Big Ten - ESPN
Terrelle Pryor earned a passing grade last week, even if there are still a lot of questions about his, er, passing. ...
The young man has worlds of talent, that goes almost without saying. The problem is that everything he's doing is on talent alone. He is clearly not being properly coached up and developed. Of course when you have a video coordinator acting as a QB coach, what do you expect. I love coach Tressel and and what he's done for this program, but he's allowed his coaching staff to become stale and complacent, as well as filled with friends and family. That MUST be changed after the season is over for the team to develop and progress!
Monday, October 26, 2009
President Obama and American Exceptionalism
RealClearPolitics.com
Several pundits have observed that the rhetoric of candidate Barack Obama has differed considerably from the conduct of President Obama's administration. A major part of Obama's campaign appeal, especially to young voters and Independents who helped propel him to victory, was the promise of ushering in a new politics, an escape from partisan rancor in favor of pragmatic problem-solving. But just nine months into his tenure, the old, bare-knuckle politics seems to have been replaced with the Chicago brass-knuckle variety. ...
The people who believed that crap were naive and had done no research into who the man is and how he had conducted himself, both politically and personally! I understand that many wanted to get away from the baby-boom generation. Clinton and Bush brought out the worst cynic in all of us. It is my firm belief that the baby-boom generation is the worst generation that this country has seen in its history. They have exemplified greed and self-righteousness. In the effort to get away from that the "young" and "independent" voters willingly overlooked the FACTS that this man DOES NOT like this country or its founding principles!
Several pundits have observed that the rhetoric of candidate Barack Obama has differed considerably from the conduct of President Obama's administration. A major part of Obama's campaign appeal, especially to young voters and Independents who helped propel him to victory, was the promise of ushering in a new politics, an escape from partisan rancor in favor of pragmatic problem-solving. But just nine months into his tenure, the old, bare-knuckle politics seems to have been replaced with the Chicago brass-knuckle variety. ...
The people who believed that crap were naive and had done no research into who the man is and how he had conducted himself, both politically and personally! I understand that many wanted to get away from the baby-boom generation. Clinton and Bush brought out the worst cynic in all of us. It is my firm belief that the baby-boom generation is the worst generation that this country has seen in its history. They have exemplified greed and self-righteousness. In the effort to get away from that the "young" and "independent" voters willingly overlooked the FACTS that this man DOES NOT like this country or its founding principles!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
No. 18/17 Ohio State Routs Minnesota, 38-7
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Sophomore Terrelle Pryor threw for 239 yards, rushed for another 104 yards and accounted for three touchdowns.
That was a much better performance by the Bucks today, but they still need a good deal of improvement and much better consistancy! I am still of the mindset that a whole sale shake up of the assistant coaching staff is needed. Coach Tressel's friends and relatives on the staff need to be let go and top quality and agressive assistants need to be brought in.
Sophomore Terrelle Pryor threw for 239 yards, rushed for another 104 yards and accounted for three touchdowns.
That was a much better performance by the Bucks today, but they still need a good deal of improvement and much better consistancy! I am still of the mindset that a whole sale shake up of the assistant coaching staff is needed. Coach Tressel's friends and relatives on the staff need to be let go and top quality and agressive assistants need to be brought in.
Friday, October 23, 2009
White House Tactics Go Too Far
Charles Krauthammer: WSJ - RealClearPolitics.com
... The White House has declared war on Fox News. White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Fox is "opinion journalism masquerading as news." Patting rival networks on the head for their authenticity (read: docility), senior adviser David Axelrod declared Fox "not really a news station." And Chief of Staff Emanuel told (warned?) the other networks not to "be led (by) and following Fox." ...
Mr. Krauthammer nails it! If you want to hear a TRUE intellectual point of view on the thuggish Chicago style tactics of "the messiah" and his "disciples," read this.
... The White House has declared war on Fox News. White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Fox is "opinion journalism masquerading as news." Patting rival networks on the head for their authenticity (read: docility), senior adviser David Axelrod declared Fox "not really a news station." And Chief of Staff Emanuel told (warned?) the other networks not to "be led (by) and following Fox." ...
Mr. Krauthammer nails it! If you want to hear a TRUE intellectual point of view on the thuggish Chicago style tactics of "the messiah" and his "disciples," read this.
WH Tries to Ban Fox News From 'Pool Interview'
The absolute arrogance of "the messiah" and his "disciples" is galling! They are trying to use Chicago style politics to strong arm their opponents. I'm sure Hugo Chavez is thrilled to see the Bamster use his tactics against a news outlet. I for one am sick of these type of tactics! That type of crap has no place in and will not be accepted in the rest of the country.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Terrelle Pryor of Ohio State Buckeyes getting advice from LeBron James
ESPN.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- LeBron James is helping Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor learn how to handle everything that comes with being a celebrity athlete.
Hopefully this will help him mentally, but what would help him fundemetally is getting a true QB coach, not a film coordinator masked as a QB coach!
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- LeBron James is helping Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor learn how to handle everything that comes with being a celebrity athlete.
Hopefully this will help him mentally, but what would help him fundemetally is getting a true QB coach, not a film coordinator masked as a QB coach!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Little Brother Feelin His Oats
Oh how quaint. So, for the first time in anybody that I know's lifetime little bro can claim to be better. It is rather amusing. We rarely play each other, yet some think there's an actual rivalry there. The Ohio State fans and alumni I know don't consider it a rivalry and actually enjoy watching UC. We root for UC. So, relax UC fan, enjoy your current run and know that you are more than welcome to come enjoy Ohio State football too!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Losing: Helen Thomas, NYT, and The Nation Object to White House Fight With Fox News
The Weekly Standard
Well, it's not the first time the Grande Liberal Dame of the press corps has had words for the Obama White House, but today Helen Thomas is voicing more unlikely sentiments by telling the White House attack dogs to heel in the Fox News fight. ...
Frankly, I'm surprised than anyone in the "state controlled media" is willing to stand up to "the messiah" and his "disciples" and back Foxnews.
Well, it's not the first time the Grande Liberal Dame of the press corps has had words for the Obama White House, but today Helen Thomas is voicing more unlikely sentiments by telling the White House attack dogs to heel in the Fox News fight. ...
Frankly, I'm surprised than anyone in the "state controlled media" is willing to stand up to "the messiah" and his "disciples" and back Foxnews.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Commentary from the Rush Limbaugh Show's Official Obama Criticizer, Bo Snerdley
This is a MUST listen!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Comeback Falls Short as Buckeyes Drop 26-18 Decision at Purdue
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
West Lafayette, Ind. - Ohio State made a valiant comeback behind 177 yards of fourth-quarter offense from Terrelle Pryor, but Purdue's defense did just enough to hang on for the 26-18 victory in front of 50,404 fans Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. ...
The lack of development of Pryor and the offense is astounding. A complete shake up of the assistant coaching staff is needed. A true QB coach needs to be brought in to teach Pryor, a new OC that'll install the Florida offense and who has complete autonomy over the offense is needed, and a new DC that knows how to make game adjustments and doesn't rely solely on the talent of the players is needed.
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The lack of development of Pryor and the offense is astounding. A complete shake up of the assistant coaching staff is needed. A true QB coach needs to be brought in to teach Pryor, a new OC that'll install the Florida offense and who has complete autonomy over the offense is needed, and a new DC that knows how to make game adjustments and doesn't rely solely on the talent of the players is needed.
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The Race Card, Football and Me
Rush Limbaugh - WSJ.com
Rush Limbaugh writes in The Wall Street Journal that his critics used unfounded and unsubstantiated accusations of racism to thwart his bid to be an NFL owner of the St. Louis Rams.
This is a must read, especially for those of you on the left who went along with the race pimps said he shouldn't be part owner the Rams.
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Rush Limbaugh writes in The Wall Street Journal that his critics used unfounded and unsubstantiated accusations of racism to thwart his bid to be an NFL owner of the St. Louis Rams.
This is a must read, especially for those of you on the left who went along with the race pimps said he shouldn't be part owner the Rams.
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Friday, October 16, 2009
Ballentine's Racist Attack on Juan Williams
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com
How's this for irony: a black radio talk show host goes on national television to argue that Rush Limbaugh is a racist and ends up using a racial slur to attack a fellow African-American for having the temerity to defend Limbaugh. ...
All the while Rush is accused by Ballentine of being a "racist" and a "bigot." The true racism and bigotry came from Ballentine!
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All the while Rush is accused by Ballentine of being a "racist" and a "bigot." The true racism and bigotry came from Ballentine!
