...when I see something like this story from Hartford, which first made the news yesterday:
A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by. Pedestrians gawk but do nothing. One driver stops briefly but then pulls back into traffic. A man on a scooter slowly circles the victim before zipping away.
The link includes a video. If you watch it, be warned: you will actually see 78-year-old Arce Torres get slammed by a car and flop back down on the street.
What's worse than that, however, is witnessing the witnesses simply ignore him and go about their daily business. No one paid attention until the police showed up, and then the usual crowd of gawkers gathered. As my friend Jeanette asked, "WTF is wrong with people?"
What's wrong indeed? I felt a chill go through me when I watched that video. This episode brings to mind the infamous case of Kitty Genovese who, back in 1964, was stabbed to death near her Queens apartment building and none of the neighbors who heard her cries for help could bestir themselves to do much about it. "Don't get involved," we often think to ourselves - probably in a bid to protect our own hides.
"It was one of the most despicable things I've seen by one human being to another," the Rev. Henry Brown, a community activist, said in an interview. "I don't understand the mind-set anymore. It's kind of mind-boggling. We're supposed to help each other. You see somebody fall, you want to offer a helping hand."
We all hope and pray that should our time of need come, someone will have the decency to step forward and help. No one came to the aid of Arce Torres, now paralyzed and fighting for his life, even though according to this report he was a well-known figure in the neighborhood.
"Everybody knew him, but nobody helped," said Anthony Jenkins, 45, of 87 Park St. "I guess everybody is different. Some people are just out for themselves."
That about sums it up.
Keep Arce Torres in your prayers. He's going to need them.
I was shocked when I read this story in the paper. I did hear, however, that several people phoned 911 within minutes of the accident. It still doesn't excuse people's unwillingness to help in person. But I'd wager one cause could be that people are afraid to get involved for fear of being held legally responsible in our highly litigious society. More likely, however, is our society's increasing laziness and lack of common decency. Either way, we're a poorer people for it.
I've been a police officer for 14 years and that video creeped me out. And you hit it on the head: the despicable part is the onlookers who just walked away.
While reading a post over at Moonbattery about John Edwards' plan to make us all visit the doctor on his schedule under his proposed health plan, I came across the following gem in the comments section from "Ian from the EUSSR":
Speaking here from the UK, this is the very basis of the "Social System". Socialism is more than an economic system, indeed that's largely a side issue (especially these days). The illogic of these people is simple; if you wish to benefit from a system, you must act "responsibly" by doing as you're told. But you're not allowed to opt out. IOW, you're *obligated* to "benefit" whether you want the benefit or not, and unless you fully comply with what is decided by ideologically driven nutters is best for you, you're a social defector pissing in everybody else's bathwater, and thus no sanction against you is too great.
Americans should do all they can to avoid this imposition, though they'll probably be unable to stop it as the Social Movement have spent the past century worming their tendrils into every political and social institution. Enjoy the waiting lists, lack of choice and bureaucratic dictators, guys.
My only other observation is, at the risk of anti-Americanism, (which isn't my purpose); American intellectuals contributed a vast amount to the creation of the Social Movement, so it's probably poetic justice that you should suffer its full horrors along with the rest of us.
The only hope left ISTM is if we can pull the rug out from under the Global Warming hoax, the rest of the horrendous ideology can be destroyed as collateral damage. I suspect that's too optimistic though.
Ian's right about everything, including his assertion that American intellectuals should be accorded their fair share of the blame. American intellectuals believe they know more than us about everything -- not just their specialized areas of study. This is why we have people like Noam Chomsky, who is a linguist, spouting off about the evils of capitalism. What's worse is that people actually take him seriously, along with the other intellectual "giants" who think their prowess in the lecture hall means they should be able to lecture all of society.
If you want this to be your fate, vote Democrat in 2008.
If you are correct in the assessment that there are people that take Chomsky seriously, I am going to kill myself. I mean refrigerator magnets fly off and slam into his head as he walks by because of the overwhelming density of his skull. Just saying.
The results of a nanny state is the nanny telling you what to do and how to do it.
Just remember that government schooling is also complicit in this as they encourage group think and dependency and discourage individual work and achievement.
Also groups like the Boy Scouts are being disparaged. Think about it ... That's an organization that trains young men to be self sufficient and fosters independence and responsibility and of course we all know how the Left is trying to destroy and dismantle that organization with the disguised argument that the BSA is anti-gay.
Bottomline that all of the efforts of the Left are meant to promote dependency and complacency and obedience as well as indifference and apathy.
Quite frankly, I am seeing more of American youth rejecting those notions and standing up more for their Constitutional freedoms. (Thank Goodness!)
Avery Doninger is a good example of that.
I've been a victim of identity theft THREE times now - my own government can't find a way to keep that from happening. And there is no recourse for the victim except to spend months monitoring their credit reports, hassling with creditors over debts they didn't incur, etc...
I don't want my government keeping tabs on how many times I go to the Dr. and for what. Jesus.
posted by Kris, in New England at September 5, 2007 11:12 AM
My Family Security Matters article today likens journalists to those obnoxious "beautiful people" who believed themselves to be the trendsetters back in high school. Check it out.
I know I've been MIA today, but it's been a busy day at the office. However, I'd like you to read a great piece written by my friend Jonathan Strong. He's a Canadian living here in the US (and hoping to be a citizen someday), and wonders why Americans today tend to dwell on the worst of their country, rather than the best:
The mistrust of government is compounded by the lack of historical perspective and knowledge that exists in the citizenry itself. This reality is a result of the failure of the education system to inform students of America’s great history, despite its faults. Every nation has its faults, but many Americans seem intent on dwelling on their nation’s past wrongs when it is much more valuable and important to recall how America has recognized its failings and then gone to great effort to right these wrongs (i.e. affirmative action, the Civil Rights Act, etc.).
You can read more here at Family Security Matters. Jonathan is now going to be contributing regularly to FSM (yay!), and he also blogs at StrongConservative.
Where's Sean Penn? Where's John Travolta? Oprah, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie? They were all on hand to help out in the wake of Katrina in one way or another, but I hear nothing of their jetting off to Greensburg, Kansas to help residents of this town of 1,500 rebuild after 95% of their town was flattened by a horrific tornado last Friday.
Maybe it's because only 10 people died. Maybe it's because Kansas, one of those red "flyover" states, doesn't have the gritty glamour of New Orleans (and as a red state, Kansas' electoral votes went to Bush in 2004). Or perhaps it's because it's more difficult to place blame for a tornado on George W. Bush than it is to pin the blame of a hurricane on him. After all, we all know that hurricanes in America are caused because Bush didn't sign on to Kyoto. There doesn't seem to be a protocol that can fix tornados in the Midwest. Besides, it's all farms, small towns and trailer parks there, right?
Come on, guys...now's your chance to get your name in the headlines in the name of another good cause. I'll bet Sean hasn't fired that rifle in a while, and Travolta's planes should be all lubed up, gassed up, and ready to go. And I'm sure Angelina would love to get out her pink scented stationary to send letters to Congress, asking for increased relief efforts.
During the 1980s, social conservatives who tried to control pornography, including that subsidized by the National Endowment for the Arts, were told such things were the price we must all pay for a "healthy First Amendment." Artists must be free to express themselves. If certain people object to what is on TV, they can change channels, or turn it off.
Why aren't these keepers of the First Amendment flame coming to the defense of Don Imus? It's because they have a double standard. Evangelical Christians, practicing Roman Catholics, politically conservative Republicans, home-schoolers and others who are not in favor among the liberal elite are frequent targets for the left. Anything may be said about them, and it frequently is. But let someone insult the left's "protected classes," be they African Americans, homosexuals or to a lesser extent, adherents to the religion of "global warming," and they must be silenced and punished.
The reason people don't like what Imus said was because the women on the Rutgers basketball team aren't engaged in public discourse. They're not public figures, they don't have a forum, they aren't trying to influence public policy.
They play basketball -- quite well, apparently -- and did nothing to bring on an attack on their looks or character. It's not the words Imus used: It would be just as bad if he had simply said the Rutgers women were ugly and loose.
People claim to object to the words alone, but that's because everyone is trying to fit this incident into a PC worldview. It's like girls who say, "It's not that you cheated on me; it's that you lied about it." No -- it's that you cheated.
Check out this OpEd piece in a KansasCity online newspaper, written by Jason Whitlock, an award winning sports columnist and, a black man: To whit:
"At this time, we are our own worst enemies. We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture. The music, attitude and behavior expressed in this culture is anti-black, anti-education, demeaning, self-destructive, pro-drug dealing and violent.
Rather than confront this heinous enemy from within, we sit back and wait for someone like Imus to have a slip of the tongue and make the mistake of repeating the things we say about ourselves."
Go, read it all - he says some thought provoking things that are right on the money.
(Whitlock has also posted his own piece in today's Opinion page of the NorwichBulletin; see the comments)
I've been invited to write a weekly column at FamilySecurityMatters.org, which is pretty exciting, considering the talent there includes Brigitte Gabriel, Joel Mowbray and Peter Brooks. My debut column can be found here.
I also have a piece running at American Thinker today. Check it out!
UPDATE: Both of my articles referenced above discuss Nancy Pelosi, the Democrats, and their attempt at a power grab. This editorial by the Washington Post echoes some of the sentiments I discuss. This paragraph really brings it home:
Ms. Pelosi was criticized by President Bush for visiting Damascus at a time when the administration -- rightly or wrongly -- has frozen high-level contacts with Syria. Mr. Bush said that thanks to the speaker's freelancing Mr. Assad was getting mixed messages from the United States. Ms. Pelosi responded by pointing out that Republican congressmen had visited Syria without drawing presidential censure. That's true enough -- but those other congressmen didn't try to introduce a new U.S. diplomatic initiative in the Middle East. "We came in friendship, hope, and determined that the road to Damascus is a road to peace," Ms. Pelosi grandly declared.
I had discussed the Republican congressmen's visit in this post. Seeing the WaPo editorial helps clear things up quite a bit. It's also nice to see that, unlike the New York Times, the Washington Post is an outfit that still has some common sense about them.
Well written to be sure. I had forgotten about the Kerry/Dodd junket - so numerous are the offenses being committed by the new Dem majority (and their hanger-on-RINOs).
I have posted the full text of the Logan Act at my site along with my own rant about this situation. Not only do I question their judgment, I DO question their patriotism. They have performed so many anti-American deeds and uttered so many anti-American words that I cannot give them a "pass" any longer.
You marred an otherwise good column by misrepresenting the relationship between the executive and the legislative branches. That someone who claims to be a conservative would describe the executive as the "parent" of the legislative branch is supriseing. Your view of government more closely resembles that of a government loving liberal, frankly.
Chicken Hawks, Defeatists, and the Debate About Iraq
If the left had its way, very few citizens at home would be allowed to lend moral support to our soldiers in the field because the majority of us have not served in the military. This is the so-called logic behind the “chicken hawk” argument: If you have not served, or are not currently serving in the military, then you cannot under any circumstances support a war where real soldiers are dying. “Suit up or shut up!” “When are you going to enlist?”
Using this logic, if “chicken hawks” cannot support a war because they know nothing personally of warfare, then what makes those on the left who have not served more qualified to speak out against the war? Who are they to criticize the goings-on in Iraq? Do they know more than the president and the top military brass in the field? Why is it that leftwingers who haven’t served are qualified to say, “Bring the troops home now,” while rightwingers who say, “We support the troops and their mission” are hatemongers who pooh-pooh the very real dangers our soldiers face every day?
No one I know who supports the troops wants them to die. We would love for each and every one of our men and women in uniform to come home safely to their families. Unfortunately, we know the realities. Soldiers sign up for military duty for various reasons, but they all do so knowing that they might someday be called upon to go to war. They sign the dotted line knowing that even if they disagree with the mission, they have sworn to uphold it – or face the consequences of a court martial and possible jail time. And they do this even though there are people at home who think they are either ignorant or have no other options than the military. They do this even though some of their fellow citizens consider them to be murderers and baby killers.
By putting their lives on the line, our volunteer military allows us to continue to have the freedom to say whatever we would like, including the freedom to insult the very ones who keep our freedoms secure.
I believe part of the reason the atmosphere surrounding this war is so toxic is because of the Internet. The Internet is a wonderful thing in many ways: it allows information to be disseminated without being filtered by the old media, so that we are truly more informed now than ever before. It also allows average citizens to become actively involved in the debate, something that once was nearly impossible unless one had a “letter to the editor” published. Unfortunately, the ease with which people can either post blog entries or comment on blog entries made by others anonymously makes it easier for them to let out whatever pent-up rage or frustration that they may have about a situation. Rather than debate an issue civilly online, many prefer to unleash the kind of vitriol that would not be acceptable in face-to-face conversation. Personal, ad hominem attacks are frequent on both sides of the political fence. The only thing that does for the debate is to cheapen it.
