In a world dominated by religious and political hatreds, and with nuclear weapons in the hands of leaders that cannot be trusted not to use such weapons, with the increasing potential for Muslim terrorists getting and using such weapons there would seem to be nothing too fantastic to imagine happening.

There are very few throughout history that have used power and authority responsibly; on the contrary, from the lowest to the highest most have verified the axiom “power corrupts.” The basis of this axiom is the fact good people do not want power and authority over others, but would far rather live and let live peaceably exercising the Golden Rule rather than the rule of power. Good and sensible people intuitively understand the corrosive influence of having power over others and want nothing to do with this, realizing as did Jesus wealth and power are antithetical those things of the most value in life, things like peace of mind for example.

But even Henry Thoreau recognized the need for some government, though like all peace loving people wished there were no need for government, realizing even the best government would attract people unworthy of holding power. However, not being naïve Henry knew the evil that men do would always require the power of government to hold such evil in check. But he also knew as did the Founding Fathers people have the duty to rebel when government becomes intolerable as an institution of organized robbery and tyranny.

As to absolute power corrupting absolutely Caesar Bush personifies the truth of this. And like the cooler heads analyzing the damage done by those like that rabbi in Seattle cooler heads in Congress, I must say self-serving cooler heads, are attempting to distance themselves from the damage done by what I three years ago said would be known as the worst administration America has ever suffered.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In an emotional speech on the Senate floor Thursday night, Sen. Gordon Smith, a moderate Republican from Oregon who has been a supporter of the war in Iraq, said the U.S. military’s “tactics have failed” and he “cannot support that anymore.” Smith said he is at, “the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way, being blown up the same bombs, day after day… That is absurd,” he said. “It may even be criminal.”

While Smith’s use of the word “criminal” has caused him to do some furious back-peddling the word has been used, and there is no going back from it. He may have fallen under the spell of his own rhetoric, a typical cause of politicians putting their foot in their mouth, but many understood the enormity of such a word being used. I certainly understand it and had already written about it back in April before Smith uttered the word, knowing as I do the lessons of history and human nature teach there is nothing too fantastic to imagine happening in a world seemingly lunatic because of being dominated by religious and political hatreds:

Springtime for Bush?

In “The Producers,” Springtime for Hitler was the centerpiece and most of us laughed. With things heating up in a hurry and seemingly in the hands of lunatics rushing to destruction I feel constrained to repeat the following, in which there is nothing funny:

The madness of leaders taking nations in the path of destruction is easily seen in retrospect, but who doubts they believed it seemed like a good idea at the time? No one can doubt Hitler believed in the righteousness of his cause, that he was following a “divine plan.” There is something about power that conveys the thought to those holding power they have a “destiny.”

Nothing could have been further from the minds of those German leaders their actions during WWII would eventually lead to that Nuremberg Tribunal. “Impossible!” each and every one of them would have exclaimed should such a thing have ever been mentioned to them as a word of caution. The very thought of such a thing to those German leaders would have seemed bizarre in the extreme. Most believed in what they were doing, most believed in the righteousness of the course they were pursuing under Hitler’s command for the sake of Germany. And the great mass of ordinary German citizens? What did they know of what was going on since all they had was a media under the control of Goebbels? The ordinary Japanese citizen fared no better. And here is the obvious danger of America’s media emasculated by political correctness in its way as dangerous and effective as any Goebbels under Hitler.

Immediately following Caesar Bush’s invasion of Iraq I wrote for my web site The American Poet he was pursuing a course of action reminiscent of Hitler’s invasion of Poland; that Caesar’s mad plan of conquest and empire could not but conjure up images of that Nuremberg Tribunal. Now one only has to turn to Aljazeera for a mock trial of Bush, Blair, and Sharon for crimes against humanity, and right here in America some New Jersey high school pupils put on a mock trial of Bush for war crimes. Silly? Perhaps not.

The toughest job for those supporting Caesar Bush is finding anything positive to say about him. Few now question Iraq is at the very least a quagmire and the stories of abuse and atrocities are multiplying. That most of these stories are of the Aljazeera variety does not lessen the propaganda value of such accusations against America.

During WWII Hollywood was doing a superb job of demonizing the “Rotten Japs” and “Stinkin’ Knocksies!” Everywhere we turned during WWII whether in films, newspapers, radio, even comic books and the funny papers those in the Axis Powers were being demonized. We children were dressed in military uniforms and our games often consisted of killing Japs and Knocksies.

But university bred political correctness will not allow putting a face to the enemies of America; will not allow the naming of our enemies. This despite the utter vacuum of any such thing as a “moderate” voice of Islam decrying murder of the “infidels.”

While writing of Caesar Bush’s attack and invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq reminding me of Hitler’s invasion of Poland and conjuring up visions of that Nuremberg Tribunal, I also mentioned the gauntlet being cast against Islam, the most deadly foe the civilized nations face. It comes down to this: Either the civilized nations of the world will prevail against the barbarian nations of Islam, or that Nuremberg Tribunal for Caesar and America as fantastic as such a thing appears cannot be totally discounted.

Of this we can be certain; there can be no accommodation on the part of civilized nations to the barbarian nations of Islam. And only fools like Caesar Bush believe the fanatics of Islam will not infiltrate our ports, will not take advantage of our porous border with Mexico.

But at the same time Caesar Bush and Company refuses to secure our borders for the sake of slave labor thereby inviting nuclear terrorism they have plunged America into fathomless debt, so much so it cannot but remind me of the story of Babylon and the destruction of that “Great City” in Revelation, the result being the merchants of the world crying who would then buy their goods? The thoroughgoing lunacy of the whole thing cannot but call up images of an apocalyptic End Times scenario, the Presidents of both America and Iran declaring Deity is on their side, both being mad, both pursuing a course that can only lead to unimaginable suffering and destruction.

Then there is always “Fail-Safe” to consider, especially now that computers are taking the place of human judgment, the result of the potential for an accidental nuclear Armageddon becoming increasingly a possibility. (End)

While Caesar Bush seems oblivious to reality and the lessons of history Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky of Seattle equally oblivious to reality and such lessons had the power of the ACLU, largely subsidized by us taxpayers extorted to pay the bills, to stomp Christmas trees at the Seattle-Tacoma airport insisting an eight-foot Menorah be set up to “balance” the message of a Christmas tree. What this Little Caesar accomplished was making all Jews more hated and handing a propaganda coup to all professional Jew-haters like the President of Iran.

Will this rabbi and his ACLU continue to wage war against Christmas and Christmas trees, demanding equal status for Menorahs? If so, they are inviting their own destruction! While saying “Never again!” why would this rabbi invite the very things that put the sword in the hands of Hitler? But religious fanaticism aggravated by fleshly ego is not amenable to either logic or reason; otherwise the Seattle rabbi would have realized the firestorm of hatred he would engender by his typical Jewish dominated ACLU bullying tactics. Cooler heads like Burt Prelutsky and others quickly realized what this Little Caesar had done and tried some much needed damage control. But sensible people like Burt know the damage has been done and not to be undone; and the bullying tactics of the ACLU will continue to make a bad situation worse.

The lessons of history and human nature are implacable. When a minuscule minority makes itself hated by the majority there is a high price to be paid. Hitler reigns supreme as the example of these implacable lessons and the price to be paid; but that rabbi and his ACLU seem oblivious of the lessons. But you have to know the President of Iran is not oblivious to the propaganda help he is deriving from those like that rabbi and the ACLU and is making the most of it. And this at a time when America and Israel are increasingly hated by the rest of the world, being tarred with the brush of “bullies.” And everyone hates bullies!