I have spent the past two days wondering what I wanted to write about today. So much has happened in the past week it is easy to get caught up in a confused diatribe of all the events and make sense out of none of them. With the recent mass murder at Fort Hood and today being Veterans Day I am hoping this will just write itself.

            As I have written before the attack on Fort Hood, in my opinion, is a terrorist attack. I heard Chris Mathews make a statement that contacting Al Qaeda is not a crime. I wonder what would have happened to a Major in the military who had continued to “reach out” to the Nazi’s back in 1943. What would we say about a military officer with ties to the Soviet Union during the Cold War? It is a slap in the face to our men and women serving to claim this guy suffered from some sort of pre- PTSD. We are so afraid of what might happen to a soldier who happens to be a Muslim we are forgetting about the 13 who died at Fort Hood. I certainly do not condone any sort of violence towards another simply based on their faith, in fact, that makes us just like them if we do. 

This is a terrorist attack plain and simple. Our soldiers are now concerned about what can happen on a military base, where they should be safe, some may now wonder about the Muslim soldier serving next to them. If these types of fears are not the point of terrorism then please, someone explain what terrorism is. 

I do want to thank those who have and are serving in our armed forces. A special note to my step father who is a disabled Vietnam veteran, I love you and I thank you. For both my step son and step daughter who are currently serving in the Air Force, I love you and thank you. I hope our president will give our troops what they need to complete their mission and come home in victory, the alternative, I hope, is not an option.

     The shooting at Fort Hood tells me the war is far from over.  It is hard to argue this was not another terrorist attack.  The man was an extremist.  I have read some reports that he suffered from PTD.  How can that be?  The Major has not served one day in combat.  To claim this is caused by the wars is a slap in the face to all our troops who have served and are currently serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.  It drives me crazy when an awful act like a mass murder, on our largest military base, is used for political gain.  Shame on the media for calling this anything other than a terrorist attack or a man who just snapped!

                First, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Anthony Flores, I live in Rapid City, South Dakota and I just love to stir things up, oh, I mean write. I start this site and blog for many reasons, one, I would like someday to earn my living as a writer and hope to use this blog to get my name and work out there. Second, the blog is a way of expressing my views in the hope that those who agree and disagree with me will engage in a vigorous debate. Not always will my blogs be political but the direction of this country is important to me. I am a conservative who loves the history of our country; my two historical hero’s are George Washington and Jackie Robinson. It is refreshing in today’s world when I hear someone’s hero is a founding father. Baseball is my favorite sport and reading what Jackie Robinson did and the lives he changed during his tenure with the Brooklyn Dodgers is a story each American should read. I look forward to hearing from all of you, if you are someone I have asked to check out my site that does not get “into” blogs or leaving comments please send a friend, left or right, who enjoys this kind of thing. Please email me if you would like to be notified when I write an article, freedom@anthonydflores.com or visit my website donttreadonme1776.com I will be writing at least once a week on Wednesday by 5pm eastern time. I am currently in my senior year of college so once I graduate I will be able to spend even more time on my blog. 

The fight today is progressive versus founding principles in my opinion. The progressives believe we need experts to tell us, or “nudge” us in the right direction. I believe in the individual, it will not be government that gets us out of our problems, it will be you and me. The American spirit is dying in this country as the government grows and grows telling people it will take care of them. That kind of thinking will keep us mediocre at best, it is time to stand up and let government know the individual will lead us out of the economic crisis and many other problems, so, simply put, just get out of our way!

Yes, Glenn Beck is my inspiration, so those on the left, come, try and convince me the error of my ways, for the rest of you who love America for who and what we are, help me show those on the left the error of their ways!

God bless you and yes, God bless America!

Anthony D. Flores