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If You Wanted to Rig An Election, You'd Do Exactly What Dems Did in 2020

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 09:01 AM PST
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By Larry O'Connor | Townhall.com
Source: AP Photo/Matt Slocum This column does not in any way allege that
Democrats, Joe Biden, the Mainstream media, Big Tech, or any other
entrenched, left-leaning institution in this country rigged the 2020
election. God forbid anyone would think such a thing. If this column were
to even come close to making such an assertion, it would be flagged,
banned, and removed from social media platforms and other avenues of entry
to this website in an effort to prevent the unwashed masses from informing
themselves of the facts surrounding this past ballot process. So, let us
repeat: This column does not accuse the Biden campaign or the Democratic
Party of cheating in the 2020 election. Got it? That said if they were
going to cheat...here's what they would have done. First, they'd make sure
that the voter rolls were full of ineligible voters. Deceased people,
non-citizens, and people who have moved out of state would not be purged
from the rolls, and there would be no mechanism in place to purge those
ineligible voters. Further, they wouldn't have any preemptive check to
ensure that only eligible voters registered in the first place. For
instance, you can't get a job in this country without showing a passport,
birth certificate, or green card for a standard I-9 form. This ensures that
only people eligible to legally work here get a job. There is no such
citizen check when you register to vote. It's on the "honor system" that
you are a legal citizen when you fill out your registration form. And,
let's face it, why would someone who breaks our immigration laws by
entering, staying, and working in our country illegally ever break our
election laws, too? That's a solid policy there. Next, they'd modify
existing election laws so that voters could mail-in ballots on a whim and
not for a specific "absentee voting" reason. This way, in-person voting
(the most secure kind of voting) would diminish, and mail-in voting (the
least secure) would increase. Next, they'd send a ballot to every voter on
the voter rolls regardless of whether they asked for an absentee ballot or
not. This way, millions of live ballots are floating in the system and are
outside the tight custodian controls of the election apparatus in your
state. Now that they've hypothetically flooded the zone with millions of
ballots that have been sent out to everyone, regardless of their
eligibility to vote, they would need the policy to count every vote that
came in, even votes that shouldn't be counted. Here's how they'd do
that...again if they were to cheat. Not that this column would ever suggest
that they did cheat. This is all just an academic exercise, you see? First,
they'd count ballots without any careful check of the signatures on the
ballot versus the signature on the voter's registration. They'd then
separate the envelopes and any other identifying documents from the ballots
themselves and discard them. This would make it hard to verify the validity
of each ballot and impossible to check for duplicates or dead voters. To
add to the hypothetical cheat totals, they'd count ballots that were
received after Election Day. Plus, you'd stop counting at a certain point
so you could properly ascertain exactly how many votes you'd need to "find"
to help your chosen candidate win the counting process. Next, you'd conduct
the counting and verification process without any legitimate oversight. If
you were really brazen, you'd keep election watchers 30 or 40 feet away
from the processing area, or you'd even put giant sheets of poster board in
the windows outside the processing room so that observers couldn't see from
the hallway outside your operation. Again, to reiterate, this column does
not suggest that Biden or his party cheated or in any way rigged the
process so that cheating could easily occur in the 2020 election. We are
merely pointing out that if they wanted to cheat and rig the
system...they'd do exactly what they did. And they did.
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Economics Legend Walter E. Williams Dies at 84

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 06:20 PM PST
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By Matt Palumbo | Posted: December 2, 2020

