Any witches among you? Depends on whom you ask.

Remember your history about the Puritans of early New England? They believed so strongly in their religion that they lost contact with reality and actually burned alive some innocent women because of a warped idea that they were witches. Think about that! They tied these ladies to a post and lit a huge fire at their feet. What a horrible way to treat any living creature. And it was done because people thought their religion required it.

Believe it or not, there are people with those religious convictions today. They are the radical Islamists, and they are no less cruel than the Puritans. Parents allow their children to blow themselves to bits in order to also kill a few non-believers. They do it because they believe so strongly that their children will immediately go to paradise and escape the harsh realities of living in poverty.

In case you think their targets are only Christians and Jews, remember, radical Islamists in Pakistan are attacking Hindu India and Chechans are killing innocents in atheistic Russia. What will happen when they turn their attention to the one billion non-Muslim Chinese?

I remember well the late 1930s when we listened to radio speeches by Adolph Hitler. He would rant and the crowds would scream and cheer. It was pretty scary and made even scarier by the strange echo effect that accompanied all trans-Atlantic communications of that time. We all, including this young farm boy, knew Hitler was a madman. But, pacifists like Charles Lindberg used their considerable influence to convince many Americans to stay out of "Europe's War". So, we gave Herr Hitler free rein until the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. By that time, Hitler was almost too powerful to stop. Millions of innocent people died as a result of our delay.

Our local newspaper published an editorial today, blasting Miguel P. Garcia, a New Mexico State Representative who called for a trade boycott with Israel because of what he called "the state-sponsored terrorism that Israel is unleashing on Palestine and Lebanon". The editors said Garcia was badly misinformed or merely ignorant. I say he is a dangerous threat to the world.

If people like Rep. Garcia succeed in stopping the civilized world from overcoming these radical Islamists before they become even more powerful, I fear the Holocaust of the 1940s will be exceeded beyond the bounds of our imaginataion.

Adolph Hitler was a radical leader of a very civilized state. The German people did not share his desire to murder millions of people. Once he was overthrown, they again became full partners in the civilized world. The Islamists are not the same. They are not a state being dragged along by corrupt leaders. They are a population in whom the desire to kill non-believers has been deeply ingrained. Destroying their leaders will not change them.

This past weekend, at an Art Festival, I was surrounded by many artists, very talented people all. Many of these people are Liberals because they live in la-la-land. The only thing on their radar is their art. They want to end poverty and take away the military budget to build hospitals and schools, etc., etc.

I have no problem with these people so long as their energies are directed toward their art. However, they do vote, and they would vote for the idiot Miguel P. Garcia, solely because his name is on the Democratic side of the ballot. And that is what scares me about this year's elections. I truly believe that the pacifists will control our future if the Democrats regain control of the government. If they prevent the civilized world from stopping radical Islam, it is only a matter of time until someone decides that we are all witches.