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Keyword: marksteyn http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/marksteyn/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 20:12:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 Something Is Rotten In The State Of Denmark (Mark Steyn: Echoes From "Hamlet" Alert) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419655/posts Remember the Danish cartoons? A 27-year old Somali does: Danish police on Friday shot and wounded a man trying to enter the home of an artist who drew controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The man, a 27-year-old Somalian who was armed with an axe, was caught trying to break into the home of Kurt Westergaard at 10pm local time, police said. Police shot the man, injuring him in his leg... Mr Westergaard's cartoon was seen at the time as the most controversial, as it depicted the Prophet with a bomb in his turban. "Controversial" but entirely vindicated by events... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419655/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 20:12:05 GMT Profile This (Mark Steyn: If You Can't Even Discuss The Problem, How Can You Fix It Alert) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419646/posts Andy, you're right to call out the President for taking refuge in discredited cliches about "crushing poverty" as a "root cause" of terrorism: Young Mr Abdulmuttalab lived in a London flat worth £2.5 million - ie, four million bucks. Still, it's good to know the President has abandoned his laughable assurances that the Pantybomber was an "isolated extremist". After all, when the leader of the global hyperpower says things that any reasonably informed person at home and abroad knows are complete twaddle, he makes his country look stupid to the world. But I think we're still missing the larger point... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419646/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 20:02:12 GMT The Jokes on Us ... Mark Steyn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419568/posts The Pantybomber wasnt the big joke. We are. On Christmas Day, a gentleman from Nigeria succeeded (effortlessly) in boarding a flight to Detroit with a bomb in his underwear. Pretty funny, huh? But the Pantybomber wasnt the big joke. The real laugh was the United States government. The global hyperpower spent the next week making itself a laughingstock to the entire planet. First, the bureaucrats at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) swung into action with a whole new range of restrictions. Against radical Yemen-trained Muslims wearing weaponized briefs? Of course not. That would be too obvious. So instead they imposed... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419568/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 17:29:31 GMT The Joke's On Us (Mark Steyn On Obama's KeyStone Cops Approach To Islamic Terrorism Alert) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419408/posts On Christmas Day, a gentleman from Nigeria succeeded (effortlessly) in boarding a flight to Detroit with a bomb in his underwear. Pretty funny, huh? But the Pantybomber wasnt the big joke. The real laugh was the United States government. The global hyperpower spent the next week making itself a laughingstock to the entire planet. First, the bureaucrats at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) swung into action with a whole new range of restrictions. Against radical Yemen-trained Muslims wearing weaponized briefs? Of course not. That would be too obvious. So instead they imposed a slew of constraints against you. At Heathrow... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419408/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 12:24:07 GMT Pantybomber exposes naked bureaucracy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419168/posts On Christmas Day, a gentleman from Nigeria succeeded (effortlessly) in boarding a flight to Detroit with a bomb in his underwear. Pretty funny, huh? But the Pantybomber wasn't the big joke. The real laugh was the United States government. The global hyperpower spent the next week making itself a laughingstock to the entire planet. First, the bureaucrats at the TSA swung into action with a whole new range of restrictions. Against radical Yemen-trained Muslims wearing weaponized briefs? Of course not. That would be too obvious. So instead they imposed a slew of constraints against you. At Heathrow last week, they... The Orange County Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419168/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:00:46 GMT If Something Were to Keep Rush from His Talk Show, Who Would Replace the Popular Pundit? (Palin?) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418593/posts With the hospitalization of conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, questions about his overall health and ability to maintain his radio schedule have become a matter of concern, especially to his avid followers (reportedly near 14 per week). They are questions that should be considered. What if Rush Limbaugh were unable to continue with his radio show? What if he died? Who would -- who could -- take Limbaugh's place, maintain his audience, and deliver much the same neoconservative message? News broke on Wednesday that Rush Limbaugh was rushed to Queens Medical Center, a hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, because... AC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418593/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:49:02 GMT Allegedly Allergic (What America Is Getting Wrong In Dealing With Islamic Terrorism Alert) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417000/posts Jonah, your allegedly alleged reader's observation on "clinical legalism" is just right. Putting aside the stuff that was just plain wrong (this guy's an "isolated extremist" - oh, yeah?), the President's remarks had a horrible desiccated complacency. "Alleged..." "suspect..." "charged..." - because this is no different from a punk holding up a gas station, right? In all their alleged allegedness, this Administration has an allergy to the concept of war, and thus to the tools of war, including strategy and war aims. In essence, they've accepted a Fort Hood model for this challenge: every so often, something will happen and... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417000/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:34:26 GMT What's The Answer? (Islam As Bilingualism On Steroids) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416997/posts Derb's pessimistic post (even by his own impressive standards) concludes as follows: The mass immigration of Muslims, in particular, seems like a really bad idea. I've been mulling this one ever since Jonah got into a bit of back-and-forth in the wake of Fort Hood as to whether Islam itself is the problem. Years ago, apropos a Spanish-language payphone in Vermont, I said I couldn't understand why any country would voluntarily become bilingual. If you happen to find yourself in one for historic reasons, you make the best of it. I like anglophones and I like francophones but, if I... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416997/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:25:32 GMT Laps in Security http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415798/posts Laps in Security Mark Steyn December 26, 2009 Well, the authorities have reacted to the Pantybomber in the usual way: Passengers getting off both U.S. domestic flights and those arriving from overseas reported being told that they couldnât get out of their seat for the last hour of their flight. Air Canada also said that during the last hour passengers wonât be allowed access to carry-on baggage or to have any items on their laps.That's great news, isn't it?This was a failed terror plot. But with failures like this who needs victories? If that Air Canada rule becomes generally applicable,... The Corner at National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415798/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:47:49 GMT Listen & Learn: Mark Steyn on the Mental Disorder That Is Liberalism (12/23/09) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415709/posts In Britain, government-licensed pall-bearers are sometimes required to carry coffins on shopping carts rather by hand, thanks to regulations from the Department of Ealth and Safety. In France, people are conditioned not to pick up garbage they accidentally drop on the ground. It would steal work away from public street sweepers, complete with government-issued brooms. In Hawaii, public schools are forced to be closed several Fridays out of the year, which means (because Wednesdays there are half days) children sometimes get 3½-day school weeks. Why? The state doesnt have enough money to keep schools open every Friday of the school... Vocal Minority < Mark Steyn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415709/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:53:11 GMT Cross The River Burn The Bridge (Mark Steyn On Where We're Headed With Obamacare Alert) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415372/posts Last week, during a bit of banter on Fox News, my colleague Jonah Goldberg reminded me of something Id all but forgotten. Last September, during his address to Congress on health care, Barack Obama declared: I am not the first President to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last. Dream on. The monstrous mountain of toxic pustules sprouting from greasy boils metastasizing from malign carbuncles that passed the Senate on Christmas Eve is not the last word in health care, but the first. It ensures that this is all well be talking about, now and... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415372/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:54:33 GMT Cross the river, burn the bridge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415195/posts Last week, during a bit of banter on Fox News, my colleague Jonah Goldberg reminded me of something Id all but forgotten. Last September, during his address to Congress on health care, Barack Obama declared: I am not the first president to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last. Dream on. The monstrous mountain of toxic pustules sprouting from greasy boils metastasizing from malign carbuncles that passed the Senate on Christmas Eve is not the last word in health care but the first. It ensures that this is all well be talking about, now and... Orange County Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415195/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:06:03 GMT The (Not) Rush Limbaugh LIVE Radio Show Thread - Wednesday December 23, 2009 -MARK STEYN SUBS- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413775/posts AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and hes not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name... The EIB Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413775/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:06:57 GMT Morris to Steyn: Landrieu, Nelson, Lincoln Likely to be "Personally Enriched" for Votes - Video http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412893/posts Here is video of Mark Steyn (sitting in for Sean Hannity) talking with Dick Morris about the Democrats' push to pass their Senate Health Care Bill. Steyn talked with Morris about Sen. Shedon Whitehouse attacking opponents of ObamaCare. Morris described the cuts in Medicare the bill would cause, and the increased taxes that would fall on Americans. He also said the bill would result in a rationing of procedures, particularly for the elderly. Morris said the impact of this legislation will be the "death-knell" of the Democrats' chances to hold onto Congress in 2010. Steyn pointed out that he does... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412893/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:25:13 GMT RISING TIDE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412786/posts The Swiss minaret ban and the leaked climate e-mails are really the same story  or, more precisely, are symptoms of the same disease. In the Times of London, Oliver Kamm deplored the results of Switzerlands referendum, consigned it to the garbage can of right-wing populism, and for good measure dismissed my analysis of Euro-demographics (This is nonsense, he pronounced magisterially). Instead, Mr. Kamm called for a secularist and liberal defense of the principles of a pluralist society. Thats not the solution to the problem, but one of the causes. Dont get me wrong, Im all for liberalism and pluralism... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412786/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:38:36 GMT I'll Have A Blue Dog Christmas Without You (Mark Steyn On The EuroNannyState Revolution Alert) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412391/posts Kathryn, re your Facebook friend who asks, "Can we officially retire the phrases 'blue dog' democrats and 'pro life' democrats? Because there is no such thing:" As I wrote back in the summer, "Put not your trust in Blue Dog Democrats." It was folly to bet the Republic on the likes of Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln and other "moderates" who are, by definition, trimmers and accommodationists. By contrast, Barney Frank and the more ambitious Dems are thinking long-term. And, if it's a choice between getting government health care or keeping Ben Nelson, it's no contest. Not to keep quoting... National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412391/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:09:22 GMT Mark Steyn: It's settled; climate circus was a fairy tale http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412029/posts