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
The Rush Limbaugh media lynch mob
The Daily Telegraph
Which public figure can be quoted as having said something bigoted and disgusting and it doesn't matter whether he did or not because he might have? Who can Big Media brand a racist without checking the facts? Who has to prove he did not say something racist, rather than the accuser proving he did? ...
You know, it's quite an indictment on the media in this country that you have to go to a British newspaper in order to read the truth about this situation.
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Which public figure can be quoted as having said something bigoted and disgusting and it doesn't matter whether he did or not because he might have? Who can Big Media brand a racist without checking the facts? Who has to prove he did not say something racist, rather than the accuser proving he did? ...
You know, it's quite an indictment on the media in this country that you have to go to a British newspaper in order to read the truth about this situation.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Limbaugh dropped from group seeking to buy Rams
My Way News
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a bid led by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, but Checketts said in a statement Wednesday that Limbaugh's participation had complicated the effort. The group will move forward without him. ...
This is absolutely disgusting! Having been a listener of Rush's since 1991 I can say without equivocation that the things that he is being labeled are TOTALLY without merit. The fact that made up quotes are being falsely attributed to him and people in the media like Chrissy "tingly feelings running up his leg" Matthews, Rick Sanchez(who ran over and killed somebody in his car while drunk), Jason Witlock, and several other "journalists" run them without sourcing them is the greatest show of yellow journalism that I've seen! I hope that Rush now pursues his threat of legal action based on slander and libel against each and every one of them! I'd call them scum, but to paraphrase Bobby Knight, that'd be an insult to scum.
The most egregious thing is that in this and other articles on this topic, Al "Tawan Brawley" Sharpton is quoted as someone of stature on this subject. This is the same man who encouraged people to riot and attack innocent people and loot stores simply because those people where a different skin color.
I don't give a rats rear if you don't like the man's politics, or mine for that matter. To intentionally try to ruin someone personally based on that is unconscionable! These tactics are straight out of the book 1984. They are the lowest form of political correctness to which one can stoop! I thought the left in this country had sunk as low as it could, but it is obvious I was wrong. They have reached new depths and it appears as though their intent is to keep diving deeper in to the muck and swill!
Would you like to see some FACTS about Rush's accusers well here are some articles.:
NYT '87: Jackson and Dr. King's Assassination
S&L: Sharpton's Million Dollar Shakedowns
Red State: CNN's Rick "DUI" Sanchez Ran a Man Down Then Fled the Scene. Hours Later, He Was Still Drunk. The Victim Later Died of His Injuries.
ABC: Jackson Fathers Child, Pays Off Mistress
Jake Tapper: Jackson's Anti-Semitic Quotes
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a bid led by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, but Checketts said in a statement Wednesday that Limbaugh's participation had complicated the effort. The group will move forward without him. ...
This is absolutely disgusting! Having been a listener of Rush's since 1991 I can say without equivocation that the things that he is being labeled are TOTALLY without merit. The fact that made up quotes are being falsely attributed to him and people in the media like Chrissy "tingly feelings running up his leg" Matthews, Rick Sanchez(who ran over and killed somebody in his car while drunk), Jason Witlock, and several other "journalists" run them without sourcing them is the greatest show of yellow journalism that I've seen! I hope that Rush now pursues his threat of legal action based on slander and libel against each and every one of them! I'd call them scum, but to paraphrase Bobby Knight, that'd be an insult to scum.
The most egregious thing is that in this and other articles on this topic, Al "Tawan Brawley" Sharpton is quoted as someone of stature on this subject. This is the same man who encouraged people to riot and attack innocent people and loot stores simply because those people where a different skin color.
I don't give a rats rear if you don't like the man's politics, or mine for that matter. To intentionally try to ruin someone personally based on that is unconscionable! These tactics are straight out of the book 1984. They are the lowest form of political correctness to which one can stoop! I thought the left in this country had sunk as low as it could, but it is obvious I was wrong. They have reached new depths and it appears as though their intent is to keep diving deeper in to the muck and swill!
Would you like to see some FACTS about Rush's accusers well here are some articles.:
NYT '87: Jackson and Dr. King's Assassination
S&L: Sharpton's Million Dollar Shakedowns
Red State: CNN's Rick "DUI" Sanchez Ran a Man Down Then Fled the Scene. Hours Later, He Was Still Drunk. The Victim Later Died of His Injuries.
ABC: Jackson Fathers Child, Pays Off Mistress
Jake Tapper: Jackson's Anti-Semitic Quotes
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Apartment residents told to take down U.S. flags
KATU.com - News, Weather and Sports - Portland, Oregon | Local & Regional
By Melica Johnson KATU News and KATU.com Staff
ALBANY, Ore. - At the Oaks Apartments in Albany, the management can fly their own flag advertising one and two bedroom apartments - but residents have been told they can't fly any flags at all. ...
This just absolutely floors me!!! I'm actually speechless!
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By Melica Johnson KATU News and KATU.com Staff
ALBANY, Ore. - At the Oaks Apartments in Albany, the management can fly their own flag advertising one and two bedroom apartments - but residents have been told they can't fly any flags at all. ...
This just absolutely floors me!!! I'm actually speechless!
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Monday, October 12, 2009
The Weak-Dollar Threat to Prosperity - WSJ.com
Measured in euros, U.S. per capita GDP is down 25% since 2000
By DAVID MALPASS
If you want to know why the dollar has been falling this week and gold hit a new high, look no further than the weak jobs numbers last Friday and the weak communique issued over the weekend at the G-7 meeting in Istanbul. Deploring "excess volatility and disorderly movements in exchange rates" isn't exactly a ringing defense of the greenback. And 9.8% unemployment convinced markets that monetary policy will remain loose regardless of dollar weakness. ...
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By DAVID MALPASS
If you want to know why the dollar has been falling this week and gold hit a new high, look no further than the weak jobs numbers last Friday and the weak communique issued over the weekend at the G-7 meeting in Istanbul. Deploring "excess volatility and disorderly movements in exchange rates" isn't exactly a ringing defense of the greenback. And 9.8% unemployment convinced markets that monetary policy will remain loose regardless of dollar weakness. ...
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Dollar facing 'power-shift': analysts
Breitbart.com
The dollar's position as the world's leading reserve currency faces increased pressure as the financial crisis allows emerging economies greater influence on the world stage, analysts said. ...
All the while "emperor" Berry(that's what Barack went by until it became fashionable to use his current name) gladly fiddles as the US burns. How's that "hope" and "change" workin out for ya folks, hmmm?!
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The dollar's position as the world's leading reserve currency faces increased pressure as the financial crisis allows emerging economies greater influence on the world stage, analysts said. ...
All the while "emperor" Berry(that's what Barack went by until it became fashionable to use his current name) gladly fiddles as the US burns. How's that "hope" and "change" workin out for ya folks, hmmm?!
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No. 8/9 Ohio State's Defense Leads Buckeyes Over Badgers, 31-13
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Buckeyes take over top spot in the Big Ten with two interceptions returns for the win...
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Buckeyes take over top spot in the Big Ten with two interceptions returns for the win...
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Tax the Rich? How's That Working?
RealClearMarkets.com
When David Paterson became governor of New York after Eliot Spitzer's hooker escapades, the former state senator from Harlem shocked New Yorkers by declaring that taxes were too high and that he had many friends who had left the state because there were better opportunities elsewhere. ...
You could confiscate the entire wealth of the top 50% of tax payers and it still wouldn't come close to paying off the debt of the federal government, let alone that of the states or local governments. Then you still have to worry about how you are going to pay for the current spending. Here's a simple economics lesson for those that may have skipped that part of their education. The more you tax/levy "fees" on/or whatever other term you chose to use on production/investment by an individual the more disincentive there is on that activity. Also, when was the last time you saw a "poor" person create jobs?!
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When David Paterson became governor of New York after Eliot Spitzer's hooker escapades, the former state senator from Harlem shocked New Yorkers by declaring that taxes were too high and that he had many friends who had left the state because there were better opportunities elsewhere. ...
You could confiscate the entire wealth of the top 50% of tax payers and it still wouldn't come close to paying off the debt of the federal government, let alone that of the states or local governments. Then you still have to worry about how you are going to pay for the current spending. Here's a simple economics lesson for those that may have skipped that part of their education. The more you tax/levy "fees" on/or whatever other term you chose to use on production/investment by an individual the more disincentive there is on that activity. Also, when was the last time you saw a "poor" person create jobs?!
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Obama's French Lesson
RealClearPolitics.com
"President Obama, I support the Americans' outstretched hand. But what did the international community gain from these offers of dialogue? Nothing." -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Sept. 24
You know the world's been turned upside down when a FRENCH President shows more testicular fortitude than the US President!
