Retired Army Colonel Ralph Peters’ columns used to run regularly in the NY Post. I miss them. He was back today, criticizing the prep school mentality of our leaders, the arrogance of the privileged who haven‘t suffered the harsh realities most people, including our enemies, have. He claims revolutionary change never comes from insiders but outsiders. Here is the paragraph I find most illuminating: “Once-great universities have turned into political indoctrination centers worthy of the high Stalinist Era or the age of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Their aims may be more benign, but their willingness to consider alternative worldviews is every bit as rigid. Students in the social sciences at Harvard and Yale are cadets being groomed to serve a soft-socialist form of government conceived not in the streets, but in the very same classrooms. It’s a self-licking ice cream cone. And graduates leave campus brilliantly prepared for everything except reality.”
When Bill Clinton was president and scandal reared its ugly head, Hillary often cited the vast right wing conspiracy out to derail them. In a column in today’s Post, Edward Klein claims the latest scandal was actually the work of the Obama administration, which leaked the information regarding the emails. Klein cleverly points out that Hillary is now the victim of a “…vast left wing conspiracy.” The Clintons represent the status quo, and the President obviously prefers Elizabeth Warren, who would continue his legacy of radicalism.
"Be prepared" is the famous slogan of the Girl Scouts. For years I've kept an empty plastic bottle in my Hyundai just in case a bathroom emergency arose. It came in handy today. The hardest part was figuring how to accomplish the deed. I moved the front passenger seat as far forward as it would go, and knelt in the back seat. What a relief. I just hope this isn't the beginning of a trend. Fortunately I'd secured a parking spot that allowed me to set up the floating book shop curbside. As I waited for customers to approach, I was in perfect position to clean the grime from the sides of the car. Yesterday's rain did a nice job with the roof, hood and trunk. My thanks to the young man who bought Rising Star, and to the three other kind folks who made purchases.
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