1---Based on the news stories I’ve seen from Frankfort, I am amazed
at the quiet surrounding a bill proposing to allow any governor to take
over, dismiss, and name members of all the public university and
college boards of trustees. Even more the quiet from the present boards
and presidents at this unprecedented power grab. If you think the
Southern accreditation board was just threatening the University of
Louisville with loss of accreditation because of Bevin’s shenanagins
here...wait til you see its reaction if the bill passes.
Of course, it will be the students hurt most---and faculty.
Lots of silence from the legislature on this topic recently---as the session nears an end. That worries me, too.
2---Thank you Wikileaks—again! Now we know the CIA (and our
government) have the capability to spy on us thru our smart phones, our
smart tvs (!) even our baby crib monitors. Who’da thunk it? But tis,
sadly, true..and while the CIA loftily reminds us, by law, it can only
use these tools to spy outside the country...does anyone seriously doubt
they would (and have in a few cases, if memory serves) use these at
home against American citizens.
All in the name of “national security”—protecting our freedoms.
When does our freedom to be let alone, and to enjoy free speech in our
homes become more important than some bureaucrats’ idea of “security?”
3---Hope you saw CBS’ 60 Minutes Sunday night. A very revealing
report on one man from Africa arrested, sent to GITMO, tortured (very
badly), and whose “confession” then kept him there 14 years...until his
legal council (initiated by his own handwritten request for freedom) got
him off and the US finally agreed he was not a terrorist, not a threat
to our “security” (there’s that misapplied idea again), and he was sent
home. He wrote a book. “Guantanamo Diary” on his GITMO experience we
probably all should read.
When will the US—especially Congress—realize GITMO is our Holocaust, and end it—totally and forever???
4---and now for something completely different...Just delighted to
see Dom Hawkins named to SEC all-tourney team. Richly deserved for a guy
who stuck it out for 4 years---while Coach Cal was touting his idea of
“one and done.”
Dickie V has the right idea when he talks about “senior leadership” and Dom is a great example of that.
Go Cats!
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