Whether you approve of the war or not, it’s important to be able to support your reason. And like it or not, what we say here at home has a definite impact on how our soldiers function in the field. I would rather err on the side of supporting our troops and the mission they uphold than to demand they come home simply because war is an uncomfortable thing, with the consequence that our enemies would consider this our defeat.
And calling me names or telling me I’m full of hogwash certainly isn’t going to make me change my mind about these and other important matters.
I agree and I owe you an apology!!! But then there is the posts of Wyatt and Gayle who further anchor the polarization of the views of Iraq. Who the hell is Gayle to question the patriotism of any American? Wyatt is just plain ignorant in the same way that I was but at least I can recognize it and apologize to you for it.
The so called "moonbats" (whatever the hell that is) are not any less patriotic for wanting our troops home then you are for wanting them to complete this mission. You are patriotic enough to want to see success and the others of this country want our men and women home and home safely. Who is wrong and who is right when both sides make very valid points.
A question: Ths President has said time and time again that he's "going to listen to his generals" so why hasn't he? The first wave of generals told this administration that if they were going to occupy this country and maintain it's security for the transition, they would need a lot more troops. Those generals, relieved of duty and replaced with a bunch of bobble-heads. Now General Patraeus has said that "there is no military solution to Iraq". Does that not mean anything to anybody at all? What that means is our troops canot possibly achieve victory. Patraeus has also said that there needs to be a political solution or there will be no victory. When Hillary said that, y'all called her names and attacked her credibility but when Patraeus says it, its completely tuned out like he's talking to Martians. And what is so wrong with putting it to the Iraqi people to "get your head out of your asses or we're out of here!!!" If these people want to kill each other bad enough where the gift of democracy we gave them is that trivial to them then let them kill each other! See ya! Why waste any more American lives on these ungrateful bastards. The Al Qaeda want us to leave? The Al Qaeda wants us to stay so they can further undermine our credibility and they know the Shias will wipe them off the Earth if we leave. I say let the Shias wipe the Sunnis off the Earth. Bye bye Al Qaeda in Iraq. They can flee to Pakistan where they're all hiding anyways at the base and at least we'll know where they all are and will do nothing about it like we have for the past six years. I'm patriotic to know that a broken promise from a bullhorn is still a broken promise. Where is the justice I was promised? I lost loved ones on 9/11 and justice? It sure as hell isn't in Iraq. Its in Pakistan!
Now we have people "chomping at the bit" for a war with Iran and we haven't won the two wars we got. Hello? We got American soldiers going on their fourth tour of duty and people want to put them through more? We invaded two countries that couldn't defend themselves and we still can't claim victory and now we want to go up against a country that CAN defend itself while those responsible for 9/11 still get to enjoy their freedom 6 years later in Pakistan. How much combat stress can an individual possibly take? Do you know and do you care? And politicians taking strolls through Baghdad to prove how safe it is. Did you know that McCain's little photo-op BS stunt cost the lives of six American soldiers? How are we expected to believe these people anymore? I November of 2006, the American people made it clear...we don't beleive them anymore and Gayle questioning the patriotism of the 78% of this country who don't believe them anymore only makes the 78% question her minority status and her own "idea" of patriotism. It is the will of the American people. Get on board or get out!
If this were 1776, this Congress would be in danger of the tar-and-feather brand of American displeasure for using our battlefield troops as pawns in their childish game of mere politics and public posturing. This is not a photo-op for Nancy Pelosi and her grandchildren. Nor is it a bar-hopping night for Ted Kennedy. This isn't American Idol and it most assuredly is not a sing-along happening with Joan Baez. This is WAR! Our real sons and daughters are gallantly shedding their blood in a National effort to prevent even greater atrocities than 9/11, and our Congress is behaving like this is an interactive video game without genuine consequences. A presumed "Culture of Corruption", however deep, is far, far better than a Culture of Cowardice when it comes to protecting our children from maniacs who see them as nothing but fodder for their senseless Jihad. And anyone who cannot make that distinction should be home baking cookies and watching American Idol - not running the Country.
This entire must-read by Kyle-Ann Shiver is over at American Thinker.
I think it shows how weak the Democratic Party is when dealing with National Security and Defense issues. Their only concern is their well being and ability to better themselves at the expense of those brave Americans fighting for our freedom. Why can't they develop a strategy to win the war in Iraq? Why is their party so weak in ideas and so pompous in nature?
Swick, I wish I had an answer for that. But when you look at the pompous people who populate it (Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, et al), who believe that they know better than all of us about everything, then you get an idea as to what kind of people you're dealing with.
I will agree with your thoughts. I still wonder why voters in Massachusetts keep voting in those two when they have no values nor leadership qualities.
Over the weekend, I received an e-mail from someone named Maxime Phillip, asking me to tell her why I think France sucks. Since I haven't posted on France's suckiness in some time, I figure she must have seen this post of mine that had a "France Sucks" graphic on it.
I was happy to oblige, and thought I might share what I wrote to her with my readers. Enjoy!
• While it purports to be a US ally, France does everything it can to stymie US interests. The last time France really helped the US was when the US was fighting for independence from the British...and even that was because France was more interested in poking a stick in rival Britain's eye.
• The French press and self-anointed elite take every opportunity to blame everything bad that happens in the world on the US. These days, they specifically blame George Bush, although even when Bush is out of office in 2009, America-bashing will likely remain in vogue.(This is by no means a French-only phenomenon, however.)
• France's commitment to socialism means that unemployment is high and economic development is slow. Those hardest hit by this are young people, and more importantly, Muslim immigrants. By giving the immigrants a reason to be angry, France gives radical Muslims a foothold that the French government is unbelievably blind to. The government is signing France's death warrant, both economically and in the fact that Islam will likely become dominant.
• France's commitment to the EU has nothing to do with making individual countries stronger, but to create an unelected body that makes laws that affect all Europeans, with France and co-conspirator Germany at the top of the bureaucratic heap.
• The French government is, and has been for many years, cowardly, preferring to give in to would-be conquerers rather than fight for sovereignty.
• France is whiny. For example, rather than accept that French is no longer the language of business and diplomacy, they complain about it, conducting studies on how to make French more influential. Aren't there more important things for the French government to be worrying about, like the unemployment and slow economic growth noted above?
• While baselessly calling the US an imperialistic country, France ignores its own imperialist and colonial past, refusing to admit its role in the mess that is now Rwanda, among others.
• They smell badly. It's called deodorant, kids. It's not expensive.
• They think Jerry Lewis is a motion picture icon.
• They rolled over and surrendered themselves for the Nazis quicker than Paris Hilton does for stray men.
Needless to say, Mademoiselle Phillip has not replied.
UPDATE: A commenter, Lauriane, has told me that Maxime is a man's name. I stand corrected. As for the "fake rivalry" Lauriane mentioned, it's difficult to think that French people think America is great, when most of what we read and hear from their media and government is how rotten America and its culture is. I'm happy that Lauriane is enjoying her (his?...don't want to get caught in that trap again) life here in America, and if we were to meet, I'm sure she/he would actually find me to be a pleasant person. And believe it or not, the majority of Americans (including me) welcome immigrants from all countries with open arms, as long as they're here legally. But when it comes to France, I calls 'em as I sees 'em. Am I wrong about why I think France sucks? Possibly. But I'm not holding my breath to hear the French who love to vilify America admit that maybe they can be wrong too.
For the record, Maxime is a man's name. So Mademoiselle Phillip is a Mister !
I think that you don't know France at all and as a French who live in the US that I'm almost sure that I know better your country that you know mine. I think that the US is a great country and Americans are in general really kind...if only people like you cannot diffuse the image of a fake rivalry between our two countries, it would be perfect and our two people could just learn to discover each other without being as intolerant as you are.
Jim: She "found" me courtesy of another blog and decided to latch on, since she's been banned at that blog. From what I can see, unrelated comments are her specialty. Just do what I do and ignore her.
What Pam neglects to mention, is that she asked me a question on the "other" blog, and complained I didn't answer her. Well, I was temporarily banned on that "other" blog, as she herself just stated above, and couldn't answer her there. In order to answer her question, I had to come over here. Pam even said, on the "other" site, that she had sent me an email (I never got an email.)
Also, on My Point Radio, when Dave invited me to call in, Pam, herself said that she wanted to talk to me, but she didn't have time, and had to get off the phone.
So, she's misleading to imply that I am stalking her over here. And anyway, she herself puts up her webpage, over on that "other" site.
Recall a little war called Vietnam? Check how & why we ended up there!!! It started with French Imperialism. Ho Chi Minh actually approached the USA for help to get rid of the then French backed President - he even copied much of our Constitution! We of course had to stand by the French at the time, look how well that turned out!
All I can think of when France comes to mind - a quite painful event in my life - is their statement right after 9/11. They were with us "in the heart". We weren't interested in their heart at that time - or now. We want and deserve their military support - as meager as it might be. They OWE us.
While reading this opinion column in the Telegraph, where Con Coughlin hopes the US will intervene in Zimbabwe to remove the tyrant Robert Mugabe, I came across this gem in the comments section:
Kosovo, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Congo, Rwanda, etc: The number of european leadership failures of are legion. From the US perspective dear friends in England, "WE'RE BUSY"!!! Take care of your own business.......do it yourselves. We Yanks know what the Brits and other Europeans think of us; stupid, foolish, immature, brutish, etc. We read your papers, listen to your politicians. We see the Germans compare us to Nazi killers, and the French go out of their way to discredit and obstruct us in every manner possible. Dear friends; it's time to conclude the great divorce. I for one am more than willing to pull the US from NATO, tear up the GATT, ignore DOHA, and turn the defense of Europe over to the good graces of the French and the Germans. WE DON'T NEED YOU, AND WE ARE TIRED OF ALL OF YOU. I know the feelings are mutual. We needn't think badly of each other; we needn't think of each other at all. Posted by Dave on March 23, 2007 4:12 AM
PJ Media linked in the last few days to a expert's assessment of international relations in the near future. What Dave says is predicted.
Simply because Europe won't count anymore. It will have minimal influence in the future. The US must build new alliances with India and China, along the Pacific Rim, letting Europe slip into oblivion.
Perhaps that foreboding lies behind some of the European elites' dislike of us. They know we're getting ready to cut them loose.
I belive we need to get out of NATO and boot the UN right off our shores. They are both in the same vein. They hate America and our freedom but they sure want to live here to take advantage of our freedoms. We need to invite Poland and some of the other eastern European countries that have stood with us in the war on terror into a new organization. They understand what it is like to live under a bootheel. Britain would and is still our best friend in Europe.
I dunno. while the comment was GREAT, I still have affection for Britain and Ireland and former eastern bloc countries (Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic - remember what their president said about global warming!).
I am all for an anglosphere alliance. Canada needs to split in two to join, however. none of the frenchie fags from Montreal and points east.
Perhaps we could modify it to say that we're more than happy to form alliances with the "new" Europe (Poland, Ukraine, etc...former Eastern Bloc countries), and keep the alliance with Britain. Everyone else: fugeddaboutit.
Vasko Kohlmeyer makes many excellent points on American Thinker today. Here's one:
Being an immigrant myself let me say something that needs to be said, but which Americans - the genial hosts that they are - are reluctant to do: If you do not like it here, you should seriously think about going back to where you came from. Ultimately such a move may prove to be the best thing for you, because living in a country you dislike is probably more damaging to you than you realize. For one thing, in the long run this kind of festering dissatisfaction tends to embitter the heart, a condition which should always be a matter for concern.
I've been doing a lot of genealogic research in the past couple weeks, tracing my family roots back into the 1500s (so far). It's been especially thrilling seeing when the various branches of my family arrived here in America... because I've been able to find all the documentation they filled out in order to come here. And, surprise surprise, they all learned to speak English BEFORE their arrival in the USA!
Too bad all the illegals we have here now don't demonstrate the same desire to become real Americans.
An excellent op-ed piece by Gerard Baker in today's Times UK Online discusses that question:
It’s been a great ride for the past six years, hasn’t it? George Bush and Dick Cheney and all those pantomime villains that succour him — the gay-bashing foot soldiers of the religious Right, the forktailed neoconservatives with their devotion to Israel, the dark titans of American corporate boardrooms spewing their carbon emissions above the pristine European skies. Having those guys around for so long provided a comfortable substitute for thinking hard about global challenges, a kind of intellectual escapism.
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Some day soon, though, this escapism will run into the dead end of reality. In fact, the most compelling case for the American people to elect a Democrat as president next year is that, in the US, leadership in a time of war requires the inclusion of both political parties, and in the rest of the world, people will have to start thinking about what is really the cause of all our woes.
