Thomas Sowell: Suicidal Hand-Wringing

Creator's Syndicate ^ | September 19, 2006 | Dr. Thomas Sowell

[onyx]

So there.

[donmeaker]

Bureaucracies are a way to take smart, wellmeaning people and assure that they act in a way that is stupid.

Eventually it will be necessary for the people to go around the Government to get the job done.

[dynachrome]

Ping. Yer late. Good stuff from Dr. Sowell, as always.

[FairOpinion]

"Squeamishness about how this is done is not a sign of higher morality but of irresponsibility in the face of mortal dangers."

Precisely.

[goldstategop]

The stupidity of the Gang Of Four RINOs is breathtaking. They know the terrorist reject civilized warfare. Their answer to us was 9/11. Why they insist on enforcing the Geneva Convention in a situation where it is clearly inapplicable is a mystery. They are saying in effect terrorists' rights take precedence over the safety of our own country! McCain, Graham, Warner and Collins should hear themselves. Their position as stated makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[onyx]

He always nails it.
Always.

[Christian4Bush]

bttt

[jazusamo]

Dr. Sowell's columns are always good but he really nailed this one. BRAVO!

[claptrap]

I would like to second the Popes insult to Mohammed and
also to add injury to that insult I would like to insult
the idiotic god of the muslims Allah. I would also like to invite injured and insulted muslims to bring their knives to a gunfight.

[BIGLOOK]

Usama bin Laden said, "We will use their laws against them".

The US now has fools proffering legislation in Congress favorable to the terrorists' dictum.

[plsjr]

It seems we have too few members of congress who are "sane adults" - including those who wear the Republican label.

Obviously allowing the leftists to regain control is suicidal, but voting the current ilk back in power would serve to reinforce bad government - unless - maybe - there was a landslide with those of us who do see our congressional - and presidential insanity (illegals) screaming at the top of our lungs the right things to do...

I've got to stop dreaming like this. It's going to make me insane.

[MaineVoter2002]

Another great article from T Sowell!

[PGalt]

Outstanding article from Dr. Sowell. Thanks for posting it.

[onyx]

The senate really is a club and its members will say and do almost anything to retain membership. To wit: Loserman. Gets beat in his party's primary and can't stand losing his membership, so he mounts a campaign as a faux independent.

Are these people power hungry or what?

[patriciaruth]

Now if Irey wins and other Congressional districts around the country defy the lying pollsters and we win More seats rather than the predicted losses....

Maybe with fewer liberal and communist idiots in Congress, this suicidal thinking will be dampened.

I can dream, too....

[CBart95]

Commentary thus far has an uncanny ring of polite applause at a tennis match.

Inasmuch as we are at war,invaded by some 30 million illegals, are divided almost entirely in half, have a enemy friendly MSM and are being betrayed by almost all of our allies, do you suppose that the good Dr. Sowell would expect us do a little more than polite applause?

Or am I just being another dang neocon niusance again?

[SaxxonWoods]

"Commentary thus far has an uncanny ring of polite applause at a tennis match."

Once Thomas Sowell speaks on a subject, there is little left to say.

I'll wager on this, the good Doctor will be voting in November, and he will vote a straight Republican ticket, no matter how many Republicans he criticizes, and he will criticize aplenty.

[Jerez2]

Are the 3 RINOs confused? or do they MEAN to kill us?

How could a former Navy pilot want us to sacrifice our men for NOTHING? Because that would be the effect of McCain's great ideas: Catch the terrorists at great cost in American blood, then let them go for fear of being non-PC.

It's sickening. We should all give the 3 of them a call tomorrow on the toll-free Congressional phone lines!

As for President Bush, I think he's done a smart thing by trying to go along with the Supremes - but making very clear why he thinks they are wrong. I just hope it works.

Thanks for a good article.

[RobbyS]

They acts as though foreign opposition to our policy is owing to treatment of the thugs we capatured. But they reason reason for opposition has nothing to do with this; it is part of an effort to tie down Gulliver with threads.