Posted on 04/12/2019 9:59:32 AM PDT by Rummyfan
The real problem, in America, Britain, Canada, Oz, NZ, is not the left, who know what they want and are serious about getting it, but the pansy right. It's easy to mock AOC and Justin and Jacinta Ardern, but all they're doing is sailing full steam ahead for their desired utopia. The right, who profess to disdain the final destination, nevertheless follow along, albeit at a more desultory rate of knots.
We see this routinely in their urge to "distance" themselves: In Washington, as I mentioned the other day, House Republicans ostentatiously distanced themselves from their colleague Steve King, because in an ill-advised interview with The New York Times he appeared to endorse "white supremacist" concepts such as "western civilization". For some of us, it's hard to see the point of a conservatism that distances itself from western civilization.
The same fate has now befallen the most thoughtful and serious of living conservative philosophers, Roger Scruton. I have a modest acquaintance with Sir Roger, both personal (he's married to a friend of a friend) and professional: We once appeared in a debate moderated by none other than Margaret Thatcher. Mrs T obviously adored Roger and reckoned I was there just for the cheap laughs.
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Mark is quite the clever wordsmith. Lots of writers aspire to his level, but few can get there.
I’ve listened to Tibetan throat singing,
and it’s as guttural and awful as you imagine.
He’s the best out there. I wish he got a lot more exposure, but he doesn’t seem to do as well speaking off the cuff. Which none of the rest of us do, either.
Bush League Republicans MUST be replaced.
Bush League Republicans want to help the Democrats get a permanent majority through amnesty.
For 2020, the ones up are, Flimsey Grahamnesty, Thom Tillis, Gardner, McSally, Daines, Collins, Cornyn, Capito, Enzi, Rounds, Sasse, Hyde-Smith, McConnell.
They all should have primary challengers.
“he doesn’t seem to do as well speaking off the cuff”
Seriously? Everytime I see him on TV or listen to him on Rush, that’s exactly what he’s doing, and he is always excellent, entertaining and full of wit.
Maybe I haven’t seen him enough.
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