What’s interesting in the news today?
The Obama admin’s assault on the military, and Christians in it, continues. Now you can add privileged white males to the mix.
From FoxNews “A controversial 600-plus page manual used by the military to train its Equal Opportunity officers teaches that “healthy, white, heterosexual, Christian” men hold an unfair advantage over other races, and warns in great detail about a so-called “White Male Club.”
“Simply put, a healthy, white, heterosexual, Christian male receives many unearned advantages of social privilege, whereas a black, homosexual, atheist female in poor health receives many unearned disadvantages of social privilege,” reads a statement in the manual created by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI).”
“DEOMI instructors were also responsible for briefings at bases around the country that falsely labeled evangelical Christians, Catholics and a number of high-profile Christian ministries as domestic hate groups.”
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The social experimentation and purging of folks who disagree with it continues as well.
From WND “Retired Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady, recipient of the U.S. military’s highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, as well as other top retired officers, say President Obama’s agenda is decimating the morale of the U.S. ranks to the point members no longer feel prepared to fight or have the desire to win.
“There is no doubt he (Obama) is intent on emasculating the military and will fire anyone who disagrees with him” over such issues as “homosexuals, women in foxholes, the Obama sequester,” Brady told WND.”
“Not only are military service members being demoralized and the ranks’ overall readiness being reduced by the Obama administration’s purge of key leaders, colonels – those lined up in rank to replace outgoing generals – are quietly taking their careers in other directions.”
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And if you’re going to attempt a take-over and reconstruction of the military, you need to get rid of the symbols of the old guard. And I’m sure this has plenty to do with another group who uses the same symbol at times.
From TheDailyCaller “The Navy Jack is the ‘don’t tread on me’ flag, one that has earned a revered place in America’s naval history and a beloved place in sailor’s hearts, through its use for over two centuries. This symbol of America’s naval ferocity has spanned our country’s entire existence, flying from the masts of the Continental Navy during the war of independence, to today’s War on Terror. In fact, an amendment to the Navy code called SECNAV Instruction 10520.6 clearly states that as of 31 May 2002 all ships are to fly the flag throughout the duration of the War on Terror.
So why would ranking SEAL commanders ban the historical symbol? Is the proverbial top bass banning the flag? Is President Obama?
Clearly the administration and sycophant “top brass” officers have degraded America’s military prestige; from hand-tying rules of engagement, to uniform regulations that make our military allegedly more compatible with foreign forces, to the banning of an awe-inspiring flag that traces its roots to the first U.S. Navy. We have a civilian-led military, but why should our ranking commanders be complicit in the administration’s war on it? Why don’t they stand up to Obama and his leftist cronies?”
That’s a good question.
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The Obama admin has suffered another court defeat over the contraceptive mandate.
From TheWaPo “A divided appeals court panel sided Friday with Ohio business owners who challenged the birth control mandate under the new federal health care law.
The business owners are two brothers, Francis and Philip M. Gilardi, who own Freshway Foods and Freshway Logistics of Sidney, Ohio., and challenged the mandate on religious grounds. They say the mandate to provide contraceptive coverage would force them to violate their Roman Catholic beliefs and moral values by providing contraceptives such as the morning-after pill for their employees. The law already exempts houses of worship from the requirement.”
“The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is one of several on the birth control issue, which likely will be resolved by the Supreme Court. There are at least three other rulings by federal appeals courts on the mandate: One sided with Oklahoma businesses; and two sided with the Obama administration in challenges brought by Pennsylvania and Michigan companies.”
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So let me get this straight…
The Obama donor who got the contract which created the website mess is now getting more money to fix it? Cronyism on steroids.
From TheNYPost “A tech firm linked to a campaign-donor crony of President Obama not only got the job to help build the federal health-insurance Web site — but also is getting paid to fix it.
Anthony Welters, a top campaign bundler for Obama and frequent White House guest, is the executive vice president of UnitedHealth Group, which owns the software company now at the center of the ObamaCare Web-site fiasco.
UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Quality Software Services Inc. (QSSI), which built the data hub for the ObamaCare system, has been named the new general contractor in charge of repairing the glitch-plagued HealthCare.gov.
Welters and his wife, Beatrice, have shoveled piles of cash into Obama’s campaign coffers and apparently reaped the rewards.”
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Wandering Views 
Thomas Sowell in The Washington Times
Looked at in isolation, Bob Costas’ opinion about the names of sports teams is one that reasonable people might agree or disagree with. But, unfortunately, this issue is not something that exists in isolation. It is part of a whole grievance-generating campaign that poisons race relations. That campaign is conducted not only by the race industry but also by all too many in the media and in the education system, from elementary schools to the universities.
Young blacks are especially susceptible to the message that all their problems are caused by white people — and that white society is never going to give them a chance. In short, they are primed to resent and hate individuals they have never seen before and who have never done a thing to them.
During the same week when Bob Costas was criticizing the name “Washington Redskins,” the New York Daily News reported an incident in which a gang of young blacks attacked a white couple in a car, beating the man severely and dragging the woman out of the car by her hair down to the pavement, and beating her as well — all the while shouting racist obscenities.
Episodes like this have occurred repeatedly, in dozens of cities, all across the country. The only thing that was missing in this particular episode were public assurances from police authorities and the mayor that race had nothing to do with what happened. Such dishonest assurances have been common in the wake of such plainly racist attacks. Officials in various cities are obviously trying to keep the lid on this incipient race war.
“So long as the race industry – the Al Sharptons, Jesse Jacksons, and their counterpoints in the various minorities – can get political or financial mileage out of being offended, they are going to be offended. The only thing that will put a stop to this racket is refusing to be taken in or intimidated by it.”
He was talking about the Redskins.
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Over here, we are referred to as white skins. I take no offense. It is just who we are.
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Jo, Or “round eyed devils”.
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The Washington fight song, “Hail to the Redskins” is now, “Hail to the scarlet pigminted native Americans.”
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Jo, when I went on a mission trip to Nicaragua we were called “hermanos gringo” Which I think translates to “white brothers”. We took it as a term of endearment.
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kBells, This is for you from those fans of Alabama from the really Deep South:
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Early FB comments about the insurance exchange website fiaso were to the effect of “heads are going to roll.” I knew better – I was saying “Nope, they will just get more money to fix it.” The unfortunate truth is that no other complany could fix it. Or, if they could it would cost as much to bring them up to speed as it would for them to start over from scratch.
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Thank you, Ricky. 🙂
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Chas, Thanks for the Sowell quote. He made a good point. It all just goes to prove what we’ve heard before: White Man speak with politically incorrect tongue.
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Apparently Rand Paul and Joe Biden have something in common
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/entire-section-of-rand-pauls-book-copied-verbatim-from-case
Lets be honest; a white heterosexual male does have social privilege, but I don’t think active intervention is the right response. Better enforcement of discrimination laws and greater respect for human rights, however, must be there.
It appear the Tea Party is inadvertently responsible for the banning of Don’t Tread on Me. When they started using a similar flag, the military was in a bind. By sharing a similar flag they ran the risk of appearing to endorsing the Tea Party and the military must remain absolutely non-political.
Information Systems and Data Management companies have the world over the barrel. Due to propriety information laws and strong copyright laws, especially in the US, its impossible for another company to fix the errors of an other information systems company when they use their own system and update it every few years to keep the copyright alive.
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HRW, I am 56. Since I started college, federal, state and local governments, large corporations and educational institutions have given preferences to women and minorities. I have no doubt that some individuals prefer to have a white, male doctor, dentist, lawyer or accountant. That is one of the unplanned side effects of affirmative action. If a rational consumer wants to choose a professional who did not get his degree or his job because of his race or gender, that rational consumer will choose a white male.
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