Well, I don't know as I'd go so far as to think that electing a Democrat in 2008 is vital. After all, I don't want to find out when it's too late what will happen if the official Appeasement Party manages to worm its way into the Oval Office in these uncertain times. But Baker is indeed correct: who will become the scapegoat during "smart dinner-party conversation?"
It's so easy to say that George Bush occupying the White House is the reason Islamofascists have it in for us. Of course, it's convenient to forget all of the terrorist acts that happened before the 2000 election, especially those that happened on the Democrats' favorite rogue's watch (USS Cole, Khobar Towers, World Trade Towers 1993, etc.).
But radical Islamists hate the West. No matter how much we want to say we understand them, how much we want to "talk," they will hate us and continue to hate us until they either destroy us or we destroy them.
Writing for the American Thinker today, Ken Boyette describes an encounter he had with some young men in South Lebanon back in 1985, when he was working as a contract producer for Middle East Television:
[A]s we were preparing to leave two young men that tailed us for some time finally approached. One spoke English well and said he had something to say. I offered to put him on camera but he refused. Suddenly, he launched into a diatribe and made a blood chilling promise.
"We are holy warriors chosen of God. We are coming to America to kill Americans. You cannot stop us. You'll see."
"Are you Hezbollah?" I asked.
"Yes," he replied. "Some day we will make you pay for all the evil you have done. We'll come to America. You'll see!" With that he and his companion congratulated each other and walked quickly away.
1985? W's dad was vice president to Ronald Reagan, while W himself was dabbling in business interests at that time. He didn't even become governor of Texas until 1994. If Islamofascists today hate America because of George W. Bush, why did these two young men hate America then? Boyette continues (emphasis mine):
Did the two Hezbollah recruits in Bent Jbeil keep their promise? You bet. Last I checked they mayor [sic] of Bent Jbeil, Lebanon is from Dearborn, Michigan. And the Hezbollah stronghold has sent thousands of its residents to the US. I'm no genius, but with where I've been and what I've seen, I can connect the dots. They're here, waiting.
But what drove them to our shores is another matter. In Islam there are four enemies, two of which qualify for a holy war. Those two are the unbelievers and the apostate. Of the four enemies of Islam the apostate is the worst. In the case of the apostate all those who leave the faith and those who persuaded them are to be put to death. By their very existence apostates betray all Muslims.
According to the Iranian Shiite Revolution, the modern state of Israel is an apostate government in the heart of Islam, and America is viewed as the supporting resource, the persuader of the apostasy. So the Ayatollahs call America the Great Satan and Israel the Little Satan and Hezbollah chants; "Death to America. Death to Israel".
I fear the left will never be done with Bush. Vile invective will continue to be poured on his head until the day he dies, because when hatred runs that deep, it's hard to let go. Being able to point the righteous finger of blame at someone else is comforting. But when that person is no longer around, some uncomfortable facts will need to be faced.
I'm not looking forward to that day, because it'll mean we're in much hotter water than we are now.
I wonder if some of this is a continuation of the Clinton era demonizations? For those who have a historical bent, pull out some political dialogue from the pre Clinton era. Sure, you'll find partisanship, namecalling, disparagement, dislike. But demons?
Those came 'out of the closet' when Bill and Hillary were in power.
It was a time where everything that opposed the imperial couple was a product of a 'right wing conspiracy'-- that is, millions, I hope a majority of Americans, were shoved out of the public square as extremists. Pretty soon the MSM felt it had a Constitutional right to administer its own bigotry. To object to the actions of the amoral, appeasing administration of the Clintons was to suffer popular damnation.
Hate for anyone outside the politically correct doctrines of the Left became normal. (Still raving: read any 'good' Left blogs lately?)
Honesty is foreign to today's public square, but honesty will say that the hate afforded George Bush is uniquely vile. IF Bush had ONCE replied to that hate with a putdown.. but he hasn't. If the real man had in the least bit resembled the Left's nightmare sicknesses. But he hasn't. So it's all on THEIR side.
The Left's dark, demented view of the evil THEY judge in all of US, spewed upon the President. Disagree with them-- see the profanities as they demonize you, a fellow American.
"It's so easy to say that George Bush occupying the White House is the reason Islamofascists have it in for us."
It may be. But I'm not aware of anyone ever saying this. Certainly, it is not a common thing for anyone of any political stripe to say. Another example of your really distorted "impressions" being completely out of touch with reality.
Very good. I'll link to it on my blog (I'd leave you a trackback, but munuvia -- or MT -- doesn't like wordpress trackbacks).
As a conservative who was not only alive but voting in the Watergate era, I was extremely uncomfortable with the whitewashing of Richard Nixon -- and when I see his name evoked positively by conservatives, I continue to be uncomfortable. Richard Nixon did more damage to the Presidency than any other single President. Most younger people (does that make me sound old?) do not understand that we felt very differently about politics and our elected officials before Watergate, or how drastically Watergate affected the nation -- and continued to affect the nation.
I hate Nixon. I hate him for what he did to the nation. I would have spat on his grave, had I been at his funeral.
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Now anyone who knows me can tell you that I am not an American Idol fan. Last year and the year before I watched some of the auditions and that was it. I didn't, and don't, want to get sucked up into the hype. Give me an episode of Forensic Files on Court TV any day!
But tonight, my oldest daughter and I entertained ourselves by going to YouTube and watching many of the Idol reject auditions that can be found there. I saw the young man whom Simon Cowell likened to a "bush baby," and one young lady who admitted that she was a terrible singer, but that with the help of the American Idol judges, she could become the first Idol who was unable to sing a note when she first auditioned. Then there was the girl who sang one of guest judge Jewel's songs, trying to sound exactly like Jewel...and failing miserably. (Jewel herself looked thoroughly embarrassed.) And what about the gal who imitated the Cowardly Lion and sang the Lion's song from the Wizard of Oz?
Some people on Idol accept the judges' decision gracefully. Others argue. And still others use profanity to let us know what they think. Like that's going to win hearts and change minds...
Why do these people put themselves through this? More importantly, why do we? (My daughter and I squirmed uncomfortably during more than one performance.)
I didn't see any of the contestants so far this year who are any good, although I am sure they are out there. But so many people who have absolutely no talent whatsoever go on this show! And so many of them say that they had family, friends, or co-workers urge them to try out. Either their cheerleaders are as tone deaf as they are, or they are sadistic b*stards, laughing at the failures that are broadcast for all of America to see.
The dream to become a pop star in America is very tempting. If I thought I had even half a chance, I might consider it. However: one, I'm too old for AI's age bracket, and two, my singing is just not up to par. Perhaps with some professional instruction (that I have no time or money for), who knows? But I know my limits. And I'm sure Simon would cut me off within the first few bars of whatever song I chose to sing. Paula would shake her head sympathetically. And Randy would say, "No, dog, the vocals just aren't there."
Part of the appeal of Idol, at least in the early stages, is seeing people make absolute fools of themselves. It's part of human nature to laugh at the expense of others. Rosie O'Donnell (who makes a living by deriding others, by the way) can complain all she likes about Simon Cowell's insults, but that is what people tune in to see. And everyone who auditions realizes they are taking the risk of having some of those barbs thrown at them. The entertainment world is a dog eat dog one. If you can't take the heat, you have no business being in the kitchen.
One of the things we are told as children is that we can do absolutely anything we want to do if we just want it enough. It's a lovely sentiment, but it simply isn't true. There are many things that sound great to me, but I know that there is no way I could possibly carry them off: being a model (too short), joining the Army (not enough stamina for boot camp), being a pro tennis player (I suck at tennis)...this is just a partial list! Even the things I am good at do not guarantee fame, fortune or a fabulous career. It's just the way life is.
Dreams are all well and good, but a bit of realism is important in those dreams. Instead of being told that we can do absolutely anything, we should be encouraged to follow a path based on our strengths, whatever they may be. Like you, I imagine, I have a few dreams. And perhaps maybe one or two of them may come true! But in the meantime, I try to live a life that's based in reality. It makes for less heartache and less need for Tums.
Unfortunately for some, getting caught up in the dream means crashing down to earth when the castle in the sky is shattered by the blunt honesty of people like Simon Cowell.
I was in an a cappella group in college, and sat through several LIVE auditions like this. Guys would come in who really thought they could sing--but really REALLY couldn't.
And what did we do? We smiled and applauded and said nice job, and sent the kid home with no intention of choosing him for our group.
That's the thing you've got to realize--most of these people (with an exception for the people who are truly insane like that chick who knew she couldn't sing) have never been honestly told that they're no good. Think about your friends--if one of them thought they could sing, would you take it upon yourself to tell them otherwise? Or your kids--a lot of parents are too blinded by love to do the right thing and help your kids find a path that makes sense.
In some ways, maybe Idol does good for those people by helping them to reassess their lives.
As one who suffers pop music only by imposition, it seems apparent that a seeming multitude of people vocalize without sense of voice. I suspect the possession of singing ability may hamper pop/rock/rap accomplishment. I am indeed surprised that the public recognizes a good voice. The bar is set that low.
Preamble (and warning!): I was born in France, came to the US in 1973 (naturalized in 1984), where I became a (successful) attorney.
I am a citizen of both countries, and I do love both countries. However, I am very concerned about, and dismayed by, Old Europe's (France's in particular)attitude towards the United States. I could also say a lot about their suicidal economic, social, and political policies.
Thank you for expressing so eloquently what many of us think silently.
Another Great Article! My question is if this posturing by Europe can also reflect their heavy reliance on oil? If by seen distancing themselves from the US could they be trying to stave off an oil embargo that would economically hurt them?
(i.) This is an unusually effective and intelligent survey of European anti-Americanism, a subject I've published a lot on at http://www.thebuggyprofessor.org . Those interested can find several articles on the subject if they go to the buggy site and click on the organized archives.
(ii.) You might have mentioned how the soaring anti-Israeli sentiment in the EU --- at any rate, in the western half of the continent --- goes hand in hand with anti-Americanism . . . and for that matter with anti-Semitism, witness some articles on the buggy site written in 2003 and 2004 on these mutually reinforcing trends, which include some relevant opinion surveys carried out in the EU. It's as though EU intellectuals, the braying pc-media, and virtually all European politicians except an occasional leader like Tony Blair or Angela Merkel find it oh-so distressing and a source of searing, snap-like disgust that Israel and the US are two countries with a strong sense of national identity and solidarity, out of which also emerges a widely shared sense of national purpose . . . including, oh how repugnant! the use of force against ideological enemies, rather than rely on endless negotiating palaver and threats to use tepid, ineffectual economic sanctions in case a mock-show of toughness is needed.
(iii.) One other point that also needs to be underscored: the near-stagnation of the EU economies in the western half except for tiny Ireland (with its pro-business policies) and possibly tiny Sweden and Denmark. Even so, note quickly, the Danes and the Swedes have lots of disguised unemployment --- Sweden’s actual level two years ago reckoned by the head economist of the LO, the country’s umbrella labor organization that has over a dozen affiliated unions, to be not 7.0% but 23% or more! (The McKenzie Global Institute, a very good American consulting agency that has carried out dozens of outstanding studies of the US, the EU, Japan, and other countries and regions, worked with a Swedish team of economists last year and calculated the actual level as at least 16%.)
Otherwise, except for the first three decades of postwar recovery and the boom that followed after 1945, the EU countries --- their economies more and more dominated by statist and regional regulations, high-levels of taxation, and ever expanding welfare payments or ever increasing minimum wages --- have never grown as fast the US economy in the 20th century. That’s true whether before WWII or since 1975.
(iv.) The result?
Even though standard growth theory in economics --- I’ve a Ph.D. in both economics and political science --- postulates convergence catch-up growth of at least all the advanced economies, the actual gap between the EU and the US standard of living (real per capita income) remains today more or less what it was for Western Europe in 1900: somewhere between 40 and 50% below the American level. That’s true of the big four countries too: Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. Were they to join the US federal republic, they would rank at the very bottom of the 50 US states --- along with, Mississippi, Arkansas, West Virginia, and Montana . . . all non-industrialized states, and sparsely populated to boot. If Sweden, slightly more prosperous, joined the US federation, it would rank 7th from the bottom. Nor is that all. The slow, semi-stagnant growth in the EU in this decade compares very badly with the vibrant, high-growth US economy, and so far --- with the exception of three or four of the tinier EU countries like Sweden and Ireland --- none of the EU countries in the western half of the continent have reaped the benefits yet of higher and sustained productivity growth caused by the big innovations in information and computer technologies since 1975 or so. Those interested in the 9 or 10 buggy prof article series on all this can find them at this link to the archives: http://thebuggyprofessor.org/archive.php?cat=American%20Politics%20and%20Economics If you’re interested, scroll down to the articles starting in 2004 on that page-link.
