Roney: Down and down we go

“Round and round we go — in the spin we’re in...” Richard Land (on his show Richard Land Live! on WORL) says that he thinks Obama is an honest man who really believes in what he is doing — but that he is wrong — dead wrong! Can’t being wrong do great damage no matter what the intent? Obama euphemistically speaks of “investing” when he should be saying “spending.” Out of every $100 that Obama gleefully “invests,” we are borrowing $40 at considerable interest. Isn’t a surprising element in the evaluation of Obama and his regime the fact that people like Mr. Land don’t seem to connect the present Obama with his Chicago roots, and the umbilical cord leading straight from Jeremiah Wright and terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn ? Then throw Hungarian-born George Soros into the mix. Have we forgotten that long ago Soros announced his goal to reduce the U.S. to a Third World country? Barack Obama has selected “czars” to do his handiwork. Obama speaks of “sharing the wealth,” and isn’t it your wealth he is planning to share? Slowly and steadily he is debauching our Constitution. The idea of destroying a country through reckless spending has many examples at hand in American neighborhoods where greed has overcome reason. We are now committing ourselves to sink America at the rate of 40 percent per throw, and there are few voices crying out in our national wilderness. I had great hopes for Obama and wished mightily that he could be our first great African-American president with the qualities and character of a Thomas Sowell. No such luck. And luck itself will not rescue us from the maelstrom that America is caught up in.

Teaching’s worth depends on kids

When one teaches in an institution of higher learning, one often enjoys a transitory satisfaction by calling his activities “work.” One may easily deceive himself into thinking that he is giving students a more worthwhile future while he is having the pleasure of spending time with a beguiling new generation. I warn kids never to try to imitate anybody — just to emulate the few beneficial good things the best human beings exemplify. Teaching is a form of histrionics where self-importance may convince one that he is vastly improving the lives of young people by passing on the same brand of hocus-pocus that has ended up with his being a teacher. Don’t get me wrong, teaching is an activity that can lead to glowing moments, but much depends on the overall qualities of the kid who walks through the door into the classroom. As they used to put it: “You can’t teach a pig to sing.”

On the brink of WWIII?

“Feb 1, 2012…A leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt told the Arabic-language Iranian news network Al-Alam that he would like to prepare Egyptians for war with Israel,” according to the Hebrew-language business newspaper Calcalist. When you think of the pistol shot that killed Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand — the event that started WWI — you may extrapolate the result of Muslim enmity toward Israel. If Israel is attacked, WWIII could be quick to follow.

Safeguard our Second Amendment

After 18 months of hedging, on June 20, President Obama used executive privilege to shelter Attorney General Eric Holder in the “Fast and Furious” gun-walking affair. Is there possibly the name of someone in the documents that is being protected? Is corruption here being covered up at White House level? Is there any covert desire to weaken or eliminate the Second Amendment, our Legislative bulwark against dictatorial threats?

About Roney:

Harvard’42—Distinguished Prof, Em.—UCF

2004 Fla. Alliance for the Arts award

(Assisted by beautiful wife Joy Roney)