Integrate a little, please?

First, the news item:
Nancy Pelosi tries to force the Salvation Army to hire people who can’t speak English.
From the article:
Mr. Alexander says that noble effort is in danger of being undermined: “We have spent the last 40 years in our country celebrating diversity at the expense of unity. One way to create that unity is [...]

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Grovel at Thanksgiving?

Thank to Orbusmax for covering this issue.
Seattle Public Schools issued some telling, progressive suggestions to staff regarding the way they should deal with Thanksgiving. Behold, diversity-hustling at its finest (emphasis mine + added email addresses):
November 8, 2007
Dear Seattle Public Schools Staff:
We recognize the amount of work that educators and staff have to do in [...]

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NYTimes Doesn’t Get Childhood

Then again, neither does Seattle. Not a big surprise. As far back as 1992, Seattle ranked second in negative growth of families-with-children (behind San Francisco). And, as reported last year, the exodus continues into the new millennium. And, anecdotally, Seattle is also one of the most child-unfriendly cities… ask any [...]

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Twofold Disgust

From this story out of Boston last Friday.
The 18-year-old who allegedly held up a Dorchester pizza shop at gunpoint and made off with $60, told police afterwards that when he fired off a shot at the pizzeria’s owner he didn’t mean to hit him, but he didn’t deny pulling the trigger, a prosecutor said today.
“Didn’t [...]

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