Ever more quickly now, the EU state-dominated economies that have created such a has-been growth performance are combining with the rapidly aging European populations and low-birth rates (except for Muslim immigrant communities) to generate a future horror-story of countries going bankrupt . . . unable to meet their social security obligations, never mind other forms of welfare spending, without ever more punitive taxes on the shrinking working populations,
(v.) All this, needless to say, is a huge blow to European pride, as is the fairly prosaic and even mediocre performance of most European universities in scholarly and scientific work these days.
Americans regularly win about 2/3 of all Nobel prizes in the sciences and economics, and the best comparative study of scholarly prowess --- put out by a professor in Asia (Chinese, I believe) a couple of years ago --- found that virtually all the top 20 universities in the world were American. Only Oxford, Cambridge, and Tokyo universities elbowed their way into the top 20. No German university was ranked better than 45th. My own university, UC Santa Barbara, has won more Nobel prizes the last 7 years than any other in the world.
(vi.) Finally, contrary to what most Europeans believe --- and for that matter, Americans too --- violent crime is far worse in the EU and Australia than in the US. The data on all this has been collected and analyzed since the late 1980s by regular studies put out by a Dutch university team --- with collaborators world-wide --- under UN auspices. Violent crime refers to murder, attempted murder, robbery, physical assault, and so on.
Australia ranks worst of all industrial countries, and Britain 2nd. In the 4th study published at the start of this decade, the US ranked about 15th from the top among the 22 or so countries studied. Germany, France, and Italy were noticeably worse than the US in such violence. What’s more, Americans showed the most confidence in our police of all 22 countries, and also the most confidence in going out in public places, day or night. Most European cities are now very scary places to visit. And the growth of alienation and violent crime in the Muslim communities there --- with such violence seen increasingly by edgy, hard-boiled Muslim youths as protests against injustice and discrimination --- are bound to make West Europe even more violent and scary in the future. Small wonder that right now --- yes, in 2007 --- you’re six times more likely to get mugged in London than in New York, never mind getting blown up in some terrorist attack.
Click here for the Dutch study and the buggy analysis: http://www.thebuggyprofessor.org/archives/00000074.php
Michael
PS Alas, having been attacked by thousands of spam-laden comments last fall --- all within a few minutes, and all calculated to trash the buggy end-server to the Internet --- I've had to follow the advice of my web manager and close the comment options on the buggy site. All the hate-mail and homicidal threats --- most likely, according to the authorities who have monitored the site off and on for a few years now, by furious, brain-addled Islamists --- never bothered me much. Such hatred goes with the profession these days. Unfortunately, the server-crash can't be prevented in the future unless the comment-section stays closed.
I agree there is a growing tension between Europeans (whoever they are) and Americans. However, I would like to point out that in the post-9/11 era, Europeans feel of Americans exactly what 2/3 of the American population feels of the Bush administration (ignorant, arrogant, incompetent caw-boys ready to pull the trigger before thinking....etc).
So what's so wrong about Europeans?
I was in Naples in the mid-nineties when President Clinton visited Italy. It was a triumph of admiration and passion for Clinton, America, and the American dream, which still these days runs so strong in the veins on many Europeans (especially from the South).
At that time most Europeans felt about America what most Americans felt abut their administration.
The truth of the matter is that the Bush administration has humiliated and ruined the name and reputation of this nation in the world and in front of history.
So, just think for a second…..if even you - Americans – have begun to greatly criticize and dislike your own county in the 6 years of Bush political dictatorship..... how can you pretend that outsides (maybe even with a snobby attitude like most Europeans) will love it?
Prof Michael: Thanks so much for your thoughtful additions to what I wrote. I do know about the stagnant economies and high crime rates in Europe, and those are very big problems. I had a conversation with a co-worker the other day about working in Germany. She said she had heard about how great it is to work there, what with all their "social security" programs and high wages, etc. I mentioned that their unemployment rate is around 10% because employers are reluctant to hire anyone due to the cost of letting them go, and that the economy is not growing because there are so many hoops to jump through in order to start a new business. She was surprised. Like most people, she hadn't looked further into the situation.
I did allude to America's support of Israel being another reason for Europe to despise us. Anti-Semitism, after a brief slowdown in the aftermath of WWII, is on the rise again...and it isn't helped by the radical Islamists who are now populating European countries. So much for guilty consciences...
Gino: Thanks for taking the time to comment. You forget that we elected President Bush not once, but twice. Contrary to popular belief, he is not a dictator, as per our rules he is out of a job come January of 2009. Europeans may have fawned over Clinton, but that's because he played the game their way. Bush is his own man, and does what he feels is best for our country. He doesn't play "Mother, May I?" with France, Germany, etc., and that really galls them. If you're getting your American news from places like the New York Times and the Washington Post, it's no wonder that you are hearing any negativity magnified ten times. I am frustrated with my fellow Americans because instead of thinking things through for themselves, they are allowing our leftist media do the thinking for them. That, and they want things done right away. The fact that we have been in Iraq for nearly 4 years goes against their need for instant gratification. Yet how much are they sacrificing? Our food is not rationed, we do not have to turn our lights off at 9pm, we do not have a shortage of manufacturing materials. All that happened during the 4 years we were involved in WWII, and our grandparents rose to the challenge. Theirs truly was the Greatest Generation. Ours could be called the Lamest Generation. It's sad. But European disdain of America goes beyond Bush. It's always been there, and will be for some time, I suspect. Even if Europeans like who we have in office, they still think of Americans in general as a bunch of hicks with no culture and no class. This is what I was addressing in my article.
I have to disagree with you Pam. The fact Bush was elected twice
does not mean he (and his administration) represent the Americans.
Bush prevailed over Kerry for being less of a pain in neck than other.
We all know this. In addition, the electoral vote in the States reflects a
rather small percentage of the actual people, who are typically to busy to
cast a vote. But whether the Americans liked or not Mr. Bush, you have to
agree with me that - as of Jan 2007 - the anti-Bush feeling is strong and raising
and - most importantly - spreading across America and Americans.
If it is this bad at home, how do you think the rest of the world perceives it?
Frankly, the mess in Iraq is too big to be swallowed and forgotten in few months.
It happened again.. only 35 years after the colossal errors committed in Vietnam.
You have to realize that the rest of the world goes much
slower than America and the memory of certain events last longer.
I insist that the general diffuse anti-American feeling is a direct consequence of Mr. Bush's
mistakes mainly in Iraq. Beside don't forget the animosity anti-America is wide-spread
even among ours neighbors. Look at Canada for instance. The relationship between
Canada and USA has never been this cold. And I find hard to believe it is a European plot Anti-America.
In conclusion Pam, believe your European friend that lives and works in NY state.
It is time for a new "New Deal". Europeans, Asians, even your neighbors Canadians will
immediately see, understand it and fall back in love with Americans and their never-ending
dream of freedom and prosperity.
posted by Gino at January 20, 2007 03:32 PM
Dr. Gordon, just a comment of the “Mediocre performance of most European universities”
I agree most European universities perform poorly when it comes to getting Nobel prices. But the real question here should be…. what is the real mission of a University? Getting Nobel Prices and rank high is some kind or arbitrary top-ten list or EDUCATING the students?
I am 100% convince the latter is the right answer. European universities NEVER fail their mission of providing good, solid education to large masses of students at a reasonable cost (we are talking tuitions in the order of $200-600/year!!!). To me ( and many other US scientists) this is more important that having few high league schools running at $45,000/year and an armamentum of ignoble small private and public schools where students can customize their curricula and essential buy a degree without having to pass a single real exam. This is shame of this system.
As long as people keep looking at Harvard and Yale instead of at the thousands of schools where most kids get educated, the US university system will keep on getting polarized.
The truth is that the United States should learn from Europe, Canada, Japan how to provide affordable solid education to large masses. Educating a nation doesn’t mean having 10 fantastic schools that will generate Nobel prices in an ocean of poor universities.
Prof Gordon, the key here is raising the average, not polarizing the already stratified American society.
What I see everyday in my work of scientist and mentor is that we keep lowering the bar of basic education (Mr. Bush calls it “no child left behind”) while the tuitions of good schools like Harvard and Yale keeps sky-rocking. We are generating a stratified society that has an increasing base of ignorant uneducated people (with college degrees) and an infinitesimal percentage of super-smart fellows. My prediction is that this kind of society won’t go too far and will not be able to meet the challenge of a globalized society. And even if the future won’t be as dramatic as I depict it, a society like ours remains extremely boring and unstimulating to free thinkers like us. It is enough to say that only 30% of the US population has a passport, and less than half of that 30% has even been oversee to see what’s going on elsewhere.
Finally I have a comment on what you say about “the actual gap between the EU and the US standard of living (real per capita income) remains today more or less what it was for Western Europe” You forget one essential point: Americans may make more money because of the higher wages, but, first, the cost of life is extremely higher in the States, second, the average American is covered by debts and pays interest rates above 12.5% (12.5% is the threshold for usury in most European countries). Average Mortgages in Europe are at 2-4%, credit cards at 4-6%. Property taxes are in the order of hundreds of dollars/year. In NY State where I live we pay 5% of the assessed value of our properties/year in property taxes. Meaning that I pay $600/month in property taxes to afford a small $185,000 home. Without counting that the average American family pays ~1000/month in day care and $15,000-45,000/year in tuition when kids get old enough to go to college and so forth and so on (sure they can pull loans!!). So, Dear Prof. Gordon none of the economic indicators you provide do mean anything to the pockets of most people. Instead of looking at the GDP pro capite (which is grossly inflated), have you tried to evaluate the real richness of people by subtracting
the net average income minus the average debt per person minus the cost of education/health.
You’d be surprised how poor America does in this kind of calculation.
posted by Gino at January 21, 2007 11:05 AM
Hi Gino,
I'd like to add a correction about Nobel Prize:
Here are some of the inventions and discoveries which have come from France:
Aluminium (discovered simultaneously in U. S. and France)
Braille system of reading for the blind
Breech-loading shotgun
Cellophane
Commercial gas engine
Electric steel
Electric storage battery
Flying balloon
Gyroscope
Iron galvanizing process
Laminated glass
Machine for making paper
Metallic cartridge
Pasteurization
Phosphorus match
Photography
Rayon
Rayon nitrocellulose
Screw propeller
Sewing machine
Smokeless powder
Steam automobile
Steam pressure gauge
Stethoscope
Synthesis of camphor
Television 1000 line screen
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Here again the pack animal rears its head. MSM in this country is a cancerous pack that leads by spreading gloom and doom. I spend a lot of time surfing the web for the truth because I have turned my back on MSM. Their bias and Political correctness is damning the free will and free thinking that we all possess. In searching I have found that there are success stories to be found in Iraq and they are being made by the people of Iraq with little or no support from the US troops there.Shia and Sunni working together to end the violence. Imagine that! What MSM wants us to believe is what is happening in Baghdad is what is happening throughout Iraq. Liars!!!
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Here is a random sample of what is implicit in the assumptions that are made about all of us: We are unable to control our appetites;
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Infantility, indefinitely prolonged, is also the indefinite prolongation of (false) promise.
It's never too late… never too late to stomp, cadaverous, around the stage singing 'Can't get no satisfaction'.
Never too late to cast off the old wife and find a new one. Never too late to make the big killing, to score the goal, to find the perfect shoes, to acquire the perfect six-pack, rack, complexion, butt, pecs or thighs. Never too late (hell, someone must be answering the spam) to get the perfect dick, pumped up with a scoopful of mail-order Viagra; never too late to give her the perfect orgasm, get the perfect house, fill it with the perfect furniture, take the perfect vacation, drive the perfect car…
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Ignore celebrities, except when they are doing what they are celebrated for doing: acting, playing football et cetera. Skill does not confer moral, political or intellectual discrimination. (Except in the case of writers. Writers know everything and can lecture you with impunity.) If a celebrity is not celebrated for doing anything but being a celebrity, smile politely but pay no notice
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If we look at the winners of the Nobel Prize in the 21st century, one sees the guilt factor being played with no bearing in reality for a most of its recipients.
2000: Kim Dae-Jung is awarded the Peace Prize for engaging North Korea in peace talks. Later, it was discovered that he had to pay the North Koreans to make the meeting happen. The Sunshine Policy in no way advanced the cause of peace in Asia, and North Korea continues to advance its criminal policies and continues to starve its own people.
2001: The United Nations and Kofi Annan are awarded the Peace Prize for their work in making a more peaceful world. That this work includes UN Peace Keeping forces acting as hostages for terrorist groups and prostituting the people they are supposed to protect does not seem to apply. The UN perpetuates the status quo -- and that is not a good thing, yet the UN continues to be heralded as an agency that will save the world from the excesses of the West. The UN is yet another example of the leftwing guilt factor working overtime.
