Step #8: Acknowledge that the United Nations is, in the main, an
aggregation of venal diplomats who live high off the hog in New York
City while representing the most corrupt and vicious regimes in the
history of the world. Only a fool or a diplomat would continue to
suggest that this gang of well-dressed thugs possesses anything
resembling moral authority.

Step #9: Do not keep insisting that at a time when nearly all the
large scale evil in the world is being perpetrated by Muslims that
racial profiling is anything but a sensible approach to airport
security. During WWII, Swedish Americans were not suspected of
performing espionage for the Axis powers and for a very good reason;
namely, ...

Step #8: Acknowledge that the United Nations is, in the main, an
aggregation of venal diplomats who live high off the hog in New York
City while representing the most corrupt and vicious regimes in the
history of the world. Only a fool or a diplomat would continue to
suggest that this gang of well-dressed thugs possesses anything
resembling moral authority.

Step #9: Do not keep insisting that at a time when nearly all the
large scale evil in the world is being perpetrated by Muslims that
racial profiling is anything but a sensible approach to airport
security. During WWII, Swedish Americans were not suspected of
performing espionage for the Axis powers and for a very good reason;
namely, because they weren’t performing espionage for the Axis powers.
These days, their Swedish American children and grandchildren are not
suspected of trying to blow up airlines, but the smarmy bureaucrats
insist on pretending that they’re every bit as likely to be up to
mischief as a bunch of 25-year-old Osama bin Laden look-alikes from
Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Step #10: Stop trying to pretend that illegal aliens are the same as
legal immigrants just so you can claim the moral high ground and accuse
those of us who are opposed to open borders of being racists.

Step #11: Once and for all, stop forgiving murderers. Whether or not
you’re in favor of capital punishment, only the victim of a crime has
the right to grant forgiveness. And inasmuch as the killer has deprived
his victim of that ability, don’t take it upon yourself. It doesn’t
prove how compassionate you are, only that you’re as sanctimonious and
as self-aggrandizing as, say, Jimmy Carter.

Step #12: Stop bashing the U.S. military and the Boy Scouts. The
only reason you have the ability to ...

Step #10: Stop trying to pretend that illegal aliens are the same as
legal immigrants just so you can claim the moral high ground and accuse
those of us who are opposed to open borders of being racists.

Step #11: Once and for all, stop forgiving murderers. Whether or not
you’re in favor of capital punishment, only the victim of a crime has
the right to grant forgiveness. And inasmuch as the killer has deprived
his victim of that ability, don’t take it upon yourself. It doesn’t
prove how compassionate you are, only that you’re as sanctimonious and
as self-aggrandizing as, say, Jimmy Carter.

Step #12: Stop bashing the U.S. military and the Boy Scouts. The
only reason you have the ability to shoot your mouth off is because men
and women braver and better than you sacrificed life and limb for your
right to do so. As for the Boy Scouts, they are absolutely right to
keep homosexuals from taking youngsters on camping trips. While it’s
true that many gays are perfectly fine people and that very few
homosexuals are pedophiles, there’s no reason on earth to take
unnecessary risks just so we can all prove how broadminded we are. For
what it’s worth, as decent as most Catholic priests are, I wouldn’t let
them take youngsters into the woods, either. It’s fine to be
compassionate and understanding, but let the gays among us be
understanding for a change and acknowledge that, every so often,
commonsense should trump political correctness.

And, finally, making this a baker’s dozen, Step #13: Let us all agree
that while being a woman, a black, a Jew, a Catholic, a Mormon or even
a gay, for that matter, should in no way preclude anyone from being
elected president of the United States, none of those things
constitutes a very good reason to vote for someone.