Dec. 7 - Pearl Harbor Day

Today is a day to remember what was, until Sept. 11, 2001, the worst act of war on American soil in our history. On Dec. 7, 1941, a flotilla of ships from the Japanese Navy initiated an attack on our fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing thousands and wrecking destruction on our Pacific Fleet. It was, as FDR would later frame it, a "day that will live in infamy."

In the wake of the attack, no newspaper spent inordinate amounts of ink reflecting on why the Japanese attacked. No portion of our nation painted America as somehow responsible for the attack. Michael Moore of the day did not take out a full page ad asking our President to stay out of the war. George Soros did not create a network of front organizations to speak out against taking any action. FDR, who was still actually presiding over an economy in the grip of the Great Depression, did not respond by putting a time limitation on our involvement in the war because we needed to have more domestic spending. It was a different era - one before the toxins of the post modern left took full root in our society. You can read FDR's speech putting our nation on a war footing here.

And as to the men and women who died at the hands of Japan's Imperial Navy on that day of 7 December 1941, we remember your loss. It was not in vain.

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Republican Convention Day 1: Gustav Goes

Hurricane Gustav threatened Louisiana and upset plans for the opening night of the Republican Convention. All eyes went to New Orleans and a lot of people were holding their breath, the name "Katrina" dancind in their heads. In the end, the response went off like clockwork. Gov. Bobby Jindal looked impressive. Mayor Nagin got it right the second time around. Virtually all of the defenses held - some weak points just barely. And in the end, Gustav was more sound and fury than havoc and destruction.

The Republican Convention turned into a telethon for raising money to help hurricane victims. Several on the left were wishing for this result - that the Convention would be disrupted. Jabba the Moore went so far as to assert quite cynically that the timing of the hurricane was proof of a just God. But with only the first night disrupted, the only thing that really got tossed from the convention was the speech by George Bush. Since Obama is betting the farm on tying McCain to Bush, this one has to go under the heading of "be careful what you wish for." And if this was divine intervention, than the left should be worried indeed.

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