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QuoteIn the war on terrorism, we in the West may be our own worst enemies.



The political correctness of many of our leaders and opinion-makers could bury us.



Al-Qaida, ISIS, Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram and many other terror organizations want the death of as many of us as possible or our forcible conversion to their particularly brutal strain of Islam.



They dream of a worldwide caliphate in which all free people are subjugated to a Salafist dictatorship under sharia law.



But ISIS and the others are only a threat to the West so long as we permit them to exist.



The armies of the West could fairly easily destroy ISIS and drive it out of Syria and Iraq.



The military mission, at least, would be relatively easy



The problem is finding the institutional will to confront ISIS on the ground, not simply from the air.



Politically and diplomatically, expelling ISIS is more difficult.



It will be hard to convince western voters to send infantry and tanks into the Middle East – again.



Diplomatically, the Russians and current Syrian government have very different agendas from the Turks, whose interests are diametrically opposed to the Kurds (who are the West's more reliable allies), who have different goals from Sunni Iraqis, who are rivals of the Shiite Iraqis.



And then there's the Iranians.



And the Israelis.



Still, all of these obstacles are easier to overcome than PC. Political correctness is no match for radical Islam.



Take a look at two glaring examples from earlier this month.



Following the terror murders of 14 in San Bernardino, Calif, a whistleblower came forward to say that politically correct forces within the Obama administration had shut down a surveillance project that might have prevented the attack.



Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security analyst Philip Haney was in charge of a program that was tasked with monitoring global networks of extremists who were suspected of infiltrating Muslim communities in the U.S. and radicalizing American Muslims.



One of the networks he and his analysts were watching was based in Riverside, Calif., a community next to San Bernardino.



It was operating out of the very mosque that killer Syed Farook attended.



But because Haney's project monitored mostly Islamic radicals, it was deemed a form of racial profiling.



So, according to Haney, politically correct bureaucrats from the U.S. State department and the Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties shut it down, reassigned his staff and expunged the records of its 67 ongoing investigations.



There is no way to stop every terror attack and no way of knowing for sure whether Haney's group could have prevented San Bernardino by identifying Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, in advance.



But so long as those in charge are more concerned about offending Muslims than they are about defending against terrorism, Western nations will be more vulnerable than they should be.



In Canada two weeks ago, at just about the same time Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was beamingly greeting the first planeload of Syrian refugees to Canada, customs officials in Toronto were giving the third degree to American author, Robert Spencer.



Spencer, who operates a website called jihadwatch.org., is a harsh critic of radical Islam.



He has written 14 books on terrorism and radicalization, including two New York Times bestsellers.



But when he tried to come to Canada for a speaking engagement organized by the Jewish Defence League, Spencer was grilled for three hours at Pearson International airport and his luggage searched for hate literature.



Noted author held up for his views while refugees (whose views we don't know) are welcomed like heroes.



That's PC trumping Western democratic values for sure.  

http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/12/26/political-correctness-may-kill-us----literally

Quote from: "Mr Crowley"It is a common phenomena that The Bureaucracy attracts leftist leaning progressives. One estimate here in Oz claimed that 90% of public servants voted to the left.



That's hardly surprising, given that the Left supports Big Government...or put another way, more jobs for public servants.



Public service also attracts the less intellectual, the less entreprenuerial, the less creative and the less forward thinking. They thrive when there are lots of rules, and no leeway. Their narrow mindedness, coupled with their left leaning attitude toward all things, renders them a major stumbling block to dealing with not only terrorism, but crime in general.



The biggest problem, however, is that the bureaucracy, which is in theory a PUBLIC service, is as disconnected from the community as is most governments. They deal in noble theory, and rigid dogma. Only totalitarian communities operate in that way.



In my view, the bureaucracy should be substantially dismantled. Private industry is more than capable of carrying out most of the public services we demand, at a lower cost with higher efficiency, and without the political bias.

