RECENT COMMENTS: TEBOW, KING DAY, ELECTION TRAINING. etc.

Below are some short comments from December 2011 and January 2012 concerning stories on Yahoo, the New York Times, and USA Today, and personal encounters.  Topics include a training session for poll workers, King Day, illegal immigrants in Israel and France, campus diversity, Christopher Hitchins, and football player Tim Tebow.  Because I did not renew my NYT subscription, I will probably have far fewer comments on its website.

TRAINING SESSION FOR ELECTION WORKERS

            On January, Friday the 13^th, 2012, I took a bus in the snow to attend a training class for possible poll workers in Wisconsin.  I was such a worker for the November 2010 election, and the government will probably require many more this year.  In addition to the Presidential election in November, there are primaries, second primaries, a possible recall election of Republican Governor Walker, possible primaries to find who might oppose him, etc.  With so many elections in one year, one thinks of the last year of the Weimar Republic!
            Wisconsin Republicans also changed the requirements for voting – a photo ID is now required.  Naturally, the Democrats opposed the legislation alleging that there is no voter fraud, and the elderly and poor will not be allowed to vote.  Yet, a few days ago on The Blaze website, I saw reporters in New Hampshire, where no ID is required, asking for ballots using the names of the dead.  And they received the ballots.  Whether they voted or not is irrelevant, for they demonstrated how easy it is to commit voter fraud.
            The 2-hour training session in Wisconsin was led by a former police woman, probably in her 50s.  She was articulate, but only covered the new laws, rules, and regulations.  It was assume we all knew the old stuff.  A bad assumption (at least in my case).  But we spent 2 hours examining the new regulations, so to cover everything would have taken a full day.
            Toward the conclusion of the program, the trainer told us of an incident when she was working the polls during a popular election.  A gym was the voting venue and it was quite crowded for the election.  A woman approached the table, told the workers her name and address, and awaited them check in the 2 books to be certain she was registered.  Viewing the book upside down, she spotted her name, and the name of her sister.  She did not like her sister.  She began cursing and shouting.  Everything in the gym suddenly stopped.  All eyes were on her.  She surprisingly seized a pen from the worker and scratched out the name of her sister.  Then she moved to the second book and defaced her sister’s name in that book also.  Everyone continued to stare at her in her tantrum.
            Our trainer, a former policewoman, aware that someone might have a weapon, thought of calling 911, but decided to approach her gingerly.  Even though the woman continued shouting curses, our trainer got her the ticket, got her the ballot, and got her to a voting machine, where she cast her ballot.  The trainer then got her out.  She told us the story, and added that her supervisors commended her on her handling of the difficult woman.
            I raised my hand.  “I don’t understand.  You mean she got away with it.”  The session was about to close, and the trainer clearly was not happy with my comment.  Yet, it showed the gap between my views and liberalism.  A woman who disturbs the election process, who defaces government property, who shouts and curses and is out of control, is allowed to vote and leave without any punishment.  Meanwhile, the hundred onlookers can see how one can get away with things, without punishment.  And for her failure to maintain order, the trainer is commended!  And she uses this story to illustrate the proper actions of those who work the polls! 
            It is precisely this attitude that prevails in schools, in courts, in much of American society.  It is also precisely this attitude that, by not punishing misdeeds, encourages them.  In America, we have crime because we refuse to punish crime.  When I was young, this nonsense would not have been permitted at a polling place.  And I cannot imagine anyone entering a government agency in China, defacing government property, and then leaving on a merry way.  Liberalism fosters crime.
            I am sure my comment was not appreciated.  A minute later, when the session closed, the woman beside me began to speak of her petition to recall Gov. Walker.  I will be voting against the liberals again this year.

