How refreshing it was to hear stories of two individuals, a CEO and a university vice president, who refused to be intimidated and spoke clearly for the entities they represent. Too often we read about companies and colleges who bow to “political correctness” and the fear of a lawsuit.
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam took on Democrat Bernie Sanders. (dailymail.com)
After Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke to striking Verizon employees, CEO Lowell McAdam said, “(Sanders’) uniformed views are, in a word, contemptible,” and went on to say that Sanders is “disconnected from reality.”
In response to Sanders’ claim that Verizon fails to pay its fair share of taxes, McAdams referred to the $15.6 billion in taxes paid over the past two years at an effective tax rate of 35 percent.
Verizon invested about $35 billion in infrastructure – virtually all in the United States – over the same period, a response to Sanders’ claim that Verizon doesn’t use its profits to benefit America.
Ohio State University vice president Jay Kasey told student occupiers of university offices that they will be arrested. (dailycaller.com)
Then there’s the response of Jay Kasey, Ohio State’s vice president for administration, to the student occupiers of the university president’s outer office area.
“If you are here at five o’clock, our police officers will physically pick you up and take you to a paddy wagon, and take you to be arrested,” Kasey calmly informed the students, adding that they will be discharged (expelled). The students retreated later without incident.
The OSU students demanded immediate access to the university’s budget and investments portfolio, and – get this – someone to explain it to them. In addition, they made demands supporting Palestinians against Israel, and demanded OSU increase purchases of organic, locally-grown food.
A Muslim at The Citadel has asked for an unprecedented exception to the school’s uniform regulation to be permitted to wear a hijab. (en.academic.nu)
Hopefully, The Citadel military school in South Carolina will not go weak-kneed over the demand of a Muslim student that she receive an exemption to the uniform regulations and be permitted to wear a hijab.
In its nearly 175-year history, the school has never granted a religious, or other, accommodation that resulted in a change to the uniform.
“We come here and willingly give up our individuality and become part of a group that upholds the time-honored traditions of this school,” said one cadet, “I accepted the system that I have become part of, and I am willing to let it change me and join a long line of men and women who I am honored to call my brothers and sisters.”
“If I valued liberal ideology, I would go to UC Berkeley. I’d wear, say, and do whatever I wanted.,” another cadet remarked, “If I valued conservative ideology and wanted to challenge myself in a military environment, I would go to The Citadel.
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