[jazusamo]

Thomas Sowell columns re Obama

Changes in Politics
Whose “Special Interests”?
The Galbraith Effect
…As Well As Several Other Issues
Are Facts Obsolete?
Conservatives for Obama?
Cocky Ignorance
Obama and McCain
Irrelevant Apologies
Success Built on Work Ethic
An Old Newness
A Living Lie
Obama’s Speech
Race and Politics
Non-Judgmental Nonsense

[Gene Eric]

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[jazusamo]

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[dighton]

... a presidential candidate who cannot cite a single serious accomplishment in his entire career ...

By the time Napoleon made himself emperor, he had won the Battles of Lodi, of Arcole, of Rivoli, of the Pyramids and of Marengo. And had promugulated the Napoleonic Code. He had yet to write a single autobiography.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

Obama calls for "aggressive" diplomacy and "tough" negotiations with Iran

Tough negotiations, sheesh. The only tough negotiation is a negotiation that is backed up by a willingness to use lethal force.

[Inyo-Mono]

Wow! Great article.

[Robwin]

“Just what is Senator Obama going to say to Iran that has not been said already?

My guess is he will tell them if they don’t behave and if they develop nuclear weapons, he is going to get really, really mad.

[kc8ukw]

At least many of us are awake.

[rockinqsranch]

Thanks for the ping Jaz.

“But what does Obama have besides talk— and adoring crowds?”

Other than him being a BSer’s BSer I cannot think of a thing.

Been tryin’ to figure that one out for awhile now.

[Billthedrill]

Yet another Sowell BTT. This one's a keeper.

I am saddened to learn from this of the death of Jean-François Revel, a brilliant, tough critic of French anti-Americanism. Imagine an academic with guts enough to run contrary to the smug predispositions of his fellow academics his entire career and smart enough to make it stick. We have one like him and his name is Thomas Sowell.

[oldbrowser]

Are we incapable of adult foresight and adult responsibility?

I think we have lost our sense of responsibility and citizenship.

It's now like we are competing against each other to see who can get the most while giving the least.

[facedown]

He was certainly not referring to Barack Obama, whom he probably never heard of, since Revel died last year.

lol

[ken21]

ping!

[Joe 6-pack]

"To find anything comparable to crowds' euphoric reactions to Obama, you would have to go back to old newsreels of German crowds in the 1930s..."

For once, I disagree with the good Dr. Sowell. One need only look back to November '78...

[grey_whiskers]

To find anything comparable to crowds' euphoric reactions to Obama, you would have to go back to old newsreels of German crowds in the 1930s, with their adulation of their fuehrer, Adolf Hitler.

Click here.

Cheers!

[lawnguy]

“Just what is Senator Obama going to say to Iran that has not been said already?

This very obvious question should be the first one out of every reporter's mouth whenever this "tough talk" nonsense is spewed out by Obama, Biden and old Europe.

Thomas Sowell is a national treasure.

[TheWasteLand]

A “great article Mr. Sowell” bump!

[goldstategop]

McCain may be a Democrat in all other respects but we'll hold our nose to vote for him because Obama does not get how dangerous the world is. He could very well lead us to the very debacle we want to avoid.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Notasoccermom]

My favorite line...Barack Obama is truly a phenomenon of our time-- a presidential candidate who cannot cite a single serious accomplishment in his entire career, besides advancing his own career with rhetoric.

[GOP_Raider]

Will future generations wonder why we slept?

Current generations are wondering why we're fiddling whilst we burn.

[Alia]

I find this column by Thomas Sowell to be quite out of the ordinary from his usual style of column writing. He's keenly upset and concerned. And, he is right to be.

Will future generations wonder why we slept? Why we could not see the gathering storm in Iran,

What he doesn't say but seems to suggest is that Obama fans are practicing the writ of "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child" BUT without ever once seeing or caring to see how their own village is being encircled by barbarians intent upon the destruction of the village and all within that village. Obama stands in the Village Square, clamoring for villagers focus upon him, to believe in him, that he will protect them.

And while they are focused upon Obama, their backsides are exposed to Barbarian spears and bullets.

At conclusion of the column, Dr. Sowell seems to wonder... Is this part and parcel of Obama's "plan" for "change" and "hope"? For whom?