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[GOP_Raider]

Excellent anecdote to start off this column!

[smoothsailing]

There is no reason why someone as arrogant, foolishly clever and ultimately dangerous as Barack Obama should become president -- especially not at a time when the threat of international terrorists with nuclear weapons looms over 300 million Americans.

WOW! Dr. Sowell doesn't mess around!

Very good one, Jaz, thanks for the ping.

[Travis McGee]

Great essay!

[NTHockey]

Thomas Sowell for President. Undoubtedly, one of the brightest minds (of ANY race) today.

[enough_idiocy]

As usual Sowell nails it.

“No doubt it is only a matter of time before there is a black president, just as it was only a matter of time before Paul Waner got his 3,000th hit. The issue is whether we want to reach that landmark so badly that we are willing to overlook how questionably that landmark is reached.”

This line goes beyond this issue. It captures the essence of liberal policy. They wants the ends so bad they’re willing to accept any means. So morons like Gore and others peddle crappy ideas that haven’t a chance of succeeding and the desparate fools lap it up, too impatient to wait for an actual solution, or too close minded to accept solutions from nonliberals.

[Still Thinking]

Everything seems new to those too young to remember the old and too ignorant of history to have heard about it.

Wow. I think that surpasses Santayana's version in terms of elegance and impact! Though I think I would have said "contemptuous of history". These people seem to be, not just innocently ignorant of the lessons of history, but hostile to the idea that it has lessons to teach us.