Chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix raises yet another complaint that Iraq is placing unacceptable conditions on the "unconditional inspections" that Saddam has agreed to. I wonder how Saddam's Santa Monica spokesman will spin this.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on a public opinion poll regarding American attitudes toward Jews. Among other things, the poll reveals that 24% of 18-24 year olds believe that "Jewish control of the media distorts the news", that 34% of Americans agree that "Jews have too much influence on Wall Street," and 37 percent believe that the Jews were responsible for killing Jesus Christ. (If I understand the New Testament correctly, it was the Romans who crucified Jesus, but I've never heard of anti-Italian pogroms) In any event, if anybody is jealous about Jewish financial and media power and wants a piece of the action: Come and join our team.
Today's Crayon Diversity Award goes to the Naugatuck Valley Community College in Westbury, CT, for an affirmative action program which could almost be a parody of affirmative action programs: The college spells out in explicit detail how many people of each category they seek to hire for specific jobs. For example, the college has a short term goal of hiring the following professors: "2 Black Male, 1 Black Female, 4 Hispanic Male, 1 Other Male" and the long term goal of hiring "1 Other Male" professor. I guess that's another way of saying "No Irish need apply"
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at January 22, 2003 12:30 PMAnti-semitism: it's the new black. Woopee.
Posted by: Geoff M on January 22, 2003 12:59 PMUgh, I had no idea about this opinion poll. Kind of surprising I'd have thought.
Posted by: Paul Duffy on January 23, 2003 08:18 AMDefinitely disturbing. Also sort of interesting (not sure the right word for it) that self-identifed Republicans were much less likely than Democrats or Independents to espouse anti-Semitic views.
Posted by: John Thacker on January 28, 2003 08:10 AM