Random Thoughts Yet AgainDisney’s remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has been cast with a Latina lead and six tall people plus one dwarf. Maybe it should be retitled as well as Brown Snow and the Village People. Thank goodness they didn’t cast an Asian as lead.
Saudi oil profits fell with lower output? I thought oil demand was inelastic? If so then when the Saudis cut output, price should increase and total revenue should increase as well. However, if revenues fall lowering profit, then demand is elastic not inelastic. The demand for oil must be sensitive to price changes.
That the democrats are the party of the “elites” but pretend to be the party of the people is best illustrated by their actions regarding climate change. The forced shift from fossil fuels to wind and solar will result in higher energy prices and higher cost of goods. We all know that. We also know that the result will be a significant decrease in real income for the poor making them worse off. Yet the dems persist in this anti-poor campaign and not a one complains. Where is Maxine Waters when we need her? I guess she will try to increase subsidies and handouts to assuage her constituents.
Just because a higher percentage of minorities are poor is not evidence of discrimination since there are much larger numbers of poor whites. The reasonable comparison is to see why the poor are poor and welfare dependent. The data show that regardless of race, if people graduate from high school, get a job, get married and have children in that order then they will not be poor. So obviously the government should enact policies that have been demonstrated to increase reading and math proficiency, to provide incentives to get a high school diploma and to delay childbearing until marriage. However, the government does the opposite giving incentives that reinforce and encourage poverty.
Fixing K-12 will address most of our socioeconomic ills. But we must also recover our morals, lessen out of wedlock births and re-establish two family households. Currently, much of our culture is amoral and nonreligious. Thus, it is not that economic differences reflect racism rather they reflect poor education, poor morals and the absence of religion.
The Biden Administration has sent $2.35 billion to the Taliban after we ceded control of Afghanistan to them. Huh? Someone has some explaining to do. Why we would send this murderous repressive regime a penny is beyond me. Where is congressional oversight when you need it?
Alpha Phi Alpha the black Greek fraternity has decided to move its 2025 convention from Orlando. The fraternity’s website announced that the cancelation was “due to Governor Ron DeSantis’ harmful, racist, and insensitive policies against the Black community.” “Alpha Phi Alpha will continue to support the strong advocacy of Alpha Brothers and other advocates fighting against the continued assault on our communities in Florida by Governor Ron DeSantis.” The projected impact on the Orlando economy is $4.6 million. I’m sure it will be missed. That the fraternity is doing this is no surprise. The surprise would have been if it had not canceled. The fraternity is composed of some really smart people (my late genius brother was a member) and are availing themselves to the opportunity of piling on DeSantis a la the NAACP’s “travel advisory.” The fraternity is part of the black bourgeoise, professionals, well educated and high income. It has demonstrated no interest in advancing the economic well being of poor blacks. Several years ago, I made a presentation on direct instruction to a group of prominent blacks and showed a chart with the poorest performing schools in their town. I got no support. The overwhelming reaction was “Thank goodness my grandchildren don’t go to those schools.” Most NAACP and Alpha Phi Alpha members probably have no interest with sexual/gender, critical race theory, queer history and the glories of Marxism taught to second graders. However, they are so deep in the pockets of the liberal donors that they would not dare but toe the party line.
If the NAACP is serious about boycotting Florida it should encourage their members (including their president) to move from the state. They should shut down their Florida offices and Alpha Phi Alpha should close their chapters on Florida campuses. The problem is that they know its all for show. I am writing this from Flagler Beach and have encountered no hostility except I do consider 100 degree days a hostile environment. Moreover in my trip to Madeira Beach last month I was attacked by racist fire ants.
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