Friends, What Friends? (Ingraham)

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[Choose Ye This Day]

It can still be heard at many concerts (e.g., Springsteen) when the "artistes" forget what they and the audience are there for (rock 'n'roll) and begin to wax political. Someone often begins the chant: SHUT UP AND SING!!

[jwalburg]

Thanks for the link! I've been looking for good talk radio online. Can't get much regular radio where I am, especially at night. Great!

[luvbach1]

The Euros didn't need help in squandering their good will. After the first emotional response they were back to the "Bush as cowboy" whine as if nothing had happened to change anything after 9/11.

[Redcoat LI]

[goldstategop]

Our relationship with Europe is like a husband discovering he and his wife have a marriage in name only and the things that brought them together as a couple have changed. We and the Europeans are in the process of getting divorced due to irreconcilable differences and we'll be happier our own remaining true to ourselves and our values. We'll never get the Europeans to love us but we can win and maintain their respect.

[luvbach1]

How has she remained single?

You said it: it's the attitude. Probably intimidating to many men. And she just may want to remain single, at least for now.

[breakem]

http://www.kgoam810.com/ComplexPersonalities.asp

If you're a late night weekend listener I recommend Dr. Wattenberg. Here's some info about him and his show, and a link to his website.

[luvbach1]

We'll never get the Europeans to love us but we can win and maintain their respect.

How? By turning wimp?

[Dolphy]

But can any individual or any party significantly improve our relations with Europe?

No, not from a conservative's standpoint. But certainly anyone willing to allow the UN or European leadership to determine our priorities and interests would change current attitudes.

[Choose Ye This Day]

If that time slot doesn't work out, check this page for other Laura online links:
http://www.davidzinkin.com/lauralinks.html

Of course, you can always listen to Hannity online, 24/7.

Also, you may want to check out:
http://www2.krla870.com/listen/
There, you can listen to Dennis Prager, Michael Medved and Hugh Hewitt's shows 24/7.

I live in the boondocks in Minnesota, so I know what lousy late-night AM radio reception is like. Where are you?

[LADY J]

"Thanks for the link! I've been looking for good talk radio online."

You're welcome. I had the same problem - not much regular radio at night here. I looked for a long time and found that a lot of them charge to listen. This one is free and it comes in great! I listen every night while I FReep.

[goldstategop]

No by standing up for our values and beliefs. That's different from being a doormat and debasing and degrading ourselves in the hope of winning Europe's love back. Au contraire, it would only earn us their contempt.

[LADY J]

"If you haven't heard the John Kerry Theme Song Mega-Mix, you've got to go to her website and listen to it. Hilarious."

Thanks. I have not heard it - but will surely give it a listen.

[Choose Ye This Day]

Very true. Reminds me of one of Dennis Prager's great columns on us vs. them:

February 18, 2003

When have millions of Europeans ever been wrong?

With millions of Europeans demonstrating against America, many Americans, raised to regard Europe as an ally, must be wondering what is happening. Some Americans even may be wondering if Europe may be right: after all, when have millions of Europeans ever been wrong?

It is therefore essential that Americans understand the nature of the rift between America and Western Europe (not Eastern Europe, which thanks to its suffering under Communist evil, understands evil and values America) -- a rift that will only widen unless one adopts the values of the other. For at this moment, there are two civilizational wars taking place: Islamist hostility to Western liberty and European hostility to American values.

Why this European hostility?

First, Europe believes in socialism, while America believes in capitalism. This difference can hardly be overstated. Most Western Europeans believe in socialism as fervently as religious Christians, Jews and Muslims believe in their respective religions. To many Americans, socialism is only an economic system, but for Western Europeans it has largely replaced Christianity as their faith.

The United States not only rejects socialism; it is the chief obstacle to its spread -- because of its military and cultural might, and especially because of its economic success. Indeed, America is the chief impediment to the spread of both Islam and socialism. This explains the unity of leftist and Muslim activists. Though theoretically they have nothing in common, as Osama bin Laden just announced, "in the current circumstances, the interests of Muslims coincide with the interests of the socialists" -- opposing America.

