giant screens mouth statements eerily envisioned decades ago in foreboding fictional works like Brave New World and 1984. There's a guy named Dr. Chuck Baldwin who writes columns on the internet at WorldnetDaily.com, amongst other places, who wrote in a piece there yesterday a paragraph so succinct and insightful, I am compelled to reproduce it here (....so sue me). Herewith, then, from the piece entitled, Only changed hearts can change America, Dr. Chuck Baldwin: "A willful rejection of truth permeates the land. Those who speak the truth are regarded as thick headed troublemakers. They receive neither praise nor position. The American people have traded the great themes of freedom (and those who proclaim them) for a mess of government pottage. The fundamental principles of America's founding documents are as popular as a case of the chicken pox. There is no truth so great that it cannot be ignored or any virtue so noble that it cannot be abolished." Remember that last line, "There is no truth so great that it cannot be ignored or any virtue so noble that it cannot be abolished." It just might save our country.
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