Not sure the ‘educated left’ will ever be able to think clearly. ============== Those outraged at Brown University (“The Children of Brown,” Review & Outlook, Oct. 31) and elsewhere, over the New York Police Department’s stop, question and frisk practice need to calm down. New York beat cops are at least 50% minority, meaning that one-half of all those minority stop-and-frisks are... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
28 Hours 50 Minutes – How far did he go?
November 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, TechnologyVery cool! Congrats. ======= Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean! Meet The Guy Who Drove Across The U.S. In A Record 28 Hours 50 Minutes.
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Seattle mulls ban on word ‘brown bag’ – Seriously
October 25 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correctCensorship? Is George Orwell’s “1984″ prophecy is coming true? Freedom of Speech is dying. ============== In Seattle, it may soon be illegal for government officials to use the terms “brown bag” and “citizens” in official city documents and discussions. City politicos said such words are deemed offensive by many, and as such, they may abide the recent caveat from the Office of Civil... Read more
Our Former Friends the Saudis
October 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, ObamaSo who did you say our friends were “leaving” the US over? What that George Bush? ============= President Obama likes to boast that he has repaired U.S. alliances supposedly frayed and battered by the Bush Administration. He should try using that line with our former allies in Saudi Arabia. As the Journal’s Ellen Knickmeyer has reported from Riyadh in recent weeks, the Kingdom... Read more
U.N. Insecurity Council
October 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, ObamaCan anyone imagine the press “feeding frenzy” if Pres. Bush had been “snubbed” like this by Saudi Arabia? Maybe Obama isn’t having enough “dialog”? Maybe he should send Michelle to Saudi Arabia to generate a little more good will? ============ Membership in the United Nations Security Council is supposed to be like a Nobel Prize—no one ever turns it down. So when... Read more
