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Scrapbook Unsophisticated Europe One of the annoying side effects of the Global War on Terror is the resurgence of Europe's moral superiority complex. The United States, goes the continental...
...He had, too, a very trained ear for bird songs, which cannot be acquired without having spent much time in listening to them...
...It is possible he wouldn't get out alive," said Uwe-Karsten Heye...
...Uwe-Karsten Heye now runs an anti-racism organization and could be expected to dramatize the problems...
...It's been awhile since an amateur ornithologist exerted the sort of influence Hank Paulson promises to wield in Washington...
...Roosevelt's status as an amateur naturalist was well known, but Sir Edward was not prepared for what he learned on the excursion...
...But we digress...
...Our colleague Stephen F. Hayes tells us he took a course at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism devoted to just such "reporting" co-taught, as it happens, by Kelly Whiteside...
...Why don't they shout down the racists...
...Onyewu said he was punched in the face by an opposing fan in April after the fan's taunts failed to rattle him...
...Perhaps...
...correction in the April 27 San Diego Union-Tribune Craig Silverman of regrettheerror.com reports that at least 18 different American newspapers and magazines have run one or another version of this same mistake since 1989...
...According to USA Today: Samuel Eto'o, who is from Cameroon and plays for FC Barcelona, threatened to walk out of a game after being showered with monkey chants and peanuts from opposing fans...
...from the University of Southern California in the field of child development...
...Curiouser still, five of those publications—the Washington Post, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, the Kansas City Star, and the Chicago Tribune—have done it twice apiece...
...defender Eddie Pope: "Making monkey noises at an NBA game or an NFL game...
...and as any political scientist will concede, successful statesmen have something to learn from the habits of hummingbirds (energy), barn owls (aggressiveness), blue jays (adaptability), and mockingbirds (communications...
...The first class featured a lecture about the evils of keeping score, particularly in youth sports, where everyone is a winner...
...He said he was supporting fascism, not racism...
...Sniff, sniff...
...But what about at the games...
...There are anti-racism efforts springing up throughout Europe...
...James Dobson misidentified him as an evangelist...
...We began our walk," he wrote after Roosevelt's death, "and when a song was heard, I told him the name of the bird...
...Perhaps the rubes that behave this way are in the minority, so to speak...
...Concerns Raised Over Racism During Cup," read the headline...
...That goes with the territory...
...Moreover, there is distinguished precedent...
...In America," he said, "we don't have that...
...He knew the kind of bird it was, its habits and appearance...
...Europe, it seems, has serious problems with racist fans at sporting events...
...Dr...
...James Dobson...
...In that same article, Oguchi Onyewu, a standout defender for the U.S...
...Indeed...
...I was going to throw the ball in, and some fans started doing monkey chants and I made a gesture like, 'Whatever.' And a guy reached over and punched me in the mouth...
...John McCain's speech at Liberty University incorrectly referred to the chairman of Focus on the Family as the Rev...
...How he had found time in that busy life to acquire this knowledge so thoroughly it is almost impossible to imagine, but there the knowledge and training undoubtedly were...
...So it was with particular interest that The Scrapbook read a June 2 article by Kelly Whiteside in USA Today, previewing the upcoming World Cup, to be held at 12 sites throughout Germany...
...Dobson is not an ordained minister...
...It would be ridiculous...
...Sir Edward Grey, British foreign secretary in the early 20th century, and a famous birder, once invited the retired President Theodore Roosevelt to join him on an extended walk deep in the English countryside...
...He has a Ph.D...
...Last December, Paulo Di Canio, a striker for the Italian club Lazio, was suspended for giving fans a straight-arm, Nazi-style salute...
...But we're not complaining...
...Last November, Marc Zoro, who is from the Ivory Coast and plays for the Italian club Messina, picked up the ball and threatened to walk off the field because of racist chants from Inter Milan fans...
...Says U.S...
...I noticed that as soon as I mentioned the name, it was unnecessary to tell him more...
...U.S...
...To be sure, The Scrapbook's tastes run more toward songbirds and selected waterfowl—ducks, geese, herons, etc.— and regulars at the backyard feeder...
...If you think this is an overstatement, spend some time at virtually any gathering of European politicians or watch the BBC for any random quarter hour...
...Whether for professional inspiration or scientific admiration, we cannot say...
...It was not necessary for him to see it...
...So serious that a former spokesman for Gerhard Schroder warned non-whites visiting for the World Cup to avoid traveling in certain parts of the country...
...Dobson, We Presume A tip of THE SCRAPBOOK'S hat to regrettheerror.com, the always invaluable blog devoted to media retractions, for its recent discovery of a fascinating —and apparently quite longstanding and entrenched—phenomenon involving Focus on the Family chairman James Dobson...
...correction in the May 16 Washington Post In the May 10 edition of "Heard on the Hill," James Dobson of Focus on the Family was misidentified as a reverend...
...When a left-wing canary-in-the-mine like Schumer can't think of anything obnoxious to say, that's a good omen...
...Overstated...
...Onyewu told the paper that the fan was fined...
...It should be noted that The Scrapbook normally has a low tolerance for soci-ology-of-sports thumbsuckers turned out by liberal sports reporters...
...There are small and medium-sized towns in Brandenburg, as well as elsewhere, which I would advise a visitor of another skin color to avoid going to...
...This article is different...
...He knew what the bird was like...
...midfielder DaMarcus Beasley, who is black, plays for PSV Eindhoven, based in Holland...
...The United States, goes the continental thinking, is run by an imbecilic cowboy (and his evil partner) whose unsophisticated world-view reflects the general ignorance of the Americans who twice elected him...
...He just wanted to complete his knowledge by hearing the song...
...Here's a taste: A May 14 article about Sen...
...Part of our enthusiasm, however, is based not so much on Paulson's record as a Napoleon of Wall Street, or his views on exchange rates, but on his status as a dedicated bird-watcher...
...A child psychologist and best-selling author, he is the founder and chairman of Focus on Family, a nonprofit Christian ministry that helps families...
...Then again, maybe not...
...No one is saying racial things at you...
...It's pretty bad in Spain, some in Italy...
...World Cup team who plays regularly in Belgium, said, "I've been harassed while in a car, punched in face, heard monkey chants...
...correction in the May 11 Roll Call A headline April 20 with a story about the 70th birthday of Dr...
...Befitting a successful capitalist, Paulson's hobby tends to run toward raptors and exotic birds of prey, which he has been known to bring into the Goldman Sachs offices to show selected colleagues...
...Where are the typical, superior Europeans...
...Secretary of Ornithology Almost everyone seems gratified by the appointment of Goldman Sachs chairman Henry Paulson as secretary of the treasury—even Chuck Schumer calls it a "pleasant surprise"—and The Scrapbook is no exception...
Vol. 11 • June 2006 • No. 37
