Posted on 04/23/2007 9:50:42 PM PDT by goldstategop
"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 Palelologus
as usual, dennis is right on target!
Ping!
Excellent piece by Dennis Prager, thanks for posting. He is correct on every point.
The kicker for me is that our dem controlled Congress is finding everything they can in Washington to undermine our president and his administration simply because they hate him.
Here is a miscarriage of justice that most of the people in the country know was wrong and other than one Congressman speaking out it is ignored by the rest.
Our elected lawmakers should be trying to remedy this situation through legislation so it doesn’t happen again.
Liberals only care about dividing us and setting us against each other so they cn control and repress all of us.
Such a sad waste! I pray that these boys will have a good future and that this travesty will come back to rest on the accuser and teach her a lesson. I don’t hold my breath for Al and Jesse to do any repenting because that word doesn’t exist in their vocabulary. To them, this is reparations for slavery, even though few of our ancestors ever owned any slaves.
Outstanding column by Prager. Send to all your liberal friends.
Absolutely right -- and don't forget to include Affirmative Action Alberto Gonzales and his so-called Justice Department among the ranks of those who did absolutely nothing.
...”Like Dennis Prager, because of the political correctness and moral blindness among the Left, I too fear for the future of America”...
Down the road, these young men will not be the only tragic victims in all this. With faculty and staff like this, the very core of educational and professional skills required to meet the needs of our nation are at stake. An example is medical education. Duke and Columbia have both been known as excellent schools for medical training. Top notch physicians have trained and worked there. I have a strong interest in medicine, and I am curious as to whether these departments show signs of disintegrating or of being dismantled in the name of “political correctness.” We will know the answer to this in ten years or so after those responsible for the “genesis” of the problem have moved on, leaving a mess for future generations to cope with.
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With regards to Sharpton, does anyone remember that jogger in Central Park who was gang raped? I have some memory that Sharpton was involved, but I don't remember exactly how.
Couldn't agree with you more.
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We need to shake off atomistic libertarianism in order to get together and do anything about it. What would make it difficult is that in the American psyche, the discernment and the abiding of truth have long been obscured by arbitrary self-assertion and a formidable sense of revoltedness that holds the ego in very high esteem. Many people assume life is one big interplay of Hegelian conflicts between people with ulterior motives (this is a worldview promoted by school and big business alike), notwithstanding our legal tradition which stretches back many centuries and points to higher things.
Here’s a good summary of Sharpton, which includes that:
Media skip other side of Sharpton
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion_columnists/article/0,2777,DRMN_23972_4494836,00.html
Well said. Thanks for the ping.
I agree. For the prosecutor to say that he's not bringing charges because she is confused, or mentally ill, or delusional is no excuse. Nifong didn't think she was confused, or mentally ill, or delusional.
Maybe that will be her defense. Maybe she will be found not guily because of it. But the charges should be brought nonetheless.
Excellent article; thanks for posting it! Whether you call it “moral bankruptcy” or “intellectual vacuum”, Duke epitomizes what is wrong with most American universities these days: that they are political indoctrination centers rather than havens of learning and free debate.
One quibble, though: this reads like a transcript of live remarks rather than a proofread written piece. Prager’s comments about the loser-pay judicial system came out garbled, as if he was praising that the winner should pay attorney’s fees. And the listing of what can get a university president fired was likewise confused in its construction. As I said, it seemed more like the flow of spoken comments, which occasionally have these kinds of switches, than a written column. (/grammar police)
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