Quote from: "Mr Crowley"It is a common phenomena that The Bureaucracy attracts leftist leaning progressives. One estimate here in Oz claimed that 90% of public servants voted to the left.



That's hardly surprising, given that the Left supports Big Government...or put another way, more jobs for public servants.



Public service also attracts the less intellectual, the less entreprenuerial, the less creative and the less forward thinking. They thrive when there are lots of rules, and no leeway. Their narrow mindedness, coupled with their left leaning attitude toward all things, renders them a major stumbling block to dealing with not only terrorism, but crime in general.



The biggest problem, however, is that the bureaucracy, which is in theory a PUBLIC service, is as disconnected from the community as is most governments. They deal in noble theory, and rigid dogma. Only totalitarian communities operate in that way.



In my view, the bureaucracy should be substantially dismantled. Private industry is more than capable of carrying out most of the public services we demand, at a lower cost with higher efficiency, and without the political bias.

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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"It is a common phenomena that The Bureaucracy attracts leftist leaning progressives. One estimate here in Oz claimed that 90% of public servants voted to the left.



That's hardly surprising, given that the Left supports Big Government...or put another way, more jobs for public servants.



Public service also attracts the less intellectual, the less entreprenuerial, the less creative and the less forward thinking. They thrive when there are lots of rules, and no leeway. Their narrow mindedness, coupled with their left leaning attitude toward all things, renders them a major stumbling block to dealing with not only terrorism, but crime in general.



The biggest problem, however, is that the bureaucracy, which is in theory a PUBLIC service, is as disconnected from the community as is most governments. They deal in noble theory, and rigid dogma. Only totalitarian communities operate in that way.



In my view, the bureaucracy should be substantially dismantled. Private industry is more than capable of carrying out most of the public services we demand, at a lower cost with higher efficiency, and without the political bias.

Same shit here. There are also a lot less healthy than their private sector counterparts. Might have something to do with all those paid sick daze.

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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"It is a common phenomena that The Bureaucracy attracts leftist leaning progressives. One estimate here in Oz claimed that 90% of public servants voted to the left.



That's hardly surprising, given that the Left supports Big Government...or put another way, more jobs for public servants.



Public service also attracts the less intellectual, the less entreprenuerial, the less creative and the less forward thinking. They thrive when there are lots of rules, and no leeway. Their narrow mindedness, coupled with their left leaning attitude toward all things, renders them a major stumbling block to dealing with not only terrorism, but crime in general.



The biggest problem, however, is that the bureaucracy, which is in theory a PUBLIC service, is as disconnected from the community as is most governments. They deal in noble theory, and rigid dogma. Only totalitarian communities operate in that way.



In my view, the bureaucracy should be substantially dismantled. Private industry is more than capable of carrying out most of the public services we demand, at a lower cost with higher efficiency, and without the political bias.

Same shit here. There are also a lot less healthy than their private sector counterparts. Might have something to do with all those paid sick daze.

I believe it's more generous for federal civil servants than for us.

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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"It is a common phenomena that The Bureaucracy attracts leftist leaning progressives. One estimate here in Oz claimed that 90% of public servants voted to the left.



That's hardly surprising, given that the Left supports Big Government...or put another way, more jobs for public servants.



Public service also attracts the less intellectual, the less entreprenuerial, the less creative and the less forward thinking. They thrive when there are lots of rules, and no leeway. Their narrow mindedness, coupled with their left leaning attitude toward all things, renders them a major stumbling block to dealing with not only terrorism, but crime in general.



The biggest problem, however, is that the bureaucracy, which is in theory a PUBLIC service, is as disconnected from the community as is most governments. They deal in noble theory, and rigid dogma. Only totalitarian communities operate in that way.



In my view, the bureaucracy should be substantially dismantled. Private industry is more than capable of carrying out most of the public services we demand, at a lower cost with higher efficiency, and without the political bias.

Where do you get your "facts" from when you say shit like "less intellectual, the less entreprenuerial, the less creative and the less forward thinking"?

Quote from: "RW"So it's merely your limited perception.



