All The Rage
Before I delve into the guts of this column, I would like to respond to those who graciously emailed their take to me on the piece that I wrote called “EcoNuts.” I began my observation by writing, “Ayn Rand Institute senior fellow Dr. Onkar Ghate wrote a rather confusing piece on Eco-Terrorists. After reading it, I wasn’t sure if he warned against them or admired them.”
I’m guessing it may have been “Pick A Topic” day at ol’ Ayn Rand and Dr. Ghate reached into the top hat and pulled out a small piece of paper that had on it one word: Eco-terrorism. Being the brilliant mind he obviously is, Ghate had to dissect the thought process and rationale of those who seem to believe in the liberal “ends justify the means” doctrine.
To me, Eco-terrorists are simply liberal-academia-brainwashed vandals, who will inevitably become murderers. It’s only a matter of time that whatever it is they plan on destroying will contain a human being or two trapped within. These punks are not worthy of such intellectual inspection. To give them such time for brainy analysis elevates them to a status they aren’t worthy of. Thus my inability and refusal to accept the very well thought out concepts and premises offered by Dr. Ghate.
Next….
Race Baiting At The Post
Shankar Vedantam of the Washington Post believes Republicans are racist down to their very core. White Republicans especially. Now while Vedantam may now have an “Employee of the Month” privilege with the liberal Washington elite and can go to a couple of parties via the back door, one can see the obvious flaws in his piece and his attempts to place another wall between white-and-everyone-else America.
Vedantam led off, “Put a group of people together at a party and observe how they behave. Differently than when they are alone? Differently than when they are with family? What if they’re in a stadium instead of at a party? What if they’re all men?”
Duh. Of course men behave differently, as do women. Men talk sports and tits, women talk fashion and size; this isn’t rocket science. But where the writer goes with this is predictable. Also it partially explains where a lot of our tax dollars are going in liberal academia.
“Another study presented at the conference, which was in Palm Springs, Calif., explored relationships between racial bias and political affiliation by analyzing self-reported beliefs, voting patterns and the results of psychological tests that measure implicit attitudes — subtle stereotypes people hold about various groups. That study found that supporters of President Bush and other conservatives had stronger self-admitted and implicit biases against blacks than liberals did.”
I think we all know where the author is going with this. Republicans are racists… again.
“For their study, Nosek, Banaji and social psychologist Erik Thompson culled self-acknowledged views about blacks from nearly 130,000 whites, who volunteered online to participate in a widely used test of racial bias that measures the speed of people’s associations between black or white faces and positive or negative words. The researchers examined correlations between explicit and implicit attitudes and voting behavior in all 435 congressional districts.”
As the writer did not include what those negative words were, it’s impossible for me to comment on the intent or accuracy of this study, but I will say this: it’s an election year. Liberals will do one of the only things left they do best: race bait. To be quite frank, these studies are just another attempt to paint minorities the poor victims at the hands of evil white conservatives.
Because of political correctness, I do talk differently about women to men than I do when women are around. As human nature being what it is, I’ll bet women say some things behind closed doors that would rate at least an R in the movies. As this will be considered airing dirty laundry by those who have skins thinner than that on old ketchup, tough: blacks have some rather harsh things to say about whites when they’re not in the room as well.
But just who is responsible for the negative image of blacks and minorities, Kanye? I don’t see conservatives promoting gangbangers into pop icons. I don’t see conservatives condoning out-of-wedlock birth as if blacks are just a bunch of over-breeding monkeys who don’t know any better. I don’t see conservatives embracing Affirmative Action, as they don’t believe blacks are so inherently stupid as to need that extra push. I don’t see conservatives promoting welfare and social benefits. I don’t see conservatives acting like black people’s best friends, while liberal Democrats to this day cover up a past that was racist, murderous, and to this day unacknowledged. Thank you very much, Black “History” Month.
Liberals originate most of the negative associations that adhere to minorities, and Vedantam’s piece is shameful. The Washington Post, by publishing this, is showing not only political bias but also racial slander. They think they are doing a public service. That kind of backward thinking is another reason race relations in the nation remains an unsolved mystery, by design.
Bob’s Musings Of The Week
I consider the troops as important as any celebrity journalist does. David Westin at ABC may think the war finally has hit home, but liberals only think things real when they have the audacity to happen to them. The troops volunteer to do something greater than themselves. ABC anchorman Bob Woodruff went to Iraq for ratings and will be paid more this year than most of those grunts will see in a lifetime. I’m sorry Woodruff was injured, but unlike the soldiers, he could pull the plug and go home whenever he wanted. The troops will remain until the mission is done. Who is more worthy of media attention?