The best summation of the UN climate circus in Denmark comes from Andrew Bolt of Australia's Herald Sun: "Nothing is real in Copenhagen  not the temperature record, not the predictions, not the agenda, not the 'solution'." Just so. Reuters, for example, carried a moving account of the speech by Ian Fry, lead negotiator for Tuvalu, the beleaguered Pacific island nation soon to be under water because of a planet-devastating combination of your SUV and unsustainable bovine flatulence from Vermont farms. Orange County Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412029/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:29:56 GMT Mark Steyn on Nobel and hereditary nobility http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407837/posts HH: There is much to do. The president of the United States received the Nobel Prize today. He gave a pretty good speech, in fact. If speeches were jobs, wed have full employment in the United States of America. But lets not be unfair. He gave a good speech. I liked two parts of it in particular. Heres cut number one: BHO: We must begin by acknowledging a hard truth. We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations acting individually or in concert will find the use of force not only necessary, but... Steyn Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407837/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:27:36 GMT Climate Hypocrites (Mark Steyn On The Gasbags At Nopenhagen Alert) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411087/posts The best summation of the U.N. climate circus in Denmark comes from Andrew Bolt of Australias Herald Sun: Nothing is real in Copenhagen  not the temperature record, not the predictions, not the agenda, not the solution. Just so. Reuters, for example, carried a moving account of the speech by Ian Fry, lead negotiator for Tuvalu, the beleaguered Pacific island nation soon to be underwater because of a planet-devastating combination of your SUV and unsustainable bovine flatulence from Vermont farms. The fate of my country rests in your hands, Fry told the meeting. I make this as a strong and... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411087/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:33:44 GMT 'Very high up' and really cool [SUSTAINABLE HOOKERS] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410979/posts They didn't let the facts get in their way The best summation of the U.N. climate circus in Denmark comes from Andrew Bolt of Australia's Herald Sun: "Nothing is real in Copenhagen - not the temperature record, not the predictions, not the agenda, not the 'solution.' " Just so. Reuters news agency, for example, carried a moving account of the speech by Ian Fry, lead negotiator for Tuvalu, the beleaguered Pacific island nation soon to be underwater because of a planet-devastating combination of your SUV and unsustainable bovine flatulence from Vermont farms. "The fate of my country rests in your... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410979/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:44:00 GMT Once More From The Top, Barack (Mark Steyn On The Herman Van Rompuy Of US Statism Alert) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405985/posts It wasnt so long ago that Barack Obamas speeches were being hailed as extraordinary rhetorical magic (Joe Klein in Time) that should be required reading in classrooms (Bob Herbert in the New York Times). Pity the poor grade-schoolers who have to be on the bus at 5 a.m. for a daylong slog through the 4,000-word sludge of the presidents Nobel thank you. Rich Lowry, my boss at National Review, writes that Obama has become a crashingly banal bore. The good news is that he is not nearly as dull as, say, Herman van Rompuy. Who? Oh, come on. Herman van... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405985/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:21:11 GMT Obama goes from dazzle to drone [DRONING ON] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405982/posts It wasn't so long ago that Barack Obama's speeches were being hailed as "extraordinary" "rhetorical magic" (Joe Klein in Time) that should be "required reading in classrooms" (Bob Herbert in The New York Times). Pity the poor grade-schoolers who have to be on the bus at 5 a.m. for a daylong slog through the 4,000-word sludge of the president's Nobel thank you. Rich Lowry, my boss at National Review, writes that Obama has become a "crashingly banal" bore. The good news is that he "is not nearly as dull as, say, Herman van Rompuy." Who? Orange Country Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405982/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:17:36 GMT What Signal Does Barbie's Burka Send? (Mark Steyn On Islamopandering In The West Alert) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405528/posts The other day, George Jonas passed on to his readers a characteristically shrewd observation gleaned from the late poet George Faludy: ÂNo one likes to think of himself as a coward,Â wrote Jonas. ÂPeople prefer to think they end up yielding to what the terrorists demand, not because itÂs safer or more convenient, but because itÂs the right thingâ.â.â.âSuccessful terrorism persuades the terrorized that if they do terrorÂs bidding, itÂs not because theyÂre terrified but because theyÂre socially concerned.Â This is true. Resisting terror is exhausting. ItÂs easier to appease it, but, for the sake of your self-esteem, you have... Macleans http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405528/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:43:13 GMT What signal does Barbies burka send? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405125/posts Women forbidden by law from feeling sunlightÂhey, thatÂs a positive message for young girls The other day, George Jonas passed on to his readers a characteristically shrewd observation gleaned from the late poet George Faludy: ÂNo one likes to think of himself as a coward,Â wrote Jonas. ÂPeople prefer to think they end up yielding to what the terrorists demand, not because itÂs safer or more convenient, but because itÂs the right thingâ.â.â.âSuccessful terrorism persuades the terrorized that if they do terrorÂs bidding, itÂs not because theyÂre terrified but because theyÂre socially concerned.Â Macleans http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405125/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:34:32 GMT Maybe He Just Likes Blondes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403852/posts While we're arguing for the introduction of mistress quotas and affirmative action for non-Caucasian cocktail waitresses, possibly under a federal regulatory authority (the EPA, depending on what that many mistresses does for your carbon footprint), the corner National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403852/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:00:11 GMT