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Sowell: Random Thoughts
Creators Syndicate ^ | December 30, 2014 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 12/29/2014 3:20:49 PM PST by jazusamo

Random thoughts on the passing scene:

Now that Barack Obama is ruling by decree, he seems more like a king than a president. Maybe it is time we change the way we address him. "Your Majesty" may be a little too much, but perhaps "Your Royal Glibness" might be appropriate.

It tells us a lot about academia that the president of Smith College quickly apologized for saying, "All lives matter," after being criticized by those who are pushing the slogan, "Black lives matter." If science could cross breed a jellyfish with a parrot, it could create academic administrators.

Mitt Romney seems to be ready to try again to run for president in 2016. But most defeated presidential candidates who ran again lost again. There are much stronger Republican candidates available now than there were in 2012, including governors Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At this crucial juncture in the nation's history, why run a retreaded candidate?

Explaining differences in achievements between groups often pits those who attribute these differences to ability against those who attribute differences to barriers. Neither seems to pay much attention to differences in what people want to do. Few guys from my old neighborhood were likely to end up as violinists or ballet dancers, simply because that was not what they were interested in.

When Professor Jonathan Gruber of M.I.T. boasted of fooling the "stupid" American public, that was not just a personal quirk of his. It epitomized a smug and arrogant attitude that is widespread among academics at elite institutions. There should be an annual "Jonathan Gruber award" for the most smug and arrogant statement by an academic. There would be thousands eligible every year.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Philosophy
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1 posted on 12/29/2014 3:20:49 PM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Thomas Sowell BUMP.

Lots of great one liners in this one.


2 posted on 12/29/2014 3:23:12 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: jazusamo

Dayum! 6 pop-ups to read his column!


3 posted on 12/29/2014 3:23:15 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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4 posted on 12/29/2014 3:24:08 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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....Yet when have you heard a Republican reply by saying,... “You’re a lying demagogue without a speck of evidence. Put up or shut up!”


5 posted on 12/29/2014 3:24:29 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: jazusamo

There should be an annual “Jonathan Gruber award” for the most smug and arrogant statement by an academic.

Another brilliant idea from Dr. Sowell.


6 posted on 12/29/2014 3:25:49 PM PST by griswold3 (Just another unlicensed nonconformist in am dangerous Liberal world.)
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To: jazusamo
From the article:

Has anyone asked the question, "How could so many people across the country spend so much time at night marching, rioting and looting, if they had to get up and go to work the next morning?"

I was thinking the same thing driving to work last week.

Thomas Sowell for President.

7 posted on 12/29/2014 3:26:10 PM PST by fone (@ the breaking point!)
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To: onyx

Sorry my Friend, I had no idea Creators is like that. I use AdBlock Plus and it works to block them.


8 posted on 12/29/2014 3:28:53 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: jazusamo

Always love his random thoughts.

His random thoughts are better than most liberals can do after thinking for weeks. Actually, the more liberals ‘think’, the more harm is done.


9 posted on 12/29/2014 3:31:24 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: jazusamo
When the political left wants to help the black community, they usually want to help the worst elements in that community — thugs they portray as martyrs, for example — without the slightest regard for the negative effect this can have on the lives of the majority of decent black people.

More and more black people are starting to realize that they are being stigmatized by the media's obsession with black thugs and troublemakers.

10 posted on 12/29/2014 3:34:05 PM PST by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: jazusamo

I’ll look into that!
Thank you.


11 posted on 12/29/2014 3:34:21 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: onyx

You bet...I installed it some months back and have no complaints, it’s a free download.


12 posted on 12/29/2014 3:41:19 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: jazusamo
Mitt Romney seems to be ready to try again to run for president in 2016. But most defeated presidential candidates who ran again lost again. There are much stronger Republican candidates available now than there were in 2012, including governors Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At this crucial juncture in the nation's history, why run a retreaded candidate?

If he is the nominee again, Republicans deserve to lose again.

13 posted on 12/29/2014 4:48:33 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: tet68; jazusamo
Thomas Sowell BUMP.
Lots of great one liners in this one.
You bet!

14 posted on 12/29/2014 4:50:15 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ("Liberalism” is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: AlaskaErik

Easy to say, but we who are not Republicans don’t deserve to lose. This country won’t survive another four to eight years of liberal rule.


15 posted on 12/29/2014 4:50:53 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: jazusamo
Republicans complain when Democrats call them racists. But when have you ever heard a Republican counterattack? You don't win by protesting your innocence or whining about the unfairness of the charge. Yet when have you heard a Republican reply by saying, "You're a lying demagogue without a speck of evidence. Put up or shut up!"

Thomas, Thomas, don't you know the PURPOSE of the Republican Party is to NOT effectively reply - and BLOCK any effective reply?

The Republican Party is the heavy chains wrapped around America to keep it tied down while the Democrats fire into it again and again and again and again...

16 posted on 12/29/2014 4:57:15 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: jazusamo

I love his “Random Thoughts” columns. My favorite one-liner: “My computer’s operating system is so old, they don’t even write viruses for it anymore.”


17 posted on 12/29/2014 7:25:15 PM PST by Cymbaline ("Allahu Akbar": Arabic for "Nothing To See Here" - Mark Steyn)
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To: Cymbaline

Amen, I always look forward to his “Randon Thoughts” columns. :-)


18 posted on 12/29/2014 7:55:14 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
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To: jazusamo; onyx

> Sorry my Friend, I had no idea Creators is like that. I use AdBlock Plus and it works to block them.

+1!


19 posted on 12/29/2014 9:56:40 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
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To: onyx

It’s not too unusual for a web page to be running 20 third-party scripts or for AdBlock to block ten ads on a single page.


20 posted on 12/29/2014 10:11:55 PM PST by hlmencken3 (Originalist on the the 'general welfare' clause? No? NOT an originalist!)
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