Tom Finneran: Recent Additions to Idiot Nation
Thursday, May 08, 2014
The ultimate prize in hand-wringing hypocrisy goes to... the New York Times
• Hockey “fans” who send racist tweets about B.K. Subban after that superb Canadiens defenseman buried two goals and the Bruins in game one of their playoff series; Subban is a tremendous hockey player; the tweeters are a disgrace; they certainly do not speak for Boston, for Massachusetts, or for the nation; they are cowardly jerks, all three of them; case closed.
• Don Sterling, the old, fat, wrinkly racist, soon to be former owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clipper franchise, with the conniving gold-digging tramp girlfriend; Sterling is a disgrace in two major categories. First, as noted, he is a racist and no, his age is not an excuse for such bigotry. Is it even possible to be as vile and as ignorant as he seems? Second, how about his mockery of the concept of marriage? I’ll accept that he’s rich and that we’re talking about California which remains the world’s largest lunatic asylum, but how can someone be “married” for 55 years and have a “girlfriend” at the same time? Have ordinary words lost all meaning? And has America’s moral code simply evaporated? While we might acknowledge his accumulated wealth let’s also acknowledge that he is neither smart nor nice. What a jerk. He’s proof of the major-league stupidity side-effect of Viagra.
• Might we identify the collection of dunces who gave up on America’s space program and launch capacity? Around all the Putin-Obama drama regarding Crimea, Ukraine, sanctions, and “re-sets”, we learn that the United States of America is now dependent upon Russia to get mission scientists and astronauts launched to the International Space Station. This is mind-boggling stupidity. Serious nations do not give up serious assets. There is absolutely no strategic gain to be had by such surrenders. Perhaps the ultimate taunt in this ridiculous state of affairs comes from the Russian official who suggested that the United States might consider using a trampoline to get its scientists to the Space Station. It’s a great but painful taunt. I remind you that the most important force for good in the entire history of the world is a United States of America that bristles with armament and that expands every technological advantage it holds. That’s what keeps punks and bullies and tyrants from acting on their tawdry impulses.
• Though sadly they are not alone, Rutgers, the University of Minnesota, and Brandeis show themselves to be in the current winner’s circle for brazen hypocrisy. The very bad news for American students and for America itself is that virtually every college and university is now akin to a Soviet gulag. While lip-synching the principles of tolerance, debate, competing ideas, and diversity as the cornerstones of a well-rounded education, colleges continue to show how utterly supine they are in the face of pampered faculty and student bullies. Officials at Rutgers and the University of Minnesota are apparently unwilling and unable to assert to such bullies their belief that Condoleeza Rice, our former Secretary of State and an extremely accomplished woman, is worthy of an honorary degree. And Brandeis slunk away like a thief in the night when its original commencement invitation to Ayaan Hirsi Ali was attacked by people who lack not only basic manners but also any awareness of our Constitution. If you want to know why I’d never be a university president, here’s why---I would give every whiny faculty signatory twenty four hours to rescind their demands or to be immediately terminated. And any student who trespassed upon and “occupied” college facilities would be arrested, prosecuted, and immediately expelled, with a note home to their parents that Junior is no longer welcome on campus and that the college will keep the entirety of his tuition.
• For the ultimate prize in hand-wringing hypocrisy, let’s go to the New York Times whose editorials on campaign-finance “reform” seek to limit the views, opinions, and donations of all Americans, while they keep for themselves their unfettered and grossly slanted take on public affairs and public officials. The next time you feel yourself nodding in agreement about some Times proposal for finance “reform”, step back and ask yourself if they are going to take a self-imposed holiday from toadying up to their political soulmates while attacking officials who might hold a different view. They love the First Amendment for themselves, but would readily deny it to others. Don’t fall for it. And remember Washington’s, Adams’, and Jefferson’s common view was one of total sympathy for those American citizens who actually believed what they read in the newspapers. Having served in the public arena and observed the press and its shenanigans, they held the fourth estate in low regard and high contempt. Our choices are admittedly lousy---one can skip reading the papers and be uninformed or one can read the papers and be misinformed.
And with those happy thoughts in mind, I hope that you have a wonderful weekend. Go Bs!
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