Two things I know for certain...

There aren't many things in this uncertain world one can be sure of. But here are two things I'm pretty confident about...

1. Al Franken should keep his mouth shut.

I'm not advocating censorship. I'm just advocating the age old maxim that it is better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open your big yap and remove all doubt. So you see, I'm actually trying to help Al here. The latest idiocy he's entangled with is a feud with Front Page Magazine editor David Horowitz. Franken called Horowitz a 'guest racist' in his last political screed. Now this has really cheesed off Mr. Horowitz who has a record of civil rights activism going back to when Franken was but a glint in the milkman's eye and should be the envy of anyone who dares call himself a liberal. But that doesn't deter Mr. Franken and his allies, they keep beating the drum, hurling accusations of racism without any real evidence to back it up. In response Mr. Horowitz has branded Mr. Franken a racist and is challenging Franken to come up with real evidence of racism or an apology. Since Franken has no real evidence, now he's playing silent. I'd advise Mr. Franken to go back to a career in comedy, but since he wasn't funny to begin with, I'll suggest he take up something different entirely. Perhaps a career as a mime? People might think you're smart and funny if you did that... nah... probably not...

2. Jeremy Hinzman is not a hero.

In fact, he's the exact opposite: a coward, a liar and he deserves to be sent to a term in Leavenworth, not living it up in Canada under a bogus refugee claim. He volunteered to join the US Army. He cashed his checks, joined the 82nd Airborne of all outfits, and then when the time came to actually stand in harm's way he tried to chicken out claiming conscientious objector status. It didn't work because only draftees, not volunteers can claim CO status. He did a tour in Afghanistan, and then when it came time to go to Iraq, he fled to Canada. There he's treated as the second coming by assorted leftists and he's trying to strengthen his refugee claim by breaking out the old Vietnam-era stories that all American soldiers are baby-killers who commit more atrocities before 9 AM than the average person does in a lifetime. He's not a hero. The men in his unit he abandoned are heros. The average Iraqi policeman and soldier who is staying at his post despite the danger is a hero. Hinzman is one of those people whose cowardice and treachery would be comical if they weren't costing real human lives. He's like the cowardly soldier in a Monty Python skit who wants to leave the army because: "there are people with guns and tanks out there. Somebody could get hurt." If Hinzman was a real hero, and if he really had an objection to killing America's enemies, he'd have picked up a first aid kit and gone out as a field medic. Saving lives under fire is one of the noblest callings a soldier can have, but Jeremy Hinzman ignored that call. Instead he and his new best friend former Marine Jimmy Massey are going around Canada smearing the good name of the men who once thought of them as brothers. It makes me sick to be a Canadian to know that he'll probably be allowed to stay here, when he deserves to be shipped back to the USA to take the punishment he deserves for violating not only the oath to his country, but the trust of the men and women who served beside him and whose lives depended on him. For shame.