Assorted Enthrallments

I should not be wasting my time with these news items, having so much work for clients that needs to be completed this week; but for whatever reason, I felt compelled to express my opinion on a couple of apparently newsworthy items being discussed on CNN this morning.

Wrong to Call John McCain a Warmonger?

The level of political correctness in the U.S today, as everyone knows, has reached preposterous proportions.

A radio talk show host Ed Schultz is being singled out for calling John McCain a warmonger at a North Dakota Democratic Party event. Why is this newsworthy? Have we reached a point where using a policy-based label is perceived as wrong? It’s not as though this were an indictment on John McCain’s heritage (to any degree) or character (to a large degree).

What are we going to be allowed to call a “spade” next year? Anything but a spade, I suspect, if PC continues its rapid devolvement.

Retrieving a Cigarette Butt Tossed onto the Ground

Police are said by some to be invading the privacy of a suspect by retrieving a cigarette butt he flung into the street after finishing a refreshing smoke. We are protected against unreasonable search and seizure, and this is anything but an unreasonable search and seizure.

The suspect is of course protesting this: the DNA has revealed his guilt in a murder case! Not fair! Not fair! Good grief.

Torch Riot: Olympic Flame Almost Extinguished by China Protesters

Of course the torch is under attack today: be default, it symbolizes Chinese policy to a large degree. The manner in which Chinese authorities treat the Tibetans is abhorrent.

French Police Use Rollerblades

Hey, it’s a great idea, as long as the cop wearing them can rollerblade!