Chink In Armor Is Political Correctness

Chink In Armor Is Political Correctness, and Al Franken writer of ethnic slurs
Sen. Al Franken, writer of ethnic slurs

The United States Army tweeted, yesterday, Jan. 30, “Chinks in special ops’ digital and physical armor poses challenges, experts say” which referred to this news release which, then, had a similar headline.

Notice it has changed.

Why? Because various public-school educated idiots took to Twitter expressing outrage over what they thought was an ethnic slur and even bigger idiots caved in to them.

A nation that fails to defend truth is a nation in trouble and the truth is that   only an attention-seeker or an idiot would call “chinks” as was used by the Army in that context an ethnic insult.

Here is an example of “chinks” as used as an ethnic insult: “A Chink is always a Gook, but a Gook isn’t always a Chink”

You know who wrote those words? Sen. Al Franken.

If the grievance mongers want to make themselves useful they should demand that he resigns.

Hat tip Steve Kruiser at PJMedia.com

Chink In Armor Is Political Correctness

Past Six Years Per Biden

Vice President Joe Biden once again demonstrated the inherent honesty in the specially abled  and spoke harsh words of truth this morning (Jan. 30) to the House Democrat Caucus at a retreat in Philadelphia at the Society Hill Sheraton.Past Six Years Per Biden

“To state the obvious, the past six years have been really, really hard for this country,” he told those responsible for making it so. “And they’ve been really tough for our party.  . . .They’ve been really tough for our party. And together we made some really, really tough decisions — decisions that weren’t at all popular, hard to explain”

Here it is as it happened on C-Span:

Past Six Years Per Biden

 Hat tip Weekly Standard.

Pileggi Resigns Last Chairmanship

Sen. Dominic Pileggi (R-9) has resigned as chairman of the Pennsylvania Senate Local Government Committee it was announced yesterday, Jan. 28, on the Senate floor according to The PLS Reporter.

Dominic Pileggi Resigns Last ChairmanshipPileggi announcement to the post was made Jan. 9. His resignation leaves the former Senate Majority Leader without any committee chairmanships.

Replacing him is Scott Hutchinson of the 21st District, who had chaired the Senate Communications and Technology Committee. Replacing Hutchinson as chairman of the Communications and Technology Committee is Ryan Aument of 36th District who had chaired the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee, which now will be chaired by newcomer Tom McGarrigle of the 26th District, who is so new Wikipedia has not even figured out what year he was born.

Pileggi remains vice chairman of the State Government Committee.

The Pennsylvania Senate is controlled by the Republicans 30-20.

Pileggi Resigns Last Chairmanship

 

Asshole Brown, Comcast Horror Story

The Browns of  Spokane, Wash., were having money problems so the wife, Lisa, called Comcast to cut the cable TV portion of their service. She was passed to one the company’s infamous “retention specialists”  who couldn’t convince her to change her mind. So the specialist changed the name on her bill for whaAsshole Brownt she kept. What had been addressed to  her husband, Ricardo Brown, was now to “Asshole Brown”.

She told blogger Chris Elliott that she was never rude during the conversation.

But it gets worse. She visited her local Comcast office and they refused to fix it. She then phoned higher-ups and they refused to fix it.

She then went to Elliott who was dubious of her story until he actually saw the bill. He then contacted Comcast’s public relations department who confirmed Mrs. Brown’s story.

Comcast has agreed to give the Browns a two-year refund.

Any legislator looking to get some nice ink could start a crusade  to make it illegal for any communication cancellation to last more than seven minutes.

Hat tip Wired.com.

Asshole Brown, Comcast Horror Story

 

 

Whittier Alaska Where All Live Together

With the night time temperatures in the teens — single digits come Friday — let us bring you the story of cozy Whittier Alaska where all live together. That’s right, almost all 177 residents live in the same building according to the below PBS report, which also includes the school, gymnasium, municipal offices, post office, and grocery store.

One never has to go out on cold nights.

Whittier Alaska Where All Live Together

Whittier Alaska Where All Live Together

Daily Times Loses Subscriber

A particular person I know — hi Mom — has cancelled her subscription to the Delaware County Daily Times that she had for at least 40 years.Daily Times Loses Subscriber

Was it because of some editorial or news story she didn’t like?

No. It was because of billing dispute involving new rates and missed deliveries.

Joe Grace would never have let that happen.

Once upon a time newspapers bent over backwards for subscribers.

Daily Times Loses Subscriber

 

 

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-28-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-28-15

Yes, Miranda, it was indeed John Bartram who received the first rhubarb plants ever to arrive in America in 1770. His buddy, Ben Franklin, sent to Philadelphia from London.

Pope Francis Mexican Border

A comment by Pope Francis reported by the Latin Post regarding Hispanic immigration to the United States has riled conservatives.

“To enter the U.S. from the Mexico border would be a beautiful sign of brotherhood and help for immigrants” Francis reportedly said Pope Francis Mexican Borderwith regard to whether he will include a trip to Mexico when he visits the U.S. in September.

We like Francis although he seems to speak more from the heart than the head.  Perhaps that’s what popes should  do.

We, however, will speak from the head. In the spirit of compassion, the first thing to consider is why  those who choose to  emigrate –legally or otherwise — so choose.

Mexico, after all, has resources and climate and sun — better than where many Mexicans immigrants wind up in the U.S.

So whatever can be the reason for the emigration? Could it be the corruption, the greed and the oppression of the Mexican government? Wouldn’t a better sign of brotherhood and help be addressing those issues, Your Holiness, rather than implying the United States is somehow to blame for trying to maintain a semblance of public order.

Just sayin’.

Pope Francis Mexican Border