The Bushes of Texas

Based on his resume, I used to think the George Bush Senior would make a great president. Young fighter pilot in WW-2; entrepreneur in Texas; family guy; head of the CIA; UN Ambassador; Ambassador to China; vice-president and a good 1st baseman at Yale who still loved baseball. I was wrong; he was a weak, feckless, tongue-tied president without testosterone.

The latter-day George Bush turned out to be worse than his father if, for no other reason, that we had to suffer him twice as long. This incarnation was equally inarticulate but he did have the testosterone to send other people's kids off to fight his wars of honor and keep them at it for years more than needed. Worse, he permitted the wide-spread invasion of the United States by illiterate Mexican peasants he and his family so much admire. Neither he nor they ever cite reasons for such love, they just say it is compassionate to feel their way.

We now have the remaining Bush, Jeb, the former governor of the Sunshine State, who may well decide to enter the Republican primary contests as a counter to Rick Perry. It is an open secret the the Bushes do not like Perry who happily returns their disfavor. Alors, if it appears that Perry will become the candidate, it is now speculated that Jeb will come down from the mountain and run.

I hope he does.

I say that because I cannot be the only conservative who is sick unto death of the Bushes and the long-lasting damage they have done to our nation. The neo-cons - emphasis on the last syllable please - just love Jeb. Great executive; correct credentials; able politically; makes sense when he speak which makes him a rare Bush indeed, taking after his Mother.

Maybe; but few apples fall far from the rotten tree.

Answering the Call

After a more than brief hiatus and in response to the cries of my millions of readers, I have returned to National Spectrum. Blog essays and other snippets of good sense will be forthcoming regularly for your enjoyment and information.

Facts Are Stubborn Things - II

For some years, the New York Police Department has used a computer system called CompStat to record and analyze violent crimes so as to determine where in the City crime is increasing. Resources are then focused in those areas to prevent more crimes from happening. Seems like a good idea; few have alleged it to be ineffective.

Among the results of CompStat's use is an array of stats that are inarguable: they are historical records of what happened in NYC for whatever period is being reported. Here are some reported facts for 2009:

1. Blacks committed 66% of all violent crimes reported; non-Hispanic whites committed less than 5% of all the reported violent crimes;

2. Blacks committed 80% of all reported shootings; non-
Hispanic whites committed 1.4% of all shootings;

3. Blacks committed 71% of all reported robberies; non-
Hispanic whites committed less than 5% of all reported
robberies;

4. Blacks and Hispanics combined committed 98% of all
reported assaults involving guns;

5. The vast majority of victims were racial minorities.

There are groups in New York which have filed suit against the NYPD for racial discrimination alleging the above facts demonstrate discrimination as they are unrepresentative of the statistical description of the City which is 23% black and 35% white.

It is at best difficult to take such groups and their members seriously. It is even more difficult to understand why minorities, the bulk of these crime's victims, are equally supportive of notions of discrimination based on these facts. But they do to the detriment of all.

Niles Township Community High School District

Ever hear of Niles Township Community High School District? Neither had I. It's somewhere in Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. It is, however, the best place in America to be a teacher or school administrator.

The top dog in Niles Township is a man named Neil Codell. His annual salary is: $885,327. That's NOT a typo. His salary is almost a million a year to manage a high school district. Yup; poor, under-paid teachers and all that.

Oh yes. When Mr. Codell retires, his 1st year's retirement pay will be $601,798; it is never less. And that's not a typo either. His pension is valued at over $26 million payable to him in retirement.

How can that be you ask? Keep voting for liberals who are funded by teacher's and government worker's unions and there will be more and more of that. And less and less for you.

E Pluribus Unum

A multicultural nation is a contradiction of terms; a logically repugnant notion. There are no multicultural nations, only diverse ones, like the United States. Some - academics, democrats, race hustlers - preach the gospel of multiculturalism despite the balkanizing effect on America and Americans. The promotion of ancestral roots values over American values is both divisive and destructive. It is not for nothing that E Pluribus Unum is the motto of the Great Seal of the United States, carried on high in the American Eagle's beak. The Founders, those dead, white, Christian men, knew precisely what they were about.

It is obvious we are diverse; more so than any other country I can think of. It is more than unfortunate many cannot see the dangerous difference between diversity and multiculturalism.

"Sarah Palin Is Dumb." Really?

That Sarah Palin is dumb is accepted wisdom on the left. Some on the right preached that same Gospel though, after the recent primary, perhaps no more. Consider.

Last July, Mrs. Palin resigned as Alaska's governor which pundits alleged marked the end of her political career. Since then, personally she has earned millions with her book, appearances and television contract thus insulating her from having to worry about the mortgage. Next, she made several endorsements of primary candidiates, most of whom won, and each of whom is in an important presidential primary and electoral state. (E.g., Terry Branstad in Iowa; Nikki Haley in South Carolina; Rand Paul in Kentucky; Rick Perry in Texas.) She demonstrated real loyalty by endorsing McCain in Arizona and double smarts by endorsing Carly Fiorina in California which will get her a filthy rich Senator supporter or a filthy rich supporter in future Palin campaigns. In all, the last 11 months have been pretty good for her. She's made millions, improved her political heft, remains a popular feminine icon and has been a consistent winner in politics and business.

Maybe Sarah Palin is dumb. Maybe not.

Whites Only

There's a columnist named Reuben Navarette whose main claim to fame is that he's Mexican. He recently posted a column that asked which party should Mexicans support using as his criterion which party had done more for Mexicans. By the way, he always says "Latinos" but he always means Mexicans.

Interesting idea that. Maybe white people in America should decide to vote for the party which does the most for white people. When I say white people, I specifically mean non-Latinos, non-Mexicans and non-illegal immigrants. Let's say white people decided to all vote for the Libertarian candidate and all the Mexicans voted for the Mexican party.

Who would win? We would.

Navarette ought to re-think his notion unless, of course, it's racist for white people to do exactly the same as he urges Mexicans do. Which I'm sure he does. I told you his main claim to fame is that he's a Mexican. I never said he was bright. Or fair.