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SUCH BRILLIANCE – From the Washington Free Beacon: Former President Jimmy Carter referred to the United States as the most “warlike country on Earth” last week during an interview with the nonprofit Aspen Institute.  “I think the American superpower goal should be to the champion of peace, and to be the champion of human rights, and to be the champion of the environment and to be the most generous nation on Earth,” he said. “Those are the elements that I hope eventually the United States will set as goals. We are the most warlike country on Earth. We are laggard in addressing the problem of global warming, for instance, and we are now violating about ten of the 30 paragraphs in the universal declaration of human rights, so I think this is something we should look upon as our duties for the future.”  In the interview uploaded June 23, Carter also recommended the U.S. step back from what he called an “unquestioned domination” of world events.  “This may not be a good thing to say to a group of Americans, but I think the historical trend is for the United States to relinquish its unquestioned domination of the world’s politics and economy and cultural influence,” he said.  Yes, sir, we saw how Carter's policies worked out when he was president, and we're seeing how a policy of weakness and appeasement is working out under Obama. 

GOODBYE, DON'T COME BACK – From the Washington Times:  Zandria Robinson, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Memphis, has parted ways with the university after she came under fire for a number of tweets in which she blasts “whiteness” and even equates it with terrorism.  By Tuesday evening, Ms. Robinson’s Twitter account was set to private and her faculty page was deleted from the University of Memphis website.  “Zandria Robinson is no longer employed by the University of Memphis,” the university tweeted Tuesday.  The professor first raised ire when she wrote Wednesday to her 2,820 followers that the Confederate flag is “more than a symbol of white racial superiority. It is the ultimate symbol of white heteropatriarchal capitalism.”  I'm sure the screams of "academic freedom" will now be heard, but freedom comes with responsibility, and this "scholar" clearly has none.

DEMS LACK ENTHUSIASM – From the Christian Science Monitor:  Washington — Democrats believe they have a winning agenda heading into the 2016 presidential election. And for the first time, the “base” of their party – unmarried women, people of color, and young voters – represents a majority of voting-eligible citizens, according to survey data released Monday.  But none of that matters if Democrats don’t turn out. As of now, 16 months before Election Day, that’s the challenge for them: The Democratic Party faces a big enthusiasm gap with the Republicans, according to a poll sponsored by Democracy Corps and Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund.  Among Republicans, 67 percent reported the highest level of interest in the 2016 elections – rating it a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 – compared with 52 percent of Democrats. Among the so-called rising American electorate (unmarried women, minorities, and Millennials), only 48 percent responded with a 10.  I guess it's just too hard even for fanatical Democrats to get worked up over Hillary, which is like getting worked up over a 1992 Pontiac.

June 30, 2015