Posted on 09/24/2007 9:05:56 PM PDT by jazusamo
God bless that man.
The mobs whip into a frenzy at Jackson et al’s command, without even knowing the real facts of this case or any other .
Jim Crow was a Democrat.
In West Africa, where there are few whites, there
are no charges of racism . Crime is crime.
Assailant(s) and victim(s).
Here we are always
adding race to the mix, which simply clouds the issue and people lose focus on what happened etc...
Plus of course it creates a two-tiere justice system.
His piece has so many pearls of wisdom, I couldn't pick which one to highlight. : )
SOWELL wisdom ping.
Here then, is one point at which danger may be expected.
The question recurs, "how shall we fortify against it?" The answer is simple. Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor;--let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap--let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs;--let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars.
Abraham Lincoln
“Dr. Sowell is right on again.”
He is right on the money many times. Unfortunatly his audiance is us (conservative). As a black conservative I doubt he is widely read outside of conservative circles. He is likely either discounted, ignored or bashed by the left without study at all. A shame really, as he is the sort of voice of reason that Black America needs in its leadership. I highly recommend his autobiography by the way, a facinating read.
Agree on all your points. It is sad that the bulk of Black America listen to the likes of Jackson, Sharpton and Rangel rather than Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams, they are the real thinkers and should be the ones listened to.
I shared a class with a young, black, economics major once. During our conversation, I asked him what he thought of Thomas Sowell. This young, black, economics major had never HEARD of him. I was astonished. I directed him to the Internet and wrote out Dr. Sowell’s name for him and strongly advised him to look him up. I never mentioned that Sowell was black, merely that he was, perhaps, the most brilliant man on the planet. I never got a chance to ask him about it, since the young man dropped the class. I would have loved to see what he thought...
Unconscious people deserve beating. Especially when they are bleeding outta their ears. I mean they’re just lyin there all unconscious and bleeding, makes me want to invite half a dozen friends to join in and stomp the *^*^ outta that unconscious (&(&)^. And hey if they’re not unconscious to begin with, just slam their head into a concrete wall.
. . . It is painful — and dangerous — how little we learn from history, even [such] recent history.
Professor Sowell is a patriot, and almost the definition of the term. He is indifferent to whose ox is being gored, and eloquent in his defense of the ox which was attacked while minding its own business. If, Heaven forefend, I am ever on trial, I want Thomas Sowell on my jury.I caught the discussion of
Until Proven Innocent:on C-Span BookTV Saturday. If you follow the above link to the reviews of the book on Amazon, you will get the flavor of the C-Span discussion featuring Stuart Taylor.
Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices
of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case by Stuart Taylor , KC JohnsonThe book illustrates the fact that the Duke "Rape" case is a devastating indictment not only of Nifong and of Duke and some reporters but of the unaccountable power of prosecutors, of academia at large and of journalism at large. Just like the "Texas Air National Guard Memos" fraud, the "Duke Rape Case" is an open-and-shut case of ruthlessly tendentious journalism.
BTTT
Thanks for the ping, c_I_c. Another OUTSTANDING Thomas Sowell article! Thanks for posting, jazusamo.
Let me sharpen the point Dr. Sowell is correctly making. Liberals have used blatant deceit, often with malice as the motive, by declaring all things morally equivalent. If everything is morally equivalent then there is no right and no wrong. The standard we are left with is whatever shifting opinion rules the day, and Liberals have worked mightily to impose their opinion as rule. The hate crime law is a prime example of what may arbitrarily prosecuted based upon a shifting, unknown standard. Let me clarify. Liberals have worked ceaselessly to impose moral equivalence. Moral equivalence means that there are no absolutes. There is no immutable truth. Truth becomes relative, whatever we say truth is today, it can be different tomorrow. Establishing moral equivalence expressly denies the Judeo-Christian ethos, and THAT is the end goal, to tear down the guard rails of immutable standards. That is the hallmark of liberalism.
I love this good man. He always cuts to the very heart of a matter and speaks the truth with such eloquence and clarity that a child could understand the exposed difference between right and wrong.
Martin Luther King was a Republican.
A Man of Letters by Thomas Sowell is indeed interesting. And it is such a shame that Sowell is so little known. Indeed, he mentioned in "A Man of Letters" that his books typically sell only around 75,000 copies. Considering the wisdom to be found in his writings, that is sad. There is no other word for it.He mentioned that he finds airline travel burdensome, and at his age he will not agree to it. He was told he was to be awarded a prize and declined to travel to Washington to accept it. But in this case he was further told that the prize was a $250,000 award - and that a private jet would be put at his disposal for the trip. He went, and reports that he now knows one thing that he would do with wealth - travel by private jet.
First I ever heard of Sowell was reading Knowledge and Decisions, and it turns out that that was his breakout accomplishment, leading to his appointment to the Hoover Institution. And although he got his PhD because he wanted to teach, and although he loved to mentor, academic political correctness made a happy teaching career impossible to him. So the Hoover Institution was a real lifesaver for him.
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