Naming the Swine Flu: a Battle of P.C. Hierarchy
We now have brewing an epic battle that will determine the relative importance of three different groups: Jews, Muslims and Mexicans.
You see, in the Hierarchy of Multiculturalism, when the interests of different identity groups conflict, the arbiters of political correctness must decide which group has the most victim cred. That’s how such disputes are settled: to the victim go the spoils. (more…)
“Because white guilt is a vacuum of moral authority, it makes the moral authority of whites and the legitimacy of American institutions contingent on proving a negative: that they are not racist. The great power of white guilt comes from the fact that it functions by stigma, like racism itself. Whites and American institutions are stigmatized as racist until they prove otherwise. . . . .[T]he larger reality is that white guilt leaves no room for moral choice; it does not depend on the goodwill or the genuine decency of people.” Shelby Steele, White Guilt, 2006.
The moral authority that comes from an absence of moral choice is actually no moral authority. This is a prescription for endless manipulation–by both blacks and whites–which Steele documents at length. He also wrote, (more…)
The World of Megaterrorism
BY ANDRE GLUCKSMANN
Sunday, March 21, 2004 12:01 a.m. EST
PARIS–Read carefully the statement that claimed responsibility for the Madrid massacres. (more…)
From an article by James Bovard.
How many public programs can you name that fit the above model?
I don’t really want to know how many last nerves I’ve got left. Each time I think, “That’s it, he’s gotten on my last nerve,” (more…)
“If we’re truly worried about carbon, we must instead approach it as if the emissions originated in an annual eruption of Mount Krakatoa. Don’t try to persuade the volcano to sign a treaty promising to stop. Focus instead on what might be done to protect and promote the planet’s carbon sinks—the systems that suck carbon back out of the air and bury it.”
Via Getty Images. caption: Handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency press office showing the President of the US,Barack Obama (L), and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez (R) chatting before the opening of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, on April 17, 2009.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives U.S. President Barack Obama a copy of “Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina” by author Eduardo Galeano during a meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 2009. Obama sat down with South American leaders on Saturday, saying he was ready to listen and learn after promising an era of more regional cooperation and a new start with communist Cuba.
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3 weeks ago:Hugo calls Obama “ignorant”
“There is no such dichotomy as Reds AND Greens, but Green Reds, and vice versa. It was a deep concern for the livable planet being saved that pointed me originally towards socialism and revolution. That will not change, and Marx only made me a more confirmed green.”
The Little Red Wagon That Can - What I saw at the Tea Party
“These are the same people who rushed en masse to cover Cindy Sheehan and a dozen or so antiwar protesters in Crawford, Texas, rechristening that sad, emotionally unpredictable woman with two of the most cherished words in the English language: Peace Mom. But what was their attitude when thousands of ordinary people gathered in defense of their rights all over the country? “Just move on, folks, nothing to see here.”
Left Wing Extremism: The Current Threat (2001)
Unlike the recent homeland security threat assessment of right-wing extremism that was based on pure speculation, the above assessment of left-wing extremism was based on real threats.
Approximately 5000 people had their cup of tea at the state house in Denver on tax day, and their message to limit spending was heard loud and clear by the Colorado House in session inside the capital building who were, coincidentally, debating the state budget. I did not see a single disruptive demonstrator, nor did I hear any angry conversations. People had a great time; it was a party atmosphere with a serious side. There was no evidence of overriding organization, of Fox News’ involvement, or of any commercial posters or signs of the sort you see at a political party rally.
Videos of speeches:
Gunny Bob
Jon Caldara
Mike Coffman
Tom Lucero
Mike Kopp
Lenina Close
IBD: The Tea Party System
The following pictures are higher density than I usually post so they can be enlarged to read the various signs. Click on them to enlarge. (more…)
