More words and phrases that I do not like

I was a bit hasty in my first, introductory, post. I am hence forth amending my list. I will no longer number them - I hope you can keep up.

- Anything followed by 'Justice". This includes, but is not limited to 'Social Justice', 'Economic Justice', and 'Racial Justice'. You can be sure that anything followed by 'Justice' will be nothing resembling true justice. It will be one person (or group of persons) being shat upon so that another group can be given something that they neither earned nor deserve. All this with the stated intent of either 'leveling the playing field' or 'making up for past wrongs'. It does so by either tipping the playing field in an unfair way OR making a whole NEW set of wrongs.

- Diversity. As a general rule, I am all for diversity, but only if it comes about without screwing someone. However (knew that was coming) - I see no value in diversity for diversity's sake. Because, and examples abound, forcing diversity, by defintion, screws someone. If you want more blacks in college - someone else loses out - simply because they are NOT black. What the hell is fair about that? One of my best friends tried for 10 years to get on a Fire Department in Michigan. It was physically impossible for him (a white him) to get a high enough score to make up for the 'bonus' points awarded to less qualified candidates. All with the goal of diversity. Luckily, he finally made it - but what the hell is fair about making him try TEN times? I also would like to know the name of the person who did NOT get into Princeton to make room for Michelle Obama (who then later whined about having to actually pay off her student loans while she was make $317,000/year. I wonder which of us she thought SHOULD pay them off).

- Multi-culturalism. This is the notion that all cultures are equal. It's net effect is to attempt to devalue American culture by saying that we are no better than anyone else. By that logic, we should attempt to 'accept' anything anyone wants to do. This is BS. This country has a unique set of values that made us great. Liberty being the first among them. The liberty to exercise our God given (yes, God is a legal construct at the root of our founding documents - deal with it) abilities for the betterment of ourselves, our families, and by extension - the country. Our culture also values hard work, and sees the value in the individual reaping the benefits of that work. It does not accept the value of seeing 1/2 of it taken and given to others who did not earn it. It prides itself in self-reliance and eschews handouts. It values compassion and charity - but not when exercised by the gov-ment. When done from Washington, it is neither compassion nor charity. It is confiscation done under the threat of force and is corrosive to both the giver and the receiver. When people say we should not hold ourselves above other cultures - I say YES WE SHOULD. Our culture and values have shaped this country into the greatest country ever devised by man. A lot Islamic countries are still trying to emerge from the 1500's,. The USSR is ... oh wait, they already disappeared. Africa can no longer feed itself. And the Euro-weenies (who SHOULD know better, are on a headlong, downward march towards a Euro-welfare state). I'll take the US anytime.

-Separation of Church and State. This concept, which a lot of people seem to believe is our founding documents (it is not) is a canard. The phrase is from a letter by Thomas Jefferson - not the Constituion nor the Bill of Rights. The salient text from the First Amendment expressly prohibits the Congress (and also the States) from making laws "respecting an establishment of religion". This was born of the desire to prevent a 'Church of England' sceanario. But, it has been perverted by those that want to ban religion (well, SOME religions) from the public sphere. Fort Collins Colorado decided they should not use Red and Green lights at CHRISTMAS because they we too 'religious'. Teachers have been disciplined for having a Bible in the classroom for private devotions. Obviously both were immediate precursors to the establishment of the 'Church of the United States. This happens because no-one remembers that the rest of the amendment says 'or prohibiting the free exercise thereof''. It is also ironic that only Christian faiths seem to suffer this scrutiny. Schools seem to have no problem having 'Islam' days where kids take Muslim names. Also, the gradual appearance of Muslim foot washing stations at universities and airports seem, IMHO to be at least as offensive to the sensibilites as Red and Green lights. Oh, one more thing, if we are not a nation build on Judeo-Christian principles and history - why the hell isn't my mail getting delivered on Chrismas Day? Get all those Federal and State employees back to work. Gotta keep religion and government separate, don't you know.