Showing posts with label tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty. Show all posts
Sunday, December 07, 2014
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Did education reform cause France to lose WWII?
People, Thomas Sowell says yes! I am not making this up. For realz.
Check it out:
In France between the two World Wars, the teachers' union decided that schools should replace patriotism with internationalism and pacifism. Books that told the story of the heroic defense of French soldiers against the German invaders at Verdun in 1916, despite suffering massive casualties, were replaced by books that spoke impartially about the suffering of all soldiers -- both French and German -- at Verdun.
Germany invaded France again in 1940, and this time the world was shocked when the French surrendered after just 6 weeks of fighting -- especially since military experts expected France to win. But two decades of undermining French patriotism and morale had done their work.
Tom, I'ma NOT gonna let you finish. You have a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. You should be deeply ashamed of yourself.
Lack of Ceteris Paribus? Check.
Failure to define/consider a reasonable alternative hypothesis? Check
A complete breakdown of logic and intellectual integrity? Check mate.
Finally to those of you who may object to my title by claiming that France did not lose WWII, I say: HA!
Check it out:
In France between the two World Wars, the teachers' union decided that schools should replace patriotism with internationalism and pacifism. Books that told the story of the heroic defense of French soldiers against the German invaders at Verdun in 1916, despite suffering massive casualties, were replaced by books that spoke impartially about the suffering of all soldiers -- both French and German -- at Verdun.
Germany invaded France again in 1940, and this time the world was shocked when the French surrendered after just 6 weeks of fighting -- especially since military experts expected France to win. But two decades of undermining French patriotism and morale had done their work.
Tom, I'ma NOT gonna let you finish. You have a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. You should be deeply ashamed of yourself.
Lack of Ceteris Paribus? Check.
Failure to define/consider a reasonable alternative hypothesis? Check
A complete breakdown of logic and intellectual integrity? Check mate.
Finally to those of you who may object to my title by claiming that France did not lose WWII, I say: HA!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
They see me rollin'. They hatin'
Despite last minute hysterics from the usual suspects, the first Mexican truck rolled across the border on Friday. Mexico has now cancelled the $2 billion in tariffs they put on American products in retaliation for Obama's 2009 cancellation of an earlier Mexican trucking pilot program.
According to the NAFTA agreement of 1994, Mexican trucks were supposed to have full access to border states by 1995 and access to all of the USA by 2000 (Canadian trucks enjoy this same full access)!
The current "program" for letting Mexican trucks in is so protectionist that only 11 companies are going through the certification process. There are electronic monitors to measure how long the trucks are running. There are drug tests and English tests for the drivers. All things we do not mandate for drivers of American trucks. If it really is a safety issue, then these measures should be applied in a non-discriminatory manner.
The mix of protectionism and racism on display here is unseemly to say the least.
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