Saturday, January 11, 2014
WITH ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT DECLINING, historians look to government for jobs. More secure, less demanding (if that's possible). That's pretty much the gist of the post, except for this little beauty:
Read anything by Victor Davis Hanson for more about a classic liberal education.
Government job applicants with Ph.D.s need to stress their strength in communications, ability to synthesize vast amounts of information into “useable” knowledge, and decision-making skills....Back in the dark ages when I went to college, those words were the coin of the realm as the reason for getting a classical/liberal as opposed to a business/skill-oriented education. Then along came race/class/gender/victim studies with their 'critical thinking' skills, to turn the whole liberal arts edifice into a smoking ruins.
Read anything by Victor Davis Hanson for more about a classic liberal education.
PROBLEMS SOLVED: Let's have open carry on campus. It might have a beneficial effect on campus 'free speech' policies as well.
WALTER E. WILLIAMS: Politics and the minimum wage. The gist: raise the minimum wage to keep the unemployed and unskilled unemployed, unskilled, and on the Democrat plantation.
THOMAS SOWELL: The 'trickle-down' lie.
It should win the contest [for the biggest lie in politics] both because of its purity — no contaminating speck of truth — and because of how many people have repeated it over the years, without any evidence being asked for or given.Water will stick to a duck's back before an obvious truth can penetrate the liberal skull.
EVEN LIBERAL STUPIDITY HAS LIMITS: At Democrats' request, even Mike Bloomberg is giving up on gun control.
I'm surprised. Having hit rock bottom, I guess they've finally run out of dynamite.
I'm surprised. Having hit rock bottom, I guess they've finally run out of dynamite.
ANOTHER UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE:
Memorandum
DATE: January 6, 2014
TO: Colorado-based Lockheed Martin Employees
FROM: John Lucas, Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Communications
SUBJECT: Drug-Free Workplace
With the start of the New Year comes the arrival of new laws in Colorado. One that has attracted significant national attention is the legalization of marijuana for recreational use within the state.
Given the nature of the work that we do and the requirements placed on us due to security clearances, we must adhere to federal law, including the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. Marijuana is a prohibited narcotic under the federal Controlled Substances Act and Lockheed Martin employees should not use the drug for recreational or other purposes. Use of an illegal federal substance can have a negative impact on obtaining or maintaining a security clearance and continued employment.
More details on Lockheed Martin’s commitment to a drug-free workplace are available online. We appreciate your adherence to company policy and federal law.
More proof Liberals are stupid. From a fellow Lockheed Martin retiree.
TAMMY BRUCE: Exposing liberal apologies. I'm glad to see the hypocritical Left finally being called out in public for their faux apologies.
WHO NEEDS AYN RAND? America has already gone John Galt.
One of the many administration 'explanations' for the miserable job performance is that the Baby Boomers have begun to retire. That may be so -- I'm retired, for example -- but I doubt many of the retirements were voluntary. Mine certainly wasn't.
One of the many administration 'explanations' for the miserable job performance is that the Baby Boomers have begun to retire. That may be so -- I'm retired, for example -- but I doubt many of the retirements were voluntary. Mine certainly wasn't.
LARRY ELDER: To compete with FOX's "The Five," MSNBC introduces the panelists for their new show, "The Three."
Best comment: "You do know the Three Stooges were geniuses. They just acted dumb. I'm guessing MSNBC's team won't have to act."
Best comment: "You do know the Three Stooges were geniuses. They just acted dumb. I'm guessing MSNBC's team won't have to act."
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