Hayley Geftman-Gold: Poster Child For Liberal Hatred

Above, Hayley Geftman-Gold.

Former Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew once famously referred to liberal elites as "an effete corps of impudent snobs." 

Things really haven't changed in the 47 years since Agnew made that statement, as the inhumane Facebook post by Hayley Geftman-Gold shows. They still have their "holier than thou" attitude and that anyone who doesn't agree with them are to be considered subhuman.

The American Thinker has an excellent article by Thomas Lifson on how Gelfman-Gold flushed her career down the toilet and how liberal elites think of the common people.

It begins with:

Hayley Geftman-Gold, the now-fired CBS lawyer who was until yesterday a vice president in their strategic transactions department, has become the poster girl for ruling class progressive hatred and condescension toward working class whites.  With two Ivy League degrees (Penn undergrad, Columbia Law) to her name, standing as “an officer of the court” in the New York State Bar, and powerful position in shaping the future of a major media purveyor of news and politics, an entrepreneur husband, and a fashionable Brooklyn Heights address, she is clearly a member of the ruling class, junior division.

But her now infamous Facebook comment bit her on the behind:

Yet she threw it all away – the six figure income, the corporate and social position -- with a now-notorious Facebook post that went viral almost immediately (and subsequently was taken down).

Geftman-Gold is now sorry about destroying herself. She wrote last night:

Earlier today I posted an indefensible post in a Facebook discussion thread concerning the tragic Las Vegas shooting, a statement I sincerely regret. I am deeply sorry for diminishing the significance of every life affected by Stephen Paddock's terrorism last night and for the pain my words have inflicted on the loved ones of the victims. My shameful comments do not reflect the beliefs of my former employer, colleagues, family, and friends. Nor do they reflect my actual beliefs – this senseless violence warrants the deepest empathy. I understand and accept all consequences that my words have incurred.

As Lifson points out, "she might even be sincere." Frankly, she has no other choice. She is a very attractive young woman, but that attractiveness only masked a hateful heart. A friend had a favorite saying: "Beauty is only skin deep. Ugly goes right to the bone."

 But, she can redeem herself if she (as Lifson suggests):

Study the career of Chuck Colson, a man who actually found redemption following actions he later sincerely regretted.

But there's still the underlying problem of the attitudes liberal elites have that poisoned public discourse. Conservatives generally feel that liberals are just wrong, while liberals feel that conservatives are evil.

Lifson quotes Manhattan attorney Lauri Regan:

With the rise of antifa and violence becoming the norm in shutting down free speech on campuses and elsewhere, it was only time before violence would be condoned by these self-righteous elitists who lack humility and decency for their fellow Americans. It used to be Muslims across the globe cheering successful terror attacks. Now we have hateful liberals doing the same thing.

To read more, go here.

Apollo 11: 40 Years Ago This July 16

Above, the offical patch design for the Apollo 11 moon mission.

July 16 will mark the fortieth anniversary of one of man’s greatest achievements: the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Those who were alive then will never forget "Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed" and "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."*

Above, the Apollo 11 astronauts: Mission Commander Neil Armstrong, Columbia (command module) pilot Michael Collins and Eagle pilot (lunar module) Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.

It was on July 16, 1969 that a Saturn V rocket was launched at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins to the moon. This mission fulfilled President Kennedy’s goal of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.”

Above, Apollo 11 is launched atop a Saturn V launch vehicle.

It was a good year to be fifteen years old, as I was at the time. I was always a big fan of the U.S. Space Program (it is the only worthwhile government program we have, in my opinion). It was a month before the Woodstock rock festival. The launch date was on my grandmother’s 69th birthday.

Above, former President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson are joined by Vice President Spiro Agnew at the launch.

The command module was called "Columbia" and the lunar module was named "Eagle." Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon in Eagle while Collins remained in moon orbit in Columbia. The actual landing site was at the Sea of Tranquility. The landing platform of Eagle is still there. The capsule portion of Columbia is now at the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

Twenty years ago, the Arts and Entertainment cable channel ran a series of programs on the 20th anniversary “as it happened.” Hopefully, they will re-play these programs this year. Fortunately, I videotaped these programs. My two-year-old daughter sat on my lap and absorbed these programs with fascination. It is hard to believe that 20 years have passed since then. It is even harder to believe that 40 years have passed. That’s when one realizes how old they are. I remember the launch and the live television broadcast from the moon’s surface. Practically the whole world was glued to their televisions sets that night (with the exception of a few communist countries). Those were exciting days.

Above, ghostly black & white images were broadcast live from the moon.

This is one anniversary that we should all look back on and celebrate.

Above, following splashdown, the Apollo 11 crew is welcomed back by President Richard Nixon on the USS Hornet.

Above, spectacular images, such as this one of astronaut Aldrin on the moon were shown once the many rolls of film were developed.

*This is what people heard. It was intended for Neil Armstrong to say, "That's one small step for a man..." The "a" had been left out possibly due to Armstrong's flubbing of the line. See Snopes.