2002: Jimmy Carter -- the epitome of guilt. This is a man who, in the interest of "human rights," demanded the lame but compariatively benign Shah of Iran to hand over power to the Ayatollah Khomeni. He advised the Shah's top military advisers to step down...they listened...and all but one were murdered by the Ayatollah when he took power. Afterward, Carter stood wringing his hands while American hostages were held for 444 days by radical Iranian Islamists...hostages that were not released until shortly after Ronald Reagan took office. This one act caused massive destabilization in the Middle East, and anti-Westernism, anti-Americanism, became the rule of the day. Human rights have not improved in Iran or elsewhere in the Middle East...no thanks to Jimmy Carter.
2003: Shirin Ebadi seems to have actually won the Nobel Peace Prize for the right reasons.
2004: Wangari Maathai also seems to have also won the Nobel Peace Prize for the right reasons. However, upon receiving the award, she went right after Western guilt by claiming that HIV was a bio-engineered weapon released in Africa to punish blacks.
2005: The International Atomic Energy Agency and Mohamed ElBaradei receive the Peace Prize. This is an example of a completely ineffectual bureaucrat and bureaucracy that have accomplished nothing. ElBaradei sees no problem with Iran going nuclear -- because the greater crime is the fact that America and other Western nations already have nuclear weapons. The fact that Iran is more likely than Western nations to push the button without a qualm does not enter into his thinking.
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The problem is one of intent. There should be prizes for gratitude. Instead of wallowing in pity and self-condemnation, we should highlight those among us deserving of our gratitude instead of wallowing in a miasma of guilt. By such a criteria, who would be truly deserving of praise and who of condemnation?
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Thomas Sowell's latest column is entitled Pacifists vs. Peace, and discusses the ineffectiveness of "peace movements."
Was World War II ended by cease-fires or by annihilating much of Germany and Japan? Make no mistake about it, innocent civilians died in the process. Indeed, American prisoners of war died when we bombed Germany.
There is a reason why General Sherman said "war is hell" more than a century ago. But he helped end the Civil War with his devastating march through Georgia -- not by cease fires or bowing to "world opinion" and there were no corrupt busybodies like the United Nations to demand replacing military force with diplomacy.
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Since its inception in 1948, Israel has been the butt of derision and scorn of not only the Arab world, but many so-called allies in the rest of the free world. The Jewish people have been persecuted for thousands of years, and giving them a country to call their own has not slowed that down one whit.
Until just a few years ago, with the advent of democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq, Israel was the only democratic country in the Middle East. And you don't have to be Jewish to be a citizen with voting rights! Plenty of Arabs are living peacefully in Israel, supporting themselves and their families and enjoying the rights accorded all citizens.
This is, I think, what irks Israel's enemies the most.
Despite having had official statehood for less than 100 years, Israel is a successful and dominant force in the Middle East. Other Arab countries, under the thumbs of mullahs and kings, continue to wallow in medieval attitudes an mores, despite the oil wealth of some of these countries. Those countries that don't have oil wealth are also saddled with the burden of struggling economies.
Combine the above with deeply-rooted hatred of the Jewish people and you have a stewpot ready to boil over.
Israel has been blamed as an oppressor of the Palestinian people, but it is the Palestians themselves who have dug their own proverbial graves. Yasser Arafat, for example, signed peace accords and promptly violated them. He was a terrorist, first and foremost, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, certainly as grotesque an idea as someone like Kim Jon-Il winning it. (Who knows, maybe North Korea's "Dear Leader" is on the short list as I write this?)
In spite of all this, Israel decided to once again make peaceful overtures. They pulled out of Gaza and the West Bank, forcing settlers to leave their homes and businesses. Palestine has also had elections. Unfortunately, Hamas has now made inroads in the Palestinian government, proof that Palestinians have no interest in peace. If they wanted peace, why would they elect a slate of leaders from a terrorist group?
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Hezbollah makes no secret that it wishes to drive Israel out of existence. It kidnapped Israeli soldiers and sent explosives into Israel. These are hardly friendly overtures, and so Israel jumped into the driver's seat and began bombing Lebanon with the hope of squashing Hezbollah.
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This is why Israel must succeed, and why we must continue with our support.
Two Israeli solders are kidnapped, and Israel launches a major attack.
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Then he died of a heart attack.
He wasn't an evil man. (We save...or should save...that designation for cold blooded murderers and their ilk.) He rose from having nothing to having more than anyone could dream of. He got greedy. A lot of people lost money because of the decisions he made. He got caught, and was preparing to receive his punishment.
Someone I ride the train with made a derisive comment that Lay had found a way to "get out of" going to prison. I am sure he is not alone in his lack of sympathy. Yet I can't help but feel sorry for him and his family. While I don't think he should have gotten away with what he did, he ultimately paid the price with his untimely death. This ordeal obviously took a great toll on him. And no matter what the rest of us may say about him, he had a family who loved him.
Putting aside all judgments and conclusions, all umbrage, outrage and indignation, and all debates on who was most responsible for the Enron scandal--putting all those weighty and legitimate concerns aside--isn't it obvious that Ken Lay died of a broken heart? We forget that people do, or at least I forget, but they do.
His life was broken and would never be healed. Or if it was to be healed it would happen while he was imprisoned, for the rest of his life, with four walls to look at. All was wreckage around him. He died, of a massive coronary. But that can be another way of saying broken heart.
Is this Shakespearian in the sense of being towering and tragic? I don't know. I think it's primal and human. And I think if we were more regularly conscious of the fact that death through sadness happens we'd be better to each other. I'm thinking here of a friend who reflected one day years ago, I cannot recall why, on how hard people are on each other, how we're all complicated little pirates and more sensitive, more breakable, than we know.
He said--I paraphrase--"It's a dangerous thing to deliberately try to hurt someone because it's not possible to calibrate exactly how much hurt you're doing. You can't know in advance the extent of the damage. A snub can leave a wound that lasts a lifetime, a bop on the head with a two-by-four will be laughed off. One must be careful. We'll always hurt others by accident or in a passion but we mustn't do it with deliberation."
We are human beings, and to each other we are not fully knowable. There's a lot of mystery in life. The life force can leave before we even know it's withdrawing.
It's a true epidemic: the red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes banners are everywhere in the United States - on house facades, front lawns, cars and clothes.
Hitting an high point on the July 4 US Independence Day holiday, it is a genuine phenomenon of American national pride that, inevitably, gets a good but also sometimes unwanted boost from commercial exploitation.
"It's a little strange, this obsession of the flag," French author Bernard-Henri Levy wrote after traveling across the country.
"Everywhere, in every form, flapping in the wind or on stickers, an epidemic of flags that has spread throughout the city," Levy wrote in "American Vertigo" of the riot of banners he saw.
As usual, people from other countries simply don't "get it" when it comes to Americans and their pride in their flag, a symbol of their country. And that's their problem.
To some, America might be just another place to put your feet under the table. But most of us realize how fortunate we are to live in a country in which we have the ability to make the most of our opportunities and try not to take our grace and freedoms for granted.
Flying our flag proudly is just a small part of that.
So don't worry about the opinions of snooty Europeans and a few American elitists who turn their noses up at patriotism. Fly the flag proudly...not just on July 4th, but throughout the year.
UPDATE (6:47 pm): Michelle Malkin shows some instances of French patriotism. But since these photos look like they might have been taken at sporting events, I guess that makes them OK in the eyes of Le French...
A group of New Jersey 9/11 widows - Kleinberg, Kristin Breitweiser, Patty Casazza and Lorie Van Auken - created headlines by pushing for a wide examination of intelligence and security failures that eventually led to the creation of the 9/11 commission.
In 2004, they endorsed Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, fiercely denounced President Bush and participated in political ads using images from the attacks - actions that prompted Coulter's attack.
"These self-obsessed women seemed genuinely unaware that 9/11 was an attack on our nation and acted as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them. The whole nation was wounded, all our lives reduced. But they believed the entire country was required to marinate in their exquisite personal agony," Coulter said.
"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis."
Coulter accused the four widows of "trying to convert their personal tragedy into a weapon to dictate national policy."
And then she got personal.
"And by the way, how do we know their husbands weren't planning to divorce these harpies? Now that their shelf life is dwindling, they'd better hurry up and appear in Playboy," Coulter said.
Coulter usually riles a few people with her writings, but this really raised the roof. Not only are those on the left decrying her comments, but there are plenty of those on the right who disagree with her as well. Coulter is receiving equal opportunity condemnation.
Naturally, she is unapologetic. She always stands behind what she says and writes. But is she truly wrong? Writing for World Net Daily, Kevin McCullough thinks not.
The reason they are is not because Ann has broken some sacred respect that one should have for a grieving mother, wife or relative. Rather, the reason they are so outraged by this is because it stabs through the heart the strategy of hiding behind spokespeople who "can't be criticized."
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In recent years, liberal spokespeople have grown infamous for self-destruction when they are put into arenas where free debate, give-and-take response and actual dialogue take place. As Ann argues rather convincingly in her new book, this sets up the structure of "liberal infallibility." In other words, liberals' use of victims of tragedies would never be criticized, so the plan is to find as many victims to become the mouthpieces for the left as possible.
An interesting point: When the GOP invited widows of 9-11 to participate in their national convention, charges went up from the left of "pure political posturing." Yet any observer of those who participated would be hard-pressed to know of a single critical thing they said about the president's opponents. The presentation they made dealt with the need for America to remain strong in its stand against terrorism. Kerry's name was never even invoked, and their involvement in the public debate ended that night.
The Jersey Girls, on the other hand, have consistently spoken out and advocated on behalf of leftist interests through the 9-11 commission's findings to the operation of the global War on Terror, the elections of 2004, etc. In other words, they chose, or the liberal Democratic Party chose for them, to enter the fray, to don the gloves and to mix it up.
They have, using their victim status, become shills for the Democratic Party. And that in and of itself is not questioned in the same way the widows who appeared at the Republican Convention was. Why?
When one chooses to become part of the public arena, particularly in politics, one had better be ready for some real mudslinging. I am sure these women truly mourn their husbands. But if their deaths are the reason for the Jersey Girls to get involved in politics, then they shouldn't be surprised when that reasoning comes into question.
More from McCullough:
Ann's criticism is legitimate. If liberals in America wish truly to have a debate on the issues that we all have strong emotions about, then stand and make the point, but don't hide behind those who are ineffective, unskilled and often wrong in their views, simply because they're victims.
For the last few weeks, Rep. Jack Murtha has been crisscrossing the television pundit circuit criticizing the brave Marines who fell under attack via an improvised explosive device, after which some women and children tragically ended up dead. The Marines claimed that they were fired upon and that those firing upon them did so from behind women and children being used as human shields. The jury is still out, but thus far Murtha has yet to present evidence that contradicts the Marines' account.
Liberals are using the exact same tactics today – firing upon people of faith who believe in God, who believe God's model for marriage is what society should promote, but they do so from behind victims against whom, they believe, no one would fire back. People like the Jersey Girls, Joe Wilson, Cindy Sheehan and Jack Murtha. They do so knowing that they would lose in substantive, equitable fair debates.
Exactly. What I also find interesting is that when someone like Coulter makes inflammatory comments, she is expected to apologize...and even if she did, it wouldn't be enough. Yet when Randi Rhodes aired a "shooting" of President Bush skit on Air America, or when NY State Comptroller Alan Hevesi says Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) would shoot President Bush "between the eyes" if he could at a college commencement, it's a flash in the pan as far as the media is concerned. A quick apology and it's on to the next scandal.
Jack Murtha served in the Marines. Because his views correspond with the current leftist view of Iraq, criticizing him is off-limits. The same was true of John Kerry. But John McCain's status as a soldier and POW during Vietnam didn't earn him the same pass when he supported the war in Iraq. Nice double standard, that.
Coulter's remarks may be tactless, but they have become an important part of debate. Using victims as shields is cowardly, both in real life and in politics. It takes comments like those from Coulter to remind us of that.
Coulter' exactly right on her point. The latest "infallible" victim - Michael Berg (case and point all day yesterday).
The use of the word "enjoyed" is what has got everyone up in a tizzy. "Exploited" might have been a better choice, but I'm sure that the ads these clowns cut for John Kerry blaming the 9-11 attacks on Bush didn't include hysterical crying and wailing.
If the Jersey Girls have enough fortitude to become de-facto spokespeople for Bush-bashing left-wing ranting (its not like these talking points aren't espoused by every left-wing nut in the nation every day), they consequently need the fortitude to accept criticism for what they say and cut in Democrat political ads.
The end. Grow up, libs. Learn to debate without hiding behind a greif-stricken victim. All of this hubaloo is proving Coulter's point.
"Exploited" might have been a better choice, but I'm sure that the ads these clowns cut for John Kerry blaming the 9-11 attacks on Bush didn't include hysterical crying and wailing."
