Monday, August 23, 2010

Welcome To Human "Rights" According To Hillary

Power Line - The US Reports to the UN on Human Rights: "In Iran they stone you, in Saudi Arabia they try to get a hospital to sever your spinal cord, and in Africa you get raped by U.N. peacekeepers. Here, the government encouraged banks to lend more money than borrowers were able to repay. But it's all human rights for the Obama administration.

The problem with this partisan identification of human rights with favored political measures is that it demeans real human rights--the right to self-government, freedom of speech, security against arbitrary arrest and various kinds of abuse. Obama is already on record, criticizing the Constitution and the civil rights movement for protecting only 'negative rights,' which means freedom, and arguing that 'positive rights,' which means the right to other people's money, should be assured as well. The State Department's self-assessment is entirely consistent with that view."
Did I forget to mention that both Hillary and Obama are Alinsky disciples?

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