There was a story in the news recently that summed up many of the pathologies of our political life. It was a minor story, barely a blip on the screen--but that's sorta' how the first World Trade Center Bombing was viewed by many, as a manageable local crime story. Until Sept. 11, 2001.
But first, let's go back to Charlottesville.
It is my belief that Charlottesville was a staged Agit-Prop event, probably run out of the Obama's spare bedroom and staged in nearby Virginia under Clinton, Inc.employee Terry MacAuliffe's watchful, if weasely, eye. The organizer was a life-long Obama fan-boy who went from writing love letters to Harry Reid and Joe Biden to developing a sudden urgent interest in staging Klan rallies. Right.
Regardless, in the wake of Charlottesville, Congress did what Congress does best; grandstanding and passing a useless bill, one that outlawed what was already outlawed. You see, President Trump had said two true things; that there were good people on both sides of the statues controversy and that violent neo-Nazis and violent neo-Commies were both evil.
To punish him for telling the truth in Washington DC, the Congress passed a bill requiring Cabinet officers to monitor terrorism. You know, because nobody was doing that already. It was worded to maximize the threat of Klansmen, even if there aren't enough to fill a good-sized trailer park, and to minimize or ignore the threat of leftist terrorists such as the Democrat Ballfield Shooter, Antifa Nightriders and Sen. Tim Kaine's son throwing bombs at Trump voters.
I'm all for prosecuting Nazis; but I'm against half-assed political stunts. Trump signed their childish and stupid one-sided "gotcha" bill anyway.
Now here's the minor story that you would have missed if you blinked;
The Free Beacon:
"The Free Beacon revealed last month that the Park Service gave roughly $100,000 to the University of California, Berkeley for a research project on the Marxist extremist group to "memorialize a history that brought meaning to lives far beyond the San Francisco Bay Area."
"Committed to truthfully honoring the legacy of [Black Panther Party] BPP activists and the San Francisco Bay Area communities they served, the project seeks to document the lives of activists and elders and the landscapes that shaped the movement," the National Park Service stated in the grant awarded for the project.
A captain in the Black Panther Party murdered National Park Service ranger Kenneth Patrick while he was on patrol near San Francisco in 1973. Patrick was shot three times by Veronza Leon Curtis Bowers Jr., who is currently serving a life sentence for first-degree murder. Patrick left behind a widow and three children.
The Fraternal Order of Police, the largest organization of sworn law enforcement officers with over 330,000 members, sent a letter to President Donald Trump last week expressing "outrage and shock" that the National Park Service would fund a project honoring the legacy of the Black Panther Party.
"Mr. President, as far as we are concerned the only meaning they brought to any lives was grief to the families of their victims," wrote Chuck Canterbury, the national president of the Fraternal Order of Police. "According to our research, members of this militant anti-American group murdered 16 law enforcement officers over the course of their history. Among their victims was U.S. Park Ranger Kenneth C. Patrick. He was murdered in cold blood by three members of the Black Panther Party on 5 August 1973. His killer, who remains behind bars, still considers himself a Black Panther and a ‘political prisoner.'"
"It is appalling that the National Park Service, Ranger Patrick's own agency, now proposes to partner with [Berkeley] and two active members of this violent and repugnant organization," Canterbury said.
The FBI labels the Black Panther Party as advocates for "the use of violence and guerilla tactics to overthrow the U.S. government."
"At a time when many in our nation feel strongly that memorials to aspects of the darker times in our history be removed from public lands, why would the NPS seek to commemorate the activities of an extremist separatist group that advocated the use of violence against our country—a country they perceived as their enemy?" Canterbury asked. "This is a despicable irony and we hope you can bring it to an end by halting [the grant] immediately."
Jeremy Barnum, a spokesman for the National Park Service, confirmed to the Free Beacon that the project would not receive funding from the agency.".......
Jazz Shaw:
"The acting head of the NPS, Michael T. Reynolds, is an Obama holdover, but he reports to Ryan Zinke at Interior. ...
Thanks to the exposure by the Free Beacon, the Fraternal Order of Police published a letter they sent to President Trump expressing their “outrage and shock” over this “appalling” decision. Along with other dismayed voices in the conservative press, the news quickly made its way into the President’s ear.
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall when Zinke was (probably) called in to talk to Trump about this one. Here they’ve been busy allocating funds and resources to bolster the police in their efforts to fight gang violence and the NPS was about to write a nice, fat check to Berkeley for this. But the end result serves as a reminder, if only on a small level, of the value of a vigilant press which is actually interested in doing grinding, investigative work rather than simply playing politics. I realize that we’re “only” talking about $100K here, which isn’t even a drop in the federal bucket, but without someone doing the legwork to go through all of those budget line items, this likely never would have been exposed.
Hats off to the Free Beacon for not only exposing the news but prompting the government to action.".......
A hundred grand is not even a rounding error of a rounding error in the Feddle Budget, but it shows the utter contempt of the Blobocracy for any fiscal restraint whatsoever. How many little towns across America could have use that money to provide basic services to real Americans instead of glorifying murderers? Not to mention the man-hours wasted in writing the grant.
As was said, this also shows what it could be like if we had a real press corps and not a one-sided Professional Liars Guild.
It also points out that someone at Berkeley asked for the money. They think their own personal politics are synonymous with "higher education".
As Ace wrote about a professor who only calls on minorities in class,
"This woman is a "Queer disabled feminst," according to her own description (and yes, she gives her credentials as "Queer disabled feminist" before mentioning her professional credentials of being a grad student in History at U Penn. Her identity comes first -- and let's face it, her identity is her actual credential.".......
Yes--and the syllabus is her lifestyle.
Attend Eve Ensler Film Festival. Hitting on Cute Freshmen Girls. Going Home to Apartment Full of Cats--and "Cats" Memorabilia. Rage at Daddy. She would be doing all these things even if she worked at a grocery store. Why are we compelled to call this "higher education"
And doesn't Bubba McBillyBob then deserve credentials, too? Why isn't he also granted tenure to "teach" his lifestyle?
Bass Fishin' with a Forged License. How To Make a 1999 Mazda Look Like Burt Reynold's Black Trans-Am. How to Ask Out Becky's Sister When Becky Said No Without Gunplay by Her Pa. Duct-Tape Origami.
Is your children learning? If not, they need Prof. Bubba's "Redneck Studies".
I'm quite serious. Education is funded by taxpayers of all political stripes, yet reflects only the coerced viewpoints of Leftists.
As I said, this has all the pathologies on parade:
an arrogant and extremist Permanent Bureaucracy, wasteful spending, the War on Cops, the failure of a Free Press despite this one success, the dead-end of identity politics and the corruption of our schools and universities, to name but a few.
But since it is the wisdom and the will of Congress that cabinet secretaries be apprised of hate groups, I HEREBY REPORT;
Sec. Zinke: The radical Obama holdovers at the Park Service attempted to honor terrorists.
Sec. DeVos: The faculty at Berkeley is teaching the promotion of terrorists.
Sec. Mnuchin: Federal monies were being spent on Hate.
Atty. Gen. Sessions: The Park Service wanted to honor the killers of its own law enforcement officers.
Sincerely,
a citizen.
You're welcome, Congress.
ps; Where are my manners? Cancelling this federally-funded hate-fest by the Obama-Blob was yet another blow for Restoring American Democracy.
Thank you, President Trump.
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