I ASK A QUSTION TO STUDENTS

      A few weeks ago, I was dining with 2 newcomers from China.  They are 19 years old; Their English is weak, and they are taking an intensive program to learn English so they can enroll in an American university.  When we were eating on 6 January I asked them, "In a few weeks, in January, we will have a holiday in America.  What is it?"  One said, "Independence Day."  The waiter came and overheard the response, and began to laugh.  I usually try to keep a straight face, but the reply was so unexpected I had to struggle to keep from laughing myself.  I then informed them that Independence Day is July the 4th.  Then one asked, is it a President's Day.  I answered, Nooo, more like a king's day.  They looked at each other.  But America doesn't have a king.  Then one thought, Oh, Martin Luther King Day.  And so it is today, Martin Luther King Day.
       Hope everyone may have an inspirational day.-----------Hugh Murray

Israel OKs harsh penalties for illegal migrants
	"Israel leads the way with sensible laws to protect itself from invasion. One hopes the US will enact similar laws to halt the millions of invaders in our nation. The article says most of the illegals came from Sudan and Eritrea through Egypt. If there were asylum seekers, why not remain in Egypt? Why did not the UN help them in Egypt? Instead they went to Israel for economic reasons to dilute the culture of Israel. Just as the illegals dilute American culture. Expel the illegals. Ignore the UN and its left-wing agenda."

France's expulsions of immigrants rise in 2011
	"Israel just enacted a new law to round up illegal invaders. France expels more invaders than ever. Other nations are waking up. We can only hope that in the US this year we defeat pro invasion, pro-amnesty candidates like Obama and Gingrich."

Gutless Guinta Won't Endorse Santorum, Scared to Cross Romney
	"Commentary? This is smear. Guinta refused to endorse a candidate so he is gutless. If you disagree with me you lack courage. #$%$ I hope Rep. Guinta is given equal time to reply."

Researchers, tribes clash over Native bones "There is no proof that the remains are related to various tribes. Recall when someone stumbled upon a skeleton in the state of Washington, and the sheriff thought it was a dead white man. Then scientists believed it to be the oldest skeleton found in North America - Kennewick man. What was a white man doing in the Pacific area as the earliest man in North America. Immediately, the Amerindians demanded the remains, though if he were white, he may have been the victim of the Amerindians. Clinton eventually gave away the skeleton to the Amerindians and destroyed the site so one cannot discover other politically incorrect facts. If whites were here before the Amerindians, why do the Amerindians have so many privileges like owning casinos, etc. The bones should be saved for further research by scientists. The law is anti-scientific, as are most left-wing policies. Keep the bones so in future, with scientific advance, we may learn more about the history of humans in North America."

SIDEBAR

Lawsuit Pits Political Activism Against Campus Diversity

By ADAM LIPTAK

Published: January 9, 2012

comments 

·         Hugh Murray

·         Milwaukee

FLAG

Why just law schools? If you look at application forms for lower posts teaching at community colleges, often one is required to write an essay on diversity. This is in reality a political requirement to teach. Conservatives are weeded out in the application process. Perhaps this fall, most colleges will add a second essay topic: "Is Obama a Great or Merely a Very Good President?"
The point is we have a political test to be hired in most fields at most colleges and universities in the US. I had more freedom teaching in the classrooms in China than I would have had in America.

·                     Jan. 10, 2012 at 9:23 p.m.

New YOrk Times

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, 1949-2011

Polemicist Who Slashed All, Freely, With Wit

By WILLIAM GRIMES

Published: December 16, 2011

·         Comments

·         Hugh Murray

·         Milwaukee

FLAG

Note the great contrast between the treatment of Hitchins, who wrote attacking religion, and Rushdie, who was deemed anti-Muslim. Though Hitchins offended the beliefs and sensibilities of many, he could still appear in public and even on TV. Rushdie was hounded into hiding by the fanatical Islamofascists, including those who have invaded and reside in the UK and America.
Hitchins popularized the word Islamofascist. It is a good word for a growing danger.

·                     Dec. 16, 2011 at 7:23 a.m.

Column: When Tim Tebow loses, does God, too?

By Tom Krattenmaker

Hugh Murray ·

Catholics usually enter a contest making the sign of the cross. Some also do it when the exit. This has been custom since I was young, and probably for centuries prior. What is different about Tebow is he is making an open Protestant gesture, and suddenly it's big news. Does God lose if Real Madrid loses to the Dutch Ajax? Or if Celtic loses to Rangers?
Don't make a mountain of a mole hill. Catholics have been doing this for centuries. No big deal just because a Protestant decides to make a religious gesture too.

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