“California congresswoman Barbara Lee (D.) has come a long way since her days praising communists, spending over $20,000 in campaign funds on chauffeured cars and limousines over the last election cycle.
Among the luxury travel expenses from Lee, who was once known to her leftist allies as “Comrade Barbara,” are more than $5,000 to a Washington, D.C., limousine service that boasts a fleet including a Hummer limousine, a Rolls-Royce, and a Bentley, according to its website. And she spent more than $7,000 on a “premier taxi service” in Martha’s Vineyard, the small Massachusetts island on the other side of the country from her district. All told, the Oakland Democrat spent at least $22,862 on travel last cycle, federal financial disclosures show…”
“Diversity, equity, and inclusion (or DIE, if we use our preferred arrangement of the acronym) is all the rage these days on the Left. Each of those words is a perfectly good one that leftists have ruined in their headlong rush to achieve their vision of a Marxist utopia.
This isn’t just something that’s catching on with young social media influencers, either. It’s a real fixture in college administrations and classrooms and in corporate boardrooms. It’s a cancer, a poison that is slowly killing American Liberty.
Joe Biden once opposed forgiving student loans, at least arguing that he didn’t have the authority to do it … before doing it anyway. His change of heart happened in large part because of DEI. Yes, it’s good politics to present himself and his party as the champions of the debt-burdened college graduate, while casting Republicans as the villains for taking away “their” money. But college administrations are full of DEI personnel, and that costs money. Biden wants to give them yours.
…unfortunately, it’s not just universities hiring these conformity goons. Corporate America is increasingly eaten up by such positions. USA Today says “that between 2015 and 2020, diversity and inclusion roles have increased 71 percent globally.” The death of George Floyd in 2020 provoked not only race riots all over America but an even more marked increase in DEI hirings. USA Today reports that “DEI job postings increased 123 percent between May and September 2020.”
The actual job description for these employees is to drive companies in the direction of woke initiatives like environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations that put leftist ideology ahead of stakeholder and consumer interests. Disney wasn’t ruined by the talent. It was wrecked by its DEI officers and like-minded decision-makers.
The same might be said of a certain now-infamous bank. “Defunct Silicon Valley Bank had no chief risk officer between April 29 and Jan. 3,” writes Deroy Murdock. “That’s when it wolfed down Treasury bonds whose value slid while the Federal Reserve jacked up interest rates.”
But, he adds, “SVB did have a chief diversity officer on duty.”
Murdock also points to the American College of Surgeons, which held a “leadership retreat [that] showcased critical race theory guru Ibrahim X. Kendi.” Feel better about that gall bladder surgery coming up? Probably about as good as hopping aboard that next airline flight with an incompetent but diverse crew.
The military is also succumbing to this enemy, and it pays. The Air Force is looking for a team of DEI managers and is willing to pay them up to $180,000 a year. No wonder recruitment in the ranks is down.
As noted at the beginning, the problem isn’t the goal of diversity, equity, or inclusion in the traditional meanings of those words. It’s that each one and especially the triumvirate has come to mean a conformity of ideology based upon division and hatred of whites and traditional American values. DEI is driven by Marxism, which thrives on fomenting the struggle between classes of people. Ironically, DEI is also driven by capitalist profit.
“There is another class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public,” Booker T. Washington once said. “Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”
And a very lucrative income it is, as John Stossel relates in his latest video, which just happens to deal with the subject at hand:
Next, FOX informs us famed biologist and adamant atheist…
…completely and utterly. But truth be known, they’re hopelessly hypocritical and corrupt to the core, as they, their friends, family and cronies are all getting rich off the green energy scam. It’s the only possible reason why otherwise educated people would engage in such behavior, as they cannot believe the sh*t they’re shoveling.
Moving on, we offer another septet of special selections intended to sate the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:
(2). Fortunately, unlike another supposed White Knight eerily reminiscent of Trump…
…an actualleader far more experienced and qualified than Trump, possessed of all The Donald’s scant strengths and none of his myriad, manifest weaknesses, just declared himself capable of winning the presidency. C’mon, America: Why would you settle for a can of expired Spam when you can have a fresh-cut slab of dry-aged, corn-fed New York strip?!?
(3). Were we Dusty May, young Master Martin would receive more than an earful.
Florida Atlantic’s Alijah Martin tries a huge dunk with the game out of hand in the final seconds and hears boos.
(4). The CDC wants to help kids “build strong connections with caring adults at school.” In other words, the federal health bureaucracy primarily responsible for inflicting lockdown pain on America’s youth, is attempting to solve the crisis it created and wants to talk to kids about mental health problems directly related to its destructive, counterproductive policies.
(6). The Journal‘s Andy Kessler relates how, by effectively backing all bank deposits totaling $17.7 trillion even though the Fed’s balance sheet is only $8.4 trillion, the only thing the actions of Biden, Yellen and Powell are guaranteeing is future bailouts, as “they’re encouraging bankers to let risk rip—no need for a chief risk officer—and then maximize profits because the federales will step in later.”
(7). Consider the fact…
Over 8 million people live in New York city and exactly TWO of them came out to protest against Trump while 20 or so members of the MSM filmed it.
The media is a lie. pic.twitter.com/pxP9a4xhEX
But given the recent actions of league commissioner Gary Betteman, time, unlike God, is on Luke’s side. Regardless, until Betteman or his successor changes their pro-gay policies, we’ll watch another NHL game the same day we view another NFL contest.
Magoo
Video of the Day
This spells “trouble” with a capital “C”, particularly when our Commander-in-Chief is in the ChiCom’s pocket.
Tales of The Darkside
That this dissimulating douchebag ever made Lieutenant, let alone Rear Admiral, tells you all you need to know about the state of our thoroughly modern Milleytary.
On the Lighter Side
One wag wrote, you lose, you get a speech from Kommielaa, while another noted Howard lost by 28 points, which is identical to Kommielaa’s approval rating.
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