Congressional Pig Out

Congress Spent $604,000 on Bottled Water, $397,000 on Catering:
"Crave ribs? Bagels and coffee or doughnuts? Seafood, subs or Chinese? So does Congress!

House members spent part of their Members Representational Allowances on these items -- and more -- during the nine-month period between late 2009 and early 2010 covered by the Sunlight Foundation's House Expenditure Reports Database. The info is highly enlightening, revealing, for instance, the popularity of Chantilly Donut's sinkers; what it costs to feed hungry congressional pages; and how lucrative it can be to own a part of the cottage industry of keeping our duly elected representatives fed and well hydrated."

Something to remember on Senior Citizen's Discount Day when you are shopping at your local supermarket.
These and other discount days are quite popular in my area of North Carolina, people use them to save 5-10% on their groceries. My local Harris Teeter has a special "e-Vic" email which provides a list of "lost leader" items at a heavy discount, just to get you into the store.
Hey, at our age every penny counts.

Hummm......... I was just wondering -
Do you think that if you asked your representatives to be just as frugal with your money, as you are with your money, they would?
In A Pigs Eye!

Elites, Bias, and Bigotry in Academia

Human Events- Pat Buchanan - Bias and Bigotry in Academia: 
"Elite college admissions officers may prattle about "diversity," but what they mean is the African-American contingent on campus should be 5 percent to 7 percent, with Hispanics about as numerous.

However, "an estimated 40-50 of those categorized as black are Afro-Caribbean or African immigrants, or the children of such immigrants," who never suffered segregation or Jim Crow.

To achieve even these percentages, however, the discrimination against white and Asian applicants, because of the color of their skin and where their ancestors came from, is astonishing. 

"As Nieli (Princeton Professor Russell K. Nieli) puts it,
'Being Hispanic conferred an admissions boost over being white ... equivalent to 130 SAT points (out of 1,600), while being black rather than white conferred a 310-point SAT advantage. Asians, however, suffered an admissions penalty compared to whites equivalent to 140 SAT points.'

To have the same chance of gaining admission as a black student with a SAT score of 1100, a Hispanic student otherwise equally matched in background characteristics would have to have 1230, a white student a 1410, and an Asian student a 1550.'

Was this what the civil rights revolution was all about -- requiring kids whose parents came from Korea, Japan or Vietnam to get a perfect SAT score of 1600 to be given equal consideration with a Jamaican or Kenyan kid who got an 1150? Is this what it means to be an Ivy League progressive?"

Another great article by Pat Buchanan.
If you've ever wondered why it takes a College Degree to be a Night Manager at McDonald's, this article explains it all.
The one thing that I have to keep reminding myself of is, that Diversity is Affirmative Action, which in and of itself is Discrimination.
But what the hell, nobody seems to complain, so how bad can it be?

For your viewing pleasure, I've graciously included a short video clip of one of my favorite movies. In it, you can get a brief glimpse into the future. Of course this assumes that the education system stays steadily on the Diversity Course (and it most assuredly will).

Race Issues Beset Obama

Analysis: Race Issues Beset Obama's Post-Racial Presidency:
"(Reuters) - Many supporters of Barack Obama hoped his election as America's first black president might herald an era of post-racial politics, but race has been an issue his administration just can't seem to avoid."

The phrase "race has been an issue his administration can't seem to avoid" is probably one of the most ridiculous phrases I've read in a long time. The author is so clueless about what has been going on in American politics, he must have been reading Dick's Sporting Goods catalogs for the last year and a half.

• Where was the author when President Obama made an uninformed statement about the arrest of a Harvard Professor without (by his own admission) any knowledge of the facts surrounding the case?
• Where was the author when President Obama allowed his Attorney General to call the American People a 'Nation of Cowards' on Race Matters?
• Where was the author when President Obama allowed The Speaker of The House, The Speaker of The Senate, the NAACP and others to falsely brand the Tea Party as a bunch of racists for political reasons?

President Obama will find that the American People are more than willing to have an open and honest discussion about race.
Unfortunately, to his dismay, he will find out right quick that the issues that are of concern to the "unwashed masses", will not be those that are bandied about among the Polite Washington Elite.