Gary, would that be the same as exploiting a brain-damaged woman simply because she's the latest media darling? Republicans have an extremely short memory, I see. You people have exploited 9/11 and used it to justify some pretty disgusting actions and statements. Now, those tactics are being used against you and you want to scream "faul". You people are hilarious hypocrites...
We have Ann Coulter's Book, "Godless." I not only agre with Ann but would go a little farther. I think some of the liberals have gone so far over the line as to be labeled unpatriotic and in some cases, traiterous. Some may even have been instrumental in the deaths of some of our military in Iraq.
Next Time You Worry About What the World "Thinks" of Us...
...remember these words of wisdom from the Good Lieutenant over at Mein Blogovault:
Do we just sit here paralyzed becasue somebody is upset or "has an opinion of us?" Were they upset on September 10, 2001? 9-11 was hatched starting in 1998, and Clinton (the man that made us "beloved" to the "world") couldn't stop it from happening with his schmoozing with international leaders and pariahs. Somebody was already pissed (al-Qaeda), they still are and we need to exterminate them - not lie down and cry like a bunch of pansies just because everyone else in the world appears to be pansies as well.
Read the whole post here. And be sure to visit the Good Lieutenant regularly!
It used to be that college commencement speakers would give speeches designed to inspire and congratulate the students who just completed an important part of their lives.
Now, it seems, commencement speakers have decided to use the podium as a pulpit for their own political beliefs, taking advantage of a captive audience to further a particular agenda.
There have been plenty of examples in the news of late, but this is probably one that won't be in your peripheral because the university is not a high profile one. Catherine Crier, former lawyer and judge who hosts Catherine Crier Live on Court TV, gave the commencement address at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut.
My alma mater.
I didn't attend my own commencement because I graduated mid-year, and decided not to bother walking down the aisle in the spring. If Crier is the kind of speaker that WCSU is in the habit of engaging, I can see I didn't miss much.
Crier thought her speech was so important that she posted it on HuffPo. You can read it in its entirety if you wish to know how Crier took what is supposed to be a happy, uplifting occasion to criticize the Bush administration and our presence in Iraq. (Hey, if the usual ploys don't work, use that captive audience to advantage!)
It seems that some in the audience didn't take kindly to Crier's hijacking the graduation.
Western Connecticut State University graduate Krista M. Lindstedt wants an apology from commencement speaker Catherine Crier, who turned Sunday's graduation ceremony into "more of a political rally than a commencement speech that should be positive, motivational and happy."
"Overall she offended a lot of people," said Lindstedt, 33, of Crier's speech, which lasted at least 20 minutes. "It was completely, completely inappropriate. It was a slap in the face to veterans" — and soldiers like herself.
Linstedt didn't just sit mum. She stood up and told Crier what she thought.
"I said this is wrong. It is not about you, about politics. It is about graduation. This is an insult to graduates and guests who have family members over there (in Iraq). They didn't come to sit at a political rally."
Lindstedt and others stood and turned their backs to Crier to show their opposition to her message. Many people came up to Lindstedt later and shook her hand or patted her on the back for standing up for her beliefs.
"I did not plan on that happening," she said. "It was not about our moment that we were living. It was not about our achievements, expectations and moving forward, but a slam on the (Bush) administration."
According to the News Times article quoted above, Crier was not surprised by the reaction of the crowd.
"I know that these issues are very sensitive issues on all sides of the fence, all sides of the debate," said Crier. "I wasn't completely surprised (at the protest). I didn't walk away upset because it wasn't perfect.
"In an ideal world," she said, "it be great if you could sort of propose different points of view, engaging in ideas, engaging in healthy debate."
Newsflash: a commencement speech is not healthy debate. It's one person in front of a crowd of people, speaking without having to answer questions regarding what is said. It's also a day to honor graduates and inspire them, not a day to rail against an administration whose policies one does not agree with.
This bit, from Crier's post on HuffPo, is particularly telling of her attitude toward different points of view:
I gave a commencement speech this morning at Western Connecticut State University. Skipping the usual themes, I addressed political concerns. My remarks inspired a number of hecklers, parents and students alike, who tried to boo me from the podium. My thanks to the many people who applauded, and those brave young graduates who stepped out of line when receiving their diplomas to shake my hand.
Stepping out of line to shake her hand was brave? Puh-leeze. How about Linstedt, who stood up in the middle of a large crowd to tell Crier she thought the speech was inappropriate in such a setting? One would think that Crier, a progressive thinker, would applaud Linstedt's move, even if she didn't agree with the sentiment behind it.
And we must not forget the other new popular political rally spot, funerals! Correta King's funeral became just that. Then of course you have a captive audience in church celebrating Martin Luther King's day - Hillary Clinton saw this as a prime time to spew her usual nonsense and spout her "plantation" speech again!
No matter what your political stance, there is a time and a place to discuss. Graduations, funerals, church, etc are not the place for these rantings!
I, too, attended WCSU and was there during the Gulf War. I supported the troops and proudly had a flag attached to my antenna to show my many classmates that were overseas fighting I supported them, not necessarily the war! I was appalled when I went out to the parking lot at WCSU and saw that someone had desecrated the American flag which was on MY car!!! Someone had torn it and left only a small piece behind.
What is wrong with the speakers????? This is not an occassion for them to give their ideas on politics. I always thought these speeches were to be inspirational to the graduates, aplauding them for their hard work in college, wishing them the best in their future endeavors, getting ready to face the world and most important, be happy.
You may have seen this before. I had heard of it, but tonight on his radio show, Mark Levin read it, and I thought I'd share it with those of you who have not seen/heard it.
Richard Lamm is the former governor of Colorado. He is a Democrat. He made this speech at an immigration-overpopulation conference in Washington D.C. Here it is in its entirety:
"If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.'
Here is how they do it. Turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country. History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar Seymour Lipset put it this way: 'The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy. Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans.
Invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. I would make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. I would make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.
We could make the United States a 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved! Not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentrically and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.'
I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America reinforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities.
Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school.
My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population.
My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity! Unity is what it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshiped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic Games.
A common enemy Persia threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to over come two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell.
E. Pluribus Unum — From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'pluribus' instead of the 'Unum,' we can balkanize America as surely as Kosovo.
Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits ~ make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'x! xenophobes' halt discussion and debate.
Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-culturism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them.
Lastly, I would censor Victor Hanson Davis's book Mexifornia. His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book." (note: should be Victor Davis Hanson -- ed.)
yes, wrote about this speech a number of weeks ago... http://youmbkidding.blogspot.com/2006/04/pandering-to-minorities-how-to-destroy.html
and about Hanson's excellent piece "Illegal Immigration is a Moral Issue"... http://youmbkidding.blogspot.com/2006/04/illegal-immigration-is-moral-issue-vdh.html
I took today off (my kids are off for Easter vacation...oops, it's now called "spring break") and took the girls to see Ice Age: The Meltdown. It was a fun film, just about as good as the original. We all enjoyed it.
Here's what I didn't enjoy about the outing:
*Paying $19 ($7 for me and $6 each for the kids) to see 10-15 minutes worth of commercials and previews. In fact, I think this time there were more commercials than there were previews.
*Having to tell my 10-year-old over and over that I'd rather take them out for ice cream after the movie than spend another $20 or so on snacks.
*Listening to the little kids next to us who simply wouldn't shut up during the most exciting part of the movie (whose parents obviously had no control over them)...not to mention the guy behind us who burped loudly. Whatever happened to civility and manners?
*Why on earth are all the cartoons these days voiced over by actors who I don't usually even want to see in the flesh? It used to be we loved the character...now we just go to see (insert celebrity name here) as (insert cartoon character here). But that's a different post subject entirely...
Needless to say, we don't go to the movies often, as I don't enjoy spending my hard-earned money for (often) mediocre films while having advertisements and rude fellow audience members ruin the experience for me.
Burt Prelutsky, who writes a regular column for Town Hall, has written an excellent one this week, entitled Proud to Be A Conservative. (Apparently it's a rerun from late last year.)
The other day I was listening to a talk radio show, and heard a caller announce that there’s no freedom of speech in this country, that, because of the fascistic administration in Washington, people are afraid to criticize the government. His proof was that Cindy Sheehan had been rebuked for merely exercising her constitutional right to mouth off against authority figures. The show’s host correctly pointed out that the 1st Amendment guarantees her freedom to speak her mind, such as it is, but that doesn’t in any way curtail the right of other Americans to call her an idiot.
What the host didn’t point out was that even as the caller spoke, he was contradicting his own statement. He was freely sharing his own foolish thoughts with millions of listeners.
That's a great observation. Was this caller rounded up and hauled off to the gulag for daring to say what he did? Used for horrible medical experiments? Overworked and then starved to death? Give me a break. Whenever lefties have their views criticized, they give the rallying cry, "My free speech is being violated!" The only thing being violated in this instance is common sense.
Frankly, I’m amazed that liberals can be wrong so often about so many things. One of the few issues they are occasionally right about is protecting the environment. But even when it comes down to that, the radical element that infests their ranks like termites are always trying to stop any and all forms of development, the source of homes and jobs for those of us who don’t want to live in trees. Their love for Mother Earth leads them to blow up buildings, bomb car dealerships, and sabotage logging sites, all with an air of moral authority. They don’t, in fact, love snail darters, spotted owls or Alaska’s caribou, anymore than the rest of us; they merely hate western civilization in much the same way that Islamic fascists do.
A fact worth noting is that during LBJ’s administration, a group of tree huggers got an injunction to prevent the feds from working on a certain project in the South, for fear it would harm the environment. The project involved shoring up the levees of New Orleans.
Here's a link regarding that injunction. Why has this gotten less play than that of the current administration's role in the Katrina mess? Because being a leftie means never having to say either "I was wrong" or "I'm sorry."
I too am proud to be a conservative. Like Prelutsky I tend to vote for Republicans. Likewise, I know that all politicians have flaws. There's plenty I disagree with regarding President Bush's policies. An example I cite often is his handling of the illegal immigration problem. However, that doesn't mean I throw the baby out with the bathwater. An "all or nothing" ideology doesn't make for a strong party. Which is why, I think, the Democrats are in the trouble they are. The radical left is making it hard for moderates to come to the fore. And if Republicans aren't careful, they'll end up having the same problem.
Looking back on my own political metamorphosis, I realize how typical it is that, as one matures, takes on responsibilities, deals with tragedy and loss, one tends to drift from left to right, and how rarely the reverse occurs.
I've made this journey myself, and therefore believe it to be true.
Oh, and if anyone decides to leave a comment disagreeing with what I've said here, I promise not to claim that my First Amendment rights have been violated.
Some feel that conservatives are a bit, well, hypocritical in the recent spate of support for Denmark regarding freedom of speech and the publishing of Muhammed cartoons that have caused (well planned) rioting throughout Europe.
You know what's funny? American conservatives generally hate Europe. Especially France, of course, but the loathing is generally quite continental. Europe may have given birth to Western Civilization, but now it's a socialist secular wasteland that's rapidly sinking into oblivion and irrelevance, that is, in essence, becoming extinct, dying. At best, conservatives want Europe to be more American, hence their enthusiastic support of Italian conservative Silvio Berlusconi and German conservative Angela Merkel. Indeed, it wasn't so long ago that they enthusiastically supported a French conservative by the name of Jacques Chirac.
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So how funny it is, in an odd sort of way, to see conservatives falling all over themselves in support of that great European power, Denmark, just because a Danish newspaper published a few provocatively offensive cartoons that belittled Islam (see here, here, and here). It's a case of free speech, conservatives argue, but the fact that speech is free, and ought to remain so, doesn't make it right. Are we witnessing a rush of conservative support to Holocaust-denier David Irving? Not so much. But conservatives are jumping gleefully aboard their self-made pro-Denmark bandwagon — see here, here, and here.
The Moderate Voice makes some interesting points. I'd like to address them. This is a long post; you'll need a few minutes to read it if you can spare the time.
Do I hate Europe? Perhaps I hate Europe in much the same way that many Europeans seem to hate America. America-bashing, at least among the chattering classes, is quite popular in many European countries. I suppose I hate the way America is often made a convenient scapegoat for many of the world's problems, whether they are of our making or not. America is the richest and most powerful nation on our planet today. We are also one of the most generous, yet when we give to a cause (the 2004 tsunami, for example), we are criticized for not giving enough quickly enough.
Our transformation from an upstart breakaway colony to being the richest and most powerful nation in less than 300 years is a cause for envy. Instead of their admitting as much, Europeans often mock and belittle us as being culturally and morally deficient. It's much easier to do so, I guess, than to be introspective. Do I believe America is perfect? Certainly not. However, when much of the good we do is overshadowed by snarky backbiting and fingerpointing from countries that have benefited from our largesse, I get a little testy. So no, I don't hate Europe, but I hate the way they see fit to treat us, and I give as good as I get.
