Coach Roy's Reading List for 12-1-2011

Glory days back again?
Salisbury Times -

Ed Tudor, Worcester County's director of development review and permitting, said a special exception would be needed to construct a drive-in theater in a general commercial district. Several environmental constraints also would come into play, including provisions of the Forest Conservation Act in terms of clearing the property.

The property also comes with severe limitations on sewage disposal that would barely suit a single-family dwelling, Tudor said.

Liberals are hypocrites on Rush's race baiting
Gregory Kane - Examiner:

Make no mistake about it; talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is one race baiting son of a gun.

He was at it again this past week, accusing first lady Michelle Obama of being "uppity." But this wasn't Limbaugh's first foray into the race-baiting arena.

Maryland, Virginia at top of nation for food stamp fraud
The Examiner

Maryland ranks second and Virginia fifth in the amount of taxpayer dollars wasted on food stamp fraud.

For every $100 in benefits, Maryland gave out $6.11 to people who weren't eligible — amounting to about $60 million — ranking it second in the United States for losses from improper payments, according to fiscal 2010 data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Virginia gave out $5.04 to ineligible recipients, and the District ranked 21st, doling out $3.76 in overpayments. The national average was $3.05 for every $100 spent on food stamps.

Who benefits from racial preferences in higher education?
George Will -

Sander and Taylor report: "Research suggests a similar pattern nationally; scholars have found that the use of large racial preferences by elite colleges has the effect of reducing diversity at second-tier schools." Another study showed that even if eliminating racial preferences in law schools would mean 21 percent fewer black matriculants, there would still be no reduction in the number of blacks who graduate and pass the bar exam.

For Marine, a rush to judgment and a belated vindication
Rowan Scarborough

As William C. Rodriguez inspected the badly decomposed bodies of two Iraqis, he was troubled by the large crowd of observers in the military’s national morgue at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

Mr. Rodriguez, a renowned forensic anthropologist, had been called in to settle the most sensational murder case to come out of the years-long Iraq War.

D.C. special funds for needy used more for perks
Luke Rosiak and Tom Howell Jr. -The Washington Times

D.C. Council member Tommy Wells on Wednesday called for the elimination of special funds the city’s lawmakers are supposed to use to help the needy — money critics consider “slush funds” rarely tapped to help residents.

A Washington Times review of 10,000 payments totaling $3.3 million since 2004 shows that just 3 percent or $84,000 has gone to power and water bills, presumably for needy constituents, and $37,000 for phone bills. More — $133,000 — has been spent at pro sporting events.

Hard regulatory climb over, family can enjoy treehouse
Washington Times -

Seven months after Mark Grapin dialed the Fairfax County permit office before building his sons a treehouse, the U.S. Army National Guardsman and his family walked out of a government building Wednesday with the county’s blessing on the unique structure - after a process that involved appeals, thousands of dollars and international attention.


Here's the Truth: Criminals and Their Groupies Think You're Stupid
"Sure, child molestation is ugly but so is a root canal, flu and dirty diapers. These kids will get over it."


Sowell on Ice: Gingrich and Immigration
by Roger L Simon
A Republican proposal to deport eleven million illegal aliens as Thomas Sowell suggests would throw the entire Latino vote to Obama, virtually reassuring his reelection.

Second Establishment 'Liberal' Calls for Violent Death to Florida Governor

Ed Driscoll EdDriscoll.com

Far left talker Mike Malloy (whose rantings are a regular source of material at Newsbusters) calls for the death of GOP Gov. Rick Scott of Florida:
Leftist radio talker Mike Malloy is really obsessed with executing conservatives. When the Navy SEALs shot Osama bin Laden, he asked when they would “drop in on George Bush,” since he “was responsible for a lot more death, innocent death, than bin Laden.”

A trip worth taking: Could LSD be the answer to PTSD?

By Melissa Healy -Los Angeles Times

Scientists are studying whether Ecstasy and other street drugs could have legitimate medical uses in treating PTSD, chronic pain and addiction.

MCT

Janeen Delany describes herself as an "old hippie" who's smoked plenty of marijuana. But she never really dabbled in hallucinogens — until two years ago, at the age of 59.

Judge won't step down in Fort Hood shooting case
AP

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A military judge refused Wednesday to step down in the case of an Army psychiatrist charged in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, saying it had no effect on him.

Sowell: Lessons of History?

It used to be common for people to urge us to learn "the lessons of history." But history gets much less attention these days and, if there are any lessons that we are offered, they are more likely to be the lessons from current polls or the lessons of political correctness.