I'm Making a List and Checking it Twice

I am going to blur the lines between politics and tradition. I am co-opting Santa's phrase for your benefit. If you are bad and your failure to be good leads to bad things for me and my nation, you'd better hope Muhammed the Jihadist gets to ya before Bad Santa does.

What am I talking about? The NIE, the "America is evil," the "the world would be better off if the US loses in Iraq" crowd. If you're wrong in your protestations and your glee to get Bush overrides your patriotic common sense, if you have any, and my assumption that you do is a real leap on my part, you will have to deal with Bad Santa.

Now, I know that sounds silly, huh? Ridiculous! Clayton is a crazy SOB! Why, who do I think I am?

Let me tell you who I am. I'm the Bad Santa. I'm the American public that sits quietly by as you toss around all your BS about how bad Bush and my nation are. And I am the Reaper. You think I'm kidding, dontcha? Ya think I'm full of it. We'll see, won't we.

For the benefit of the non-believer, I will lay out a little imagined scenario. This is not a threat. It is merely my knowledge based on what I see and hear. And if you clowns do what I think you're doing, and what happens as a result is the fruits of your labors, well, like I said, you'd better hope Muhammed the Jihadist gets to ya first. At least he will give ya a chance to convert before he offs ya. As I am not a believer in God or Muhammed, I ain't giving ya the chance to do anything.

My nation and the world in which it resides are becoming more tenuous by the day. Western democracy is the stated enemy of radical Islam. And as a member of the ultimate Western democracy, the threat of the radical Islamists is a direct threat to me and my person.

The latest NIE only exacerbates the problem. When we add all the "get Bush" peeps and the 5% or so who fall into the "conspiracy nutzoid crowd," we are indeed faced with a real problem.

That problem is entirely resting on the shoulders of these people - the ones who for the sake of their partisan political desires place their selfish wishes far above what is best for the nation and all her citizens. I am tired of being subjected to the never-ending assault from these people.