As far as wanting Europe to be more like America, I truly believe that moving away from socialism and giving more credence to free market principles would be a boon to European countries. I don't believe European countries should abandon their rich histories and cultures to become mini-Americas. Yet let's remember too, that many Europeans think America should become more like them...
Regarding David Irving, the British Holocaust denier who was recently sentenced to three years in prison in Austria: do I think that's right? Frankly, no. His views should be aired and refuted, but I don't believe that jail time is the answer. Why were there no protests? Why didn't I start one? I guess I am less worried about one man who has legal recourse to an appeal than multiple cartoonists who have gone into hiding because of death threats. And while a protest would show that I support free speech, it probably wouldn't do much to change the Austrian law.
And now to the Danish cartoons of Muhammed. If you've seen the cartoons (I posted them here), you'll see they aren't as provocative as they have been made out to be. They didn't make much of an impact when they first appeared in Jyllands-Posten in October of last year. In fact, the cartoons were printed in an Egyptian paper shortly thereafter, and no one batted an eyelash. However, radical mullahs who were looking for a smoking gun found it in the cartoons and spent three months drumming up support while also showing cartoons not originally included in the Danish newspaper -- cartoons much more offensive, and calculated to get a violent response. Make no mistake; the mullahs are out to topple the pillars of European society, and they are milking this to the fullest potential.
So what happened then? Rioting, death threats, destruction of property. All over cartoons that Muslims deem offensive. However, Arab/Muslim publications have no problem printing cartoons like these. Where is the outrage? There isn't any that I am aware of.
Freedom of speech doesn't mean you should run out and offend anyone you feel like just because you can -- but it happens. Freedom of speech also doesn't mean that you are free from being offended. I see offensive things in the press every day. What do I do? I might write a letter to the editor, I might post about it here, or I might attend a peaceful rally like I did last week (the first time ever, I might add).
Is it possible for me, a lowly conservative, to address everything I find disturbing and/or against my principles in this world? No. I have a job and I have a family. Therefore, I devote my time to the things I feel are more important than others. Such importance is subjective. What I feel important might not be considered as important by others.
Therefore, to answer The Moderate Voice's question: I believe that attending this rally was important because the spread of radical Islam is something that affects Europeans and Americans alike. I also don't believe that any one special interest group in a free society should dictate what is said or printed in a free press.
I am not always happy with things European countries say or do, but I don't hate them -- with the possible exception of France ;-) Why is showing solidarity with Denmark questioned? Because conservatives "hate" Europe we shouldn't show concern when something we feel threatens them rears its ugly head?
Like anyone else, I have to pick and choose what I will support based on what I believe to be its level of importance vs. how much time I have to devote. If that's wrong, so be it. But I will not apologize for it. After all, I'm a conservative, not a leftist. I don't apologize for things I don't have to.
At the moment, I don't have time to read the Moderate Voice post, but just a couple of things...
I don't think American Conservatives "hate" Europe, we are just extremely disappointed in them, especially in light of the American blood shed during WWII and the Cold War and the billions of taxpayer dollars (from our parents and grandparents) that contributed to the rebuilding of Europe after WWII. Some of that "developmental lag" may be due to the lingering effects of Eastern-bloc socialism, Old European socialism, and old tribal conflicts that erupted in the post-Soviet power vacuum.
And I don't think that most Americans want Europe to "become American" either, we just want Europe to adopt some of our successful behaviors and practices, so they can experience some success and get off that jealousy-driven "hatred" they have towards the United States.
Most Europeans don't hate Americans, contrary to your assertion. Most America bashing isn't jealousy, it is anger that our culture is spreading over there and taking over their's (McD's, BK, Starbucks, etc.).
They have the same problem with Arab immigrants, so it has nothing to do with us being an upstart colony. You're so far off base I had to pick you off.
posted by paul at March 9, 2006 09:07 PM
Oh? Then they shouldn't buy crap that they don't want. Then it wouldn't spread, and they wouldn't have to deal with it anymore. Do we have a gun to their heads telling them to buy Levis and Big Macs? Hardly. The market will not support what people will not pay for. If they don't like it, they have only themselves to blame.
And if they're angry about what's happening with Arab immigrants, why didn't they tighten their immigration laws earlier? Why didn't they make more of an effort to mainstream the Arabs? What does Arab immigration have to do with their attitude toward America? Again, their own policies are their own undoing.
Oh, and I don't need to be "off base" for you to pick me off. You do it out of habit.
This story literally made me cry. Seven-year-old Nixzmary Brown was beaten to death by her stepfather while her mother sat in the next room feeding another baby.
Apparently Nixzmary had been the subject of physical and sexual abuse, as well as neglect, for a long time. Her school alerted child welfare authorities in New York City when they suspected abuse, but bureaucracy and incompetence worked against Nixzmary. The reason for her stepfather's final outrage? She had taken a yogurt without permission, after all the other children had gotten some (but she had been denied). Nixzmary was seven, but she only weighed 35 pounds.
If you are especially sensitive, don't read the article. However, if you are at all concerned with child advocacy, you should.
Normally, I am against government meddling in private lives. However, when the health and well-being -- the actual lives -- of innocent children are at stake, all bets are off.
We hear it all. Social workers are overburdened, state bureaucracy gets in the way, yada yada yada. But as a society, it is our duty to protect the most vulnerable among us, those who represent our future.
People I know are foster parents. They are told by the state of Connecticut that the idea of foster care is to eventually reunite the children with their parents. I say bollocks.
If there is even a whiff of suspected abuse or neglect, I believe children should be removed from the home during the investigation. Then, if the charges are proven, the parents should be stripped of their parental rights and sterilized so that they can't do it again.
Realistic? Of course not...at least not the sterilization part. However, I do believe that many of these "second chances" end badly for the children. It's tragic and shameful. The welfare of the children should come before the hurt feelings and pride of abusive parents.
Clearly much needs to be done on the part of child welfare agencies. Their failures are apalling and should not be tolerated. But there's also the culpability of those directly responsible to consider -- the abusive parents.
With regard to the one who did the actual abusing, Cesar Rodriguez, Nixzmary's stepfather, for once I agree with the "abolish the death penalty" activists. Why? Because the death penalty is too good for him. He's being isolated in jail at the moment, but I say put him in with the general population. It's been said that there is a certain honor among criminals, and a co-worker of mine whose husband is a corrections officer at Riker's Island in NY confirmed it as true: those who abuse or kill children are at the very bottom of the heap as far as inmates go, and they receive "special treatment" while in prison as a result. I say let 'em have Rodriguez, and he would deserve all they have to dish out and more.
As for the girl's mother, John Podhoretz of the NY Post warns us to remember what happened to Hedda Nussbaum in the '80s. For those of you who don't remember, Nussbaum was the wife of Joel Steinberg, who cruelly beat to death his (illegally) adopted six-year-old daughter Lisa in a case that rocked the nation. (Steinberg got out of jail last year). Nussbaum avoided prosecution when her lawyers argued she was also a victim of Steinberg, and was too downtrodden to do anything to protect Lisa.
Hedda Nussbaum is correct that most of those who judge her don't know what it's like to be a battered wife. But most of us do know what it's like to be a parent — how you involuntarily wince or gasp when your small child so much as slips on the floor.
Like Hedda Nussbaum before her, Nixzaliz watched her daughter being brutalized by the man she lived with over a period of years without stopping him. Both of them overcame that involuntary shudder at the sight of the slightest childhood injury with an ease that suggests not a brainwashing but a moral sense degraded beyond recognition.
I agree. And so let's hope that Nixzmary's mother doesn't get off lightly. I cannot imagine standing by while anyone systematically abused one of my children, let alone my husband.
The most horrible part of this story for me? Not just the pain and suffering that Nixzmary endured all those years and in her final moments...but her alleged cries of, "Mommy, Mommy" for about two hours as she lay dying.
Will SOMEONE have the courage to say what needs to be said about the Nixzmary Browns of the world? The responsibility for Nixzmary's death lies mostly with Nixzmary's mother and biological father. Where was he all this time? There are so many stupid women like Nixzmary's mother who are more concerned about keeping a worthless man around than taking their parenting responsibilities seriously. She had 6 kids! WHo and where were all their fathers?? Why is society expected to shoulder the burden for the so-called "reproductive rights" of irresponsible people. If cruel, idiots like these are reproducing rapidly, our future is in danger. The answer needs to begin with restricting reproductive rights for unsuitable people like these. Reproductive "rights" don't always have to be exercised, you know.
posted by AC at January 15, 2006 11:07 PM
I hate to say this but that is not entirely true. Yes the mother and stepfather are mostly to blame. However, I am angry and i do mean angry at the Child welfare departments all around the U.S. Remember susan smith and that lady in texas who drowned her 5 kids and didn't get what they deserved? I am upset that this happens every day and nobody has the balls to stand up and say "hey asshole stop hitting your kids" My ideas to reform this terrible situation would be to make, and yes i do think we should make these mothers who are out on welfare and having 5 kids or hell, even 1 kid and are not being held responsible for the day to day care of these children. I think that they should be forced to get sterilized after the 3rd kid. Why so harsh? well let me put it to you like this! These things don't happen unless the person doing this makes it! If they're given the opportunity to have more children they will abuse more!
I am outraged that nobody heard the cries of little children cooped up in an apartment building. There is no reason to lock or tie your children up! I am saddened but I am so angry that the child welfare office has this many cases but not enough social workers to act. Now, I am not trying to be nazi about it. Really, my intentions are for the safety of our single most precious resources...Our babies. As women, we should know how precious and beautiful our children are. Apparently, Nixmary's mother didn't and possibly the extended family. My daughter is 6 and weighs 42 lbs. This little girl only weighed 35 lbs. May the step-father burn in hell for being such a sick bastard. I am sorry for my swearing but it just angers me that these pedophiles are so vicious. I say you touch a child I cut off your hand! bet you wont do that again!
I say shoot the bastard between the eyes. As for the mother, she was no mother cause a real mother wouldn't let any and I mean ANY man beat on her child if she loved them.
What a sick bunch of people they are.
As for CPS, well why doesn't it surprise me that they did nothing. Let me tell you why.
They did nothing when I called them here in Ohio about a stepfather having his 2 year old step daughter saying that her private part was a vagina and nothing else. 2 years old and they said that wasn't enough to investigate. I called the 2nd time to report that he was mentally abusing her low and behold nothing was done.
Her mother tried committing suicide and guess what? The kids got taken away and put in my home. Yes I am talking about my grandchildren. I now have custody of my 3 year old grandaughter and the other 2 are back with their mother, the stepfather is out of the picture now that I have custody and he has no one to take his anger out on anymore. CPS is nothing but a joke anymore.
iam disgusted to know this whoman sat around and allow a man to beat her daughter to death.does she need a man so bad , why didnt she took her kids and ran to the police or a shelter. and the so call family where were all the cousins grandmother and uncle.what kind of family is this were they living in another state that they didnot keep intouch.we can blame the system for everything but come on what are family for. i do hope someone kill them both in prison. i for one hope that do happen.somefolks in the community claim they say her with a black eye and walking like she was been sexualy molested.did anyone call acs.or the police no so what with the flowers and candles .its too late ,stop with the i am minding my business kids are dying.remember hedda nausbaum and joel steinberg.they are both out and walking around.i hope these two creeps never see the light again.and someone on rikers please kill both of them and save the state some money.good riddance
posted by MARLENE SMITH at January 19, 2006 10:49 AM
Have you considered all the variables here? Don't judge someone until you have walked in their shoes. You are the most judgemental and self righteous people I have ever heard mutter such excruciating menutia.
posted by anonymous at January 19, 2006 12:11 PM
You know, you're right! We shouldn't judge anyone when a 7-year old child is dead...not by accident or illness, but by a brutal beating. How inconsiderate of us!
