The silliness in western culture

Teacher: I Don’t Teach Shakespeare Because He Is White
 "Hooray for public education:"

The Washington Post has published a guest article by a California teacher arguing that American high school students shouldn’t read Shakespeare because he’s a dead, white man.
Dana Dusbiber, who teaches English in Sacramento, says she avoids Hamlet and all the rest because her minority students shouldn’t be expected to study a “a long-dead, British guy” (Dusbiber herself is white). And while Shakespeare is widely regarded as the premier writer of the English language, able to timelessly portray themes central to the human experience, Dusbiber says he only is regarded that way because “some white people” ordained it and he can easily be replaced. . .

And these people vote.

Who Turned the Crazy Machine Up to 11?   "First, we have the
utterly predictable—but still fully absurd—story out of Spokane, Washington, that the local head of the NAACP is in fact a white woman. What the heck, if Elizabeth Warren and Ward Churchill can claim to be Indian Native American, why not allow someone to choose their race? After all, isn’t race itself part of the social construction of everything? A suggestion for the 2020 Census: check all of the race/ethnicity boxes on the form, just to be safe.

"Then there’s poor Tim Hunt, a Nobel Prize winner in biology, who made the mistake of speaking candidly about what we used to refer to euphemistically as the “battle of the sexes”: . . .

And didn't one of Obama's people call him the most Jewish president ever?

Male and female are different: hardly earth-shattering news. But saying it is horribly retro, except when it’s Importantly Feminist.

CNN Anchor Actually Apologizes For Calling Dallas Gunman ‘Courageous And Brave’

‘Hate Crime’ Activists Sue South Carolina for Charging Children of Illegals Out of State Tuition

Campus Cannibals?: A Student’s Take on Political Correctness   "The fact that far-leftists are stifling free speech on college campuses has become almost a truism. But things have taken a surprising turn: leftist censorship has turned on itself. Recently a self-described liberal professor confessed students, and the classic feminist play “The Vagina Monologues” was banned from campus because it committed the crime of assuming women have vaginas." . . . 
Er, say what?

Obama has voted "present" for the past seven years

 

Trade Defeat A Failure Of Presidential Leadership
 "Leadership: House Democrats handed President Obama a stinging defeat on Trade Promotion Authority Friday, halting the necessary presidential authority to negotiate new treaties. Obama has no one to blame but himself.

"President Obama has had at least three years to get his ducks in line in Congress to ensure passage of Trade Promotion Authority, commonly known as fast track, a routine authority to ensure that a president has the capacity to complete proposed trade deals, such as the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is wrapping up after years of talks.

"Instead, his TPA bill went down in flames with Friday's House vote, mostly because his fellow "Democrats' refused to support it. That speaks to a failure in presidential leadership on free trade rare in U.S. history." . . .

 Robert J. Samuelson: Obama’s leadership failure

 Obama’s abdication of responsibility may be in his political self-interest, but it is profoundly hostile to the national interest.

The Failures Of Obama’s Leadership  . . . " For the most part the public impressions about the President’s leadership abilities are set in stone thanks to the events of the past five years. Some of the perception that has set in is due, no doubt, to the incessant criticisms from Republicans in Congress, but in the end the President has nobody to blame for the situation he finds himself in but himself.

Obama’s Plan for ISIS: Leave It for the Next President

 Remember how Obama blamed his problems on President Bush? Just watch him telling the press how the next administration is wrecking the stable world Obama has created.

Legal Insurrection

"As a direct result of Obama’s amateurish, quasi-idealistic, and completely ideological failings in Iraq, we will almost certainly end up sending ground troops back in order to undo the damage wrought by the failed Obama doctrine.

"Obama knows this, of course, and his plan is to run out the clock rather than make the decision that needs to be—and will be—made by the next president. The National Journal reports:

On using U.S. combat troops? In a detailed interview with The Atlantic, Obama made his view clear. “If they are not willing to fight for the security of their country, we cannot do that for them,” he said, but added that he’s committed to training Iraqis over a “multi-year” period.

How many, exactly, is “multi?” State Department official and ISIS expert Brett McGurk laid that out on NPR: “It’s a three-year campaign to degrade the organization.”

Three years marked from mid-2014, of course, falls after Jan. 20, 2017, the date Obama leaves office.