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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"No, its direct and personal experience from my time as a senior exec in the Federal public service.

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Quote from: "RW"So it's merely your limited perception.



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Not about the fed snivel serpent sick daze. I remember reading that.

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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"No, its direct and personal experience from my time as a senior exec in the Federal public service.

There are many levels to public service including provincial/state and municipal.  You've worked in one, probably only one department as well in one country and you think you are some expert on "public service"?  Bitch please.



If you want to talk about the fostering of innovation born out of the public sector (US), see DARPA for details.

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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"No, its direct and personal experience from my time as a senior exec in the Federal public service.

There are many levels to public service including provincial/state and municipal.  You've worked in one, probably only one department as well in one country and you think you are some expert on "public service"?  Bitch please.



If you want to talk about the fostering of innovation born out of the public sector (US), see DARPA for details.

DARPA is a MILITARY research centre!!!!



 ac_toofunny

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Quote from: "RW"So it's merely your limited perception.



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Not about the fed snivel serpent sick daze. I remember reading that.

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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"No, its direct and personal experience from my time as a senior exec in the Federal public service.

There are many levels to public service including provincial/state and municipal.  You've worked in one, probably only one department as well in one country and you think you are some expert on "public service"?  Bitch please.



If you want to talk about the fostering of innovation born out of the public sector (US), see DARPA for details.

DARPA is a MILITARY research centre!!!!



 ac_toofunny

It's an agency of the Department of Defense, which is what?  A governmental department, you say?  Which is what?  Part of the public sector?  GASP!  



Let me guess - you worked there too.



 ac_lmfao

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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"No, its direct and personal experience from my time as a senior exec in the Federal public service.

There are many levels to public service including provincial/state and municipal.  You've worked in one, probably only one department as well in one country and you think you are some expert on "public service"?  Bitch please.



If you want to talk about the fostering of innovation born out of the public sector (US), see DARPA for details.

DARPA is a MILITARY research centre!!!!



 ac_toofunny

It's an agency of the Department of Defense, which is what?  A governmental department, you say?  Which is what?  Part of the public sector?  GASP!  



Let me guess - you worked there too.



 ac_lmfao

DARPA  is a FUNDING agency that provides research funds to PRIVATE organisations to develop unique and innovative military tools and weapons.



Get that?



It funds PRIVATE organisations...because that's where the innovation comes from.



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Quote from: "RW"They find ideas.  Without said public sector funding and public sector management, these innovations wouldn't happen.  If you look at said projects, a lot of them come out of educational institutes which are also under the public umbrella.



So thanks for coming out sweet cheeks.

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Quote from: "RW"They find ideas.  Without said public sector funding and public sector management, these innovations wouldn't happen.  If you look at said projects, a lot of them come out of educational institutes which are also under the public umbrella.



So thanks for coming out sweet cheeks.

Which receive big money from private industry. All the advances my company and industry have made in the last 35 years or so have come about with private money. Elected politicians and snivel serpents like to take credit for it, but if not for the ingenuity of our private enterprise system our resource sector would be state owned and our environment as fucked up as Nigeria.

Quote from: "Mr Crowley"You're grasping at leftist straws. Your explanation is not only deceptive, it is illogical.



Like every other lefty, really...

Quote from: "Mr Crowley"Perhaps Comrade RW would point out a bureaucratic department or organisation that drives and generates REVENUE??

Quote from: "Mr Crowley"No. You didn't.



You never have, and never will.

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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"Perhaps Comrade RW would point out a bureaucratic department or organisation that drives and generates REVENUE??

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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"Created by?

*facepalm*



ARPANET was the packet switching network that first implemented TCP/IP which formed the foundation of the Internet.  It was funded by and developed for ARPA - an agency of the public sector Department of Defense.



So as I aptly stated, you are beyond wrong in comments about innovation which stemmed from your limited experience in the Australian public sector.



Suck on that lemon.

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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"Perhaps Comrade RW would point out a bureaucratic department or organisation that drives and generates REVENUE??