Second, as a result of the massive bloodshed of the nationalism-based World Wars, Western Europeans concluded that the abolition of national identities is a moral necessity. Europe's elite decided to believe in Europe and the United Nations rather than in their individual nations. An English protester, quoted in the Los Angeles Times, explained his protest in terms of support of the United Nations, not Britain: British Prime Minister Tony Blair "has totally misjudged . how destabilizing this (support for America) has been to the United Nations. And we believe in the United Nations."

Just as Europeans were losing faith in their national identities, the United States came to believe even more strongly in its distinct national identity. While Europeans and the American Left have more faith in the moral judgment of the United Nations, where Libya chairs the Human Rights Commission and Syria and China vote in the Security Council, most Americans have more faith in America.

Third, pacifist ideas dominate European society. Another major ideological consequence of the World Wars was the belief that wars are wrong, that any evil -- from Communism to Saddam Hussein or North Korea owning weapons of mass destruction -- is better than fighting. America, on the other hand, believes that it is sometimes better to fight evil. The last time many Europeans demonstrated against America was when President Ronald Reagan put Pershing missiles in Europe. Europeans thought that confronting the Soviets was provocative and wrong.

Fourth, Europe passionately affirms secularism, while America remains the most religious among the industrialized democracies. In this sphere, too, either America or Europe is right. And the predominance of America, a religious country -- one, no less, that affirms the religion the European elites have rejected -- infuriates the Europeans.

Positing no transcendent or religious basis for an objective and universal standard of good and evil, Europe disdains moral absolutes and moral judgments. Whether it was President Reagan calling the Soviet Union an "evil empire" or President Bush labeling North Korea, Iran and Iraq an "axis of evil," Europeans (and the American Left, whose values are identical) found such moral labeling contemptible.

Indeed our president personifies all that Europe dislikes in America. He comes from the business world, wears an Americans flag on his lapel, is ready to go to war against an evil regime, and believes deeply in God, in Christianity and America's Judeo-Christian identity. He even wears cowboy boots.

Thomas Jefferson suggested that the Great Seal of the United States depict the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. He and the other Founders knew that America's future was and must be based on leaving Europe. It is truer now than ever.



©2003 Creators Syndicate, Inc.

[norton]

The problem with your understanding is that "facing a tangible threat" means something entirely different to a kerry, a clinton, or a carter than it would mean to a rational human being.

I honestly believe that half the democrats in congress would hand over the keys to anyone who had a good presentation and promised to raise the minimum wage while increasing taxes on the over $100K "rich" folks.

[Lancey Howard]

But can any individual or any party significantly improve our relations with Europe?

Sorry, Laura, but that's not the question.
The question is one that the euro-scum need to ask themselves - - is there anything we can do to improve our relations with America?

Other than that, Europe can drop dead.

[jwalburg]

Right next door in South Dakota. Yep. It's the same here. Thanks for the links. I've only read Dennis Prager. It would be great to hear him. I don't know who Hugh Hewitt is.

[Lancey Howard]

[eddie willers]

Our problems with Europe result from the fact that Europeans strongly believe two things: (1) Israel is in the wrong in the Middle East, and (2) the United States has too much power. No president, Democrat or Republican, is going to give in on either of those points. Not even John Kerry.

Wow!

Now THAT is an undeniable truth!

[Choose Ye This Day]

Give them a listen. Medved, Hewitt and Laura Ingraham are the 3 shows I try to listen to (at least some) every weekday.

Laura has the wit, humor and attitude that we all know and love.

Medved engages and debates the loony left better--and more--than ANY other talk show host. His show is like having a 3-hour logic, debate and argumentation class every afternoon.

Hugh Hewitt was an acquired taste. He has a regular lineup of some of the smartest folks in the country as weekly guests on the program. He especially focuses on constitutional law, but covers everything else as well.

Dennis Prager's show...well, it's usually pretty good, but moves a bit slowly sometimes. And while Dennis is certainly very bright and logical, he sometimes comes off as a bit pompous and overly self-referential, IMHO.

I'll take any of the above shows over Rush and Hannity. I only listen to them when I'm traveling in the sticks and I can't pick up any other program. I really need to get XM radio.