Enough!!!-----Tennessee lawmakers tell UT to get a grip on reality

Tennessee lawmakers tell UT to get a grip on reality - The College Fix:
Tennessee lawmakers are pretty much sick and tired of the politically correct BS coming out of the University of Tennessee.
It was bad enough that administrators dropped its long-used and beloved nickname “Lady Vols” from all women’s sports teams except basketball, a controversial decision that prompted backlash and a fiery protest petition with 23,000 signatures.
Its annual and highly gratuitous Sex Week events, with names such as “Getting Laid,” “Sex Positivity: Queer as a Verb,” “Bow Chicka Bow Woah” and “How Many Licks Does It Take,” also did not impress the state legislature.
But this latest announcement asking students to call each other by made up gender-neutral pronouns like “ze, xe, xyr, zirs” has put many lawmakers over the edge – and regents under the spotlight.
“Two state Senate panels will hold a joint a hearing next month on higher education governance that includes a review of a post about ‘gender neutral’ pronouns at the University of Tennessee’s Knoxville campus,” the Times Free Press reports.
“…Asked Thursday what the Senate panels’ examination of higher education governance involved, [Darlene Schlicher, a Senate Republican spokeswoman] said it will focus on the roles of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, the University of Tennessee and the State Board of Regents’ systems.”
Underscoring that, a letter by Republican state Rep. Susan Lynn signed by 31 additional lawmakers condemns the gender-neutral pronoun suggestion as a waste of time and taxpayer money, the Lebanon Democrat reports.
“Lynn was influential in getting the university to de-fund Sex Week, and she recently joined with legislators on another letter to the University of Tennessee to protest the name change of the Lady Vols,” it added.

History for September 6

History for September 6 - On-This-Day.com
Marquis de Lafayette 1757, Jane Addams 1860, Joseph P. Kennedy 1888 


JoAnne Worley 1937, Jane Curtin 1947, Jeff Foxworthy 1958 

1620 - The Pilgrims left on the Mayflower from Plymouth, England to settle in the New World. 


1819 - Thomas Blanchard patented a machine called the lathe. 


1899 - Carnation processed its first can of evaporated milk. 


1901 - U.S. President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz. Czolgosz, an American anarchist, was executed the following October. 


1909 - Robert Peary, American explorer, sent word that he had reached the North Pole. He had reached his goal five months earlier. 


1941 - Jews in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed. The order only applied to Jews over the age of 6. 


1975 - Martina Navratilova requested political asylum while in New York for the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament. 


1990 - Iraq warned that anyone trying to flee the country without permission would be put in prison for life. 


1991 - The name St. Petersburg was restored to Russia's second largest city. The city was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great. The name has been changed to Petrograd (1914) and to Leningrad (1924). 



1995 - U.S. Senator Bob Packwood was expelled by the Senate Ethics Committee. 

New Election Poll Measures Trump Against Hillary, Head to Head. Here’s How It Turned Out. | TheBlaze.com

New Election Poll Measures Trump Against Hillary, Head to Head. Here’s How It Turned Out. | TheBlaze.com:

"Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump beat leading Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton by 5 points in a head-to-head matchup, a new poll indicated Friday."

MSNBC Asks Hillary Clinton If She Wants to ‘Apologize’ to Americans for Email Scandal — Here’s Her Two-Pronged Answer | Video | TheBlaze.com

MSNBC Asks Hillary Clinton If She Wants to ‘Apologize’ to Americans for Email Scandal — Here’s Her Two-Pronged Answer | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"When asked if she’d like to apologize to Americans over the private email scandal that has embroiled her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton admitted conducting State Department business on a private email server while secretary of state wasn’t the “best idea.”

10 Good Ways to Let Kids Know Their Participation Trophies Make Them Failures

• 10 Good Ways to Let Kids Know Their Participation Trophies Make Them Failures — SportsPickle — Medium:
• Remind them that the only thing Hitler would have gotten out of World War II is a participation trophy. But even he had the good sense to kill himself before it was offered.
• Let them know that nothing great has ever been built by just participating. And, then, if they build a really cool fort or something out of nothing but participation trophies to prove you wrong, knock it down.
• Ask the coach who gave your child the trophy to explain to him or her that she was given the award only because of the PC, libtardization of America has caused everyone to be celebrated for everything, even failures like your child, and that she should actually be ashamed to get the trophy, not proud.

Pay to play....criminals!!!-----Fired regulator: Brown pushed to waive oil safeguards.

