The Vanishing Point

I går, mandag, var der ikke mindre end to interessante programmer på DR2. Det første omhandlede positiv særbehandling i USA (”affirmative action”), og var, imod al forventning, forholdsvist kritisk overfor det, i og med at det tog udgangspunkt i en sag som hvide der har følt sig diskrimineret har anlagt imod University of Michigan. Og det var endda fransk! Begge sider af sagen blev hørt, men det var svært ikke at have medfølelse med den kvinde som var blevet afvist udelukkende på grund af hendes hudfarve - medmindre man er hardcore marxist/post-marxist/neo-marxist/post-strukturalist eller evt. studererer “post-colonial studies”. Eller i øvrigt beskæftiger sig med lignende “discipliner”. Og så er jeg ligeglad med om Colin Powell har draget nytte af positiv særbehandling. Programmet viste sig at være så interessant, at jeg gik glip af halvdelen af “Platoon” på 3+, der ellers er en af mine favorit-krigsfilm (men de mange reklame-indslag på 3+ gjorde det alligevel svært at følge med i filmen, eftersom at jeg er tilbøjelig til at zappe væk så snart der er reklamer). Det hed på dansk “Racisme eller Særbehandling” (ved ikke hvad den franske titel var), og kan anbefales. (more…)

Apparently, the ardent Hill-dawg refuses to give in, no matter how bleak the prospects of her nomination looks. She is hell-bent on dragging the Democratic party all the way through the mud, until virtually nothing is left for the Republicans to pick on during the presidential campaign. Her most recent attempts at stopping Obama, insinuates that she is the “white man’s vote”, and that only she can attract enough voters from “white working class people” to ensure a base that is broad enough to beat McCain. The big paradox of all of this racial talk, is that if it was enunciated by a Republican, all hell would have broken lose - especially the diatribe of moral condemnation from the Democratic party would have been deafening. In my opinion, Hillary is a huge hypocrite - she embodies everything I despise about the academic left: she positions herself upon a base of gender-equality, but never misses an opportunity to accentuate the fact that she is a woman (and hence we should elect her - so much for gender-equality). Its ridiculous - it reminds of all the proponents of racial equality that simultaneously advocates affirmative action. Anyways, this has all been said better before by people such as Peggy Noonan and Charles Krauthammer. Good thing we will soon be rid of her - untill the next presidential election at least.