Posted on 08/09/2009 3:02:08 PM PDT by keats5
This is a great video on leftists' attempts to silence us.
...And on the issue of Europe, it's rather interesting how sometimes Liberals tell on themselves and point out the stupidity and danger of Political Correctness: During the scene of the 2008 film Taken in which Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) has arrived in Paris to find his kidnapped daughter, he runs into a bureaucratic brick wall in dealing with the French authorities, who have done nothing to track down his missing child, her friend and the foreigners who infiltrated the country that abducted the young girls. It's clearly as though the human trafficking taking place under their noses is not a major concern, and to address it would clearly violate diplomatic relations.
Although the story is fictitious, it has an all too familiar ring to it.
I agree.
I saw that movie too, and it did imitate reality.
Uncommon Knowledge (7:50)
Thanks!
I just discovered him. I’d love to hear more of his stuff.
I can’t get either link to actually open the video. Has this been pulled?
t tried it and it worked for me. You could try to go to youtube.com and search, “Klavin on the Culture.” Maybe that will work for you.
He also posts @ Big Hollywood.
Lastly, his latest book, "The Last Thing I Remember" is supposed to be good. His previous book has the protagonist as unabashedly Christian.
Thanks again. I check Amazon and “The Last Thing I Remember” is for older kids, 8-11 yrs. old. His other books look quite interesting.
The correct spelling of his name is Andrew Klavan. He is a great writer. I recommend starting with Empire of Lies.
Oops! I’ll ask the moderator to change the spelling.
Thanks. Andrew Klavan was one of the speakers at one of our Santa Barbara Tea Parties. He was definitely the best speaker at this particular event. Smart and funny. I started reading his books and fell in love. I vote with my dollar so I would have bought his books even if I wasn't crazy about them but as a long time fan of Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald I can say Klavan is definitely in the same league as the greats. I started with Empire of Lies but have since read Damnation Street, Shotgun Alley and The Last Thing I remember. Every book was a compelling story with great dialog and humor.
CITY Journal, Summer 2009, Vol.19, no.3
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