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"President Obama, I support the Americans' outstretched hand. But what did the international community gain from these offers of dialogue? Nothing." -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Sept. 24
You know the world's been turned upside down when a FRENCH President shows more testicular fortitude than the US President!
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
A Letter from a Child
Thomas Sowell : Townhall.com
Recent videos of American children in school singing songs of praise for Barack Obama were a little much, especially for those of us old enough to remember pictures of children singing the praises of dictators like Hitler, Stalin and Mao...
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Recent videos of American children in school singing songs of praise for Barack Obama were a little much, especially for those of us old enough to remember pictures of children singing the praises of dictators like Hitler, Stalin and Mao...
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Monday, October 05, 2009
Barack Obama cancels meeting with Dalai Lama 'to keep China happy'
UK Telegraph
By Alex Spillius in Washington
Published: 6:20PM BST 05 Oct 2009
President Barack Obama has refused to meet the Dalai Lama in Washington this week in a move to curry favour with the Chinese.
Once again an ally is shunned in favor of an enemy!
By Alex Spillius in Washington
Published: 6:20PM BST 05 Oct 2009
President Barack Obama has refused to meet the Dalai Lama in Washington this week in a move to curry favour with the Chinese.
Once again an ally is shunned in favor of an enemy!
Sunday, October 04, 2009
No. 9 Ohio State Sprints Past Indiana, 33-14
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Buckeyes rack up 378 total yards, 219 yards on the ground and 159 through the air; Brandon Saine rushes for career-high 113 yards and Terrelle Pryor threw three touchdown passes.
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Buckeyes rack up 378 total yards, 219 yards on the ground and 159 through the air; Brandon Saine rushes for career-high 113 yards and Terrelle Pryor threw three touchdown passes.
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Saturday, October 03, 2009
France warns US on deal with Iran
FT.com / Iran - Paris wants to keep threat of sanctions
By James Blitz in London, Daniel Dombey in Washington and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran
Published: October 2 2009 19:44 | Last updated: October 2 2009 19:44
France is anxious about the Obama administration’s pursuit of a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme, warning that the US must not allow Tehran to expand its uranium enrichment without facing fresh sanctions...
I find it astounding that France and its leaders, of all places, is showing more testicular fortitude in dealing with Iran than this country's leaders are!
By James Blitz in London, Daniel Dombey in Washington and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran
Published: October 2 2009 19:44 | Last updated: October 2 2009 19:44
France is anxious about the Obama administration’s pursuit of a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme, warning that the US must not allow Tehran to expand its uranium enrichment without facing fresh sanctions...
I find it astounding that France and its leaders, of all places, is showing more testicular fortitude in dealing with Iran than this country's leaders are!
Friday, October 02, 2009
Chicago, Tokyo eliminated in early IOC voting
Chicago the first to go in voting
ESPN.com news services
COPENHAGEN -- The race for the 2016 Olympics has come down to just Rio de Janeiro and Madrid, with the International Olympic Committee eliminating Chicago in a stunning first round of voting...
Well, much can be said, but little needs to be about this development.
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ESPN.com news services
COPENHAGEN -- The race for the 2016 Olympics has come down to just Rio de Janeiro and Madrid, with the International Olympic Committee eliminating Chicago in a stunning first round of voting...
Well, much can be said, but little needs to be about this development.
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Is Racial Profiling Racist?
A MINORITY VIEW
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009
Harvard Professor Henry Gates' arrest has given new life to the issue of racial profiling. We can think of profiling in general as a practice where people use an observable or known physical attribute as a proxy or estimator of some other unobservable or unknown attribute. Race or sex profiling is simply the use of race or sex as that estimator. Profiling represents mankind's attempt to cope with information cost. God would not have to profile since God is all knowing...
If you think the answer to the question is an unequivocal "YES," then maybe after reading this you might think again.
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009
Harvard Professor Henry Gates' arrest has given new life to the issue of racial profiling. We can think of profiling in general as a practice where people use an observable or known physical attribute as a proxy or estimator of some other unobservable or unknown attribute. Race or sex profiling is simply the use of race or sex as that estimator. Profiling represents mankind's attempt to cope with information cost. God would not have to profile since God is all knowing...
If you think the answer to the question is an unequivocal "YES," then maybe after reading this you might think again.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Federal Government Bans Religious Ornaments for 2009 Capitol Christmas Tree
Arizona schoolchildren chosen to decorate tree told to keep religion out
Wednesday September 30, 2009
PHOENIX, Arizona, September 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) called on Arizona state and federal officials on Monday to stop enforcing a requirement prohibiting ...
Gee, somebody remind me, what are we celebrating at CHRISTMAS?!?!?!
Wednesday September 30, 2009
PHOENIX, Arizona, September 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) called on Arizona state and federal officials on Monday to stop enforcing a requirement prohibiting ...
Gee, somebody remind me, what are we celebrating at CHRISTMAS?!?!?!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sarkozy's Contempt for Obama
RealClearPolitics.com
By Jack Kelly
September 29, 2009
The contempt with which the president of France regards the president of the United States was displayed in public last week.
Nicolas Sarkozy was furious with Barack Obama for his adolescent warbling about a world without nuclear weapons at a meeting Mr. Obama chaired of the United Nations Security Council last Thursday (9/24).
"We must never stop until we see the day when nuclear arms have been banished from the face of the earth," President Obama said.
What infuriated President Sarkozy was that at the time Mr. Obama said those words, Mr. Obama knew the mullahs in Iran had a secret nuclear weapons development site, and he didn't call them on it.
‘President Obama dreams of a world without weapons...but right in front of us two countries are doing the exact opposite," Mr. Sarkozy said...
Did you every think you'd see the day when a FRENCH leader showed more 'male anatomy' than our President?!
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By Jack Kelly
September 29, 2009
The contempt with which the president of France regards the president of the United States was displayed in public last week.
Nicolas Sarkozy was furious with Barack Obama for his adolescent warbling about a world without nuclear weapons at a meeting Mr. Obama chaired of the United Nations Security Council last Thursday (9/24).
"We must never stop until we see the day when nuclear arms have been banished from the face of the earth," President Obama said.
What infuriated President Sarkozy was that at the time Mr. Obama said those words, Mr. Obama knew the mullahs in Iran had a secret nuclear weapons development site, and he didn't call them on it.
‘President Obama dreams of a world without weapons...but right in front of us two countries are doing the exact opposite," Mr. Sarkozy said...
Did you every think you'd see the day when a FRENCH leader showed more 'male anatomy' than our President?!
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Administration Will Cut Border Patrol Deployed on U.S-Mexico Border
CNSNews.com
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
(CNSNews.com) - Even though the Border Patrol now reports that almost 1,300 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border is not under effective control, and the Department of Justice says that vast stretches of the border are “easily breached,” and the Government Accountability Office has revealed that three persons “linked to terrorism” and 530 aliens from “special interest countries” were intercepted at Border Patrol checkpoints last year, the administration is nonetheless now planning to decrease the number of Border Patrol agents deployed on the U.S.-Mexico border...
This is not surprising at all. This administration has no interest in defending this country or its borders. They do not like law enforcement or the military.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
(CNSNews.com) - Even though the Border Patrol now reports that almost 1,300 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border is not under effective control, and the Department of Justice says that vast stretches of the border are “easily breached,” and the Government Accountability Office has revealed that three persons “linked to terrorism” and 530 aliens from “special interest countries” were intercepted at Border Patrol checkpoints last year, the administration is nonetheless now planning to decrease the number of Border Patrol agents deployed on the U.S.-Mexico border...
This is not surprising at all. This administration has no interest in defending this country or its borders. They do not like law enforcement or the military.
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Russia Hopes U.S. to Extend Shuttle Operations
ABC News
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes the United States will extend the deadline to retire its space shuttles beyond 2011 and has heard unofficially it is possible, the head of Russia's space agency was quoted as saying on Friday...
I hope that they do keep them flying till they can get its replacement up and running.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes the United States will extend the deadline to retire its space shuttles beyond 2011 and has heard unofficially it is possible, the head of Russia's space agency was quoted as saying on Friday...
I hope that they do keep them flying till they can get its replacement up and running.
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Listening to a Liar: Part II
Thomas Sowell - Townhall.com
"Hubris-laden charlatans" was the way a recent e-mail from a reader characterized the Obama administration. That phrase seems especially appropriate for the Charlatan-in-Chief, Barack Obama, whose speech to a joint session of Congress was both a masterpiece of rhetoric and a shameless fraud...
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"Hubris-laden charlatans" was the way a recent e-mail from a reader characterized the Obama administration. That phrase seems especially appropriate for the Charlatan-in-Chief, Barack Obama, whose speech to a joint session of Congress was both a masterpiece of rhetoric and a shameless fraud...
