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Obama vs. Jindal

Posted by AuVox on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:04:55 PM
There's no doubt that our President is a dynamic, charismatic man who can read a pretty speech. His This-Isn't-A-State-Of-The-Union Address last night was soaring rhetoric. 
 
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is also dynamic and charasmatic.  But performace with a scripted piece is not his forte.  As Britt Hume said last night on Fox, "the speech read better than it was delivered." 
 
Obama and Jindal have several things in common.  Both children of immigrants (or "immigrant" singular in his father's case), both hard working, dedicated, intelligent men.  Both minorities with unusual names.
 
What I find interesting is that Obama is far more impressive when he's reading than when he's speaking off the cuff, whereas exactly the opposite is true with Governor Jindal.  He was far better during his interview with Meredith Viera this morning.
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You may be a Taliban if...

Posted by AuVox on Monday, February 23, 2009 1:22:49 PM
Reportedly this was compiled by some of our nation's finest.  Whether the author(s) is/are in uniform is immaterial.  The best humor comes from absolute truth.

"YOU MAY BE A TALIBAN IF...."

1. You refine heroin for a living, but you
have a moral objection to beer.

2. You own a $3,000 mach ine gun and
$5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't
afford shoes ..

3. You have more wives than teeth.

4. You wipe your butt with your bare left
hand, but consider bacon "unclean."

5. You think vests come in two styles:
bullet-proof and suicide.

6. You can't think of anyone you haven't
declared Jihad against.

7. You consider television dangerous, but
routinely carry explosives in your clothing.

8. You were amazed to discover that cell phones
 have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.

9. You have nothing against women and think
 every man should own at least two.

10. You'll satisfy yourself with your neighbor's goat/camel/donkey,
but if your sister holds a boy's hand
you'll eagerly behead her.
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Because people will buy ANYTHING!

Posted by AuVox on Monday, February 23, 2009 1:07:50 PM

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Stifling excellence to achieve mediocrity

Posted by AuVox on Monday, February 23, 2009 12:24:11 PM
What a fantastic idea!  Allowing middle-school students who work hard enough to excel to take high school classes!  Well, "fantastic idea" except for those who are up in arms because the majority of those kids who excel are white.
 
But the nation's foremost scholars in middle-school education are worried the fast-growing trend is leaving minority children behind. They also question whether the practice is legal because, nationwide, it has tended to result in students being segregated by race.
 
So tell me:  is it a good idea to hold back the best and brightest children--you know, the ones who are eventually more likely to be running things as adults--because more minority kids don't have the ability or inclination to take certain classes?  Is it wise to stifle the thirst for learning challenges exactly when they're most likely to pay dividends later in life?
 
Let me think about it for a min...No.
 
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I just can't argue with this

Posted by AuVox on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:36:08 AM
 
Tags: New mascot  
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Performance Excellence, not quotas

Posted by AuVox on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:25:25 PM
Radio Personality Kevin Ross of BlogTalkRadio was recently quoted in Don Barrett's LA Radio People (subscription required) about the ethnic makeup of talk radio hosts on the air in Los Angeles: 
 
“Up until recently this wasn’t even on my radar. I thought there was something here and it was a big issue. In 2009 when we have an African American President and people are saying racism is over and we’re color blind, and yet on the airwaves there is segregation.”
 
Truly, is there anything more color-blind than radio?  You can't see skin color on the radio!

Ross is hoping that this revelation might bring more harmony between terrestrial radio and Internet radio. “I am already operating in the space of Internet radio, so I would love getting back on terrestrial radio again. If the opportunity doesn’t come my way, however, that’s okay. But the public airwaves need hosts who can engage the ever-growing on-line audience. And those hosts need to look less like Mt Rushmore, and more like Southern California.”


While I think it's an interesting fact, and I'm not convinced that Mr. Ross himself finds it much more than "interesting", I am so over the politically-correct horse manure regarding ‘racial balance.’ Isn't there the possibility that the current Talk-show hosts are in place because they’re the ones their employers have found will make them the most money? That maybe they’re on because they’re the best at what they do?

