West of Shockoe: I really couldn't be more proud of this ranking
Another fine blogpost from one of DWJ's valued contributors - Phriendly Jaime!
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Sunday, May 13, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
Immigration Protest
I think that it would be fun to stage a protest against illegal immigrants in front of the state capital building.
My plans are to have lots of signs written in English saying that we should police our borders, deport all illegal immigrants, stop giving them free health care, food, housing, and education, etc. We would also have an abundant supply of Mexican flags, lighter fluid, and matches.
Anyone with me?
My plans are to have lots of signs written in English saying that we should police our borders, deport all illegal immigrants, stop giving them free health care, food, housing, and education, etc. We would also have an abundant supply of Mexican flags, lighter fluid, and matches.
Anyone with me?
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Living In a Post-VT Culture
A professor at the Boston-based Catholic liberal arts school Emmanuel was fired on Thursday after saying "pow," while pointing a marker at a student - during a classroom discussion about the VT shootings!
Emmanuel issued a press release saying that it does not condone discriminatory or obscene language.
How exactly is that discriminatory? I guess he only did it to a few students. Obscene? As far as I know it wasn't obscene. It was definitely "too soon," though, judging by Emmanuel's knee-jerk reaction.
While Emmanuel has every right to fire professors at will, in my opinion... this was not something that should have led to a firing. It is an abridgment of free speech, something that has been happening quite often in the news lately. If students in the room had been offended and had clamored for his removal, then I would be more understanding. But according to that article a student in the room did the same to the professor - "pow!" - was he expelled, or at least suspended? The article does not say, but I suspect not.
If it was truly "discriminatory or obscene gestures," then punishment should be applied across the board. But as the facts stand, this is simply an issue of free speech being reigned in - legally... but not wisely.
cross-posted at: Daily Whackjob and Oregon Trail.
Emmanuel issued a press release saying that it does not condone discriminatory or obscene language.
How exactly is that discriminatory? I guess he only did it to a few students. Obscene? As far as I know it wasn't obscene. It was definitely "too soon," though, judging by Emmanuel's knee-jerk reaction.
While Emmanuel has every right to fire professors at will, in my opinion... this was not something that should have led to a firing. It is an abridgment of free speech, something that has been happening quite often in the news lately. If students in the room had been offended and had clamored for his removal, then I would be more understanding. But according to that article a student in the room did the same to the professor - "pow!" - was he expelled, or at least suspended? The article does not say, but I suspect not.
If it was truly "discriminatory or obscene gestures," then punishment should be applied across the board. But as the facts stand, this is simply an issue of free speech being reigned in - legally... but not wisely.
cross-posted at: Daily Whackjob and Oregon Trail.
Monday, April 23, 2007
New Gun Laws
Check out I’m Not Emeril for an open post on gun control.
He asks –
“...describe a new, tougher gun law that would have prevented any of the school shootings in our country’s history. Or. for that matter, any shooting involving victims in a “gun free zone”, whether it be a school, airport, government building, courthouse, store or restaurant.”
I am legitimately wondering what my more liberal brethren have to say about this.
If for some reason you don’t want to discuss it over there, then feel free to use the comment section over at this post at Daily Whackjob for proposing your new legislative ideas.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Egyptian Torture vs. American Torture
Apparently Egypt arrested an engineer on charges of spying for Israel.
The courts found him guilty, in part on the basis of a confession he claims was extracted through torture.
I do not know whether the man is guilty or not. I do know that Egypt has an illustrious history of torture.
Anyone care to guess why America is vilified for detaining possible terrorists and "torturing" them by keeping them in solitary at Guantanamo, but Egypt can freely electrify or otherwise torture their prisoners without an international rebuke?
The America hatred abroad is sickening. The world would be much worse off without America, whether they admit it or not. Ungrateful bastards.
The courts found him guilty, in part on the basis of a confession he claims was extracted through torture.
I do not know whether the man is guilty or not. I do know that Egypt has an illustrious history of torture.
Anyone care to guess why America is vilified for detaining possible terrorists and "torturing" them by keeping them in solitary at Guantanamo, but Egypt can freely electrify or otherwise torture their prisoners without an international rebuke?
The America hatred abroad is sickening. The world would be much worse off without America, whether they admit it or not. Ungrateful bastards.
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