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Poll: Big Majorities Say Objective Journalism Is Dead and that Media Back Obama
CNSNews.com
Friday, September 25, 2009
By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer
– Two-thirds (67.9 percent) of Americans surveyed think that “objective and fair journalism is dead,” while an overwhelming 89.3 percent believe the news media played a role in the election of President Barack Obama...
You can count me among that 68%!
Friday, September 25, 2009
By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer
– Two-thirds (67.9 percent) of Americans surveyed think that “objective and fair journalism is dead,” while an overwhelming 89.3 percent believe the news media played a role in the election of President Barack Obama...
You can count me among that 68%!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
President Obama gives mushy, cliche-filled speech at UN General Assembly
Prez comes across as a gullible sap
Last Updated: 10:25 AM, September 24, 2009
NYPost.com
By Rich Lowery
President Obama yesterday did his best impression of a high-school soph omore participating in his first Model UN meeting, retailing pious clichés he learned from his pony-tailed social studies teacher...
Last Updated: 10:25 AM, September 24, 2009
NYPost.com
By Rich Lowery
President Obama yesterday did his best impression of a high-school soph omore participating in his first Model UN meeting, retailing pious clichés he learned from his pony-tailed social studies teacher...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Listening to a Liar
Thomas Sowell - Townhall.com
The most important thing about what anyone says are not the words themselves but the credibility of the person who says them.
The words of convicted swindler Bernie Madoff were regarded as knowledgeable and sophisticated. If you go by words, you can be led into anything...
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The words of convicted swindler Bernie Madoff were regarded as knowledgeable and sophisticated. If you go by words, you can be led into anything...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
President Barack Obama is beginning to look out of his depth
Telegraph.co.uk
By Edward Lucas
Published: 8:30AM BST 20 Sep 2009
It is lovely to feature in other people's dreams. The problem comes when they wake up. Barack Obama is an eloquent, brainy and likeable man with a fascinating biography. He is not George Bush. Those are great qualities. But they are not enough to lead America, let alone the world...
By Edward Lucas
Published: 8:30AM BST 20 Sep 2009
It is lovely to feature in other people's dreams. The problem comes when they wake up. Barack Obama is an eloquent, brainy and likeable man with a fascinating biography. He is not George Bush. Those are great qualities. But they are not enough to lead America, let alone the world...
Monday, September 21, 2009
OSU hate, OU love creates double standard
September 21, 2009 2:40 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
The Ohio State Buckeyes are victims of a double standard, and they deserve better.
Ohio State has seen its national approval rating steadily decline since the 2007 BCS national title game, the first of six consecutive losses against top 5 opponents. Much of the heat directed toward Columbus is warranted. Ohio State has disappointed the national media on the game's biggest stage several times, and despite a series of strong recruiting classes, the team has underachieved in several areas, namely along the offensive line.
But another national powerhouse deserves the same treatment. Another big-name has been just as disappointing in big games, if not worse. And yet that team continues to escape the hate. Meet the Oklahoma Sooners. They're apparently made out of Teflon...
I've been saying this for some time now! Why we get trashed and Chokelahoma gets a pass is beyond me.
Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
The Ohio State Buckeyes are victims of a double standard, and they deserve better.
Ohio State has seen its national approval rating steadily decline since the 2007 BCS national title game, the first of six consecutive losses against top 5 opponents. Much of the heat directed toward Columbus is warranted. Ohio State has disappointed the national media on the game's biggest stage several times, and despite a series of strong recruiting classes, the team has underachieved in several areas, namely along the offensive line.
But another national powerhouse deserves the same treatment. Another big-name has been just as disappointing in big games, if not worse. And yet that team continues to escape the hate. Meet the Oklahoma Sooners. They're apparently made out of Teflon...
I've been saying this for some time now! Why we get trashed and Chokelahoma gets a pass is beyond me.
One Last Look
It seems that the Bucks actually held SC out of the endzone on their initial TD. Just to be sure this wasn't "photo shopped," I watched the game again and paused it and used slow motion indexing to view the play in question. This photo is real and means that SC did not score on their first possession which was the result of the interception. Why this wasn't reviewed is a big question in my mind. Why the coaches in the booth didn't holler for a challenge is an even bigger question. At any rate, it's clear SC shouldn't have been credited with their first TD.
A Stab in the Back
Canceling the missile shield betrays our allies.
The Weekly Standard
by Jamie M. Fly
09/28/2009, Volume 015, Issue 02
President Obama's decision to cancel plans for U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic is a knife in the back for those countries. The implications for U.S. security and the transatlantic relationship are profound. Critics rightly note that the sudden announcement Thursday sends a dangerous message to allies, both in Europe and elsewhere, who rely on U.S. security guarantees.
Even those who agree with the administration's approach concede that the rollout was clumsy--middle of the night phone calls and little prior consultation. In July 2007, Senator Obama criticized his predecessor for this very thing. The Bush administration, he said, had "done a poor job of consulting its NATO allies about the deployment of a missile defense system that has major implications for all of them."
In addition to the geopolitical implications of this con-cession to Russia, there are several major problems with the administration's plan...
It seems to me that we have an administration that is more interested in and feels it has more in common with our enemies than it does our allies.
The Weekly Standard
by Jamie M. Fly
09/28/2009, Volume 015, Issue 02
President Obama's decision to cancel plans for U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic is a knife in the back for those countries. The implications for U.S. security and the transatlantic relationship are profound. Critics rightly note that the sudden announcement Thursday sends a dangerous message to allies, both in Europe and elsewhere, who rely on U.S. security guarantees.
Even those who agree with the administration's approach concede that the rollout was clumsy--middle of the night phone calls and little prior consultation. In July 2007, Senator Obama criticized his predecessor for this very thing. The Bush administration, he said, had "done a poor job of consulting its NATO allies about the deployment of a missile defense system that has major implications for all of them."
In addition to the geopolitical implications of this con-cession to Russia, there are several major problems with the administration's plan...
It seems to me that we have an administration that is more interested in and feels it has more in common with our enemies than it does our allies.
Politics and Blacks
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2009
President Barack Obama won an unprecedented 96 percent of the black vote. That's not much of a news story since blacks typically give their votes to the Democratic candidate. Blacks are probably the most politically loyal people in the nation and it is almost taken as gospel, at least among civil rights organizations and black and white liberals, that the only way black people can make socioeconomic progress is through the politics of race and special government programs. However, such a vision can be subjected to empirical evidence...
This is a very interesting article!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
No. 11 Buckeyes Blank Rockets, 38-0
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
CLEVELAND (AP) -- When people said No. 11 Ohio State had no offense, quarterback Terrelle Pryor took offense.
The sophomore threw for a career-high 262 yards and ran for 110 yards to help the Buckeyes rebound from disheartening loss and the criticism that went with it and beat Toledo 38-0 on Saturday at Cleveland Browns Stadium...
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The sophomore threw for a career-high 262 yards and ran for 110 yards to help the Buckeyes rebound from disheartening loss and the criticism that went with it and beat Toledo 38-0 on Saturday at Cleveland Browns Stadium...
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Obama feeds allies to bear
New York Post
By Ralph Peters
STILL determined to "push the reset button with Russia," President Obama hit the delete key on our allies in Eastern Europe.
It's not a good time to be an ALLY of this country. Can you say Neville Chamberlain?!
By Ralph Peters
STILL determined to "push the reset button with Russia," President Obama hit the delete key on our allies in Eastern Europe.
It's not a good time to be an ALLY of this country. Can you say Neville Chamberlain?!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Ohio State's Pryor takes blame for loss to USC
ESPN.com
Associated Press
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In one of the biggest games of his young college career, Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor said it was his fault his team lost.
Pryor threw an early interception that led to a Southern California touchdown. Then he failed to rally an offense that mustered just 265 yards against USC's defense as the Buckeyes again lost a high-profile, national television game, 18-15 on Saturday night.
"We should have beat them by two or three touchdowns. Easy, man," Pryor said. "The ball just went the wrong way, like I keep saying. We needed this win. It just hurts right now, but we've got a long season to go. We're going to fight and we'll be back in it. We've got a good chance."
He said it was all the offense's fault.
"We've got to punch it in offensively," he said. "It just comes down to me. I take the whole blame for it."
I'll say this for the young man, he takes losing personally. He wants to win as bad or more than anyone on the team or who follows the team. If things ever fall into place for him he's going to be everything that he was made out to be. Personally, I think he needs a Bill Walsh type to help him with his fundamentals and technique and it would all come together. This is why I remain optimistic about him and the team.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
The Coming Reset in State Government
My fellow governors and I are likely facing a permanent reduction in tax revenues.
