Political Correctness
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Politically incorrect talk about guns
Liberals kill far more Americans with guns than conservatives do.
This provocative statement was prompted by the meme above and the subsequent comments it evoked. I jokingly suggested that perhaps we should only ban guns from liberals. Quiner’s Diner reader, xPraetorius, had noticed the same phenomenon:
Read MoreRudy for Secy of State
I like Mitt Romney.
He’s a great manager. A good human being. And he led the anti-Trump movement.
These are good things … except that Trump won.
Read MorePolitically-correct capitalism is a loser
I got an email from the Democratic Party yesterday.
They’re raising money in an attempt to overturn the stunning mandate won by Republicans in the election.
Here’s a flavor of their “love note”:
“What do Wilbur Ross and Steven Mnuchin — Trump’s incoming Secretaries of Commerce and the Treasury — have in common?
They’re both Wall Street billionaires who got rich preying on working Americans and foreclosing on their homes. And once confirmed, they plan to start bringing back the Bush-era economic policies that helped lead us to the worst economic recession since the Great Depression.”
They dost protest too much, methinks…
Read MoreJon Stewart slams liberal stereotyping
“Like, there are guys in my neighborhood that I love, that I respect, that I think have incredible qualities who are not afraid of Mexicans, and not afraid of Muslims, and not afraid of blacks. They’re afraid of their insurance premiums. In the liberal community, you hate this idea of creating people as a monolith. Don’t look as Muslims as a monolith. They are the individuals and it would be ignorance. But everybody who voted for Trump is a monolith, is a racist. That hypocrisy is also real in our country.”
Read MoreThese ‘non-issues’ can destroy us
What defines the United States of America?
The first thing that comes to mind is freedom. Americans believe that every human being is born with a right to be free. Freedom is very much defined by an ability to speak freely, worship freely, and become all you can be without interference from government.
Another thing that has defined us is a belief in the productive potential of each individual…
Read MoreWhy you should be frightened
Democrats view Trump as Hitler. Republicans view Hillary as Satan.
Nuance is lacking in this crass age. So is an educated citizenry, as you can see in the video above.
Students at Texas Tech University were asked three questions by a roving interviewer:
Who won the Civil War.
Who is the Vice President of the United States.
From whom did we gain our independence from?
Almost none knew the answers to any of these basic questions. It is fair to claim that I cannot imagine any member of the Baby Boom Generation, of which I am a member, not knowing the answers to any of these questions … from sixth grade on.
Candidate Parade
This presidential campaign reminds me of “Easter Parade” in a perverse way.
“East Parade” was the hit 1948 movie starring the great Fred Astaire and Judy Garland. The plot is straight forward: Fred Astaire has a dancing partner who leaves the act to go solo. They also had a romantic relationship, so Fred is feeling doubly rejected. To get back at her, he boasts that he could pull any girl off of the chorus line and turn her into a star with his sheer star power.
The girl he pulls out of the chorus line is none other than Judy Garland. The duo sputters at first because Fred isn’t letting Judy be Judy. He tries to force her to fit the mold of his previous partner.
However, once he lets Judy be Judy, the act gels and they make it big…
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