Did This
Tree Fall?
Remember that old question from the Philosophy Class final
exam?
"If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to
hear it, did it actually fall?"
We have heard so many empty promises from politicians of
various stripes that we’re ashamed to admit we must ask,
"If a politician makes a promise in the absence of
national broadcast media, did he ever make that promise at all?"
Let’s begin by saying that Illinois Congressman Henry Hyde
is generally considered a friend to the conservative movement. So much so,
in fact, that he was asked to address a coalition of six conservative groups
at a Chicago banquet, last Saturday.
During the question and answer period, one of the patriots
in the meeting hall reportedly asked the good Congressman whether he would
be willing to co-sponsor a bill drafted by Texas Representative Ron Paul
with the intent of removing the United States from the United Nations.
The quote attributed to the Congressman by our Web Today
affiliate reporter, Dan Zanoza, was as follows:
"As Chairman of the International Relations Committee,
I don't think it's appropriate for me to sponsor it, but I would vote for
it," said Hyde.
That’s one of those earth-shaking statements that every
media outlet from New York to Atlanta should have on its hourly newscasts.
The Sunday morning talking heads should have been dissecting it for the
impact such a signal could have on American foreign policy.
But Congressman Hyde was addressing a local meeting with the
alternative media in the room.
We can only hope that Hyde’s message was not merely for
private consumption…an "attaboy" stump speech with a message
that got carried out with the dirty dishes, never to reappear in the
Congressional cafeteria.
Knowing the track record of the United Nations and how that
bloated, disorganized, socialistic body has turned on its major benefactor,
the United States, booting this country from the Human Rights Committee and
welcoming the likes of rogue nations like the Sudan, Hyde’s comments were
truly a breath of fresh air.
Now, as the old black preacher used to ask between
two-second pauses by the "Amen Chorus,"
"Can I get a witness?"
For that matter, "Can I get a network TV
reporter?"
Then, that tree falling in the woods could produce some
earthshaking ramifications.