Undeniably Right
I believe what I say and believe I am right. Thus, the title of my column, Undeniably Right. Take it as you will, that I'm a conservative or I have a huge ego and believe I am always correct. Sometimes those things overlap, sometimes not.
Mike Rowse
Goodbye College Athletics
- Category: Undeniably Right Undeniably Right
- Published: 19 May 2023 19 May 2023
I have been a sports fan my entire life. Like many Americans I love football, both professional and college, I used to love the NBA and still watch some college basketball. I was also right in line with everyone when the Olympics rolled around to support our country and the athletes that represented us. I even like track and field. But the landscape of sports is changing drastically. And not for the better.
I'm not necessarily talking about the woke policies pushed by many of our professional leagues and now many of our colleges that promote transgender participation, negatively affecting the opportunities available to biological women. Those are all things that take away from our enjoyment of sports but I'm talking about the blatant and now open influence of money in college sports. College football, much like the Olympics, wore the cloak of amateurism, those who played for the love of the game. And while there were some programs that had a definite advantage and built teams that were always competitive, there was still the opportunity for schools with smaller budgets to ride the underdog persona to competitiveness or even championships.
The Horror Story Not Being Told
- Category: Undeniably Right Undeniably Right
- Published: 15 May 2023 15 May 2023
Not sure I want to listen to this one!
I listened and laughed. Oh, the horror!
There Is No Rule of Law
- Category: Undeniably Right Undeniably Right
- Published: 08 May 2023 08 May 2023
I'm about to find out what Mike is telling us here.
We Were Right About Artificial Intelligence
- Category: Undeniably Right Undeniably Right
- Published: 05 May 2023 05 May 2023
A number of recent surveys revealed that Americans are scared of artificial intelligence. 75% of us think it can be abused and needs to be regulated. However, only 30% of us believe the government would be an effective regulator of artificial intelligence. The abuses that bother us aren't the Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator movies, but or how it could be used to control our lives on a daily basis. Their fears are well founded given recent uses of the technology to support left wing political positions and to target those that express differing opinions.
But there is a more sinister use that has been developed. Stories are appearing in which a parent receives a phone call from a child. The child tells mom or dad they are in trouble; maybe they've been kidnapped or are on spring break and got arrested. The parents are convinced the call comes from their child because they recognize the voice and details of their call are extremely plausible. But the calls don't come from the child. Bad people have replicated the voice using AI. The AI program has scoured social media to find out details about the child's life and finding recordings of them speaking. It makes the calls extremely plausible. Experts are telling everyone to create a safe word, much as we did when our children were in elementary school.
Big Banks Get Bigger
- Category: Undeniably Right Undeniably Right
- Published: 01 May 2023 01 May 2023
Yes, and what happens to our small local or regional banks?
The FISA Court Abuses Were Worse Than Imagined
- Category: Undeniably Right Undeniably Right
- Published: 28 April 2023 28 April 2023
Those of you that have been paying attention know that the investigation into Donald Trump and Russian collusion during the presidential campaign was triggered bye FBI agents who received a FISA warrant to surveil Carter Paige. Some of you probably know that the information contained in the warrant application was not only falsified but was planted by the FBI in newspapers, with the cooperation of the reporters, in order to justify obtaining said warrant. I think we all know how bad that is. But it turns out it is much worse.
The FISA courts were created to allow law enforcement agencies at the federal level to obtain warrants to surveil foreign entities or people. Those who may be spying upon the United states or trying to influence the outcome of elections or similar activities. Section 702 that created the FISA courts specifically said it cannot be used to obtain warrants to surveil American citizens. And many of us suspected that the FBI nor the FISA courts were adhering strictly to that rule as we learned more about the investigation into Donald Trump.
Can an opinion be a lie?
- Category: Undeniably Right Undeniably Right
- Published: 24 April 2023 24 April 2023
Interesting question! Guess we'll have to listen to find out what Mike thinks.
Principles Matter
- Category: Undeniably Right Undeniably Right
- Published: 17 April 2023 17 April 2023
Which principles matter to you? I know what ones matter to me. We'll see what Mike's are.