My Way News - Fired regulator: Brown pushed to waive oil safeguards.:
"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's top oil and gas regulators repeatedly warned Gov. Jerry Brown's senior aides in 2011 that the governor's orders to override key safeguards in granting oil industry permits would violate state and federal laws protecting the state's groundwater from contamination, one of the former officials has testified.
Brown fired the regulators on Nov. 3, 2011, one day after what the fired official says was a final order from the governor to bypass safety provisions of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act in granting permits to oil companies for oilfield injection wells.
Brown later boasted publicly that the dismissals led to a speed-up of oilfield permitting.
...This year, however, the state acknowledged that hundreds of the oilfield operations approved after the firings are now polluting the state's federally protected underground supplies of water for drinking and irrigation.
...an Aug. 21 court filing in a lawsuit brought by a group of Central Valley farmers who allege that oil production approved by Brown's administration has contaminated their water wells.
The lawsuit also cites at least $750,000 in contributions that oil companies made within months of the firings to what was then Brown's campaign for a state tax increase.
...Over the years, Brown openly boasted that he dismissed the two regulators to speed up the granting of oilfield permits in the nation's third biggest oil producing state.
His actions appeared at odds with Brown's image as a leading proponent of renewable energy and reduced fossil fuel consumption who recently met with Pope Francis on climate change"

Listen to the Answer CNN Anchor Gets From Black Pastor When She Asks: ‘Why Team Up’ With ‘Divisive’ Glenn Beck?’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Listen to the Answer CNN Anchor Gets From Black Pastor When She Asks: ‘Why Team Up’ With ‘Divisive’ Glenn Beck?’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Bishop Jim Lowe, the pastor of Guiding Light Church in Birmingham, Alabama, didn’t have to search for an answer when a CNN anchor asked him why he chose to “team up” with Glenn Beck for the recent “Never Again Is Now” march and rally in Birmingham.

CNN fill-in anchor Ana Cabrera claimed Beck “has made a career of being a divisive figure” and then asked why he would “team up with somebody like him” if he was seeking to promote unity."

Make your kids see this. All the way to the end. Short but valuable-----Amazing mind reader reveals his 'gift'

Read 'em all!-----10 George Orwell Quotes Predicting Life in 2015 America

10 George Orwell Quotes Predicting Life in 2015 America

• George Orwell quotes (#6):  “Journalism is printing what someone elsedoes not want printed: everything else is public relations.”

Make no mistake about it; if an article does not anger someone, it is nothing more than a public relations piece.

Most of what passes for news today is little more than an official sounding advertisement for a product, service, or belief.

Detroit public schools are failing academically and financially, but their teachers and administrators get high marks

Detroit public schools are failing academically and financially, but their teachers and administrators get high marks - AEI | Carpe Diem Blog » AEIdeas:

Man Who Wrote 14th Amendment Explains Who It Included... This Is Going to Devastate Liberals

Man Who Wrote 14th Amendment Explains Who It Included... This Is Going to Devastate Liberals:

"This has led to the use of the term “anchor babies” to describe such persons, as the citizenship they are granted upon birth acts as an anchor to keep the family from being deported, despite their lack of legal status.

But that simply isn’t what was intended by the 14th Amendment, as proven by the words of the very man who authored the amendment in 1866, Michigan Sen. Jacob M. Howard.

Howard explained in writing exactly what the scope of the law was when he introduced it, making it quite clear that it was referring to granting citizenship to"

What "leaders" are teaching our children-----UC Irvine Student Government Leader: American Flag Represents Hate Speech

UC Irvine Student Government Leader: American Flag Represents Hate Speech - Breitbart:
"In an interview posted on FoxNews.com, political satirist Ami Horowitz interviewed UC Irvine student Matthew Guevara.
Guevara explained his resolution, which banned the American flag in some spaces on campus and declared it to represent “hate speech.”
“[The American flag] made people feel very uncomfortable and unsafe in that room,” Guevara said.
Guevara’s resolution passed by a 6-to-4 vote back in March.
In the interview, he explained what prompted him to promote such a resolution.
“It was creating a very hostile environment just because of this flag being in the room,” he continued. “It doesn’t make people feel welcome at all to where people wouldn’t go in the space anymore because it was on the wall.”
Horowitz proposed to Guevara that there was a “legitimate view” that the flag represents hate speech.
“Yeah, exactly,” Guevara replied. “It’s a tool to silence people.”
He went on to say he would have been as equally uncomfortable with the Nazi or ISIS flag hanging in the room as he was the American flag, adding that the United States is the most evil in the world.
Guevara went on to offer his thoughts on other issues, including racism in the United States and said blacks were still enslaved in this country."

Never forget those heroes!-----Flying Legends Air Show 2013

PC eating its own-----After ‘Ready for Hillary’ image prompts anger, UMich deletes it off Facebook