George Mason University economist Don Boudreaux posted to his blog this
morning that at some point last night or this morning, his colleague and
fellow economist Walter Williams had passed away. Williams was 84.
Williams was known for his conservative and libertarian views, with his
columns appearing in Creators, Townhall, World Net Daily, and Jewish World
Review, among many others. In his columns Williams railed against liberal
economics, gun control, Marxism, teachers unions, race hustlers, and any
other threats to human liberty he saw in the world. Williams’ final column
was published yesterday, titled “Black Education Tragedy Is New.” In it he
examines the dismal test scores in inner cities today, and offers rebuttals
to the claim that they’re the result of “systemic” racism. In addition to
his columns, Williams had authored eleven books, the most known being “The
State Against Blacks” (1982), “Liberty Versus the Tyranny of Socialism”
(2008), “Up From the Projects” (2010) and “Race & Economics: How Much Can
Be Blamed on Discrimination?” (2011). Williams has often been compared to
Thomas Sowell in terms of their scope of writing. The two first met on the
campus of UCLA in 1969 and became friends for decades to come. An entire
book called “A Man of Letters” has been published containing letters
between the two. Williams has made numerous media appearances over the
years, including on Milton Friedman’s docuseries “Free to Choose,” Stossel,
ReasonTV, Life, Libery, & Levin, and countless others. A documentary about
his life and accomplishments called “Suffer No Fools” was released in 2014.
May Mr. Williams rest in peace.
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__________________ RELATED ARTICLES Walter Williams, RIP By Steven
Hayward | POWERLINE
Photo: Me and Walter Williams at Adam Smith’s gravesite, along with some
other guy (Karl Rove) Another sad passing to report today—the economist
Walter Williams, at age 84. Where to begin describing this wonderful man
and teacher? I first came across his early book The State Against the
Blackswhen it came out in the early 1980s. This and many other works over
the years made the compelling case that, as William himself put it, “The
welfare state has done to black Americans what slavery couldn’t do.”
Wikipedia records this about him: Williams began in the 1970s to offer
colleagues a “certificate of amnesty and pardon” to all white people for
Western Civilization’s sins against blacks – and “thus obliged them not to
act like damn fools in their relationships with Americans of African
ancestry.” We could certainly use a good deal of this right now. Among the
many great pieces about Walter I could point out, see this Jason Riley WSJ
column about him from 2011. And you can find lots and lots of wonderful
material by and about him on YouTube. (This 8-minute video from the 1980s
is a good place to start.) I didn’t know him well, but we did once share
billing as speakers on a British Isles cruise with the Young Americas
Foundation, culminating with a leisurely walking tour of Edinburgh that
ended up at the gravesite of Adam Smith, which is where the photo below was
taken. (Yes, he was quite tall. In fact, he was a cousin of NBA great
Julius Erving. I was tempted at times to call him “Dr. W.”) If Walter had
any flaw, it was that his strong libertarianism led him to have too much
sympathy with the cause of secession (James Buchanan had the same flaw),
and by extension to southern secession in 1860, which in turn led to a
dislike of Lincoln. This view is not unique among certain kinds of
libertarians. We argued vigorously over the issue; he neither gave ground,
nor was he anything less than cheerful and patient throughout, making him a
delight to argue with. No wonder students and colleagues loved him.
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Black Education Tragedy Is New By Walter E. Williams | Townhall.com |
Posted: Dec 02, 2020 12:01 AM
Walter E. Williams was a professor of economics at George Mason University.
Several years ago, Project Baltimore began an investigation of Baltimore's
school system. What they found was an utter disgrace. In 19 of Baltimore's
39 high schools, out of 3,804 students, only 14 of them, or less than 1%,
were proficient in math. In 13 of Baltimore's high schools, not a single
student scored proficient in math. In five Baltimore City high schools, not
a single student scored proficient in math or reading. Despite these
academic deficiencies, about 70% of the students graduate and are conferred
a high school diploma -- a fraudulent high school diploma.
The Detroit Public Schools Community District scored the lowest in the
nation compared to 26 other urban districts for reading and mathematics at
the fourth- and eighth-grade levels. A recent video captures some of this
miseducation in Milwaukee high schools: In two city high schools, only one
student tested proficient in math and none are proficient in English. Yet,
the schools spent a full week learning about "systemic racism" and "Black
Lives Matter activism." By the way, a Nov. 19, 2020, Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel article asks: "How many Black teachers did you have? I've only had
two." The article concludes, "For future Black students, that number needs
to go up." New York City is one of many school systems in the United States
set to roll out Black Lives Matter-themed lesson plans. According to the
NYC Department of Education, teachers will delve into "systemic racism,"
police brutality and white privilege in their classrooms. Should we blame
this education tragedy on racial discrimination or claim that it is a
legacy of slavery? Dr. Thomas Sowell's research in "Education: Assumptions
Versus History" documents academic excellence at Baltimore's Frederick
Douglass High School and others. This academic excellence occurred during
the late 1800s to mid-1900s, an era when blacks were much poorer than today
and faced gross racial discrimination.Frederick Douglass High School of
yesteryear produced many distinguished alumni, such as Thurgood Marshall
and Cab Calloway, and several judges, congressmen and civil rights leaders.
Frederick Douglass High School was second in the nation in black Ph.Ds.
among its alumni. Also, in Sowell's "Education: Assumptions Versus History"
is the story of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, a black public school in
Washington, D.C. As early as 1899, its students scored higher on citywide
tests than any of the city's white schools. From its founding in 1870 to
1955, most of its graduates went off to college. Dunbar's distinguished
alumni include U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke, physician Charles Drew and, during
World War II, nearly a score of majors, nine colonels and lieutenant
colonels, and a brigadier general. Today's Paul Laurence Dunbar and
Frederick Douglass high schools have material resources that would have
been unimaginable to their predecessors. However, having those resources
have meant absolutely nothing in terms of academic achievement. If we
accept the notion that rotten education is not preordained, then I wonder
when the black community will demand an end to an educational environment
that condemns so many youngsters to mediocrity. You can bet the rent money
that white liberals and high-income blacks would not begin to accept the
kind of education for their children that most blacks receive. The school
climate, seldom discussed, plays a very important role in education. During
the 2017-18 school year, there were an estimated 962,300 violent incidents
and 476,100 nonviolent incidents in U.S. public schools nationwide. Schools
with 1,000 or more students had at least one sworn law enforcement officer.
About 90% of those law enforcement officers carry firearms. Aside from
violence, there are many instances of outright disrespect for teachers.
First- and second-graders telling teachers to "Shut the f--- up" and
calling teachers "b---h." Years ago, much of the behavior of young people
that we see today would have never been tolerated. There was the vice
principal's office where corporal punishment would be administered for
gross infractions. If the kid was unwise enough to tell his parents what
happened, he might get more punishment at home. Today, unfortunately, we
have replaced practices that worked with practices that sound good and
caring. And we are witnessing the results.
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