A MINORITY VIEW
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010
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*********** Dr. Thomas Sowell, in "Dismantling America," said in reference to President Obama, "That such an administration could be elected in the first place, headed by a man whose only qualifications to be president of the United States at a dangerous time in the history of the world were rhetoric, style and symbolism -- and whose animus against the values and institutions of America had been demonstrated repeatedly over a period of decades beforehand -- speaks volumes about the inadequacies of our educational system and the degeneration of our culture." Obama is by no means unique; his characteristics are shared by other Americans, but what is unique is that no other time in our history would such a person been elected president. That says a lot about the degeneration of our culture, values, thinking abilities and acceptance of what's no less than tyranny. As Sowell says, "Barack Obama is unlike any other President of the United States in having come from a background of decades of associations and alliances with people who resent this country and its people." In 2008, Americans voted for Obama's change. Let's look at some of it.
*********** Obama's Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius threatened that there would be "zero tolerance" for "misinformation" in response to an insurance company executive who said that ObamaCare would create costs that force up health insurance premiums. That's not only an attack on our constitutionally guaranteed free speech rights but an official threat against people who express views damaging to the administration.
*********** Not to be outdone by his HHS secretary's attack on free speech, Obama wants full disclosure of the names of people who were backers of campaign commercials critical of his administration, saying that there has been a "flood of deceptive attack ads sponsored by special interests, using front groups with misleading names." Disclosure would leave administration critics open to government and mob retaliation.
*********** Obama and his congressional and union allies have lectured us that socialized medicine is the cure for the nation's ills, but I have a question. If socialized medicine, Obamacare, is so great for the nation, why permit anyone to be exempted from it? It turns out that as of the end of November, Obama's Health and Human Services secretary has issued over 200 waivers to major labor unions such as the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union and Transport Workers Union of America and major companies such as McDonald's and Darden Restaurants, which operates Red Lobster and Olive Garden. Keep in mind that the power to grant waivers is also the power not to grant waivers. Such power can be used to reward administration friends and punish administration critics by saddling them with millions of dollars of health care costs.
*********** Obama's heath care legislation contains deviousness that has become all too common in Washington. What was sold to the American people as health care reform legislation includes a provision that would more heavily regulate and tax gold coin and bullion transactions. Whether gold and bullion transactions should or should not be more heavily regulated and taxed is not the issue. The administration's devious inclusion of it as a part of health care reform is.
*********** Fighting government intrusion into our lives is becoming increasingly difficult for at least two reasons. The first reason is that educators at the primary, secondary and university levels have been successful in teaching our youngsters to despise the values of our Constitution and the founders of our nation -- "those dead, old, racist white men." Their success in that arena might explain why educators have been unable to get our youngsters to read, write and compute on a level comparable with other developed nations; they are too busy proselytizing students.
*********** The second reason is we've become a nation of thieves, accustomed to living at the expense of one another and to accommodate that we're obliged to support tyrannical and overreaching government.
*********** Adolf Hitler had it right when he said, "How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think."
*********** Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. To find out more about Walter E. Williams and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
It turns out that as of the end of November, Obama's Health and Human Services secretary has issued over 200 waivers to major labor unions such as the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union and Transport Workers Union of America and major companies such as McDonald's and Darden Restaurants, which operates Red Lobster and Olive Garden. Keep in mind that the power to grant waivers is also the power not to grant waivers. Such power can be used to reward administration friends and punish administration critics by saddling them with millions of dollars of health care costs.
Not to mention that the POTUS himself, and Congress, are also excluded. That speaks volumes. It's not good enough for royalty, but it's the best thing for the peasants.
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"We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."-- Theodore Roosevelt
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Ecclesiasties 10:2
The last four letters in American..........I Can
The last four letters in Republican........I Can
The last four letters in Democrats.........Rats
That part also grabbed me. It spelled out actual example of the government choosing winners and losers.
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
Just curious if any of you who so quickly agree that Williams is right have the slightest idea what he's talking about or the details therein?
What is being waived? It appears to be exemption from participation in Obama care, but it would seem to me that if Sebelius allowed something as ponderous as that to happen within the last few weeks for such big name corporations and unions, we wouldn't be hearing it from "Williams," would we?
