Posted on 02/25/2007 4:29:07 AM PST by Laverne
Steyn is a riot!
Nobody and I mean nobody can turn a phrase the way Mr. Steyn does.
If you haven't read "America Alone" I highly recommend you do so.
L
bttt
Tick... tick... tick...
Very thoughtful piece (as expected). Learned 10-times more about Garfield than I ever knew/remembered. Good questions posed by Steyn: where is our push for energy independence? A real solid advance there, and we're no longer held hostage to threats by Islamic mullahs, stealth Commies like Putin, two-bit thugs like Chavez. We need a leader to rally us on to that Strategic Vision.
They say Garfield is still around....
The talent search American Idol is another proof of how old fogies are clogging up the ability of the systems to respond to contemporary audiences. Is it any wonder when you have men like Mike Wallace holding on?
Steyn ping, dude can write
I just saw an annoying commercial by the global-warming-hysteria crowd which consists of kids saying "tick...tick...tick."
"and then pass on to the thrills of Chester Arthur."
Actually, Arthur was a pretty interesting character and something of a party animal. A lifelong spoils system politician, he saw the light as President (perhaps because of the circumstances of Garfield's death) and instituted the first meaningful civil service reforms. He was also a naval enthusiast and was largely responsible for the "new Navy" a massive modernization and expansion of the US Navy that brought the service into the era of steam and steel and put the US on the road to world power.
A widower, Arthur liked flashy clothes and was reputed to be very fond of fine food, good wine, and pretty women. Pop history maven Irving Wallichensky has claimed that Arthur had a beautiful mistress living in the White House during his term. The press knew all about it but chose not to say anything, which shows how different things were in those days.
Steyn doesn't say anything about energy independence.
No, he died in the plane crash with John-John, Francisco Franco, Jim Varney, et al.
I referred it to something relevant... are you saying that I'm annoying you?
They don't realize that the buzzer on the terrorist clock is set go off much sooner.
Back scatter x-ray.
Sunday morning Steynping! It's a good one!
At the gas pump, we fund Hugo Chavez and the Saudi radicalization of Muslim populations around the planet. The obvious transformative technology -- an alternative to the global economy's oil dependence -- is as far away as it was on Sept. 10
My 15 yo grandson read 'America Alone'. Now he is reading Ann Coulter's books. I need to find 'High Crimes and Misdemeanors' for him.
My oldest daughter is the same age. She loves Mark Steyn and Ann Coulter. You can find all P.J. O'Rourke's books in the library, too :-).
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.