Well wasn't revenue generation a function that you and your fellow metermaides were responsible for? Aren't parking tickets a form of revenue generation? ac_biggrin

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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"Perhaps Comrade RW would point out a bureaucratic department or organisation that drives and generates REVENUE??

Well wasn't revenue generation a function that you and your fellow metermaides were responsible for? Aren't parking tickets a form of revenue generation? ac_biggrin

No, you bobble headed behemoth.



Revenue generation comes from PRODUCTION, not taxation, duties, fees, fines, excises or other government imposts.



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Quote from: "Mr Crowley"Perhaps Comrade RW would point out a bureaucratic department or organisation that drives and generates REVENUE??

Well wasn't revenue generation a function that you and your fellow metermaides were responsible for? Aren't parking tickets a form of revenue generation? ac_biggrin

No, you bobble headed behemoth.



Revenue generation comes from PRODUCTION, not taxation, duties, fees, fines, excises or other government imposts.



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Quote from: "RW"You topped the exact same thing I said haha

Quote from: "Mr Crowley"Neither of you two airheads can read.



I specifically said "revenue GENERATION". That is the process by which revenue is derived from some form of production which results in goods or services sold and profit made.



Bimbo and Blimpo.



C'mon girls...true arguing with fact and reason.

Quote from: "Mr Crowley"Neither of you two airheads can read.



I specifically said "revenue GENERATION". That is the process by which revenue is derived from some form of production which results in goods or services sold and profit made.



Bimbo and Blimpo.



C'mon girls...true arguing with fact and reason.

Quote from: "RW"

Quote from: "Mr Crowley"Neither of you two airheads can read.



I specifically said "revenue GENERATION". That is the process by which revenue is derived from some form of production which results in goods or services sold and profit made.



Bimbo and Blimpo.



C'mon girls...true arguing with fact and reason.

Yes, we can read.  



You're breath is blowing back in your face and you think we farted while your mouth was open.

QuoteGOP turns 'political correctness' into the mother of all straw men



Back in the summer, when Megyn Kelly confronted Donald Trump with a few of the nasty things he had said about women, the candidate had a simple retort.



"The big problem this country has is being politically correct," he said.



The big problem? Not economic growth, or terrorism, or war against the Islamic State. No, the big problem in these United States is political correctness.



Since that first debate, Trump and his fellow Republican presidential candidates have connected political correctness to virtually every issue: Vladimir Putin. Immigration. The San Bernardino shooting. Planned Parenthood. David Cameron. The Islamic State. Gun ownership. Social networks. Demagoguery. Muslims. Women in the military. Israel. American exceptionalism. Climate change. Education. The mental-health system. The media. The national debt. Drug addiction. Prisoners of war. Women. Torture. Trans fats.



"Political correctness is killing people," Ted Cruz said at last week's debate.



Ben Carson warned of a conspiracy "to give away American values and principles for the sake of political correctness."



The notion of political correctness became popular on college campuses a quarter-century ago but has recently grown into the mother of all straw men. Once a pejorative term applied to liberals' determination not to offend any ethnic or other identity group, it now is used lazily by some conservatives to label everything classified under "that with which I disagree." GOP candidates are now using the "politically correct" label to shut down debate — exactly what conservatives complained politically correct liberals were doing in the first place.



When CNN's John Berman last week asked Rick Santorum about Trump's plan to ban Muslims from entering the country, Santorum employed the familiar evasive maneuver.



"Republicans are sick and tired of the political correctness that we can't talk about this," he said. "You can't say the word 'Muslim.' "



It wasn't clear which officer in the P.C. Police told Santorum he couldn't say "Muslim."



Voters, told repeatedly that political correctness jeopardizes their way of life, are alarmed. "We're tired of political correctness," one Trump voter said in a focus group conducted by Frank Luntz for CBS. "I think we're being burdened with it. I think it's making us weaker as a country globally."



He just doesn't know what it is.



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