Mitch Daniels - WSJ.com
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels writes in The Wall Street Journal that the recession will likely cause a permanent reduction in state tax revenues and force states to trim back the size and scope of government. Unlike the federal government, states can't continue to borrow without limit.
Mitch Daniels - WSJ.com
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels writes in The Wall Street Journal that the recession will likely cause a permanent reduction in state tax revenues and force states to trim back the size and scope of government. Unlike the federal government, states can't continue to borrow without limit.
Better ways to reform health care
Obama scaremongering ignores real alternatives
EDITORIAL - Washington Times
For a politician who promised to be post-partisan and unifying, President Obama is proving to be awfully ideological and divisive. His speech on Monday at an AFL-CIO picnic in Cincinnati showed that he enters Wednesday's national address on health care in full attack-dog mode. That approach is not likely to bring Americans together to support his unpopular policies.
As so often has been the case, Mr. Obama portrayed these United States as hopelessly misguided until he graced the Oval Office with his presence. "Wealth was valued over work, selfishness over sacrifice, greed over responsibility," he said. Notice how Mr. Obama never seems content with criticizing the choices of others but instead attacks their motives and character...
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EDITORIAL - Washington Times
For a politician who promised to be post-partisan and unifying, President Obama is proving to be awfully ideological and divisive. His speech on Monday at an AFL-CIO picnic in Cincinnati showed that he enters Wednesday's national address on health care in full attack-dog mode. That approach is not likely to bring Americans together to support his unpopular policies.
As so often has been the case, Mr. Obama portrayed these United States as hopelessly misguided until he graced the Oval Office with his presence. "Wealth was valued over work, selfishness over sacrifice, greed over responsibility," he said. Notice how Mr. Obama never seems content with criticizing the choices of others but instead attacks their motives and character...
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Obama and the Bureaucratization of Health Care
The president's proposals would give unelected officials life-and-death rationing powers.
Sarah Palin - WSJ.com
Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin writes in The Wall Street Journal that the government's attempts to solve large problems often creates even larger new ones. She claims that Democrats' proposals would empower unelected bureaucrats to make decisions affecting life or death health-care matters.
Sarah Palin - WSJ.com
Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin writes in The Wall Street Journal that the government's attempts to solve large problems often creates even larger new ones. She claims that Democrats' proposals would empower unelected bureaucrats to make decisions affecting life or death health-care matters.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Who May Harm Whom?
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2009
"No one has a right to harm another." Just a little thought, along with a few examples, would demonstrate that blanket statement as pure nonsense. Suppose there is a beautiful lady that both Jim and Bob are pursuing. If Jim wins her hand, Bob is harmed. By the same token, if Bob wins her hand, Jim is harmed. Whose harm is more important and should the beautiful lady be permitted to harm either Bob or Jim are nonsense questions...
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Whose medical decisions?, Part IV
Jewish World Review August 21, 2009 1 Elul 5769
Thomas Sowell
The serious, and sometimes chilling, provisions of the medical care legislation that President Obama has been trying to rush through Congress are important enough for all of us to stop and think, even though his political strategy from the outset has been to prevent us from having time to stop and think about it.
What we also should stop to think about is the mindset behind this legislation, which is very consistent with the mindset behind other policies of this administration, whether the particular issue is bailing out General Motors, telling banks who to lend to or appointing "czars" to tell all sorts of people in many walks of life what they can and cannot do.
The idea that government officials can play God from Washington is not a new idea, but it is an idea that is being pushed with new audacity...
"When all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated."
-- Thomas Jefferson to Charles Hammond, 1821. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and Bergh, editors, ME 15:332
"The greatest [calamity] which could befall [us would be] submission to a government of unlimited powers."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Declaration and Protest of Virginia, 1825. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and Bergh, editors, ME 17:445
"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power not longer susceptible of any definition."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, February 15, 1791
It is quite clear that the federal government has no authority to institute a system of nationalized health care. To do so would be a major usurpation of its Constitutional powers. As far as that goes, much of what the Federal government has done, with regards to "welfare" is unconstitutional. Sadly, a great many of the people of this nation would rather be made comfortable rather than have freedom and liberty. As Ben Franklin said, "if you give up liberty for safety, you deserve neither." All you have to do is read what the Founding Fathers wrote and you will see that the federal government was meant to be LIMITED. It was never meant to be this large or have the reach in to our lives it has obtained.
My question to those that read this is quite simple. Are you so helpless that you are incapable of taking care of yourself and need a nanny, in this case the federal government, to do it for you? If your answer is yes, I pity you and your childish mindset. If your answer is no, then maybe it's about time you got off your butt, pay attention to what people are saying and vote people into office that will take their oath to "preserve and protect" The Constitution seriously and be true "citizen legislators" and not act like a ruling elite.
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Thomas Sowell
The serious, and sometimes chilling, provisions of the medical care legislation that President Obama has been trying to rush through Congress are important enough for all of us to stop and think, even though his political strategy from the outset has been to prevent us from having time to stop and think about it.
What we also should stop to think about is the mindset behind this legislation, which is very consistent with the mindset behind other policies of this administration, whether the particular issue is bailing out General Motors, telling banks who to lend to or appointing "czars" to tell all sorts of people in many walks of life what they can and cannot do.
The idea that government officials can play God from Washington is not a new idea, but it is an idea that is being pushed with new audacity...
"When all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated."
-- Thomas Jefferson to Charles Hammond, 1821. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and Bergh, editors, ME 15:332
"The greatest [calamity] which could befall [us would be] submission to a government of unlimited powers."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Declaration and Protest of Virginia, 1825. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and Bergh, editors, ME 17:445
"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power not longer susceptible of any definition."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, February 15, 1791
It is quite clear that the federal government has no authority to institute a system of nationalized health care. To do so would be a major usurpation of its Constitutional powers. As far as that goes, much of what the Federal government has done, with regards to "welfare" is unconstitutional. Sadly, a great many of the people of this nation would rather be made comfortable rather than have freedom and liberty. As Ben Franklin said, "if you give up liberty for safety, you deserve neither." All you have to do is read what the Founding Fathers wrote and you will see that the federal government was meant to be LIMITED. It was never meant to be this large or have the reach in to our lives it has obtained.
My question to those that read this is quite simple. Are you so helpless that you are incapable of taking care of yourself and need a nanny, in this case the federal government, to do it for you? If your answer is yes, I pity you and your childish mindset. If your answer is no, then maybe it's about time you got off your butt, pay attention to what people are saying and vote people into office that will take their oath to "preserve and protect" The Constitution seriously and be true "citizen legislators" and not act like a ruling elite.
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Whose medical decisions?, Part III
Jewish World Review August 18, 2009 28 Menachem-Av 5769
Thomas Sowell
Amid all the controversies over medical care, no one seems to be asking a very basic question: Why does it take more than 1,000 pages of legislation to insure people who lack medical insurance?
Despite incessant repetition of the fact that millions of Americans do not have medical insurance, hardy souls who have actually read the mammoth medical care legislation being rushed through Congress have discovered all sorts of things there that have nothing whatever to do with insuring the uninsured - and everything to do with taking medical decisions out of the hands of doctors and their patients, and transferring those decisions to Washington bureaucrats...
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Thomas Sowell
Amid all the controversies over medical care, no one seems to be asking a very basic question: Why does it take more than 1,000 pages of legislation to insure people who lack medical insurance?
Despite incessant repetition of the fact that millions of Americans do not have medical insurance, hardy souls who have actually read the mammoth medical care legislation being rushed through Congress have discovered all sorts of things there that have nothing whatever to do with insuring the uninsured - and everything to do with taking medical decisions out of the hands of doctors and their patients, and transferring those decisions to Washington bureaucrats...
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Monday, August 31, 2009
Enough is enough, Harry
SHERMAN FREDERICK: - Opinion - ReviewJournal.com
We've seen cattle ranches give way to railroads. We chronicled the construction of Hoover Dam. We reported on the first day of legalized gambling. The first hospital. The first school. The first church. ...
Reid is a bully and a jerk! He thinks he is above and better than everyone else. Well, I look forward to him suffering the same fate as his Democrat predecessor, Tom Daschel, and going down in flames in next years election!
We've seen cattle ranches give way to railroads. We chronicled the construction of Hoover Dam. We reported on the first day of legalized gambling. The first hospital. The first school. The first church. ...
Reid is a bully and a jerk! He thinks he is above and better than everyone else. Well, I look forward to him suffering the same fate as his Democrat predecessor, Tom Daschel, and going down in flames in next years election!
