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Obama, Race and Affirmative Action: Why the Second Term Will Be Worse (Part II)

Joe840 Wrote: Jan 07, 2013 7:35 AM

The Guadalcanal landings in the Solomon Islands in 1942 were unopposed at the beachheads, you blithering idiot. Only later did the Japanese try to push the Americans off the island by sending in reinforcements at night down The Slot. Obviously, your knowledge of history is as lacking as your knowledge of everything else. I invite you to read Samuel Eliot Morison's History of United States Naval Operations in World War II.

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Obama, Race and Affirmative Action: Why the Second Term Will Be Worse (Part II)

Editor's Note: This is part II in a series. Part I can be found here.

The executive branch isn’t the only arena in which the Obama affirmative action crusade will be felt over the next four years. The legislative branch, too, offers manifold opportunities for mischief. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-148), or “Obamacare,” for example, offers a generous supply of tripwire. Section 5301, which defines criteria for federal aid to medical schools, contains a subsection, “Priorities in Making Awards.” It states: “The Secretary [of Health and Human Services] shall give priority to qualified...

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