No jest

"A jest breaks no bones " according to quotable 18th century author, Samuel Johnson, but meanness and criminality break rules. The latest liberal behavior - tapping into the private E-mails of Republican vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s family - proves that "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" (Johnson again). Surely the hacker responsible for this reprehensible action justifies his investigation as devotion and duty to his Democrat candidate Barack Obama who he believes should rule America from the White House. Such a patriotic "patron" was defined in Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of 1755. A patron is "commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery." What has been done, of course, will not be condoned by bi-partisan flattery (I hope). Unfortunately, Obama can slough off this deliberate and politically motivated deprivation of freedom in his name by simply claiming, "Not I , Lord."

Granted, liberals possess no sense of humor or jest. Deadly and serious is each arrow in their quiver of lies, smears and shameless accusations. Without a sense of humor and assurance that many fools fall for the Devil’s deceptions, how could we conservatives survive in the wilderness hoping for a shot at this season’s deer, drooling for the first mouthful of venison from "the hunted?"