Surveying the Scene

By William L. Garvin
Let's bask for the moment in the joys of higher education.  If you're attending Harvard University, you could experience a Satanic Black Mass, which is described as "a magical ceremony, one that makes fun of the Catholic Mass, mocks God and worships the devil."   A group called "The Satanic Temple" was working hand in hand with Harvard's Cultural Studies Club to present this sacrilegious 'performance' which is seen as an "…attack on Christianity and, especially, on the Catholic Mass done in celebration of the Holy Eucharist."  So much for sensitivity and not offending people of faith…but then again, they're only Christians.  It was finally canceled.

Of course, over at Rutgers, a group of about fifty students and professors can deprive the entire class from hearing one of the most accomplished women in America deliver a graduation speech.  Apparently this elitist group is smarter, wiser, more accomplished, and superior to Condoleezza Rice.  Obviously, they feel they are entitled to pass judgment on the qualifications of the first African-American woman to serve as Secretary of State.  So much for diversity of opinion in the hallowed halls of higher education.  Were it a conservative group depriving a liberal of a speaking opportunity, you know they would automatically be labeled as sexist, racist, and the latest example of the "war on women."  Fortunately for the lunatic left, they never have their hypocrisy subjected to media scrutiny.

This double standard also shows up in the sporting world.  For instance, look at the mockery and ridicule heaped upon Tim Tebow for confessing his Christian faith.  Bill Maher verbally abused the NBA's Blake Griffin for the same beliefs. It's a different press when it comes to Michael Sam for coming out as a gay football player.  Why he even got a congratulatory call from the president of the United States.   Unfortunately for Mr. Sam, he's a "tweener" in regard to size and was outrun by defensive lineman and out lifted by wide receivers in the pro football combines.  Eventually, he was selected in the seventh round, where less than fifty percent ever make a pro roster.  Of course, in his mind and those of his acolytes, he should have been selected in the second or third round.  Do they think being gay should be more important than the fact that he's smaller, slower, and weaker than those already playing the game.  Hopefully his on field performance will be better than the predictors, but if Mr. Sam fails to make a roster, as happened to Mr. Tebow, the hills will be alive with the ring of "institutionalized homophobia" in concert with leftist chorus of "institutionalized racism."  And if Hillary decides to run for president, "institutionalized sexism" will join the trio!

In the meantime, the national debt is now over $17.5 trillion with no hopes of a balanced budget let alone a reduction in the national debt.  On top of that, our foreign affairs are in a shambles and we can't even seem to get Americans out of Iranian or Mexican prisons let alone rescue all those Nigerian teenage girls from Boko Haram, the savage Islamic terrorists.  Maybe the hash tag campaign will result in something positive but I doubt it will influence the "leaders" who have forced all the Christian girls to convert to Islam.  At least the boycott of the Beverly Hills Hotel is a concrete response to the imposition of sharia law in Brunei.

To cover up all the cover-ups and other failures, Democrats of every stripe seem to be billowing smokescreens in every direction.  First, there's Assistant Democratic Leader Representative James Clyburn complaining in a Washington Post article that Republican Senator Tim Scott "doesn't vote according to the color of his skin."   Then Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid totally loses it saying the Koch brothers are "experts at contributing to climate change…They are one of the main causes of this.  Not a cause, one of the main causes."  Harry, just admit it: you've got a Koch problem!  That's the first step to recovery!  Finally, the President solidifies chances for a second straight "Lie of the Year" by proclaiming with a straight face that Republicans have "…filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation that would help the middle class."  He's only off by 1,000%!
Meanwhile Russia eats the Ukrainian elephant one bite at a time.  CNN reports that 11,000 children have been killed in Syria.  Thousands of Christians have been killed in Egypt since Morsi's ousting.  The Taliban continues to terrorize women in Afghanistan and Pakistan.  Iran continues its nuclear march.  The U.S. is still leading from behind and tumbling down the New World Order.  If you're comfortable with all this, keep reelecting incumbents.