The view from a Turkish journalist: Americans have thrown the towel [Newsflash for Turkish journalist--Obama and the political elite in DC have thrown in the towel, the rest of America has not].
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The world began anew when the Bowing Fanny plopped into the chair in the Oval Office. Thirty years of hostility from Iran would dissolve in the presence of The One. Obama strikes such a fine figure and makes some rip-roaring speeches, surely he must be smarter than everyone when it comes to peacemaking. Patience, mutual respect and humility will win over the madmen.
When it became obvious it wasn’t going to happen exactly like that with Iran, analysts generously gave Obama the benefit of the doubt that his naivete was actually a clever ploy to put other countries in a bind when it came time to impose harsh sanctions. It was his master plan. That time has arrived. Well, it arrived a long time ago but we’re just now getting around to it. Sort of.
During a press conference in South Korea, Obama was asked about the next step on Iran. He praises himself and the smart plan he has and speaks about Iran’s behavior in oblique, non-confrontational terms. What got to me is the convoluted, wussy language which presumably is getting tough on Iran. [click to continue…]
U.S. President Barack Obama will be given an honorary taekwondo belt to mark his first visit to Korea on Wednesday and Thursday. A government official said that President Lee Myung-bak will present Obama with an honorary taekwondo degree certificate and a uniform embroidered with his name.
Obama practiced taekwondo for about four years with an American master in Chicago from 2001 while he was serving in the Illinois state senate. He obtained a green belt.
Meanwhile, the government has yet to choose whether to serve the traditional Korean rice wine makgeolli or a Californian wine during the welcome luncheon on Thursday.
A warning to anyone who plans to answer Obama’s call for volunteerism, check with the SEIU first. Kevin Anderson, a 15-yr old Eagle Scout, voluntarily worked 250 hours to clear a walking path in a local park. The president of the local SEIU chapter considers the park his turf and went looking for Kevin.
Anderson, a junior and varsity soccer player at Southern Lehigh High School, is a member of Boy Scout Troop 301 of Center Valley.
He got the idea for the trail while taking hikes along the partially complete, 165-mile Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor. He noticed there were a few missing connections to the trail in Kimmets Lock Park, which is on the Lehigh River near Dauphin Street. He already has logged 250 hours trying to carve out a walking and biking trail along the river.
“I decided to do my part in completing this part of the trail. In that way, others could enjoy walking along the river, without having to walk on the busy road”.
Nobody gets to enjoy a walk in the park unless the SEIU gets a piece of the action.
“We’ll be looking into the Cub Scout or Boy Scout who did the trails,” Balzano told the council.
Balzano said Saturday he isn’t targeting Boy Scouts. But given the city’s decision in July to lay off 39 SEIU members, Balzano said “there’s to be no volunteers.” No one except union members may pick up a hoe or shovel, plant a flower or clear a walking path.
This is what counts as holiday spirit in the SEIU.
For example, the city currently does not have an electrician available because of the layoffs and an employee on an extended sick leave. As a result, the city has been forced to hire an outside union electrician to oversee the installation for the popular Lights on the Parkway holiday display.
“In the spirit of the holiday, we decided to let that go,” Balzano said.
When Obama signed the Volunteer Bill into law he said,
We need your service right now, at this moment in history. I’m not going to tell you what your role should be. That’s for you to discover.
The smart people are going to study and define hate then teach the kids how to be agents for social change. What could go wrong?
Political Correctness was an amusing loony left notion in the beginning, giving male names to hurricanes, spelling “woman” “womin”, quirky things like that. It got seriously irritating when we had to drop Christmas for The Winter Festival, but PC kept rolling along. It continued getting worse over the years while we all learned to self-censor our thoughts and actions to the point of getting 13 people killed at Fort Hood. Sane people think it’s finally time to pull back from PC. The radicals think it’s time to kick it up a notch. They want to formally define hate within society and develop a comprehensive program to “educate” the young to be social change agents.
