Posted on 05/19/2008 8:02:11 PM PDT by jazusamo
Seeing the Pope driven around in a bullet-proof vehicle reminds me of how much times have changed over the years. I can remember when President Franklin D. Roosevelt rode through Harlem in an open car.
A reader's response to my column about the mandated change from incandescent light bulbs to CFL bulbs: "It would be far better to exchange the corrupt hacks in Congress for some winos from the Bowery. Such a transition should open a new bright era for America."
Even if you think our presidential choices this election year are between disgust and disaster, anyone who has ever been through a real disaster can tell you that this difference is not small. It is big enough to go vote on election day.
One of the ways in which people are similar is in the lengths to which they will go in order to show that they are different.
Over the years, slowly but surely, we have painted ourselves into a corner on a whole range of issues, where we can no longer say or do what makes the most sense to us, but only what is considered to be politically correct.
The great Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that a good catchword could stop people from thinking for 50 years. The big catchword this election year is "change"— and it has already stopped many people's thinking in its tracks.
It would be hard to think of a more ridiculous way to make decisions than to transfer those decisions to third parties who pay no price for being wrong. Yet that is what at least half of the bright ideas of the political left amount to.
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Yes!
Thomas Sowell, God bless you sir.
Excellent, as usual.
If Barack Obama had given a speech on bowling, it might well have been brilliant and inspiring. But instead he actually tried bowling and threw a gutter ball. The contrast between talking and doing could not have been better illustrated.
If Barack Obama had given a speech on bowling, it might well have been brilliant and inspiring. But instead he actually tried bowling and threw a gutter ball. The contrast between talking and doing could not have been better illustrated.
Not up to his usual standard.
crap - sorry.
If Barack Obama had given a speech on bowling, it might well have been brilliant and inspiring. But instead he actually tried bowling and threw a gutter ball. The contrast between talking and doing could not have been better illustrated.
Muttley laughter here... :)
>> But instead he actually tried bowling and threw a gutter ball.
“You see, because bowling is about change. It’s not where the 7 pin is, or the 10 pin stands. What matters most is hook. I knew a girl from Jersey. Few from the right cared about her or tried to hit on her. She was lonely and lived between two gutters. I like Jersey and I have hope. I look up and see change and that’s why I throw my ball in the gutter.”
On my list of people who have done the most good for the world, Joe McCarthy would be there with Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan and George Washington. (Admittedly, my list contains 3 1/2 Americans. It is, as am I, totally biased.)
I cannot repeat the name I was called by an FDA employee when I made such a suggestion once.
Some people in the FDA are so sick and power-hungry, they lack empathy and have perhaps turned the corner to sadism.
Agreed, Joe McCarthy was a true American.
That’s an excellent suggestion but like you say, they won’t relinquish that power.
I’m not much of fan of the FDA either. A medication which my GI tract needs to function has been pulled from the market by the FDA. This drug helps me tremendously, and there are no good alternatives to it available in the US. Thankfully, my GI Dr. is Australian and a world-renowned researcher in his field. He has found a reputable overseas mail-order pharmacy that sells the Australia/New Zealand version of this drug.
Hey, you should run for president. You obviously know how to speak, and I’ll bet you have charisma, too.
This is a good one by Sowell. Sometimes, I think his random thoughts are a waste of time.
This is a good one by Sowell. Sometimes, I think his random thoughts are a waste of time.
What, no Maggie Thatcher? I agree with you, I think McCarthy got the historical shaft. Wisconsin has sure gone downhill politically since they could send him to Washington.
Add me to that.
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