Free In Idaho!

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a more exciting afternoon of golf than yesterday’s round of the U.S. Open.  If you watched, you know what I’m talking about.  If you didn’t watch, let me give you some clues… Tiger Woods, knee surgery 2 months ago, bogey to start the day, 5 shots back, pain, incredible self control, fantastic skill, some luck, two eagles, Tiger Woods… whew!   There is no one better.

You know where I’ll be this afternoon.

Sunday Music this morning, Father’s Day, is “Lead Us Heavenly Father, Lead Us“.

Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
O’er the world’s tempestuos sea;
Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us,
For we have no help but thee;
Yet possessing every blessing
If our God our Father be.

Saviour, breathe forgiveness o’er us,
All our weakness thou dost know;
Thou didst tread this earth before us,
Thou didst feel its keenest woe;
Self denying, death defying,
Thou to Calvary didst go.

Spirit of our God, descending,
Fill our hearts with heavenly joy;
Love with every passion blending,
Pleasure that can never cloy;
Thus provided, pardoned, guided,
Nothing can our peace destroy.

It’s not about the best person for the job, it’s about quotas.  That is the message from the Democrat Party in 2008.  If the recent primary struggles weren’t enough proof, how about looking at the Idaho State Democrat Convention?  This is the delegation selected to go to Denver later this summer, as reported in the Idaho Statesman this morning.

The 23-member delegation includes five African-Americans, three Native Americans, a Hispanic, an Asian, a gay man and a lesbian woman - all categories in party affirmative-action goals. Hispanics are Idaho’s largest minority group, with 9.8 percent of the population; Native Americans represent 1.4 percent, Asians 1.2 percent and African-Americans 0.8 percent.

Former Democratic National Committee member John Greenfield lost his chance to be a national delegate because a coin toss determined the slot he had campaigned for must go to a woman. Party rules require an equal split between genders.

But Greenfield, a 64-year-old Boise lawyer, said it’s time for older, white men to defer power. “It’s the healthiest thing that ever happened to this party.”

Eight of the delegates are under 35, exceeding the party goal of six in that category. A new group, Idaho Young Democrats, had about 50 of the 332 delegates at the convention.

Affirmative action goals, eh?  Not proportional representation, not the most qualified, not luck of the draw, or who spent the most money, or even who did the best job working for the goal… these folks were hand picked to fit the special interest group/”victim” list mentality the Democrat Party has worked so hard establishing in America today.  Quotas.  There is no difference between picking a person because of their skincolor/gender/sexual orientation or whatever, than there is in denying another person for the same reason.  Would that they would work so hard to pick the best, rather than the most diverse. 

By the way, give the Statesman credit for quietly pointing out

Hispanics are Idaho’s largest minority group, with 9.8 percent of the population; Native Americans represent 1.4 percent, Asians 1.2 percent and African-Americans 0.8 percent.

So we’re not even doing actual proportions here, but politically correct proportions.  Other demographics include women 49.6 percent, which they’ve got covered, and whites 95.2, which they’re doing all they can to ignore, since getting rid of old white guys in the Idaho Democrat Party has been one of the stated goals as well.  No word in the Statesman concerning the number of Sierra Club members, teachers, or lawyers in the delegation.  You go, Dems.