Victor Davis Hanson: The Global Throng, Why the world’s elites gnash their teeth

NRO ^ | February 04, 2005 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Purple GOPer]

I think you are underestimating the "taco bell" reference.

Taco Bell has the ability to take the same five ingredients (bread dough, meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes) and create a "new" menu item every two months that is less than 10 minuets of a ~minimum wage~ worker's wage and available in under five minuets anywhere across the nation. Is it Mexican Cuisine? Of course not, it doesn't really even pretend it is.

American Culture is more than "Taco Bell" but would Taco Bell be created anywhere else?

[Owl558]

"And yet one more point about the self-crowned 'elites': they are out of touch with reality, living as they do in their ivory tower world."

I see this daily out here in California where a lot of lefties talk the talk, but do not walk thee walk. One of the greatist hypocracies I see on a daily basis is the neighbor who has a Kerry sticker and a greenpeace sticker on the back of her SUV.

The amazing thing is that in her mind, such a thing is perfectly acceptable for HER, but not for all of us other poor, unwashed slobs.

I always smile when I see it because it sums up so well the elite attitude VDH is exposing in his article.

[DesignerChick]

WOW. Who wouldn't want to write like him?

[Plutarch]

If we acheive victory in Iraq, it will be sweet indeed to rub the Left's nose in it. We are not there yet. Nor were we in December 2003, when Professor Hanson thought we may have reached Tipping Point . The months since December 2003 haven't exactly been pacific.

[Bahbah]

Rush Limbaugh is reading this piece right now.

[OXENinFLA]

Oh my..........I was laughing my a$$ off in my truck while RUSH was reading this.....

[dennisw]

America f yeah!!

[dennisw]

Rush gave a great reading of this article. Sounded better that it does in print

[Peach]

A GREAT read!

[Howlin]

"When are the Iraqis going to fight for their own country? When are they going to start shedding their own blood ... as American servicemen with this amount of training are ready to shed theirs," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts.

[OXENinFLA]

Yeah. And I lost it when he got to the Animal Farm speak part....

[OXENinFLA]

Rush is playing this quote right now..........

[anniegetyourgun]

I almost thought this was written by you.....

; )

[g'nad]

bttt

[506trooper]

Bump

[Yardstick]

Just heard the first few paragraphs of this on Rush's show in the car. Great stuff.

[TexKat]

1,342 Iraq Forces Killed Since June

[Iraq News]: Nearly as many Iraqi security forces have been killed in Iraq since June 2004 as U.S. troops have died since 2003, a top Pentagon official says.

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday that 1,342 Iraqi police, soldiers and national guardsmen have died in Iraq since the country assumed sovereignty.

That number does not include a dozen Iraqi recruits killed Thursday by gunmen who ambushed their minivan near Kirkuk, according to news reports. It was just one of a string of incidents nationwide that claimed at least 29 in a surge of violence following a mostly peaceful election day.

At least 1,471 Americans have died in Iraq since March 2003, according to Wolfowitz. Another 126 coalition members have died as well.

[Tolik]

That is great! VDH wisdom needs to be heard.

[Billthedrill]

A BTT for the afternoon crowd. VDH at his very best.

[BullDog108]

I would like to be pinged whenever Victor Davis Hanson is mentioned BUMP