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When I heard the reports and saw the video of French police arriving on the scene of the Charlie Hebdo massacre on bicycles and with no firearms, I couldn't manage to LOL because of the sheer tragedy and waste of human life. Never mind the footage of that poor cop on his knees, pleading for his life to no avail. Once again, we see the utter failure of gun control, as these 2 sub humans had no problem getting (fully automatic) AK-47s. The scumbag who hit the Kosher grocery store also had dynamite, yes, those controls are really working! Are the French suicidal? Yes, they are. These are the same fools who actually did the right thing when they elected a moderate Pres.Sarkozy, only to remove him for a cowardly socialist who openly flaunts his mistress. One of the main issues in that election was fiscal accountability, Sarkozy was improving their economy but that was at the expense of the freeloaders. The backlash was ridden to victory by Francois Hollande and the nation is paying dearly. Spain also enjoys a healthy, robust 25% unemployment rate, we once called those numbers the Great Depression. The serious lack of jobs has caused them to lose their best and brightest to places like Germany or Brazil. These nations can't deal with their own failures then they import far more dangerous ones. How's the US reacting to all of this?
We have a Pres. who can't use "Islamic" and "terrorist" in the same sentence. He snubbed the Paris march for unity, with other heads of state-Obama's not gonna offend his fellow Muslims or take to any stage where he has to share the spotlight with other leaders, especially those who really do lead. Our accomplice media, like PMSNBC & CNN, tell us we need to coddle and understand the terrorists. I wonder if they'll be singing that tune if one of their buildings gets blown up and their people slaughtered? All these nice, well intended imams come on the news programs and reassure us that good Muslims the world over are opposed to this brutality. Are any of those the same good Muslims who lustily cheered in the streets after 9-11?
https://search.yahoo.com/searchfr=mcafee&type=B210US0D20140406&p=crowds+in+Musli+cities+cheering+after+9-11
In case you might believe this scum is not also in the US:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5BtQgTGOI4
We need to stop falling for the touchy feely BS and recognize we'll be seeing the same thing here in the near future, if we won't do anything more aggressive. There have already been numerous attacks on our soil on Obama's watch, which he likes to call "workplace violence". The same NSA, CIA, DHS and ATF who will show up with 3-4 black SUVs if you buy the wrong vehicle or say the wrong thing about our "dear leader" have been unable to stop Ft. Hood, Boston, the beheading of a woman in OK City and other terrorist attacks. There are thousands of Americans who go to terrorist nations to train. Why the hell are they allowed back in?! We are told by Big Brother to be tolerant but the Muslims have zero tolerance and one must walk on eggshells around them. The same liberal reporters who refuse to criticize this element have no problem excoriating and defaming Tea Party, conservatives and Christians. But it's comforting to know Zero always backs the right groups and regimes- he's releasing the Club Gitmo gang to return to killing infidels and throwing his Marxist brothers, the Castros, a lifeline just before the entire putrid gulag (aka Cuba) totally collapses. Things weren't always so ridiculous in America. We used to be able to identify and devastate our enemies:
Okay, I know they're nasty, today they'd be called racist. So, is the price of PC and worrying about world opinion (or that of our enemies) worth submitting to carnage and fear? The left believes it is but most Americans (and the staff of Charlie Hebdo) do not. I'm sure SNL & Jon Stewart, won't dare make fun of Islam. Colbert did it a year ago but he won't any longer. Of course, there are more subtle ways to do this, with images that are less offensive but still make the point. Those who give up freedom for the notion of security will soon have neither. The last time we openly identified and totally defeated our enemies was also the last time we won a war, 1945. We also had no problem with collateral damage or loss of innocents. Col. Ralph Peters recently said it most eloquently, I'm sure our pretzel wristed joke of a Cmdr.-in-Chief strongly disagrees:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuQBKIIL880
Let's end with dentistry. I've recently become aware that the third and newest dental school in FL, LECOM, has some fundamental problems. While they have beautiful new buildings, they lack the elements any of us consider mandatory for a dental school that can actually produce competent dentists. They dispense with the absurd notion an experienced dentist could teach a kid who knows ZIP about dentistry how to actually do dentistry. They prefer "problem-based" and "self-directed" methods. The students have plastic cadavers (so did I in 5th grade, when I built the Visible Man and Visible Frog models by Renwal) in lieu of real dead people. When asked what cement is indicated for a Zr Crown, they have to get a crib sheet that tells them which cement is needed. So, I guess the concept of a course in dental materials is out of the question? There aren't large clinics for the different disciplines like we see in traditional programs. They outsource their seniors, to Defuniak Springs, FL and PA ( the LE = Lake Erie), Juniors don't seem to get much clinical access, at least not enough to know the right cement to use. The faculty is skeleton crew, no depth in the roster. To add to the problem, the school is in a community where the income level is such that most of the residents aren't gonna spend an entire afternoon to have 2 fillings done. I believe this is the single biggest threat to our profession, going forward, and the fact the ADA would even allow this is outrageous. I also wonder what our own ADA/FDA delegates and trustees might think about this? The reason I ask is because I was shocked how many of us were afraid to offend the BOD in the recent board rules issue, where we prevailed and a sensible solution was reached. I hope this Stockholm Syndrome is not a factor if and when we deal with the LECOM issue, though it will probably have to be handled at the ADA level, in the end. I fear what we're slouching towards is a Ronald McDonald College to prepare workers (not clinicians) for a career with McDentist. For those of my colleagues who might be offended, I'm sorry you feel that way. Ask yourselves if you'd go (or send your wife or kids) to a dentist trained in such a program?