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Hillary don't get no love

HopeNChangeCartoons

 

"On Saturday, Hillary Clinton attempted to inject some much-needed excitement into her presidential bid with a campaign speech to a surprisingly small number of New Yorkers, almost all of whom were white. Although whether they self-identify as white is anybody's guess.

"Mixed in with Hillary's standard populist sloganeering about despising Wall Street and the evil rich who are writing the checks for her campaign, her Foundation, and her pantsuit collection, Mrs. Clinton took time to humanize herself by making reference to the inspiration she's found in her mother's miserable life.

"As a child, Hillary's mother was abandoned by her father at age 8 and sent to live with nightmarish grandparents until she ran away and became a housemaid at age 14 (a job option no longer available to actual American citizens of any age).

"In her autobiography, which we highly doubt Hillary has even read, it says "I thought often of my own mother’s neglect and mistreatment at the hands of her parents and grandparents, and how other caring adults filled the emotional void to help her.”

"In other words, don't look to your family for support and guidance - look to the (ahem) "caring adults" of the Big Government "village" which Queen Hillary wants to rule over to help exorcise the demons of her own criminally dysfunctional family." . . .

Hillary’s Top Flack Makes the Case for Her: ‘She Really Listens . . .’   . . . “She can dive deep into any topic,” said Mook. “She is warm and caring about all of the people on her staff.”
“Her story, her life is advocating for other people,” added Palmieri.
"Ah. If only the American people had known about that the last 25 years, then they would have had a completely different perception of Hillary Rodham Clinton."  . . .

Hillary Clinton: launched but not engaged  . . .  "Real presidential candidates have always taken positions on key issues, especially those current enough to be voted on by Congress.
"Hillary Clinton refuses. Judged conventionally, she’s still in exploratory mode.
"What is she exploring? Two things. The political winds and how much (or little) she can get away with.
"The mainstream media, it appears, will let her get away with plenty. Republican contenders, be they governors or neurosurgeons, are expected to opine on a wide range of foreign policy topics. If they trip up even slightly, they are said to be unready for the Oval Office.

"Meanwhile, Clinton, who as Secretary of State helped formulate current U.S. foreign policy, opines little. And the MSM makes little complaint."

 Romney Rips Hillary: Smiles With Mouth, But Eyes Say 'Where's My Latte?'

Obama’s military: Great for homosexuals but not Christians

The Strident Conservative

"For nearly two decades, the U.S. Army has provided an honor guard for the Independence Day celebration at Abilene Baptist Church in Augusta, GA, a church that predates the founding of America. Sadly, that tradition has been brought to an end. Officials at Fort Gordon have decided they will not send an honor guard to the July 5th services at the church because it would be a violation of military policy.

"In a lame attempt to justify the decision, Public Affairs Officer J.C. Mathews stated that officials at Fort Gordon and the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate reviewed the church’s request and determined that the event was “a religious service.” Here’s how he explained it:

“While there are conditions under which the Army can participate in events conducted at a house of worship, we cannot participate in the context of a religious service.”

California, here we go.

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Should California rich be able to use as much water as they can afford?   "There's a serious drought in California, largely the result of government action in saving fish species rather than building additional infrastructure.  Now government in that state has ordered severe restrictions on the use of outdoor sprinkling, causing most of the lawns and gardens in California to shrivel and die.

"But many of California's wealthy citizens don't think those restrictions apply to them.  They can afford the $800-a-month water bills and don't see a need to stop the sprinklers." . . .

http://libertyalliance.com/thirsty-california/

California’s Water Czar, Part Empathetic Confessor and Part Friendly Scold (Claims the NY Times) "Felicia Marcus peered over her desk the other day as the State Water Resources Control Board came to order in a hearing room here, bracing for another day of bad drought news. There would be warnings about die-offs of birds and fish. An anguished farmer describing how he is being forced to fallow fields of crops. An economic report projecting $2.7 billion in drought-related losses in 2015." . . .

 

You will consume four gallons of water by reading this next article!
 Guilt trip alert: "The average American consumes more than 300 gallons of California water each week by eating food that was produced there." Here is just a small . um, taste of what you will learn from this article:

Four broccoli florets

2.2 gallons