Fixing the Health-Care System Requires Market Changes, Not a Government Takeover, Major Economists Say
CNSNews.com
Friday, August 28, 2009
By Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor
Friday, August 28, 2009
By Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor
(CNSNews.com) – Fixing the main problems with the health-care system should not take a major overhaul or government-run health insurance, or even a 700-page bill. What is needed is some good old-fashioned competition, according to the authors of a new book on the subject -- two economists whose research is highly regarded in the academic world.
“If (some) pro-competitive adjustments are made, you could write a bill probably of 30 pages or less – a very short bill that would make the necessary changes and would accomplish the objective of getting everybody covered with adequate insurance,” said Dr. Earl Grinols, distinguished professor of economics at Baylor University and co-author of the book, “Health Care for Us All: Getting More for Our Investment.”...
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Whose medical decisions?, Part II
Jewish World Review August 18, 2009 28 Menachem-Av 5769
Thomas Sowell
When famed bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he said: "Because that's where the money is."
For the same reason, it is as predictable as the sunrise that medical care for the elderly will be cut back under a government-controlled medical system. Because that's where the money is...
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When famed bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he said: "Because that's where the money is."
For the same reason, it is as predictable as the sunrise that medical care for the elderly will be cut back under a government-controlled medical system. Because that's where the money is...
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Whose medical decisions?
Jewish World Review August 18, 2009 28 Menachem-Av 5769
Thomas Sowell
There was a time when rushing a thousand-page bill through Congress so fast that no one has time to read it would have provoked public outrage. But now, this has been attempted twice in the first 6 months of a new administration.
The fact that they got away with it before, with the "stimulus" bill, may have led them to believe that they could get away with it again.
But the first bill simply spent hundreds of billions of dollars. The current "health care" bill threatens to take life-and-death decisions out of the hands of individuals and their doctors, transferring those decisions to Washington bureaucrats...
This is the first of a multi-part series. I'll be posting each a day apart and giving my comments at the end of the series. Dr. Sowell is a brilliant economist and is a Fellow at The Hoover Institute at Stanford. I highly recommend his articles and books.
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Thomas Sowell
There was a time when rushing a thousand-page bill through Congress so fast that no one has time to read it would have provoked public outrage. But now, this has been attempted twice in the first 6 months of a new administration.
The fact that they got away with it before, with the "stimulus" bill, may have led them to believe that they could get away with it again.
But the first bill simply spent hundreds of billions of dollars. The current "health care" bill threatens to take life-and-death decisions out of the hands of individuals and their doctors, transferring those decisions to Washington bureaucrats...
This is the first of a multi-part series. I'll be posting each a day apart and giving my comments at the end of the series. Dr. Sowell is a brilliant economist and is a Fellow at The Hoover Institute at Stanford. I highly recommend his articles and books.
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Exploiting Public Ignorance
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009
How can political commentators, politicians and academics get away with statements like "Reagan budget deficits," "Clinton budget surplus," "Bush budget deficits" or "Obama's tax increases"? The only answer is that they, or the people who believe such statements, are ignorant, conniving or just plain stupid. Article I, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution reads: "All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills." A president has no power to raise or lower taxes. He can propose tax measures or veto them but since Congress can ignore presidential proposals and override a presidential veto, it has the ultimate taxing power. The same principle applies to spending. A president cannot spend a dime that Congress does not first appropriate. As such, presidents cannot be held responsible for budget deficits or surpluses. That means that credit for a budget surplus or blame for budget deficits rests on the congressional majority at the time...
Sadly, too many people in nation haven't the slightest clue how our government is SUPPOSED to operate!
Lockerbie bomber 'set free for oil'
Times Online
From The Sunday Times
August 30, 2009
By Jason Allardyce
The British government decided it was "in the overwhelming interests of the United Kingdom" to make Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, eligible for return to Libya, leaked ministerial letters reveal.
Gordon Brown's government made the decision after discussions between Libya and BP over a multi-million-pound oil exploration deal had hit difficulties. These were resolved soon afterwards.
The letters were sent two years ago by Jack Straw, the justice secretary, to Kenny MacAskill, his counterpart in Scotland, who has been widely criticised for taking the formal decision to permit Megrahi's release.
The correspondence makes it plain that the key decision to include Megrahi in a deal with Libya to allow prisoners to return home was, in fact, taken in London for British national interests...
Absolutely disgusting, but I'd expect nothing less from a loser like Gordon Brown!!!
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August 30, 2009
By Jason Allardyce
The British government decided it was "in the overwhelming interests of the United Kingdom" to make Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, eligible for return to Libya, leaked ministerial letters reveal.
Gordon Brown's government made the decision after discussions between Libya and BP over a multi-million-pound oil exploration deal had hit difficulties. These were resolved soon afterwards.
The letters were sent two years ago by Jack Straw, the justice secretary, to Kenny MacAskill, his counterpart in Scotland, who has been widely criticised for taking the formal decision to permit Megrahi's release.
The correspondence makes it plain that the key decision to include Megrahi in a deal with Libya to allow prisoners to return home was, in fact, taken in London for British national interests...
Absolutely disgusting, but I'd expect nothing less from a loser like Gordon Brown!!!
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Friday, August 28, 2009
FCC Diversity Chief Says Republican Communications Policies Hurt Civil Rights
CNSNews.com
Friday, August 28, 2009
By Matt Cover
Friday, August 28, 2009
By Matt Cover
(CNSNews.com) – Mark Lloyd, chief diversity officer at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), claimed that communications policies enacted by Republicans negatively impacted the civil rights of minorities.
Lloyd made the claim in a 1998 essay he wrote while working for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. He said that two decades of Republican communications policies had eroded the gains made by the civil rights movement in minority ownership in communications...
This man does not believe in Freedom of Speech and wants government control of all aspects of the media and especially political speech.
FCC 'Diversity' Chief Asked Liberals to Fight Limbaugh
Newsmax.com
Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:34 PM
By: Dan Weil
Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:34 PM
By: Dan Weil
A top Federal Communications Commission official believes that “progressives” should challenge conservative media moguls like Rush Limbaugh and Rupert Murdoch.
FCC Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd made that argument in a 2007 report he penned for the liberal Center for American Progress, CNS News reports...
This same man heaped praise on Hugo Chavez and his take over of Venezuela.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Pilot 'never had trouble before'
Cincinnati.com | The Cincinnati Enquirer
By Quan Truong • qtruong@enquirer.com • August 22, 2009
By Quan Truong • qtruong@enquirer.com • August 22, 2009
HARRISON – The death of a pilot and his girlfriend in Friday night’s plane crash near Harrison High School leaves many unanswered questions.
Several friends asked the same as the news slowly sank in: How did this happen?...
• Friday photos from the crash
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Posted: Aug 21, 2009 8:41 PM Updated: Aug 22, 2009 9:19 AM
HARRISON, OH( FOX19)-- The FAA/ NTSB will be on the scene investigating a plane crash that killed two people Friday evening.
Police say that a home built Steen Skybolt, Bi-plane took off from the Harrison Airport a short time after 8:00pm. According to witnesses, the plane began a steep climb near the end of the runway, then pitched to the left and nosedived. The aircraft crashed a quarter of a mile from the end of the runway near the Harrison High School bus garage...
Very sad, but apparently the pilot did a fabulous job of steering the plane away from the stadium so as not to hurt anyone else. I had actually gone to the game initially, but changed my mind at the gate and went and got something to eat because it was just a scrimmage.
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HARRISON, OH( FOX19)-- The FAA/ NTSB will be on the scene investigating a plane crash that killed two people Friday evening.
Police say that a home built Steen Skybolt, Bi-plane took off from the Harrison Airport a short time after 8:00pm. According to witnesses, the plane began a steep climb near the end of the runway, then pitched to the left and nosedived. The aircraft crashed a quarter of a mile from the end of the runway near the Harrison High School bus garage...
Very sad, but apparently the pilot did a fabulous job of steering the plane away from the stadium so as not to hurt anyone else. I had actually gone to the game initially, but changed my mind at the gate and went and got something to eat because it was just a scrimmage.
To read more of the story click on the red link above.
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Friday, August 21, 2009
The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare
(Co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods John Mackey writes in the Wall Street Journal that the last thing the US needs is a massive new health-care entitlement that will create hundreds of billions of dollars ...)
WSJ OpinionJournal.com
Opinion - August 11, 2009, 7:30 P.M. ET
Eight things we can do to improve health care without adding to the deficit
By John Mackey
WSJ OpinionJournal.com
Opinion - August 11, 2009, 7:30 P.M. ET
Eight things we can do to improve health care without adding to the deficit
By John Mackey
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out
of other people's money."