The idea for Hate Studies came out of Gonzaga University in 1997. The initial premise, as usual, sounds worthy.
What makes hate tick?” Mohr, director of Gonzaga’s Institute for Action Against Hate, wondered. “How can we stop it?”
Gonzaga founded the institute a decade ago after some black law students received threatening letters. It has since started a Journal of Hate Studies, hosted a conference and offered its first class on hatred last spring.
The hope is that other universities will follow suit, said Ken Stern of the American Jewish Committee in New York, who has been involved in the effort. “We wanted to approach hate more intelligently,” he said.
It’s heartwarming when soldiers return from the field of battle to be reunited with their loved ones. Of course I wouldn’t want to understate the importance of the homecoming with regard to wives and children and the like. But the pièce de résistance is the reunion with the family pooch. Could anyone possibly disagree?
Fox and the administration have been in a public fight since former White House communications director Anita Dunn said the network acted like the research or communications arm of the Republican Party. The president pointedly avoided Fox when he gave a round of interviews to Sunday shows about his health care plan.
Garrett, Fox’s senior White House correspondent and a CNN reporter before moving to Fox, will have 10 minutes with the president. Other network correspondents traveling with the president — Chip Reid of CBS, Chuck Todd of NBC and Ed Henry of CNN — will also get interviews. ABC gave up its slot when Jake Tapper spoke to Obama earlier.
It’s the first time Obama has spoken specifically to a Fox correspondent since he talked with Garrett in July. Obama gave one other interview to Fox as president, to Sunday morning host Chris Wallace in February.
Maybe Urkel thought he should talk to Fox after spewing in China about how he hates censorship and loves a free press. Ah, the lovely smell of hypocrisy in the Chinese morning…
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Make no mistake, this is the result of Obama’s Deathcare, and it hasn’t even passed yet, but they think it will. I’ve sounded the alarm bell for you for months now–once the gubmint is in charge of everything and paying for everything, all will be cut or rationed.
The CDC via their new Task Force on the issue has reversed what had been a clarion call for women to be vigilant with mammography screenings after 40. Now they’re saying nevermind, you really don’t need them until after 50, and then not so often.
The bottom line–sure their will be some casualties but compared to the money saved, it’ll be worth it. Make no mistake–this has nothing to do with women’s health, quite the opposite. It’s about saving money at the expense of women’s lives and women’s choice and options.
For the first time in 20 years, a government panel is telling women in their 40s to stop getting routine mammograms and recommending that a host of other breast cancer screenings slow down.
The United States Preventive Service Task Force announced Monday that it recommends against annual mammograms for women age 40 to 49 because, they say, the benefits of testing do not outweigh the “harms” and risks.
The task force also recommends against teaching breast self-exams for all women and said evidence was insufficient to recommend mammograms for women older than 74.
Well, we already know once you pass a certain age and not producing taxable income, why should the gubmint provide you with certain types of healthcare? Heck, you’re not gonna notice breast cancer at 74 are you?
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Hate Studies — Orwellian New Academic Field
by Pat_S on November 18, 2009 · 4 comments
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The smart people are going to study and define hate then teach the kids how to be agents for social change. What could go wrong?
Political Correctness was an amusing loony left notion in the beginning, giving male names to hurricanes, spelling “woman” “womin”, quirky things like that. It got seriously irritating when we had to drop Christmas for The Winter Festival, but PC kept rolling along. It continued getting worse over the years while we all learned to self-censor our thoughts and actions to the point of getting 13 people killed at Fort Hood. Sane people think it’s finally time to pull back from PC. The radicals think it’s time to kick it up a notch. They want to formally define hate within society and develop a comprehensive program to “educate” the young to be social change agents.
The idea for Hate Studies came out of Gonzaga University in 1997. The initial premise, as usual, sounds worthy.
Why do we hate? Academics seek answer in new field
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