Right As Usual

I'm watching To Catch a Smuggler - it's absolutely fascinating.  There are many connections to chemistry, that I can bring back into the classroom. I'm going to use the series next year to introduce How to Apply the Scientific Method. Later in the evening:  I watched the Jazz Concert at the White House - quite enjoyable, nice way to spend the evening. The weather is VERY wet.  Fortunately, we needed the rain.  There is some flash floods in the area. The weather screwed up the DISH.  So, we've been watching standard network television.  We got a small receiver some time ago, that is about the size and shape of an iPad.  We pick up quite a few channels in HD.

I've noticed this for some time.  Leftists impose a distorted view of Western history, that - er - "whitewashes" the evil that non-White people did to the White people they conquered. Leftists will insist that Andalusian Spain was a Heaven on Earth - filled with Islamic scholarship, equality between all religions, and a Paradise for women. Don't believe it.  The Muslims imposed their rule by force, and did NOT treat the Christians kindly.   Read the full Front Page Magazine story, and pass it on.

Isn't it funny that such a statement makes me stand out?  I'll make it more pointed: I am devoutly, unashamedly in favor of teaching ALL students who are on track to be high school graduates, the Foundations of Civilization, from the perspective of Western History. This DOESN'T mean that students shouldn't learn about other cultures, just that we shouldn't glamorize them at the expense of their own culture: Learn about Japan, including its history of rule by military, its current political and economic structure, and, by the way, Japan's complete exclusion of other races/ethnic groups from full participation in that culture.  They are quite racist, as well. China - its colonization of other countries, including the country of Tibet.  Its shaky economic structure, its refusal to allow Free Speech, Freedom of Religion, and its use of political prisoners as slave labor. France - its interlocking elitist governance, its abandonment of elderly people to die, it...

UPDATE:  Almost forgot to credit Bastion of Liberty , who first alerted me to this. The Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST, for short) never did get ratified, despite SERIOUS efforts by the various Progressive/Liberal/Leftist/Socialist/Etc. groups.   What is LOST?  (Admittedly, the source at the link REALLY doesn't like the treaty, but it is a fair summary of it, and its potential consequences). The Law of the Sea Treaty calls for technology transfers and wealth transfers from developed to undeveloped nations.  It also requires parties to the treaty to adopt regulations and laws to control pollution of the marine environment.  Such provisions were among the reasons President Ronald Reagan rejected the treaty in 1982.  As Edwin Meese, U.S. Attorney General under President Reagan, explained, "...it was out of step with the concepts of economic liberty and free enterprise that Ronald Reagan was to inspire throughout the world." In additional to the economic provisions, the treaty a...

It's a practical issue. When I was working as a bartender, if a man had tried to enter the female bathroom, I was on firm grounds to eject him, and had the ability to call the police to remove him, with the practical side-effect of NOT having to have evidence that he had caused trouble. His male genitalia was evidence enough that he was in the wrong. Without that power, you have to wait until AFTER he has caused harm. There was a book written about the West Side Rapist  and one of the most interesting points is that the guy had been picked by the police several times, for "Peeping Tom" behavior - looking in windows at women. Harmless, right? Wrong. James Neff explains this activity as "pre-rape behavior" - the scouting around due to the perp's preferring to ascertain whether the intended victim is sufficiently isolated. THAT'S what the law is meant to deter. NOT a female-appearing person entering the ladies room, doing his business, and leaving.  Not a f...

America, we are told by Progressives, is FILLED with those icky people who are not comfortable with those that differ from them ethnically, culturally, or religiously. Progressives, on the other hand, PRIDE themselves on their carefree ability to associate with - well, just about ANYONE (because they are so cosmopolitan and worldly). This is shown by their patting themselves on the back for having a passport, and using it, preferably in out-of-the-way places.  They sneer at those who travel by group; it shows their discomfort with cultures and places that are not familiar. There is one ethnic group, and culture, that the Elites are afraid of, suspicious of, and nearly totally ignorant of - the White American. Oh, the Elites will tell you exactly what the White American believes, thinks, does, and IS.  They KNOW.  Without any attempt to actually spend any time with "Those People". Such ignorance, combined with disdain, is what Elites accuse "Those People" of (Yes, I ...