Mike Davis
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And this woman runs into this Orwellian crowd that's mesmerized by these dictate these. And she just throws a ball into the screen. It shatters. It was very famous. And it was the eye. It was kind of an epitome of the age that Reagan was kind of, that whole period of 84 to 85, 86, it was like, we don't have to do any of that stuff anymore. And that was a very liberating period when he came in.
And he hasn't done, with all due respect to his memory and legacy, which was wonderful, he hasn't done, I don't think he did as much in eight years as Donald Trump has done in four years and one month. I really don't.
And he hasn't done, with all due respect to his memory and legacy, which was wonderful, he hasn't done, I don't think he did as much in eight years as Donald Trump has done in four years and one month. I really don't.
And he hasn't done, with all due respect to his memory and legacy, which was wonderful, he hasn't done, I don't think he did as much in eight years as Donald Trump has done in four years and one month. I really don't.
It's not even a month yet. It seems like a year. He's not done yet. He's indestructible. Don't you think there's something to it?
It's not even a month yet. It seems like a year. He's not done yet. He's indestructible. Don't you think there's something to it?
It's not even a month yet. It seems like a year. He's not done yet. He's indestructible. Don't you think there's something to it?
And you can see it with comedians now. Comedians are dropping all of the self-censorship. They're talking about everything. Chris Rock, it's back to where it was. It's almost there. And I think it's going to be good. I think it's going to be one of the most wonderful things for so-called minorities. I think maybe the four most accomplished people where I work were Shelby Steele, Tom Sowell,
And you can see it with comedians now. Comedians are dropping all of the self-censorship. They're talking about everything. Chris Rock, it's back to where it was. It's almost there. And I think it's going to be good. I think it's going to be one of the most wonderful things for so-called minorities. I think maybe the four most accomplished people where I work were Shelby Steele, Tom Sowell,
And you can see it with comedians now. Comedians are dropping all of the self-censorship. They're talking about everything. Chris Rock, it's back to where it was. It's almost there. And I think it's going to be good. I think it's going to be one of the most wonderful things for so-called minorities. I think maybe the four most accomplished people where I work were Shelby Steele, Tom Sowell,
Condoleezza Rice and Kieron Skinner, and they're all African-American. But race was always incidental. It was never essential to them. And they competed and they all grew up in a period of not Kieron, but the other three grew up in a period of Jim Crow. And yet they were spectacular scholars and they never, and I think now that that's the model.
Condoleezza Rice and Kieron Skinner, and they're all African-American. But race was always incidental. It was never essential to them. And they competed and they all grew up in a period of not Kieron, but the other three grew up in a period of Jim Crow. And yet they were spectacular scholars and they never, and I think now that that's the model.
Condoleezza Rice and Kieron Skinner, and they're all African-American. But race was always incidental. It was never essential to them. And they competed and they all grew up in a period of not Kieron, but the other three grew up in a period of Jim Crow. And yet they were spectacular scholars and they never, and I think now that that's the model.
And I think if African-American people will, they'll realize that this DEI was a hindrance because it unduly stigmatized everybody. In many cases, unfairly, because as I said, if I went to lunch twice a month for 15 years with Tom Sowell, the two of us,
And I think if African-American people will, they'll realize that this DEI was a hindrance because it unduly stigmatized everybody. In many cases, unfairly, because as I said, if I went to lunch twice a month for 15 years with Tom Sowell, the two of us,
And I think if African-American people will, they'll realize that this DEI was a hindrance because it unduly stigmatized everybody. In many cases, unfairly, because as I said, if I went to lunch twice a month for 15 years with Tom Sowell, the two of us,
Yeah, it was like Tom was like a genius and Shelby was the same way. Carol Swain, too. She's actually coming on next week. Yeah, I mean, African-American people have excelled in so many fields and they don't need DEI. And the people who... or the mediocrities of all races.
Yeah, it was like Tom was like a genius and Shelby was the same way. Carol Swain, too. She's actually coming on next week. Yeah, I mean, African-American people have excelled in so many fields and they don't need DEI. And the people who... or the mediocrities of all races.
Yeah, it was like Tom was like a genius and Shelby was the same way. Carol Swain, too. She's actually coming on next week. Yeah, I mean, African-American people have excelled in so many fields and they don't need DEI. And the people who... or the mediocrities of all races.
I think a lot of the DEI is promulgated by white virtual signaling performance art, guilty whites that feel that that's going to make them somehow feel good about themselves in lieu of actual accomplishment. It's ridiculous. When I'm in academia, and unfortunately I'm still in it,