Unfortunately, the Olympics have turned more political than ever.
DIVERSITY TRAINING

Next summer, the 2008 Olympic Trials will be held in Eugene, Oregon. But anyone that volunteers to work the event must undergo special training ... in diversity. The Blacks on Track Team committee wants to make sure that black athletes and their families feel at home in the city, which has a black population of less than 2%.

The committee is in charge of educating 1,800 volunteers about "the need for cultural sensitivity." Volunteers will all be required to undergo this training, but hundreds of workers from local businesses, restaurants and retail stores will also be invited to the diversity indoctrination sessions.

The committee doesn't yet know the specifics of what will be taught during the training, but they said examples could include alerting athletes to the types of restaurants, hair salons or religious services they may be accustomed to. Another part of the training will be to teach the volunteers not to assume that every unfamiliar black person in Eugene is an athlete or a supporter. Eugenians (??) may also be taught not to say such things as "pull your pants up" or "Excuse me, but did you know that you still have a sticker on your baseball cap?"

Volunteers might also be taught appropriate greetings. For example, this is according to the committee, greetings between two black people may be inappropriate to use between a white an a black person. I'm not even going there. But I do wonder if they're going to teach those nifty 15-second long handshake deals?

The Blacks on Track Team has already met with police to plan for the four-day diversity training. Four days? Why in the hell does it take four days to dole out this horsesqueeze? But the police will also be taught how to guard against racial profiling.

What an amazing joke. I wonder if they're going to be teaching the athletes that people in Eugene might not like to go around with 1000 watt bass systems in their cars turned up to full volume?

MUSLIM HAIRDRESSER

A hair salon owner in London is being sued for religious discrimination because the owner refused to hire a Muslim girl as a stylist because she wore a headscarf.

The owner, Sarah Desrosiers said that she couldn't hirer Bushra Noah because it is an "absolute basic" requirement that customers can see their stylist's hair. Sarah's "alternative" salon in London specializes in urban, funky, and punky hair cuts. Now the small business owner is facing a $30,000 lawsuit for injury to the Muslim girl's feelings and then more money, of an unspecified amount, for "lost earnings."

The salon owner says that she has now been branded a racist. Another thing to know about the Muslim girl is that she had already been rejected for 25 jobs. She must be a real thrill to be around. But the salon owner invited the girl to a trial day where she said she was discriminated against and treated rudely after people realized that the headscarf was a permanent and nonnegotiable matter. The Muslim girl says that just because she wears a headscarf does not mean that she isn't up to date with the latest trends and fashions.


It's been a while since we have picked on CAIR – the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Well CAIR is upset with Pat Robertson's endorsement of Rudy Giuliani, and it is urging Giuliani to reconsider the endorsement because of Robertson's "anti-Islamic" attacks.


Here's a reminder to those that bash the "rich". Do they even have an understanding of how the rich came about their wealth?
Paul Greenberg: Out of It
It's time I faced it. There some things that are just beyond my limited understanding. Like the latest hubbub over the concentration of wealth in American society. It happens every time the economy has a growth spurt.


Mark Levin was on Hannity and Colmes this week. Great interview and wonderful story about what really matters in life. I would love to read this book.
David Limbaugh: Mark Levin, Blessed by an Angel
"Show me a dog lover, and I'll show you a good person." I'm sure there are many exceptions to this adage, but the principle it expresses couldn't be more applicable to my close friend Mark Levin, whose new book, "Rescuing Sprite," makes poignantly clear.


Ross Mackenzie: Rallying Boys to a 'Dangerous' Standard of Normalcy
After two generations of concern scrupulously focused on girls, boys are coming in for new attention. Applause, please. Yet at this late hour, with masculinity so politically incorrect, the task at hand is Augean.