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Posted: 1:00 a.m. Thursday, May 15, 2003
Today's Nuze: Today's Nuze: May 15, 2003
By Neal Boortz
| Today's Nuze: May 15, 2003 | ||
You would think that after so many embarrassing episodes this "zero-tolerance" nonsense in schools would go away. Not so. James Taranto's Wednesday column introduces us to Sarah Akins, a sixth grader at Connolly Middle School in Tempe, Arizona. Sarah discovered a two-inch pocketknife in a compartment in her backpack. She did what she thought would be the right thing ... she showed it to her teacher. She ended up in the principal's offices, denied the opportunity to call home or to even go to the bathroom, and has now been suspended for 12 days. There is just no way we can raise a responsible generation of young people capable of rational and logical thought with this kind of mindless nonsense going on in our government schools. Adults have to know that all occurrences in their lives don't happen in stark blacks and whites. There are infinite shades of gray in all situations. So, just when do we start teaching this to our kids? HOW LIBERALS DISTORT In this particular case the liberal in question is Maureen Dowd at America's affirmative action headquarters, The New York Times. Dowd is a leftist who does not have a lot of affection for President Bush. Evidently the New York Times gives Dowd free reign to misquote President Bush if it will serve to advance her leftist agenda ... which is to make George Bush look like an imbecile. As you know, the left has been left in utter dismay over the quick success of the Bush effort to unseat Saddam Hussein. They're upset because it went so fast and because the Iraqi people are obviously pleased with the results. Leftists are also upset because of the various Saddam Hussein atrocities that are regularly being uncovered. Democrats are trying to counter Bush's success in Iraq by claiming that it came at the expense of our war on terrorism. Several Democrats have tried to capitalize on this weeks terrorist bombings in Saudi Arabia by claiming that they would have not happened if Bush had paid attention to terrorism instead of Iraq. In that vein Andrew Sullivan points us to Maureen Dowd's May 14thNew York Times Column where you will find the following quote: Busy chasing off Saddam, the president and vice president had told us that Al Qaeda was spent. "Al Qaeda is on the run," President Bush said last week. "That group of terrorists who attacked our country is slowly but surely being decimated... They're not a problem anymore." Did you catch those three dots? That means something has been left out of the quote. Those three dots represent words ... but the words are supposed to be words that can have no affect on the essence of the quotation presented. If you read the quote the way Maureen Dowd presented it you get the impression that President Bush thinks that Al Qaeda isn't a threat to American security any more. Now, read the entire quote - including the words Dowd left out - Al Qaeda is on the run. That group of terrorists who attacked our country is slowly, but surely being decimated. Right now, about half of all the top al Qaeda operatives are either jailed or dead. In either case, they're not a problem anymore. Now ... do you get the same impression of Bush's words when you read the entire quote? After reading the full quote do you think that Bush is saying that Al Qaeda isn't at problem anymore, or do you think he's referring to the Al Qaeda leaders who have been captured? Here we have a clear illustration of a left-wing columnist trying to change the meaning of something the president said in order to promote her liberal viewpoing. Now ... let's wait for the New York Times to apologize for this one. A QUOTE OF THE DAY Since I was reading Andrew Sullivan's website (www.andrewsullivan.com) I thought I would share with you his quote of the day. These words were from Margaret Thatcher yesterday in New York. "For years, many governments played down the threats of the Islamic revolution, turned a bline eye to international terrorism and accepted the development of weaponry of mass destruction. Indeed, some politicians were happy to go further, collaborating with the self-proclaimed enemies of the West for their own short-term gain - but enough about the French. So deep had the rot set in that the UN security council was itself paralyzed. Our own Prime Minister was staunch and our forces were superb. But, above all, it is President Bush who deserves the credit for victory ... There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it." SAUDI ARABIA So .. now we learn that the U.S. Government asked the government of Saudi Arabia for additional security at the compound that was attacked earlier this week by terrorists. The Saudi government did not cooperate .. .they are reported to have said that security was sufficient and that there were no terrorists operating inside Saudi Arabia. Do you know that after the terrorist attack the Saudi ambassador actually said something to the effect that America was all talk, and the Saudis are action? Yeah ... action. Action like those of those 15 Saudi Arabians who were part of the September 11thhijacking crew. Some friends. READING ASSIGNMENTS Wednesday's Best of the Web. http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110003494 Nobody can skewer like Ann Coulter. Here she nails the New York Times to the wall ... with spikes. http://www.anncoulter.org/columns/2003/051403e.htm Looks like a shot across the bow of Kim Jong Il to me. I wonder if the little gargoyle is paying attention. He'll be pouting today for sure. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030515-13705392.htm Are you folks paying attention to this New York Times story? You should. At the core of this story is that favorite liberal goal of "diversity." Diversity means putting a person's group identification ahead of their individuality. Thomas Sowell takes his swipe at the Times here. He says it's a story of the fundamental fraudulence of affirmative action. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20030515.shtml Do you want to know why so many people are ashamed of the University of Georgia's law school? Just read this bit from one of their professors, you'll understand. http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/0503/15equal.html And speaking of affirmative action ... what one columnist presented as a joke ends up being reality. Can you believe that our military might be applying affirmative action to the performance evaluations of military personnel? http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GuestColumns/Adams20030515.shtml General aviation: There is a move afoot to save Meigs Field in Chicago. Maybe, just maybe Richard Daley can be brought under control. http://meigsaction.net/ Larry Elder explains why he considers himself a libertarian, but has registered in California as a Republican. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/le20030515.shtml Support is growing for Bush's tax cut plan. Does this mean that people are actually paying attention? Is the class warfare rhetoric of the Demcorats starting to lose it's juice? http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20030515-27525368.htm Can you believe it? The House Majority Leader has actually told committee chairmen to find a way to cut government spending .. but it's only by one percent, and this is a phony cut. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030515-156556.htm Cal Thomas on the Holiday Inn Caucus of the Texas Republican Party. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/ct20030515.shtml David Horowitz: The American left has been consistently wrong on almost every issue over the past few years ... yet they continue to attack. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/davidhorowitz/dh20030514.shtml |
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