Ben Boychuck has a nice take on the whole “Diversity is our Strength” meme. The article on American Greatness ends in the middle and has a link so I linked to the whole article on the Sacramento Bee. He makes a good point.
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article189654789.html
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.- Conventional wisdom on the efficacy of accepting falsehoods
That’s for damn sure. I used to be sure that the Bushes were on my side.
I too thought that the Bushes were on our side, or at least conservative, fine – Republicans then? No? OK. Lesson learned. Knowing what I know now, I’d still vote for W over Gore or Kerry, but I’d know to watch him more carefully. As to “Diversity is our strength” I once had a student hit me with that one. He said “The most important thing is diversity”. I replied that excellence was the most important thing. He disagreed, so I challenged him to a thought experiment: Your mother has brain cancer. The tumor is operable but the operation will… Read more »
Well, it was an excellent example, maybe it even made him think!
Yeah, W is better than Gore or Kerry but he fooled me into thinking we could win with him. Sorry JEB!, time to try a new option. Happy New Year Dave.