—Margaret Thatcher
With a projected $1.8 trillion deficit for 2009, several trillions more in deficits projected over the next decade, and with both Medicare and Social Security entitlement spending about to ratchet up several notches over the next 15 years as Baby Boomers become eligible for both, we are rapidly running out of other people's money. These deficits are simply not sustainable. They are either going to result in unprecedented new taxes and inflation, or they will bankrupt us...
This is an excellent piece. Mr. Mackey provides sensible common sense ideas that don't require the government to control health care. What's interesting about this is that Mr. Mackey is a self-described Libertarian and his stores are frequented, in large part, by those on the left. Another thing, he, a couple years ago, made his salary $1/year. The remainder, as well as much more, is donated to charity.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
In Government We Trust?
WSJ OpinionJournal.com
By Daniel Henninger
To explain why the Obama health-care proposal pitched the nation's politicians into town-hall hell, we would like to call to the stand an expert on how things in life can sometimes go wrong-Mr. Billy Joel.
Using a song years ago to sort through the complexities of a relationship in trouble, the Piano Man repeated the same simple one-word truth: "It's a matter of trust."...
My simple answer, NO I do not trust government, especially a large centralized government. Our Founding Fathers warned against just such a thing. Sadly, too many people in this country never learned that.
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By Daniel Henninger
To explain why the Obama health-care proposal pitched the nation's politicians into town-hall hell, we would like to call to the stand an expert on how things in life can sometimes go wrong-Mr. Billy Joel.
Using a song years ago to sort through the complexities of a relationship in trouble, the Piano Man repeated the same simple one-word truth: "It's a matter of trust."...
My simple answer, NO I do not trust government, especially a large centralized government. Our Founding Fathers warned against just such a thing. Sadly, too many people in this country never learned that.
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EPA Cover-up
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009
Here's what I wrote in last year's column titled "Global Warming Rope-a-Dope" (12/24/2008): "Once laws are written, they are very difficult, if not impossible, to repeal. If a time would ever come when the permafrost returns to northern U.S., as far south as New Jersey as it once did, it's not inconceivable that Congress, caught in the grip of the global warming zealots, would keep all the laws on the books they wrote in the name of fighting global warming. Personally, I would not put it past them to write more." On June 28, 2009, the House of Representatives, by a narrow margin (219-212), passed the Waxman-Markey bill. The so-called "cap and trade" bill has been sold as a system for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the struggle against global warming. There's a full-court press on the U.S. Senate to pass its version of "cap and trade..."
As I said, repeatedly, environmentalism is a religion. A very old one at that. It is nothing more than worship of the earth/creation. Global warming in simply one of its newest tenets. If you'll notice, it's a rather fragile one too. Because the earth is actually cooling, and has been for the last decade or so, the term has, conveniently, been changed to Climate Change. How convenient that is. Doesn't sound like a very stable belief structure to me.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Another VERY GOOD Reason to Want to Move to FL!!!
I had the opportunity to meet her at a UC Football game and she's even hotter in person!
Monday, August 17, 2009
Conservatives Now Outnumber Liberals in All 50 States, Says Gallup Poll
CNSNews.com
Monday, August 17, 2009
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
(CNSNews.com) - Self-identified conservatives outnumber self-identified liberals in all 50 states of the union, according to the Gallup Poll.
At the same time, more Americans nationwide are saying this year that they are conservative than have made that claim in any of the last four years...
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Monday, August 17, 2009
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
(CNSNews.com) - Self-identified conservatives outnumber self-identified liberals in all 50 states of the union, according to the Gallup Poll.
At the same time, more Americans nationwide are saying this year that they are conservative than have made that claim in any of the last four years...
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Senate Slavery Apology
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2009
Last month, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Senate Resolution 26 "Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans." The resolution ends with: "Disclaimer. -- Nothing in this resolution (a) authorizes or supports any claim against the United States; or (b) serves as a settlement of any claim against the United States." That means Congress apologizes but is not going to pay reparations, as least for now...
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine
This was said almost 50 years ago! It's amazing how applicable it is to today!!!
"Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare but only those specifically enumerated."
-- Thomas Jefferson
James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, elaborated upon this limitation in a letter to James Robertson:
With respect to the two words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators. If the words obtained so readily a place in the "Articles of Confederation," and received so little notice in their admission into the present Constitution, and retained for so long a time a silent place in both, the fairest explanation is, that the words, in the alternative of meaning nothing or meaning everything, had the former meaning taken for granted.
"If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the general welfare, the government is no longer a limited one possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one subject to particular exceptions." James Madison, "Letter to Edmund Pendleton,"
-- James Madison, January 21, 1792, in The Papers of James Madison, vol. 14, Robert A Rutland et. al., ed (Charlottesvile: University Press of Virginia,1984).
" The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government."
-- James Madison, speech in the House of Representatives, January 10, 1794
Monday, August 10, 2009
I was in the pub...(received via email)
I was in the pub yesterday when I suddenly realized I desperately needed to fart. The music was really, really loud, so I timed my farts with the beat.
After a couple of songs, I started to feel better. I finished my pint and noticed that everybody was staring at me.
Then I suddenly remembered that I was listening to my iPod.
Saturday, August 08, 2009
More Union Thuggery!
I guess we now know who's going to be "the messiah's" "Civilian Defense" army! I've encountered several SEIU members, mostly during the election, and to a person they are(excuse my language) horse's asses!!! They were especially hostile towards me while I was in uniform/working. If you notice at the end, the black SEIU attacker ran like the coward he is. People are accusing the conservative concerned citizens attending these townhall meetings of "brown shirt" tactics, but it's quite clear who is utilizing such tactics. It's the "community organizer's" followers perpetrating such actions!!!
Friday, August 07, 2009
Union Thugs Beat Up Old People
This is typical union thug behavior! When you're organized and led by the REAL Mob and their Bosses as well as Alinsky "community organizers" this is the type of behavior you get! Why there weren't police officers in there is beyond me!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Why a Bill of Rights?
A MINORITY VIEW
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009
Why did the founders of our nation give us the Bill of Rights? The answer is easy. They knew Congress could not be trusted with our God-given rights. Think about it. Why in the world would they have written the First Amendment prohibiting Congress from enacting any law that abridges freedom of speech and the press? The answer is that in the absence of such a limitation Congress would abridge free speech and free press. That same distrust of Congress explains the other amendments found in our Bill of Rights protecting rights such as our rights to property, fair trial and to bear arms. The Bill of Rights should serve as a constant reminder of the deep distrust that our founders had of government. They knew that some government was necessary but they rightfully saw government as the enemy of the people and they sought to limit government and provide us with protections...
The Constitution is meant to restrict the power, scope and reach of the federal government, not the individual!
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009
Why did the founders of our nation give us the Bill of Rights? The answer is easy. They knew Congress could not be trusted with our God-given rights. Think about it. Why in the world would they have written the First Amendment prohibiting Congress from enacting any law that abridges freedom of speech and the press? The answer is that in the absence of such a limitation Congress would abridge free speech and free press. That same distrust of Congress explains the other amendments found in our Bill of Rights protecting rights such as our rights to property, fair trial and to bear arms. The Bill of Rights should serve as a constant reminder of the deep distrust that our founders had of government. They knew that some government was necessary but they rightfully saw government as the enemy of the people and they sought to limit government and provide us with protections...
The Constitution is meant to restrict the power, scope and reach of the federal government, not the individual!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Global warming is the new religion of First World urban elites
The Vancouver Sun
Geologist Ian Plimer takes a contrary view, arguing that man-made climate change is a con trick perpetuated by environmentalists
By Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun
July 28, 2009
Ian Plimer has outraged the ayatollahs of purist environmentalism, the Torquemadas of the doctrine of global warming, and he seems to relish the damnation they heap on him.
Plimer is a geologist, professor of mining geology at Adelaide University, and he may well be Australia's best-known and most notorious academic.
Plimer, you see, is an unremitting critic of "anthropogenic global warming" -- man-made climate change to you and me -- and the current environmental orthodoxy that if we change our polluting ways, global warming can be reversed...
Global warming/environmentalism is a religion, plain and simple! It's also one of the most vain beliefs a person can hold. To believe that our everyday living and prosperity is damaging/destroying this planet, when there are everyday examples of natural forces far more powerful and with far larger effects on this planet than anything done by humans throughout our time on this planet is pure arrogance and the height of vanity.
We are to be good stewards of the earths resources, but they are just that RESOURCES. They are here for us to use, yes use wisely, but use none the less. We should also not be worshiping CREATION, rather it's CREATOR! There's going to be a price we pay for how we conduct ourselves using these resources and how we carry on in these manners, but it's going to be having to answer to THE CREATOR for not following His instructions.