By the way, anyone see Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman last week. In case you missed it (and I have no choice), she was broadcasting from the headquarters of Al Jezeera in Qatar. Now Goodman claims to be a leader of “independent” journalism. No one tells Amy what to say or what to do.
So it was quite telling to see Ms. Goodman last week all dolled up, hair combed to the point of a sheen, make-up on her face, lipstick, new clothes, etc. This week, we’re back to same ol’ ordinary Amy. I guess the owners of Al Jezeera don’t want uncombed, haggard-looking American feminists, like the ones we get to see on a daily basis, on their newscasts. That is, unless they’re on videos, (that only they receive) about to be murdered by terrorists. I’d also be curious if the independent Goodman could say whatever she wanted, or if she was willing to be jailed and/or much worse should she be critical of any facet of Muslim society.
I guess we’ll never know.
Hate Speech 1.01
If this isn’t hate speech, I don’t know what is.
“Civil rights activist and NAACP Chairman Julian Bond delivered a blistering partisan speech at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina last night, equating the Republican Party with the Nazi Party and characterizing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her predecessor, Colin Powell, as “tokens. The Republican Party would have the American flag and the swastika flying side by side,” he charged. Calling President Bush a liar, Bond told the audience at the historically black institution that this White House’s lies are more serious than the lies of his predecessor’s because Clinton’s lies didn’t kill people.
- World Net Daily
Isn’t there ever a positive message a liberal can offer to kids? Global warming is burning the Earth up. It’s going to be extra cold this winter. SUV’s are making the air unbreathable. The children are our future. Abortion on demand. George Bush doesn’t care about black people. We created terrorists and they are misunderstood by evil, intolerant Neocons. It’s a man’s world and they force women to shave.
I’ve commented on inflammatory diatribes like those issued by Bond before. Talk about a one trick pony. I just wonder when America will wake up and see what cowardly liberals force into the minds of impressionable young students. If there were a conservative giving a speech at Fayetteville, the university would be remiss if they didn’t provide a liberal voice for “balance.” Liberals can rant until they’re blue in the face unchallenged because such a challenge would be disastrous and they know it.
Who was given time to respond to Julian Bond? Any guesses out there…?
Takin’ It To The Streets (The Extended Version)
We’ve all read about the Danish cartoons that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, thus sending thousands of Muslims worldwide into the streets in a murderous frenzy. As I am still unable to see the constructive wisdom in the act, as well as the thinking, here’s a quote to ponder….
“Something the media has to understand (is that) somebody’s religion is not for insult.”
- Pakistan Association of New Zealand president Naveed Hamid said his group had organized a march because Muslims wanted to make their hurt felt to the public
Now while I believe in God, I’m not an avid churchgoer. Maybe it’s something about me previously working in a marketing department for a ministry. I understand the passion some have for their religion and would never denigrate someone’s religious belief. Then again, I’m not a liberal.
Remember a few years ago, artist Andres Serrano created a stir when he presented a photograph at a New York City museum of a crucifix in a jar of his own urine? How many Christians, who were justifiably outraged, took to the streets and started burning things?
Or how about Chris Ofili’s paining of the Holy Virgin Mary described lovingly by writer Jerry Saltz:
“It’s not the Virgin Mary. It’s a painting.†These were the words uttered almost in unison by a group of Brooklyn Museum guards as they stood in front of Chris Ofili’s picture titled The Holy Virgin Mary (1996), the work that launched a thousand slurs. To describe the painting is to know this image is many things, but not what its detractors make of it. A very black woman cloaked in a stippled, Prussian-blue robe hovers over an intricate golden ground of enamel dots and glitter. Her mantle is open to reveal a black breast made of elephant dung and festooned with pins. The painting rests on two clumps of dung; one is decorated with the word Virgin, the other with the word Mary.”
By general appearance, the painting could have been created by a six-year-old. The “skills” weren’t there. Again, there was outrage by Christians, but no taking to the streets worldwide in violent protest.
Maybe it’s because we know how to protest over here. Maybe it’s because we are the tolerant ones and know the difference between right and wrong. Maybe it’s because some know the answer to “What would Jesus do?” Maybe it’s because our society is maturer.
To say anything more would invite personal jihad, and I just don’t need the hassle.
