Monday, March 01, 2010

Nothing to See Here in Ogden, UT

The “suspicious substance” found in an IRS office in Ogden, Utah is not hazardous.  Nothing to see here, citizens, move on.

Official: Substance at Utah IRS bldg not hazardous

Posted by John Venlet on 03/01 at 07:09 PM
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The Federalist Papers - A Childish Cautionary Note

Political correctness reaches a new low, in an introductory cautionary statement regarding The Federalist Papers.  Per a post at The Corner by Jay Nordlinger, you can read a note from a Corner reader which states the following.

Our home library needed a new copy of the Federalist Papers (the old copy having succumbed to 25 years of thumbing, page-turning, and note-taking). The new copy, published by Wilder Publications in 2008, offers this disclaimer:

“This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work.”

Not wanting to simply accept that this is accurate, I clicked over to Amazon.com to see whether the Wilder Publication of The Federalist Papers actually printed the above “disclaimer.”  Sure enough, they did.

Judas priest.

Posted by John Venlet on 03/01 at 02:16 PM
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