Random thoughts on the passing scene:
<p>Different people have very different reactions to President
Barack Obama. Those who listen to his rhetoric are often inspired, while
those who follow what he actually does are often appalled.
<p>New York and Chicago have both recently had their coldest June
in generations. If they had had their hottest month, it would have been
trumpeted from the media 24/7 by "global warming" zealots. But the average
surface temperature of the earth has not changed in more than a decade,
according to the Cato Institute.
<p>Many years ago, there was a comic book character who could say
the magic word "Shazam" and turn into Captain Marvel, a character with
powers like Superman's. Today, you can say the magic word "diversity" and
turn reverse discrimination into social justice.
<p>I would rather see politicians hanged than see their children
smeared.
<p>Someone pointed out that blaming economic crises on "greed" is
like blaming plane crashes on gravity. Certainly planes wouldn't crash if it
wasn't for gravity. But when thousands of planes fly millions of miles every
day without crashing, explaining why a particular plane crashed because of
gravity gets you nowhere.
<p>Neither does talking about "greed," which is constant like
gravity.
<p>Political ideologies are fairy tales for adults.</p>
<p>What did we learn from the "beer summit" on the White House
lawn, except that Vice President Joe Biden doesn't drink alcoholic
beverages? Considering the many gaffes that the vice president has made
while cold sober, the thought of an intoxicated Joe Biden boggles the mind.
<p>Seeing children repeating the cant they have been taught is not
only depressing in itself, it provides a depressing preview of the future,
when those children become voting adults, with a habit of reaching
conclusions after hearing only one side of an issue.
<p>Since no one seems overly concerned about putting a racist on
the Supreme Court-- provided it is a politically correct racist-- the moral
of the story seems to be that if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and
quacks like a duck, that doesn't matter if it coos like a dove at Senate
confirmation hearings.
<p>I hate seeing a referee keep giving warnings to a boxer for low
blows. Taking a point away is the only kind of warning that is likely to
make the low blows stop. The rules of boxing don't say you are entitled to
one free low blow, much less repeated low blows.
<p>Perhaps the scariest aspect of our times is how many people
think in talking points, rather than in terms of real world consequences.
<p>Over the years, unions in the private sector have been
declining, while unions in the public sector have been thriving. The United
Automobile Workers are getting a big return on their investment in the
election of Barack Obama because the government takeover of General Motors
makes the UAW more like a public sector union, whose demands can be met at
the taxpayers' expense.
<p>Recently I was foolish enough to try to reason with an
environmentalist. But it became obvious that he had his mind made up and
didn't want to hear any evidence to the contrary. The Pope is more likely to
have read Karl Marx than an environmentalist is to have read even a single
book that criticized environmentalism.
<p>With Velcro and other modern adhesives available, can't someone
design a boxing glove that doesn't require fights to be stopped in the
middle of a round so that loose tape can be repaired? Often the break in the
action changes the whole tempo of the fight and can affect the outcome.
<p>How long will it be before the public gets tired of the little
know-it-all sermonettes by Barack Obama-- especially since nothing that he
is doing is actually working?
<p>The 150-year prison sentence for Bernie Madoff has implications
that go far beyond this particular swindler. There was a time when a simple
life sentence would have kept him behind bars. But today the practice of
over-stating the sentences that will actually be served-- in order to soothe
the public-- has gotten so widespread that a ridiculous sentence like 150
years has to be given, in order to try to make sure he won't be back on the
streets again.
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