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.
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.
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.
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.
Indeed he is and right not just according to race. In the past few years, we have seen the erosion of laws because some person or group is placed in a victim status. From OJ Simpson and Rodney King to the illegal aliens - eventually it will erode respect for the law from all quarters.
The Jena Kid in jail did have a $90,000 bail with a $9,000 bond needed to let him out to go free. The question needs to be asked, why didn't the race pimps simply post that kid's bond? Why didn't any of rap artists post his bond? They sure found the money to travel several times to Jena and then pay for chartered buses to march on Jena for justice but failed to simply post that kid's bond.
Many people have sent their hard earned $$$$$$ to FREE the Jena Six but those who were free were too busy buying more Bling and Stuffing hundreds in their mouths.
Amen, Dr. Sowell.