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Rush H. Limbaugh III quotes (4) The Myth of the Angry White Male What has sprung up is a strange kind of thinking.... Americans are unhappy with their lot. They are feeling insecure layoffs and corporate downsizing have made their future uncertain. Stirred up by talk radio the theory goes large numbers of formerly sensible people have embraced hate and extremism. Most of these according to the media are white guys. A Washington Post/ABC pre-election poll asked voters if they were angry about the way the federal government works. Four out of five white males said no. 62 percent of white men voted for Republican House candidates (38 percent for Democrats in 1994 a ten-point increase from the 1990 midterm elections). But was this special to their gender? In 1994 white women voted for Republican House candidates by a 55 to 45 percent majority. Significantly there isnt single article decrying angry white females. Rush H. Limbaugh III Category: Unsorted Education Many believe our entire public-education establishment is going in exactly the wrong direction. Rather having a goal of real achievement the trend seems to be toward reaching some kind of educational parity to make sure no students feel badly about themselves. The liberal educational theoreticians tell you that bad grades only serve to discourage underachievers. The primary objective of Outcome-Based Education is to avoid humiliating a student. We should be educating the student first. Students are passing courses and graduating because of lower requirements because of this new philosophical belief that no one should be held back. Colleges and universities are finding out that a high-school diploma is meaningless in terms of real achievement. The liberal school establishment lowers standards ignores human nature refuses to reward success and doesnt punish failure. Rush H. Limbaugh III Category: Education I have found it to be true that the older Ive become the better my life has become. Rush H. Limbaugh III Category: Age If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad he should see how it is with representation. Rush H. Limbaugh III Category: Tax |
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