More Equal than Others

Affirmative action, although not means tested, is an entitlement program that applies segregated, inferior requirements and expectations to the conduct and performance of its recipients. Through it, the mommy state bestows unearned privileges and benefits to its subjects on the basis of race, creed, religion, gender, and national origin.

The ersatz excuses offered for this program are, to be kind, classic examples of specious reasoning. Attempts to justify the affirmative welfare program are almost invariably pathetic in nature. They appeal to emotion and arbitrary personal beliefs and resolutely avoid addressing reason and intellect through the process of rational deliberation.

Primarily, the Affirmative Welfare argument runs as follows. When official government policies of race and gender discrimination were practiced many years ago--AW began in 1968 as one of Lyndon Johnson's executive orders--such practices were legal. AW advocates claim that, although legal, those policies were morally wrong. Now that official government policies of race and gender discrimination have allegedly been made illegal, advocates for today's official government policies of race and gender discrimination claim that they are morally right. That is, they are morally right as long as they purchase the right votes. Equally Orwellian are supporters' claims that such actions are only discriminatory when practiced by their adversaries.

Much has been made lately about a New Haven, Conn. firefighters' promotion examination that was thrown out because the inherent characteristics of those who earned the highest scores made them unqualified for this entitlement. The leading judge in this case has been appointed to the Supreme Court by the Vacuous One. Sotomayor's supporters and their tactics speak volumes about their values and beliefs. Given her linguistic and intellectual performance on the bench to date, this should come as no surprise.

It is equally unsurprising that she proudly proclaims that she is an "affirmative (welfare) baby."

May your gods be with you.