After ‘Ready for Hillary’ image prompts anger, UMich deletes it off Facebook - The College Fix:
"Not everyone at the University of Michigan is ‘Ready for Hillary,’ apparently
After a University of Michigan Facebook post depicting a student with a “Ready for Hillary” sticker on her laptop prompted anger by commentators it was quickly deleted off the social media site.
The Wednesday post was part of a new #WolverinesofAnnArbor campaign, and it included a nonpolitical statement from the female student writing about her college experiences and the pros and cons of studying abroad in London over the summer.
“Ready for Hillary” is a popular slogan supporting the embattled Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
The prominently displayed bumper sticker apparently prompted comments accusing the post of being intentional product placement and a political endorsement.
It’s unclear what those comments said specifically, as no known screenshot of the post was taken before it was deleted.
But the university, after deleting the post, released a statement that cited “the tone of the comments displayed in response to today’s #WolverinesofAnnArbor post” as part of the reason for its erasure.
...Some scoffed at how the university handled the situation.
“It’s ironic that you’re reminding the audience of your community guidelines rather than following the rules that U-M is a public university with no connection to any political party,” one commenter posted on University of Michigan’s Facebook page.
“Follow the guidelines of a public university and do not post pictures with a ‘hidden’ political message.”
“It was most obviously the intent of the post to endorse Hillary Clinton,” another poster wrote.
“The photograph was taken in such a way that the sticker was the focus, not the student.”
Stated another: “Are we not allowed then to have differing views than the one shown in the picture of reference? Do you really support diversity? Or is it as long as it agrees with your views of diversity?...”

Ben Carson Surges to No. 2 Spot in Latest Polls

Ben Carson Surges to No. 2 Spot in Latest Polls:

"Ben Carson's surge to No. 2 in the polls, fatter donations and big campaign-trail crowds are being touted by supporters as proof the GOP presidential contender is a serious in-it-to-win-it threat to win the nomination.

"The press has never taken him seriously," former campaign manager and current super PAC fundraising coordinator Terry Giles tells The Hill.

"Even up until three days ago, they'd talk about everyone but him. Now they have no choice but to talk about him."

Animals!-----MPD officer confronted by crowd, punched, police say

MPD officer confronted by crowd, punched, police say | News - Channel3000.com:
"...The officer stopped in the area of Prairie Road and Jacobs Way around 6:20 p.m. after spotting a large number of people in the street.
He said that as he approached he saw a woman punch a man in the face, and he could see that the woman had a can of pepper spray.
The officer said that as he went to arrest the woman he was surrounded by a crowd that was voicing anti-police sentiments, including "We need to start killing these officers."
Police said the woman’s daughter was grabbing the officer while trying to free her mother.
The officer said he tried to diffuse the situation by explaining to the crowd that the woman had just punched someone and was armed with pepper spray.
Police said his words were ignored, and the struggle with the two people continued..."

History for September 5

History for September 5 - On-This-Day.com
Jesse James 1847, Arthur Charles Nielsen 1897, Darryl F. Zanuck 1902, Bob Newhart 1929 - Actor, comedian (The Bob Newhart Show) 


William Devane 1939 - Actor, Raquel Welch 1940 - Actress, Al Stewart (Alastair Ian "Al" Stewart) 1945 - Singer 


Freddie Mercury (Queen) 1946, Cathy Lee Guisewaite 1950 - Cartoonist ("Cathy"), Michael Keaton 1951 - Actor ("Batman") 


1698 - Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards. 


1881 - The American Red Cross provided relief for disaster for the first time. The disaster was the Great Fire of 1881 in Michigan. 



1906 - Bradbury Robinson executed the first legal forward pass in football. Robinson threw the ball to Jack Schneider of St. Louis University in a game against Carroll College. 


1914 - The Battle of the Marne began. The Germans, British and French fought for six days killing half a million people. 



1945 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino was arrested. D'Aquino was suspected of being the wartime radio propagandist "Tokyo Rose". She served six years and was later pardoned by U.S. President Ford. 


1960 - Cassius Clay of Louisville, KY, won the gold medal in light heavyweight boxing at the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. Clay later changed his name to Muhammad Ali. 


1961 - The U.S. government made airline hijacking a federal offense. 



1989 - Deborah Norville became the news anchor of the "Today" show. 






1992 - A General Motors Corporation strike ended with a new agreement being approved. Nearly 43,000 workers were on strike. 

‘One of the Good Guys’: Houston-Area Sheriff’s Deputy Remembered at Funeral | TheBlaze.com

‘One of the Good Guys’: Houston-Area Sheriff’s Deputy Remembered at Funeral | TheBlaze.com:

"Thousands of law enforcement officers stood at attention to form a wall Friday outside one of Houston’s largest churches as a 21-gun salute and flyover by police helicopters were carried out in honor of a slain sheriff’s deputy."

PHOTOS: Gun Maker Creates New AR-15 ‘That Would Never Be Able to Be Used by Muslim Terrorists’ | TheBlaze.com

PHOTOS: Gun Maker Creates New AR-15 ‘That Would Never Be Able to Be Used by Muslim Terrorists’ | TheBlaze.com:

"A Florida gun manufacturer has unveiled a new AR-15 assault rifle, complete with a Bible verse that is laser etched into its design — a weapon that ”would never be able to be used by Muslim terrorists,” according to a company spokesperson.

“Right now and as it has been for quite some time, one of the biggest threats in the world is and remains Islamic terrorism,” Spike’s Tactical spokesperson Ben Thomas told WTSP-TV in a statement. “We wanted to make sure we built a weapon that would never be able to be used by Muslim terrorists to kill innocent people or advance their radical agenda.”