Colorado State University’s Board of Student Communications met yesterday and decided that David McSwane, the editor-in-chief of the Rocky Mountain Collegian newspaper, will keep his job after publishing a four-word column that said only, “Taser this: F**k Bush.” Very classy, Davey. But not exactly NY Times material. More: Speaking for the board that oversees student…
Month: October 2007
Progressives Hold Up FISA Modifications?
Earlier today the Huffington Post reported that the Democratic leadership in the House postponed announcing a new set of proposed changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after progressive lawmakers promised to fight legislation that omitted their “principles on wiretapping that preserve the ‘rule of law.’” Steny Hoyer, the House Majority Leader, had planned to…
Hilarious Sign
Harsh!
China to be on Moon before U.S.?
CNN reports that Michael Griffin, NASA’s administrator, told an audience in Washington D.C. that: “I personally believe that China will be back on the moon before we are.” … “I think when that happens, Americans will not like it. But they will just have to not like it.” No, I expect that we wouldn’t like…
Would the World be Better Off…
…if the U.S. loses the war in Iraq? Fox News asked that question of 900 registered voters and came up with what I think is a comforting result (pdf). Of particular note is the Fox headline, which screams that almost 20% of Democrats answered “Yes” to the question. Sure, it’s bad that almost 1 in 5…
Hate Crime Anyone?
A while back in NYC there was a nasty crime. A group of white young men wanted money for drugs and decided to lure a gay black man out and rob him. They lured him using on-line chat and beat and then ran him in front of a car killing him. So, the prosecution went…
Zen
Learn to handle a writing-brush and you’ll never handle a begging-bowl.
The Myth of Student Free Speech
Saw this and it made me laugh. OK, so this kid decides to wear his John Edwards 2008 T-shirt to school (High School) and gets upset about his free speech being infringed upon when they sent him home. “Bong Hits for Jesus” anyone (a.k.a Morse v Frederick)? The point is that a school has a…
Legal Immigration Dysfunction
The illegal immigration problem is out of control in the U.S. That’s not news. What may not be so obvious is that the legal immigration process is nearly as bad off. Delays – often they go on for years – are common for immigrants this country should be falling all over itself to bring in. …
Obama is the Wrong Man
When Barack Obama first announced he was running for the Dems presidential nomination I have to admit that I was interested. After all he’s obviously a very intelligent guy and is a strong orator. When Obama took young black men to task back in June for failing to be proper fathers I thought he might…