Unchecking White Guilt

Earlier this month I came across Julie Borowski's "Check Your Privilege" video on YouTube.  This was the first time I've heard such an expression.  After some internet trolling, I found it's been part of the leftist verbal arsenal for several years.

Don't know where I've been all this time.

Living out my "privileged" life, I guess.

And while I've been living in my so-called privileged cocoon, the white privilege awareness movement has gained momentum.

Be sure to check out the link for the Madison, WI conference.  It's both creepy and pathetic at the same time.

Creepy because children as young as four are being indoctrinated by this tripe.  It's pathetic because adult whites are being led to believe they should feel guilty for merely being white, turning people who've had relatively normal upbringings into leftist pod people (see lead image).

Meanwhile, outside the Ramparts of Civilization, real pre-20th Century oppression is spreading like wildfire.

California Killing Spree by Lonesome Loser

(Image from Elliot Rodger's "Retribution" YouTube video via USA Today)

I was attending a gaming convention this past Memorial Day Weekend, when this PoS (Piece of "Crap"), now known as the "kissless virgin" went on his killing spree.

Apparently, the killer's parents tried to intercept him after they learned about his manifesto and "Retribution" video on YouTube. 

While on the one hand I try to disseminate news in a timely manner, I'm glad I was away from the internet as this story unfolded.  During the initial few days I missed the usual hue & cry about gun control, along with the initial assumptions that the perpetrator must be some card carrying member of the "whites only" NRA and/or Tea Party.

It took a couple of days for the dust to settle for three myths about the "Virgin Killer" killing spree to be proven false.

I actually watched the creep's creepy video. 

Sheez! Talk about being a weapons-grade loser.  It doesn't take a degree in psychiatry to see this kid was mentally disturbed. 

There are now several Californian families in mourning, to which I extend my condolences and prayers.  But half-a-world away, there are Belgian families who are also grieving.  The motivations for mass murder, though are completely different.

Both sides of the Atlantic are performing head-in-the-sand reactions to the true causes to the respective killings.

Lame Lies from Lame Duck

(Image from A.F. Branco of Legal Insurrection)

Anyone who's been paying attention to the "parade of phony scandals" can make a good guess what Team Obama members will say in the form of damage control/public relations.

There are several plausible reasons for the prescience among the proletariat.  It's either:

a. We heard it all before
b. Team Obama is running out of creative energy
c. Team Obama is now openly contemptuous of the voting public
d. All the Above

Feel free to come up with your own list.

In the meantime, here's the Top 6 Lamest Excuses from the Obama (Mis)Administration, in case you need a template.

And speaking of templates, Mary Katherine Hamm came up with her How to get the WH Press Corps to Stop Asking Questions in Six Easy Steps.

Maybe the Obama Mouthpieces should just call out numbers when responding to questions at press conferences.

Remembering Memorial Day

The Boko Biker Gang of Nigeria

(Image from Branco of legalinsurrection.com) 

One of my writer friends is paired-up with an ex-intelligence operative named "Holmes."  

A few days ago he posted his insights on the Nigerian jihadi biker gang.

I didn't know Boko Haram were bikers.

But at least I knew they were terrorists before the schoolgirls' kidnapping made them media sensations, unlike a former Secretary of State...

(Image from Branco of Legalinsurrection.com)

Amnesty for Meriam?

(Image from SteynOnline)

Five days ago I posted about the plight of Meriam Ibrahim, the woman in Sudan sentenced to hang for being a Christian.

Well it looks like the lamestream media has lost interest in this issue.  The most recent headlines and images I found on Google were dated about the same time I uploaded my previous post on this story.

The only person who's continued to shout in the wilderness is Mark Steyn.  Not only that he brings up the plot twist to this twisted story:  Meriam's husband is American.  And so is their two year-old son--also in jail with his mom--along with Meriam's unborn child.

As with the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, not much--if anything--is being done to "#BringBackOurGirl."

VA Hospital Death Panels

(Image by Michael Ramirez)

Since I'm not in position to follow the news every day and write about it some things slip by me for days.

Take the new "phony scandal:"  Veterans with war injuries forced to wait months for treatment.

At least 40 veterans have died during these "not death panel" waits.

Gitmo detainees got better treatment then our veterans.

Nearly a dozen whistleblowers have emerged.

When did Our Dear Leader learn of all this?

I'll give you one guess...

(Image by Michael Ramirez)

Of course the VA Scandal is just the tip of the iceberg.  "VDH" sums up Team Obama very nicely:  Politics trumps ethics.

Pregnant Woman Sentenced to Death in Sudan

(Image from www.express.co.uk)

When I'm off duty, I rarely tune into the news.  The first time I heard about the plight of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag was on Facebook.  A friend of mine posted this story, demanding us so-called Christians "do something."  Well a lively, but respectful debate ensued about what individuals can do vs. what the government can do vs. what the media chooses as newsworthy.

Speaking of lively debates, The Five on FOX News rolled-in on this subject.

The article my friend cited actually came from CNN, which surprised me that any non-FOX News agency would bother reporting about the ongoing persecution of Christians beyond the "Ramparts of Civilization"

Of course, it's going to take decisive diplomatic action (military action?) to get the Sudanese government to change their tune, especially since they've been waging a genocidal campaign in Darfur since 2003. 

Bring Back Our "Backbone"

(Image by Glen Foden)

Well it looks like a couple of political cartoonists have followed Mark Steyn's "#BringBackOurBalls" lead. 

 

In his Attitude is All article, Mark continues his scathing criticism against the hashtag impotence on a TV and radio show.

 

(Image by Bob Gorrell)

Meanwhile another favorite commentator of mine Victor Davis Hanson ("VDH") reminds us that those "oh-so-19th-Century" types are, well, oh so 19th Century.

 

The key point in VDH's article "morally superior" leftists should keep in mind is this:

 

The truth is that much of the world never left the 19th century and is not too worried that it hasn't.

IRS Marching Orders: DC--Not Cincinnati

(Image by Nate Beeler)

Thanks to Judicial Watch who's been watching these "phony scandals," we now know that the IRS targeting orders came from DC--not Cincinnati. 

I find the concluding sentence of Katie Pavlich's article to be especially chilling, and bears repeating:

In her emails about DOJ, Lerner noted that putting one person from a conservative organization in jail would create and example and "shut the whole thing down."

It's a damn shame that our leftist ruling class isn't so zealous about things like rescuing diplomatic personnel under fire, or Nigerian school girls from the clutches of jihadists.

Russian History May Help Us

(Image by John Cole)



Well sanctions and hashtags have failed to cow Putin.

But maybe, just maybe, all we have to do is let 1K years of Russian History take care of Putin for us. 

Too bad though we look feeble in the meantime...

(Image by Michael Ramirez)