Number 1, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
Number 2, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth."
Number 3, "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me..."
Now for the "elites" and "educated" amongst us I realize you're going to roll your eyes and view me as some sort of rube. All I can say is, try not to be such an arrogant elitist urban snob and be careful about going out in the the rain, you might drown with your nose turned up that much.
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Geologist Ian Plimer takes a contrary view, arguing that man-made climate change is a con trick perpetuated by environmentalists
By Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun
July 28, 2009
Ian Plimer has outraged the ayatollahs of purist environmentalism, the Torquemadas of the doctrine of global warming, and he seems to relish the damnation they heap on him.
Plimer is a geologist, professor of mining geology at Adelaide University, and he may well be Australia's best-known and most notorious academic.
Plimer, you see, is an unremitting critic of "anthropogenic global warming" -- man-made climate change to you and me -- and the current environmental orthodoxy that if we change our polluting ways, global warming can be reversed...
Global warming/environmentalism is a religion, plain and simple! It's also one of the most vain beliefs a person can hold. To believe that our everyday living and prosperity is damaging/destroying this planet, when there are everyday examples of natural forces far more powerful and with far larger effects on this planet than anything done by humans throughout our time on this planet is pure arrogance and the height of vanity.
We are to be good stewards of the earths resources, but they are just that RESOURCES. They are here for us to use, yes use wisely, but use none the less. We should also not be worshiping CREATION, rather it's CREATOR! There's going to be a price we pay for how we conduct ourselves using these resources and how we carry on in these manners, but it's going to be having to answer to THE CREATOR for not following His instructions.
Number 1, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
Number 2, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth."
Number 3, "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me..."
Now for the "elites" and "educated" amongst us I realize you're going to roll your eyes and view me as some sort of rube. All I can say is, try not to be such an arrogant elitist urban snob and be careful about going out in the the rain, you might drown with your nose turned up that much.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Vicious Academic Liberals
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009
Ward Connerly, former University of California Regent, has an article, "Study, Study, Study -- A Bad Career Move" in the June 2, 2009 edition of Minding the Campus (www.mindingthecampus.com) that should raise any decent American's level of disgust for what's routinely practiced at most of our universities. Mr. Connerly tells of a conversation he had with a high-ranking UC administrator about a proposal that the administrator was developing to increase campus diversity. Connerly asked the administrator why he considered it important to tinker with admissions instead of just letting the chips fall where they may. His response was that that unless the university took steps to "guide" admissions decisions, the University of California campuses would be dominated by Asians. When Connerly asked, "What would be wrong with that?", the UC administrator told him that Asians are "too dull -- they study, study, study." Then he said to Connerly, "If you ever say I said this, I will have to deny it." Connerly did not reveal the administrator's name. It would not have done any good because it's part of a diversity vision shared by most college administrators...
Libs, especially those in academia are the biggest hypocrites going. They talk a big game about not judging based on race, but it always the thing that guides them. They are the biggest socialist/marxists going. They have no clue how the real world operates.
Perry raises possibility of states' rights showdown with White House over healthcare
Top Stories | Star-Telegram.com
By DAVE MONTGOMERY
dmontgomery@star-telegram.com
AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry, raising the specter of a showdown with the Obama administration, suggested Thursday that he would consider invoking states' rights protections under the 10th Amendment to resist the president's healthcare plan, which he said would be "disastrous" for Texas...
It would be disastrous for the entire nation. It's also completely unconstitutional! Unfortunately, we have enough Constitutionally illiterate people in this country that it could end up happening. It's time to stand up against these Constitutional encroachments and push back against them!
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By DAVE MONTGOMERY
dmontgomery@star-telegram.com
AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry, raising the specter of a showdown with the Obama administration, suggested Thursday that he would consider invoking states' rights protections under the 10th Amendment to resist the president's healthcare plan, which he said would be "disastrous" for Texas...
It would be disastrous for the entire nation. It's also completely unconstitutional! Unfortunately, we have enough Constitutionally illiterate people in this country that it could end up happening. It's time to stand up against these Constitutional encroachments and push back against them!
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
Why I'm a Libertarian Nut Instead of Just a Nut
Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics
July 1, 2009 - 2:12 ET
By Penn Jillette
I don’t speak for all Libertarians any more than Sean Penn speaks for all Democrats. I’m not even sure my LP membership card is up to date. I’ve voted Libertarian as long as I can remember but I don’t really remember much before the Clintons and the Bushes. Those clans made a lot of us bugnutty. When I go on Glenn’s show he calls me a Libertarian, I think that’s my only real credential...
...The fact that the majority wants something good does not give them the right to use force on the minority that don’t want to pay for it. If you have to use a gun, it’s not really a very good idea. Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It’s just ganging up on the weird kid, and I’m always the weird kid...
...It’s amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor and suffering people yourself is compassion. Voting for our government to use guns to give money to help poor and suffering people is immoral self-righteous bullying laziness. People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered. If we’re compassionate, we’ll help them, but you get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right. There is great joy in helping people, but no joy in doing it at gunpoint...
Very succinct and to the point! I lean more libertarian myself. I think most conservatives, if they thought about it would find they have more in common with the Libertarian Party than they do the Republican Party. If the Libertarian Party could ever become a force and get members elected to Congress they'd become the new home of conservative Reaganites like myself.
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July 1, 2009 - 2:12 ET
By Penn Jillette
I don’t speak for all Libertarians any more than Sean Penn speaks for all Democrats. I’m not even sure my LP membership card is up to date. I’ve voted Libertarian as long as I can remember but I don’t really remember much before the Clintons and the Bushes. Those clans made a lot of us bugnutty. When I go on Glenn’s show he calls me a Libertarian, I think that’s my only real credential...
...The fact that the majority wants something good does not give them the right to use force on the minority that don’t want to pay for it. If you have to use a gun, it’s not really a very good idea. Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It’s just ganging up on the weird kid, and I’m always the weird kid...
...It’s amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor and suffering people yourself is compassion. Voting for our government to use guns to give money to help poor and suffering people is immoral self-righteous bullying laziness. People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered. If we’re compassionate, we’ll help them, but you get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right. There is great joy in helping people, but no joy in doing it at gunpoint...
Very succinct and to the point! I lean more libertarian myself. I think most conservatives, if they thought about it would find they have more in common with the Libertarian Party than they do the Republican Party. If the Libertarian Party could ever become a force and get members elected to Congress they'd become the new home of conservative Reaganites like myself.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Live Free or Die
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009
"Live Free or Die" is the title of author and columnist Mark Steyn's speech at Hillsdale College, reproduced in Imprimis (April 2009), a Hillsdale publication that's free for the asking. Canadian born, now living in New Hampshire, Steyn has had firsthand experience with socialist tyranny in his home country that is rapidly becoming a part of America. Commenting on one of his run-ins with Canada's human rights commissions, Steyn points how it might seem bizarre to find the progressive left making common cause with radical Islam. One half of that alliance is pro-gay, pro-feminist secularists and the other half is homophobic, misogynist theocrats. Steyn argues what they have in common overrides their differences, namely, "Both the secular Big Government progressives and the political Islam recoil from the concept of the citizen, of the free individual entrusted to operate within his own societal space, assume his responsibilities, and exploit his potential."
I'm not willing to give up my freedom and liberty for a little security! Our Founding Fathers believed in FREEDOM and LIBERTY above all else.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
-- Ben Franklin, Respectfully Quoted, p. 201, Suzy Platt, Barnes & Noble, 1993
The Ohio State All-Alumni Team
Palestra.net ~ The College Network
See if you can guess who they might be before watching this.
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Americans Love Government
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009
Philosopher Bertrand Russell suggested that "Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education." And, it was Albert Einstein who explained, "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." So which is it -- stupidity, ignorance or insanity -- that explains the behavior of my fellow Americans who call for greater government involvement in our lives?
Things that make you go, "hmmmmmm."
Friday, July 03, 2009
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Dumbest Generation Getting Dumber
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2009
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international comparison of 15-year-olds conducted by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that measures applied learning and problem-solving ability. In 2006, U.S. students ranked 25th of 30 advanced nations in math and 24th in science. McKinsey & Company, in releasing its report "The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools" (April 2009) said, "Several other facts paint a worrisome picture. First, the longer American children are in school, the worse they perform compared to their international peers. In recent cross-country comparisons of fourth grade reading, math, and science, US students scored in the top quarter or top half of advanced nations. By age 15 these rankings drop to the bottom half. In other words, American students are farthest behind just as they are about to enter higher education or the workforce." That's a sobering thought. The longer kids are in school and the more money we spend on them, the further behind they get...
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