This story is local to me, but has made national news.  The media, to a large degree, is calling it racist, insensitive, and offensive.  I heard the interview real time, and thought it could have been phrased a little differently considering Schmidt is an employee of the Phillies.  However, I appreciated his honesty.  To the radio stations credit, they defended Schmidt's comment today with the host of the morning show (original interviewer) saying this PC crap has to stop, and people that are offended need to get a life.  The rest of the media said the opposite.

  But that's a far different subject from the one raised Tuesday, when Schmidt inexplicably declared that the Phillies cannot build their team around Odubel Herrera because the Venezuelan-born center fielder does not speak enough English. Thanks to the racial overtones, it was news that went viral in an instant.

Cataldi's question was clear: Can you build a team around Herrera?

"My honest answer to that would be no because of a couple of things," Schmidt said. "First of all, it is a language barrier. Because of that, I think he can't be a guy that would sort of sit in a circle with four or five American players and talk about the game or try to learn about the game or discuss the inner workings of the game."

Racist, offensive, culturally insensitive?  What say you?

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/Philadelphia_Phillies_Mike_Schmidt_Odubel_Herrera_off-base_comments.html
 

...and men don't know what bathroom to use
and Bruce Jenner is a broad
and Bill Clinton never inhaled, never had sexual relations of any kind with 'that woman.'
and his private conversation with Loretta Lynch was all about golf and grandchildren....

I see a pattern of progressive ignorance here.

The media allows them to lie.  Pure and simple.

Maxine Waters is sadly still in office.

Why can't people see we are fighting FASCISM again?

I just don't get it.  In the 70's we had "bussing".  Black kids from other areas were bussed into our school.  They ate together, they rode to and from school together.  The only contact I had with them was through sports, where we were all equals, and we were quick friends.  I guess it was like being in combat.  We looked out for each other.  We were teammates.  However, once off the playing field that typically changed.  Now we see voluntary segregation promoted institutionally.  I am really confused! 

If there was a genuine true concern about MMGW, then remove any way for anyone to profit from it and see how far it goes.

 Follow the money.

Oh, I agree.  Ask the Solyndra folks how that worked out, and people like Al Gore who make money from speaking about it.  I believe he also owned a firm that sold carbon credits.  The other part is the intended, and continued growth of government.  This was another way the liberal/progressive (Dems) could get away with more government, higher taxes, fees, etc, and of course more government employees to administer all of it.     

Depends, will the funding and studies truly be independent, or will they be to justify a desired outcome?

I have no problem with further studies if they are truly independent, and objective.  When you hear some scientists say that there can be NO MORE debate, or that the "science is settled", that is when I get very skeptical.  Also, I get skeptical when the solution is more big government, and more taxes, fees, surcharges, etc.  Energy is our life's blood.  To artificially increase the cost will have huge, negative economic impacts, and that is exactly what the government solutions are intended to do. 

My client has locations in the UK where half the energy costs are to address "man made climate change".  It is crazy.

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