New Huffington Post Column

“The actual substance and systemic harm that’s done to the country is irrelevant to the drama of the coverage itself.”Very, very nice…This is the very essence of what is wrong with the MSM.

“The actual substance and systemic harm that’s done to the country is irrelevant to the drama of the coverage itself.”Very, very nice…This is the very essence of what is wrong with the MSM.

“I mean, thawing him out of his green room cryochamber is every day can’t be easy or cheap.”That statement made my day. Another Cesca classic.

“I mean, thawing him out of his green room cryochamber is every day can’t be easy or cheap.”That statement made my day. Another Cesca classic.

I’m no fan of Pat Buchanan; but back in the seventies and eighties, I was told, to my face, by a number of prospective employers, including the federal government, that I was being turned down for the job as the positions for which I was applying were being held for minority or white woman applicants. This “reverse discrimination” was legal under affirmative action policies upheld by federal courts most notably in the case of Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum in which Justice Brennan read white males out of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Many folks may say, “Good. should have happened ages ago.” Discrimination against a generation (or more) of white males may be suitable compensation for the injustices suffered by minority persons and white women as groups regardless of how any particular minority person or white woman may have fared. But the fact remains that the discrimination was and continues to be real along with the stigma that accompanies it. I tell my son that he’s going to have to work a good deal harder than his sister if he’s going to have the same chances in life. No complaint, no telling him to go out and “fight for his rights.” Just informing him of the lay of today’s land.

I’m no fan of Pat Buchanan; but back in the seventies and eighties, I was told, to my face, by a number of prospective employers, including the federal government, that I was being turned down for the job as the positions for which I was applying were being held for minority or white woman applicants. This “reverse discrimination” was legal under affirmative action policies upheld by federal courts most notably in the case of Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum in which Justice Brennan read white males out of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Many folks may say, “Good. should have happened ages ago.” Discrimination against a generation (or more) of white males may be suitable compensation for the injustices suffered by minority persons and white women as groups regardless of how any particular minority person or white woman may have fared. But the fact remains that the discrimination was and continues to be real along with the stigma that accompanies it. I tell my son that he’s going to have to work a good deal harder than his sister if he’s going to have the same chances in life. No complaint, no telling him to go out and “fight for his rights.” Just informing him of the lay of today’s land.

Great article, Bob! I finally realized why even though I loathe what Pat B. says, I don’t hate him. He reminds me of my Dad! Dear old Dad is a redneck depression era guy from New Mexico. He was a George Wallace supporter and hates the president for his race. He thinks Sarah Palin would be a great president. We have never agreed on much of anything politically, but he is still my Dad and we love each other.I don’t know about Pat, but Dad is also generous, charming, loves his gay sister in law, has tons of Mexican friends, and is loved by just about everyone who knows him.But he is a dyed in the wool redneck bigot. You sure as hell wouldn’t want him on your TV commenting on politics, but we have people just like him that do.Since I think that these folks really only represent 10-15 percent of the population, maybe it’s time to have some more 10 percenters on the cable news show. I would love to offer my services as a pot head, loud mouth, West Coast hippie agnostic expat with redneck roots to comment on politics from my point of view.

Great article, Bob! I finally realized why even though I loathe what Pat B. says, I don’t hate him. He reminds me of my Dad! Dear old Dad is a redneck depression era guy from New Mexico. He was a George Wallace supporter and hates the president for his race. He thinks Sarah Palin would be a great president. We have never agreed on much of anything politically, but he is still my Dad and we love each other.I don’t know about Pat, but Dad is also generous, charming, loves his gay sister in law, has tons of Mexican friends, and is loved by just about everyone who knows him.But he is a dyed in the wool redneck bigot. You sure as hell wouldn’t want him on your TV commenting on politics, but we have people just like him that do.Since I think that these folks really only represent 10-15 percent of the population, maybe it’s time to have some more 10 percenters on the cable news show. I would love to offer my services as a pot head, loud mouth, West Coast hippie agnostic expat with redneck roots to comment on politics from my point of view.

Read your article, it was hilarious.For a guy who admits following Buchanan “off and on” you sure make a lot of generalizations about the man.Who cares if Buchanan is/is not a racist? Why is that any of your business anyway?My advice: stop thinking you can control what another person thinks. You can no more prevent Buchanan from saying “racist” things than you can prevent me from thinking about ordering Chinese food for dinner. So do us all a favor and step down from your moral high horse and let bigots be bigots.The real racists are collectivists like you.

Read your article, it was hilarious.For a guy who admits following Buchanan “off and on” you sure make a lot of generalizations about the man.Who cares if Buchanan is/is not a racist? Why is that any of your business anyway?My advice: stop thinking you can control what another person thinks. You can no more prevent Buchanan from saying “racist” things than you can prevent me from thinking about ordering Chinese food for dinner. So do us all a favor and step down from your moral high horse and let bigots be bigots.The real racists are collectivists like you.

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As a paleoconservative, Buchanan has a different take on issues from, say, Bill Kristol, but, if I have to have a conservative for balance, I would rather have a friendly paleocon than a friendly neo-con. At least it’s not all ‘war, war, war’, all the time!And before I share my next point, let me state that I am voted for Obama and generally support him, all but his economic team of Sleepy Summers and Nerdy Geithner.My point is that I don’t think its so crazy to believe that something was amiss on 9/11. Two points:One, World Trade Towers Building 7 collapsed in basically free-fall, not having been hit by any airplane and with a pathetically small fire.And two, are you telling me that a jetliner could fly for 90 minutes, then hit the Pentagon, and not be challenged by any jetfighter or other defensive measure? That is simply not believable.For those two reasons alone, there seems to me to be good reasons to suspect foul play in 9/11. My personal theory is that Cheney had a hand in this, in order to establish a reason to invade Iraq, sometimes the neo-cons had been arguing for for a decade. They just needed a ‘Pearl Harbor’ to move forward.

As a paleoconservative, Buchanan has a different take on issues from, say, Bill Kristol, but, if I have to have a conservative for balance, I would rather have a friendly paleocon than a friendly neo-con. At least it’s not all ‘war, war, war’, all the time!And before I share my next point, let me state that I am voted for Obama and generally support him, all but his economic team of Sleepy Summers and Nerdy Geithner.My point is that I don’t think its so crazy to believe that something was amiss on 9/11. Two points:One, World Trade Towers Building 7 collapsed in basically free-fall, not having been hit by any airplane and with a pathetically small fire.And two, are you telling me that a jetliner could fly for 90 minutes, then hit the Pentagon, and not be challenged by any jetfighter or other defensive measure? That is simply not believable.For those two reasons alone, there seems to me to be good reasons to suspect foul play in 9/11. My personal theory is that Cheney had a hand in this, in order to establish a reason to invade Iraq, sometimes the neo-cons had been arguing for for a decade. They just needed a ‘Pearl Harbor’ to move forward.

Pat Buchanan enjoys my support for the simple reason that after the start of the Iraq War, he came out with “Whose War?” This article shed light on those of us unenlighted about the dirty politics that got us into Iraq.

Pat Buchanan enjoys my support for the simple reason that after the start of the Iraq War, he came out with “Whose War?” This article shed light on those of us unenlighted about the dirty politics that got us into Iraq.