What are the requirements and processes involved in getting a waiver issued? Is it as arbitrary as Williams rather strongly implies? Does a corporation just shoot an email to Sebelius and voila! A decision is made? How do you know? Source of your answers, please?
Seems to me those might be pertinent questions when so little information is provided, and the brilliant, reliable, article provide nothing for answers to those questions and a few more.
You might consider asking a few questions while you're being "grabbed" and before you perhaps mistakenly presume that "government is choosing winners and losers.
...have the slightest idea what he's talking about or the details therein?
Coming from a guy who gave a wholesale condemnation to the Christian religion, relying on nothing more than the ku klux klan for his "facts".
Define the word "Christian" for us vc. Then you won't look so silly demanding facts from others.
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"We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."-- Theodore Roosevelt
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Ecclesiasties 10:2
The last four letters in American..........I Can
The last four letters in Republican........I Can
The last four letters in Democrats.........Rats
Coming from a guy who gave a wholesale condemnation to the Christian religion, relying on nothing more than the ku klux klan for his "facts".
Define the word "Christian" for us vc. Then you won't look so silly demanding facts from others.
Ah, the guy who provide wholesale defense of the KKK now pipes in to confirm he is "grabbed" by Williams comment, but had zero idea what was being talked about.
Lmao, very good, LBR. You just proved that you have no grasp of this thread either.
Just curious if any of you who so quickly agree that Williams is right have the slightest idea what he's talking about or the details therein?
What is being waived? It appears to be exemption from participation in Obama care, but it would seem to me that if Sebelius allowed something as ponderous as that to happen within the last few weeks for such big name corporations and unions, we wouldn't be hearing it from "Williams," would we?
What are the requirements and processes involved in getting a waiver issued? Is it as arbitrary as Williams rather strongly implies? Does a corporation just shoot an email to Sebelius and voila! A decision is made? How do you know? Source of your answers, please?
Seems to me those might be pertinent questions when so little information is provided, and the brilliant, reliable, article provide nothing for answers to those questions and a few more.
You might consider asking a few questions while you're being "grabbed" and before you perhaps mistakenly presume that "government is choosing winners and losers.
It's been all over the news, Fox plus others, for a few months now...
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I love Christmas lights. They remind me of the people who voted for Obama. They all hang together; half of them don't work, and the ones that do, aren't that bright.
For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do
not understand, no explanation is possible.
A golf course is a willful and deliberate misuse of a perfectly good rifle range.
Ah, the guy who provide wholesale defense of the KKK now pipes in to confirm he is "grabbed" by Williams comment, but had zero idea what was being talked about.
If at first you don't suceed, just tell a bigger lie huh?
I'm sure you can provide evidence of a wholesale defense of the kkk, etc. Sure you can. Right after you post your definition of "Christian".
Pitiful.
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"We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."-- Theodore Roosevelt
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Ecclesiasties 10:2
The last four letters in American..........I Can
The last four letters in Republican........I Can
The last four letters in Democrats.........Rats
It's been all over the news, Fox plus others, for a few months now..
Good for you, Jeepkid. I must have missed all those reports. Glad you are up to speed then.
Of course, since its been all over the news and you are obviously in the know about all this, surely you can enlighten this thread and answer the questions I posed. We'll all just stand by for your answers.
Obviously LBR has none of those answer...but he was "grabbed" by it, despite not asking a single question about the allegations, inferences, or processes which were either outlined or utterly omitted by the article.
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I'm sure you can provide evidence of a wholesale defense of the kkk
Your too funny and waaaay to easy this evening.
Answer: You bet I can, Stewey, and as easily as soon as you can accurately demonstrate "wholesale condemnation of Christianity." Please do try though; you'll only wind up showing that you either missed my point or...you actually do lack the comprehension to follow the conversation as it was presented and you really do think that is what transpired in my sarcastic use of your "logic" toward Christianity instead of Islam. (Lmao, I loved it when you first displayed how far it had gone over your head: you grabbed your wiener and shouted that you'd found a "game changer!!!." )
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