Recently, there has been quite an uproar over David Letterman’s hateful, disgusting and perverted comments directed at the Palin women. I confess I did not hear the idiocy dribble from Letterman’s lips directly, but have heard them described and paraphrased over the past days. That was revolting and putrid enough for me.

   One comment by a talking head on a news program has confused me; perhaps, even angered me. It was observed that Letterman’s’ ratings had boosted by the controversy. Are we, as a people, so voyeuristic and degraded that we would be enticed to watch a program to hear and see a dull, listless, bland “comedian” trash, smear, and trample the honor of innocent young women? Shouldn’t we have better things to do then stay up late and watch a dirty old man giggle impishly about the violation of little girls? How about getting some sleep so our work performance is not effected in the maintenance of our precious jobs?!? No, it’s not just Willow this “man” (I’m not sure I should use that noun) attacked but all the sweet young ladies, of this country, she represents.

   I’m reminded of the Roman Coliseums. The Romans had strong stomachs and they liked their sports bloody and violent. In time, the gladiators were not entertaining enough for some. Those thrill seekers sought a new shocking reality to watch. Why not innocent everyday people with no military training and have them do battle with gladiators, ravenous beasts and overwhelming odds? What fun to watch the feeble helpless attempts of a poor farmer trying to protect his wife and little ones from rape, pillage and dismemberment; and better yet, let’s make sure they are all Christians. That way we can eliminate that annoying sect of people we don’t like. I’m sure there were many Romans appalled by this, but for some reason the Coliseums still remained full to watch this debauchery. It took a decree by Caesar to stop one of the darkest times in World History.

   Americans have a strong stomach for the verbal battles that happen in Washington and in our media. We like political battles to be hard and hot. The verbal battles can be vicious, and to be truthful, we like it that way. But little girls should not be thrown into this coliseum not should any woman’s honor be attacked in this arena. We must maintain our decency as a nation. We cannot throw innocents into our political pits for public entertainment.

   Thankfully for Willow Palin, her mother is quickly becoming one of the great political minds of our time, and is more then capable of wielding her intellectual sword to fend off that filth that has attacked her daughter. But for those who tuned into Letterman in hopes of seeing the Palin girls smeared… shame on you! To those who tuned into that late show to see what was going on…shame on you! None of us should do anything to condone or cause Mr. Letterman to prosper.

   As my friend, who wishes to remain nameless said, “Where is A-Rod in all of this?” Why is he silent? He should decry Letterman and sue him for using his name in such perversion. I agree. As for me, I’ve never watched David Letterman and don’t care to start; although, if Todd Palin (you know, Iron Dog Todd Palin) were to ever meet David Letterman on the street…I just might pay to see that.

   I guess we have ourselves to blame. We knew they were liars. We knew they were liars when we elected them. They campaigned with the tactics of subterfuge and liberals are reveling in their “ability” to dupe the masses. So drunk are they now with the “success” of this past campaign, that Democrats have lost basic sensory skills such as smell. The stench that accompanies drunkenness is usually painfully apparent to everyone save the inebriated. This fact was glaringly exemplified as Barney Frank and the rest of his sloshed entourage of legislatures teetered and staggered around leering at the latest CEO lashed to the whipping post. This poor man was brought out of retirement to “save” AIG, at the behest of these same drunken dotards, to save their ample behinds. He agreed to an exurbanite salary of one dollar per year. It looks to me now like he was brought in to take the fall, but I'm a conservative; I know, I'm way to simplistic. What happened on March 18^th in everyone's favorite drunken villa, the Capital building, was another sad chapter in the annals of liberal hypocrisy. I would call this a dog and pony show, but no dog or pony deserves that much degradation.

Strangely enough, I'm reminded of a story I heard in Sunday School. Remember the Biblical account of David and Bathsheba? The singer/songwriter Carmen said it best with the lyric,

“King David was smitten down to his sox

when his eyes caught that Bathsheba fox”

   Humor aside, David's extra-curricular activities with the wife of one of his top soldiers was immoral enough, but this soldier, Uriah, was off to battle at the command of David. Suddenly there is a baby thrown in the mix and now we have a mess. The Bible adds a little informational tidbit. This was the time of year traditionally that Kings led their troops in battle. Instead, David chose to stay home and check out which soldiers' wife was bathing on the rooftops. King David has a problem on his hands. He recalls Uriah from the front lines on a pretense of an update from the battle. David then encourages Uriah to go home and sleep with his wife. Unfortunately, the King has become so far removed from his warrior days that he has forgotten the code for warriors in battle. Uriah will not enjoy the pleasure of a woman, even his wife, if his brothers-in-arms, still locked in battle, cannot enjoy the same comfort. Uh-oh....David really has a problem. Uriah has a moral code and, worse, he lives by it. So the King does what every good politician does, he decides to find a fall guy. David gives the order for Uriah to lead a charge to the walls of the city under the archers and then have his company fall back leaving him exposed. Uriah then unwittingly carries his own death warrant back to the front lines with him to his general.

   As I watch the bluster and blow of Washington, I can only think that Uriah would completely understand, as he lay dying riddled with arrows, what is going on in our Capital. Nobody has the courage to fix their own problems; to admit their own mistakes. They're running around like a bad remake of the Keystone Kops trying to find a scapegoat rather than a solution. Barney Frank and his cohorts have eviscerated a man who, now we find out, was only doing what those same legislatures told him to do. Why does this hypocrisy continue so blatantly? It happens because we let it happen. It will continue because they think we like it. Until we as Americans start caring and start punishing these politicians that are drunk on their own deceit, they will continue to stagger the halls of Washington making a grotesque mockery of our Democracy.