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT NOT ONLY NIXMARY FAMILY HAS FAILED BUT ALSO OUR CITY HAS FAILED. I HAPPEN TO BE A MOTHER OF A 7 YEAR OLD GIRL AND MARRIED TO A MEXICAN MAN, AND I'M SORRY BUT THE WAY THE STEPFATHER'S BROTHER SAID THAT THEY USE COLD WATER AS A FORM OF DISAPLINE IS A LIE... AS FOR THE PARENTS... I WISH THEM ONLY HELL.... OKAY I HAVE NO SYMPOTHY FOR THEM AT ALL. THEY SHOULD TOURMENT THEM FOR THE REST OF THE'RE SORRY ASS' LIVES. I WOULD TAKE THE PICTURE OF NIXMARY'S WAKE AND PLACE IT ALL OVER THE CELL WALL SO THAT HER MOTHER COULD BE CONSINTLY REMINDED OF HER CRIES FOR HELP.TO ME THE MOTHER IS NOT A VICTIM KONLY HER CHILDREN ARE... AS FOR THAT DISGUSTING MAN THAT CALLED HIMSELF THE FATHER... GIVE HIM 15 MINUTES OF FAME.. LET THOSE PRISIONERS DO TO HIM WHAT HE DID TO NIXMARY.. ON A DAILY BASIS. BUT THE KEY WILL BE NOT TO KILL HIM BUT TO TOURMENT HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS SORRY ASS LIFE... I WISH I WOULD WORK AT RIKERS ISLAND SO THAT I COULD MAKE THEIR LIVES A LIVING HELL... HOW DARE THEY DO THAT?! AND HOW DARE PEOPLE SAY "THE MOTHER IS ONLY ONE OF HIS VICTIMS" IF SHE REALLY LOVED AND CARED FOR FOR HER CHILDREN SHE WOULD OF PROTECTED THEM WITH "NAILS AND TEETH" BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT A REAL MOTHER DOES FOR HER CHILDREN.... I HOPE THAT THE JURY WILL GIVE THEM LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE... AND NOT THE DEATH PENALTY UNLESS IT ONE THAT THEY WILL FEEL ALOT.... OF PAIN & FEAR... IF THEY EVER READ THIS NOTE THIS MESSAGE IS FOR THEM... "I HOPE YOU BURN IN HELL WITHOUT MERCY AND I HOPE THAT EACHTIME YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES YOYU WILL SEE NIXMARY'S LIFELESS BODY STARING AT YOU BOTH. AS FOR YOU YOU NASTY ASS WHORE, WHAT YOU CLAIMED YOURSELF AS A MOTHER I HOPE YOU WILL ONLY HEAR NIXMARY'S VOICE AND CRIES FOR HELP TO YOU YOU DUMB B-TCH! AS FOR THE STEPFATHER... I HOPE YOU GET TIED UP, RAPED ON A DAILY BASIS, STARVED, DUNKED IN COLD- ASS WATER (SEWER WATER) BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT EVEN WORTH THE TAP WATER WASTE.. AND WHAT EVER THAT IS PAINFULL YOU WILL FEEL, YOU NASTY SON OF A BI-CH!!!!!
What needs to be done? Children need to be afforded the same protection against physical assault that our adult counterparts are. We are not allowed, under the law, to "spank" our next door neighbor if he pisses us off. I cannot hit my elderly mother, even though she inflicted plenty of physical abuse on me as a child.
We NEED legislation that will make corporal punishment a crime. Parents cannot be left to make their own judgments about where discipline ends and abuse begins. Nixmary's uncle said that her stepfather "Did what any normal parent would do... he took a belt to her." I wonder if anyone is checking out HIS kids?? The whole thing makes me sick.
Parenting without hitting is HARD. But it can be done, and done well. It's unfathomable to me that we teach our kids to "use your words", because we know that they cannot grow up to solve their problems with others using physical violence, yet we as a society continue to physically discipline them. It makes no sense.
posted by panthergirl at January 21, 2006 08:26 AM
To the one who wrote, "Don't judge someone until you have walked in their shoes", you must either be a blood relative of Cesar Rodriquez or a sick person yourself. There was no excuse for the terrible things he did to Nixmary and he should be tortured just like she was in her 7 years of life. She suffered and it was people like you who chose to look the other way believing that it was nothing. Before you can defend the quilty with such conviction why don't you try walking in her shoe's. Imagine someone beating you regularly, raping you, starving you and finally taking your life from you by viciously attacking you. When you think about it now I'm sure it would be your worst nightmare.
posted by susan at January 21, 2006 09:15 PM
he father needs to die she was a little angel ad only wegihted 35 pounds. she had the right to take the yourget if they were not feading her.
A friend of mine and I were having an IM conversation today, and Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) came up. Now both my friend and I share political views, and we find Reid to be a particularly odious member of the Democratic party. So odious, in fact, that my friend wished Reid would "just die."
My reply was that Reid is not evil like Saddam Hussein, just a jerk. She said yes, a "dead jerk."
I said, "You would be having a fit if someone wished President Bush would die," and told her not to fall into the trap of wishing those whom you don't like politically would drop dead tomorrow.
She agreed that I was right. (Now she reads my postings regularly, and her face is probably red reading this right now, but my intent is not to embarrass her--note that I am not naming names--but to make a point. She usually makes many good points during our political discussions!)
This whole "die" thing being hurled at politicians whom people don't like, despise, or just plain hate, is getting to be a little tedious. Criticize the oafs all you want. Call them out on their policies, and help their opponents campaign against them at election time in order to boot their butts out of office. But wishing them dead is not only a waste of time, it smacks of barbarism.
It seems to be popular on the fringe left to call President Bush and his administration evil and wishing for their imminent and painful death. But they obviously aren't really thinking about all of the truly evil people in our world. Here's a sampling of people who are truly evil (alive and dead), who caused endless pain, misery and death for millions:
This list is far from complete. But suffice it to say that none of our own politicians, past or present, belong on such a list. There are plenty of useless clods who get elected, but the best way to handle them is to vote them out. The loss of power and loss of face is plenty satisfactory (especially when we get to watch has-been presidential candidates like John Kerry try to keep his hat in the ring).
So keep the death wishes out of American politics--on both sides of the political spectrum.
You are so right. Tell your friend to envision more creative, but nonlethal, punishments for moonbats. Like a three-week bout of the hiccups. Or a roach infestation of their homes, like in Stephen King's "Creepshow".
I despise the most recent comments of Harry Belafonte, but I don't wish him death, I just wish the government could somehow transfer his citizenship/residency (whatever he is) to Cuba, along with Danny Glover and Cornel West. In other words, I wish that those three could live as common Cuban citizens for a few months, not as visiting celebrities.
We have to have higher standards. If we don't hold the moral high ground, who will?
John Stossel busts 10 popular myths for your reading pleasure. Click here for the details.
10. We have less free time.
9. Money can buy happiness.
8. Republicans shrink government.
7. The world is getting too crowded.
6. Chemicals are killing us.
5. Guns are always bad for us.
4. We're drowning in garbage.
3. We are destroying our forests.
2. Getting cold can give you a cold.
1. Life is getting worse.
Sorry I didn't post at all over the weekend...with it being the last weekend before Christmas (and I hadn't done any shopping or decorating) I spent the entire weekend catching up.
OK, on to more important things.
Today, someone sent me Ben Stein's final column for E! Online. Let's hope he continues to write elsewhere. In the meantime, we can enjoy what he writes here, because it's great. Apparently, Mr. Stein is no longer impressed by the Hollywood stars he has come to know over the years (and, in my opinion, with good reason):
Beyond that, a bigger change has happened. I no longer think Hollywood stars are terribly important. They are uniformly pleasant, friendly people, and they treat me better than I deserve to be treated. But a man or woman who makes a huge wage for memorizing lines and reciting them in front of a camera is no longer my idea of a shining star we should all look up to.
How can a man or woman who makes an eight-figure wage and lives in insane luxury really be a star in today's world, if by a "star" we mean someone bright and powerful and attractive as a role model?
Real stars are not riding around in the backs of limousines or in Porsches or getting trained in yoga or Pilates and eating only raw fruit while they have Vietnamese girls do their nails. They can be interesting, nice people, but they are not heroes to me any longer.
A real star is the soldier of the 4th Infantry Division who poked his head into a hole on a farm near Tikrit, Iraq. He could have been met by a bomb or a hail of AK-47 bullets. Instead, he faced an abject Saddam Hussein and the gratitude of all of the decent people of the world.
Read it all, and hats off to Ben Stein for telling it like it is.
On the House floor, both Republicans and Democrats repeatedly gave Murtha rousing standing ovations. There was so much praise for Murtha that one of his Democratic colleagues asked him if he still had to attend Murtha's funeral.
What is this? Special Olympics for the Democrats? Can't Republicans disagree with a Democrat who demands that the U.S. surrender in the middle of a war without erecting monuments to him first? What would happen if a Democrat were to propose restoring Saddam Hussein to power? Is that Medal of Freedom territory?
She's absolutely right. As I've said before, being "patriotic" doesn't give you a free pass in the sound reasoning department. My standard example: I'm sure Neville Chamberlain loved his country, but his policy of appeasement came very close to destroying Great Britain.
Yet whenever I see Maureen on TV, that wonderful old English phrase "Mutton dressed as lamb" pops into my mind. And, note to her stylist: That little shell she was wearing under her jacket on Chris Matthews was much too tight. It pulled so much it made her look round-shouldered!
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But it isn't only that this 53-year-old mutton is shopping in the wrong boutiques; what's really striking is that Maureen acts so lamb-like in these interviews, gamboling and simpering, giggling and flirting and telling everyone she is "such a ditz." To the New York magazine reporter, she admitted that she is always losing cell phones and laptops — just the kind of behavior a mother would find intolerable in any child older than 16.
Rrrowr! Here's more:
The point of her book, she says, is that feminism has failed because men don't want smart women — and that nowadays women don't want to achieve but only want to be some man's stay-at-home trophy wife.
Of course, as Howard Fineman noted somewhat gingerly on Chris Matthews — he obviously didn't want to get between Maureen and her theory — today in America, both spouses often have to work for economic reasons. And, of course, all statistics show that most educated men marry equally educated women. Nowadays when a woman decides to stay home it is usually because both husband and wife agree that it is the better way to raise the children.
But how would Maureen, unmarried and childless, with a high-paying job and a string of boyfriends that has included a movie star, a top television writer and producer, and a couple of top editors, really know about the financial or family concerns of most women in this country?
What indeed? I'll take Myrna Blyth over Maureen Dowd any day. She's smart, funny, and not afraid to act her age.
Just another example (not that we needed any more) that fantasy-ridden Leftist utopianism can find many outlets. From Che to Chomsky to Michael Moore and MoDo, the common element is a disconnect from reality, a disconnect that allows one to belief any old thing one wants in spite of the massive evidence to the contrary just beyond one's nose.
Michael Bowers, columnist for The Star, thinks that liberal gun grabbers have their eyes on your car next.
You see, the car shares many characteristics of the gun, that other invention which is so loathed by the progressive. He dislikes the car for two main reasons:
*First, just like the gun, the car can be expensive. I suspect many a progressive has trouble affording the car he really wants, because he works for a nonprofit Bush-bashing group, rather than a company that actually manufactures a useful product. Why should greedy conservatives get all the heated leather seats?
This is the gripe of the broke progressive.
*Second, just like the gun, the car provides the ordinary citizen extraordinary empowerment. As Stephen Moore wrote recently in the Wall Street Journal, it's a lot harder for the government to manipulate the working man when he can travel anywhere he wants to, at any time, for any reason.
This is the gripe of the wealthy progressive.
Read it all here. It's funny...but also has a scarily truthful ring to it.
It is a good read, except when he gets off on this "Nazis as Rightists" thing. We need to push people away from this notion. Nazi means National Socialist. They were big government socialists, just like their Soviet brethren. As other socialist nations often need scapegoats, Jews were the scapegoats for past German failures.
Another related notion is that Nazis were Christians. The Nazi party philosophy was paganism. A few years ago, while surfing the web, I ran across a neo-Nazi website and they stated that the Gospels were a "Jewish invention", well Jesus was a Jew, but I don't think that's what they meant.
Sorry to go off on this tangent. Our dog woke me up an hour earlier than I wanted and I couldn't get back to sleep.
posted by joe-6-pack at November 23, 2005 06:21 AM
My friend Joe over at Geosciblog has this to say about what's becoming an American pastime:
France-bashing has been an ongoing endeavor for many, at least in my case, it is not because of the enjoyment, but out of a sense of frustration. France doesn't seem (on a national level) to be able to say to itself "OK, that didn't work, let's try something with a track record of success." If France had more tangible successes upon which to stand, we might tolerate their arrogance a little more. I am not making any blanket condemnations of all French citizens, but France itself has readily (if unwittingly) nurtured the stereotypes. Though socialism sounds good, it has a long history of stifling creativity and creating decades of misery (or in France's case, centuries of weakness). For wealth to spread throughout the society, it has to be nurtured and allowed to grow.
Read it all, and you'll soon discover why Joe is one my favorite bloggers.
Ann Coulter's weekly column focuses on last week's tragedy involving a rapist on trial overpowering his female deputy escort, taking her gun and shooting four people, killing three. Here's her suggestion for future scenarios:
I think I have an idea that would save money and lives: Have large men escort violent criminals. Admittedly, this approach would risk another wave of nausea and vomiting by female professors at Harvard. But there are also advantages to not pretending women are as strong as men, such as fewer dead people. Even a female math professor at Harvard should be able to run the numbers on this one.
Read the whole column for yourself. As usual, Ann is right on the money.
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