As a small-business owner, and someone who’s had to make hiring decisions myself over the years, it completely fried my onions that I was prohibited by law from hiring the best qualified person for the job. I had to take someone who filled a different quota slot.

I’d love a big-money career in the NBA. Sadly, I’m a short, slow, middle-aged white guy with a lousy jump shot. Now what adjective in that sentence is completely immaterial?

Until [and unless] we get back to being a society that rewards excellence, and gives people a reason to strive to be the best, we are doomed to be less than we can be.

It says something about us where the only two areas in American society that are truly race-blind and performance-based are pro sports, and military special forces.
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Truth In Advertising

Posted by AuVox on Monday, February 16, 2009 12:28:52 PM
OK... I completely support the concept of "full disclosure"... but even I was a bit taken aback by this:

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Doomed to a life of disappointment

Posted by AuVox on Monday, February 16, 2009 11:01:31 AM
Another future liberal expecting the government to do the impossible:
 
At least he has the same expectations as adult Lefties...
 
(h/t: Janathan Garthwaite)
Tags: rain candy  
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The military's new Secret Weapon

Posted by AuVox on Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:21:25 PM
Who knew the engineering geniuses got their inspiration from "Harry Potter"?
 
 
 
Gotta find something to do now that George W. Bush won the war.  Y'know...until the press decides to report on the story.
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The Leprachauns lied!

Posted by AuVox on Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:30:59 PM
There's not a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow!  There's a flippin' SUV!
 
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"Please...the honor is just in being nominated..."

Posted by AuVox on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:12:19 PM
The Audio Publishers Association have announced their nominees for the 2009 Audie Awards; excellence in audiobooks.
 
I'm nominated in the category of Audiobook Adaptation, audiobooks spawned from other media.  I'm up against four very impressive projects, crammed with famous people, terrific actors, and complete audio production. 
 
I was alone in a closet reading the story of a video game.
 
Call me "Cinderella".
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Leftist media bias?! WHAT Leftist media bias?

Posted by AuVox on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:41:03 AM
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Giving credit where it's due

Posted by AuVox on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:00:20 PM
Here's an idea:  Let's use stimulus money for actually stimulating the economy!
 
Re. Walt Minnick (D-ID) has reverse-engineered a much more viable, effective, and economical solution if President Obama insists that government absolutely must get involved. 
 
In fact, it makes so much sense (it cuts out about 5/6 of the pork) there isn't a chance in hell that it'll pass.  But good for Minnick; finally, a Democrat with an actual idea.
 
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Let's work together on My Ideas

Posted by AuVox on Friday, February 06, 2009 12:17:48 PM
Poem of the Week thanks to Tarzana Joe.
 

The New Diplomacy
By Tarzana Joe

A hopeful day is dawning
And the changing has begun
Let’s all get down to business
But remember that I won

We’re going to change America
And reason not the cost
I’d love to hear your thinking
But remember that you lost

To this little wine and cheese
I bi-partisan-ly greet you
Before we get to the agenda
Did I mention that I beat you?

When it comes to picking policy
There can only be one chooser
Now I am the decider
And you, friend, are the loser

The deficit is larger 
And the GDP is thinner
But that’s the way I want it
And guess what?  I’m the winner

The government is growing
And I hope you know your place in it
And every chance I get
I’m going to rub your face in it.

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So much for passionate ideology

Posted by AuVox on Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:54:26 PM
Wait a minute... I thought that the reason the Good Guys are attacked by suicide/homicide bombers is that "they're passionate ideology is so strong that they're lining up to die for their beloved cause!"
 
 
Obviously, there are some loons out there willing to do anything, despite how reprehensible and fruitless.
 
But enough about Liberals.
 
However, the fact that al-Queada is stooping to gay rape in order to shame young men into killing themselves--not to mention the horror they perpetrated on women.
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