Global Warmmongers often complain that critics (such as TCSDaily) are funded by Big Oil. But I guess it’s all right when James Hansen is funded by George Soros.

Frankly, I’d rather see arguments based on data, rather than funding sources.

…but somehow, it always seems to land in Europe. And this comment is one that I’ve always thought rung true:

Re: the misuse in current parlance of “fascism”. It is, of course, not Nazism. Fascism was an Italian phenomenon. I believe that the Left has sought to supplant “Nazi” with “fascist” because of the root words for Nazism: National Socialism. Since Stalin et al. practiced International Socialism, one can understand their sensitivity. National Socialism and International Socialism are not opposite ends of some political spectrum: they are subsets of Socialism. And when one counts up the dead, the distinction [between] National and International Socialism is one without a difference.

I’ve heard a lot of silly blather about how Ahmadinejad has a “right” to speak at Columbia University.

No.

This is the problem with positive “rights” such as right to health care, or food, or housing. It’s not possible to grant such a “right” without violating someone else’s.

If you have a “right” to groceries, then someone else has to pay for them, with taxes. If you have a right to housing, then someone else has to pony up to satisfy it. If you have a “right” to earn a minimum wage, and your labor isn’t worth that much, then the employer must subsidize you by paying more than your value on the market.

Everyone has a right to free speech in general, because in doing so, no one else is prevented from speaking.

But no one has a “right” to speak at Columbia University. There are limited opportunities to do so, and to grant it to one is to deprive another of the opportunity.

To speak at Columbia University is a privilege, and it is not one that should have been granted a murderous propagandistic fascist like Ahmedinejad. While Bollinger is to be commended for his harsh introductory comments, that doesn’t excuse his misjudgment in inviting the man to speak. That he was applauded there was a travesty, and a stain on the judgment of the Columbia students (if they were students) in attendance.

[Update in the afternoon]

And who is one of the idiots who thinks that Ahmadinejad has a “right to speak” at Columbia?

Barack Obama:

I’ve heard a lot of silly blather about how Ahmadinejad has a “right” to speak at Columbia University.

No.

This is the problem with positive “rights” such as right to health care, or food, or housing. It’s not possible to grant such a “right” without violating someone else’s.

If you have a “right” to groceries, then someone else has to pay for them, with taxes. If you have a right to housing, then someone else has to pony up to satisfy it. If you have a “right” to earn a minimum wage, and your labor isn’t worth that much, then the employer must subsidize you by paying more than your value on the market.

Everyone has a right to free speech in general, because in doing so, no one else is prevented from speaking.

But no one has a “right” to speak at Columbia University. There are limited opportunities to do so, and to grant it to one is to deprive another of the opportunity.

To speak at Columbia University is a privilege, and it is not one that should have been granted a murderous propagandistic fascist like Ahmedinejad. While Bollinger is to be commended for his harsh introductory comments, that doesn’t excuse his misjudgment in inviting the man to speak. That he was applauded there was a travesty, and a stain on the judgment of the Columbia students (if they were students) in attendance.

[Update in the afternoon]

And who is one of the idiots who thinks that Ahmadinejad has a “right to speak” at Columbia?

Barack Obama:

I’ve heard a lot of silly blather about how Ahmadinejad has a “right” to speak at Columbia University.

No.

This is the problem with positive “rights” such as right to health care, or food, or housing. It’s not possible to grant such a “right” without violating someone else’s.

If you have a “right” to groceries, then someone else has to pay for them, with taxes. If you have a right to housing, then someone else has to pony up to satisfy it. If you have a “right” to earn a minimum wage, and your labor isn’t worth that much, then the employer must subsidize you by paying more than your value on the market.

Everyone has a right to free speech in general, because in doing so, no one else is prevented from speaking.

But no one has a “right” to speak at Columbia University. There are limited opportunities to do so, and to grant it to one is to deprive another of the opportunity.

To speak at Columbia University is a privilege, and it is not one that should have been granted a murderous propagandistic fascist like Ahmedinejad. While Bollinger is to be commended for his harsh introductory comments, that doesn’t excuse his misjudgment in inviting the man to speak. That he was applauded there was a travesty, and a stain on the judgment of the Columbia students (if they were students) in attendance.

[Update in the afternoon]

And who is one of the idiots who thinks that Ahmadinejad has a “right to speak” at Columbia?

Barack Obama:

What if Moveon.org had been around sixty-five years ago?

Beldar wonders about the Hillary/Berger connection as well.

Do you really want this gang in charge of the country again, let alone national security?

Fred Thompson has been making a lot of good noises about federalism. But there’s one aspect of it on which the campaign has no comment.

Thompson is the only candidate yet to take a public position on the [marijuana] raids. While he

Fred Thompson has been making a lot of good noises about federalism. But there’s one aspect of it on which the campaign has no comment.

Thompson is the only candidate yet to take a public position on the [marijuana] raids. While he

Fred Thompson has been making a lot of good noises about federalism. But there’s one aspect of it on which the campaign has no comment.

Thompson is the only candidate yet to take a public position on the [marijuana] raids. While he