Thomas Sowell on Obama: Dangerous! and, Dissent Demonized!
November 1st, 2008 . by Serr8dFrom a comment sdferr left on the ‘Fisking William’ post at PW’s Pub, this link to Thomas Sowell’s conversation with fellow Hoover Institution scholar Peter Robinson, posted at NRO TV.
Self-explanatory, really..
For the lesser minds, this might help in understanding Obama’s views on challenges and dissent. Three news agencies had reporters thrown off the Presidential Plane, for their agency’s temerity in endorsing John McCain.
You know, avoiding those questions that ‘real’ journalists used to pride themselves on asking…
Journalists from three major newspapers that endorsed John McCain — the Washington Times, the New York Post and the Dallas Morning News — have been booted from Barack Obama’s campaign plane for the final leg of the presidential race.
The Washington Times reported Friday that it was notified of the Obama campaign’s decision Thursday evening — even though the paper has covered Obama from the start.
Executive Editor John Solomon told FOXNews.com that the Obama campaign said it didn’t have enough seats on the plane, but “I don’t think the explanation makes sense to us.”
“We’ve been traveling since 2007 with him. … We’re a relevant newspaper — every day we break news,” Solomon said. “And to suddenly be kicked off the plane for people who haven’t covered it as aggressively or thoroughly as we are … it sort of feels unfair.”
He said the newspaper protested but was turned down again by the campaign.
“I can only hope that the candidate who describes himself as wanting to unite the nation doesn’t have some sort of litmus test for who he decides gets to cover the campaign,” Solomon said, noting that the Obama campaign’s decision came just two days after the paper endorsed McCain.
According to the Web site The Drudge Report, the three newspapers’ reporters were told to find alternative transportation by Sunday so that the plane could accommodate “network bigwigs” and reporters from two black magazines, Essence and Jet.
There you go. Obama’s way or the highway.
Other Obama Marx…
State employee says she was ordered to check out Joe the Plumber
Über brain-dead leftist Erica Jong sounds much like William…
The Ten Cannots: You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
crossed from home
Uncle Tom’s descent into madness.
[...] (admitted as such, by our own barking moonbat William, that low-level ‘professor’ who calls Thomas Sowell an ‘uncle Tom’, only because Professor and Hoover Institution scholar Sowell doesn’t agree with him) that [...]
Wow, Obama’s more dangerous because he wants to make the world a better place, and more dangerous than a crooked politician. Wishing, dreaming and pursuing a better live for yourself and others is a general goal for many people. Guess Sowell would be more comfortable if we went back to Slavery (he’d fit in nicely - house negro). For a highly educated person, why does he come across so ignorant.
In response to the above comment, it is common for modern day liberalism to want to change the world to fit their image of a perfect society. The problem lies in that their attempts to help out social group A almost always involves them taking liberty and wealth from some group B.
There is all the difference in the world in trying to convince, educate, or persuade people to be more charitable, moral or upright and using outright force to make them do so.
A great Serr8d post.
Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams understand what we need to preserve this American Republic. Bush should have awarded both of them the Presidential Medal of Honor.