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also bernard lewis is a racist dickhole so the less he talks the better off we all are

I don't think this is true at all fwiw

I mean between him and Edward Said I'm pretty firmly in the middle (Lewis is overly stuffy and Said's a bit of a jackass), but Lewis' ideas/comments tend to get distorted/misused in the political arena

cool

I say this as someone who read a bunch of Lewis' books without any idea of the political firestorm surrounding him, which I didn't find out about until later. He's one of those guys where I could see how taking particular statements out of context would be an attractive tactic for neocons attempting to shape policy, but if you look at what Lewis actually wrote about democracy and politics and terrorism in the muslim world you will see pretty clearly that a) he did not support the invasion of Iraq, and does not think that democracy can or should be "enforced" on a region, b) that Muslim terrorism (suicide bombings, modern jihad etc) is a modern development that runs counter to the entire religious history of Islam, and c) that mostly he just thinks the Muslim world is a mess, riddled with poverty, repression, corrupt regimes, and a whole lot of very angry people. which it pretty obviously is.

like yes he coined the term "clash of civilizations", but there isn't anything inherently ideological about that phrase.

yes there is!

hey civilizations clash sometimes

like when the native americans met the conquistadores, clash didn't go so well

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/259108/view-google-john-j-miller

These observations of the leftward tilt of Google are periodic and accurate, nad they always make me think of the same thing: market opportunity for Bing. Look at the ratings domination that Fox News has managed by identifying an underserved "niche" market that amounts to better than 50 percent of the U.S. population.

the doodle of dead soldiers in beirut didn't test well.

remember: liberals are the only ones who whine

Or care about "political correctness."

top comment on the google article is terrific, why haven't they deleted it yet?

oooh:

Note how Google's auto-complete suggests "faux news" and "faux noise" when you type in "faux", yet refuses to auto-complete the term "msdnc".

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/259187/bumper-sticker-day-steven-f-hayward

man the comments section is a really great addition, huh?

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Azimuth
02/03/11 01:07
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I'm afraid many here are missing the bigger point. High speed rail isn't about speedy rail service or removing greenhouse gases. It's about socialist control. By controlling the means of transportation, they can control the movement of the people. They are trying to kill the rugged individualist spirit that crossed this great continent on horseback.
Either you go when and where they tell you,
or you go when and where you will. I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs. Which direction will I go? That-a-way. Can a train go that-a-way? Didn't think so. You can wax nostalgic for 19th century modes of travel all you want. Just don't insist that I have to help pay for your nostalgia trip.

about time someone spoke up about the tyranny of the interstate highway system imo

as opposed to waxing nostalgic for... 17th century modes of travel?

i am in total freedom

as i drive on numbered and painted routes laid down and maintained by state power

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/258417/high-speed-rail-budget-buster-wendell-cox

first response hall of fame

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/259315/even-teen-hookers-need-abortions-kathryn-jean-lopez

lol

hahahaha

The commenters are often better writers than the staff.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/259453/team-america-si-captain-america-no-steven-f-hayward

more comments than i've seen on a post ever

Isn’t it about time we had a sequel to Team America: World Police?

the mind boggles

ah ok looks like one dude is semi-trolling, but...

Rolling bile, spit, and gnash

btw Hayward's Age of Reagan is the most readable of the conservative Reagan biographies. I can't believe he wrote a sentence like this: "I skipped the GI Joe movie a couple years ago when I heard that the heroes weren’t American GI’s but some kind of international force, like U.N. blue-helmets only with more testosterone."

the GI Joe characters weren't all american, iirc. they mostly were maybe but really whogivesashit.jpg

our korean-drawn cartoons based on chinese-made 80s toys are sacred!!

http://joeguide.com/pm/cels/images/quickkick01-large.jpg

Nothing delights me more than people who think "Team America" was some kind of paean to conservativism.

just like conservatives who initially thought colbert was 'real'

I assume a lot of conservatives still do?

SixthGenerationTexan
02/11/11 18:37
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I, too, am beginning to accumulate a stockpile of incandescent bulbs, in my attic.

The comments here are real fun.

Nordlinger is outraged that unions might deign to resist union-busting

I remember something a friend told me — a friend who, 15 years ago, was fighting for school choice. When the teacher-union lawyers entered the courtroom, “I could practically smell the sulphur coming off them.”

who hates lawyers more i wonder, lefties or wingers?

Nordlinger has been...shrill is the polite word.

:: heart :: this guy:

A Streak of Castroism in Wisconsin
February 18, 2011 9:53 A.M.
By Jay Nordlinger
Someone wrote me that the “public employees” in Wisconsin reminded her of Chávez and his goons in Venezuela. Actually, they remind me of Cuba. There, the dictatorship sends its loyalists to the homes of those suspected of not being loyalists. They scream, beat on things, denounce, and threaten. The idea is, the “disloyal” Cubans are supposed to quake in their homes, and they do. These tactics are called actos de repudio — “acts of repudiation.” They are a mainstay of the regime.

In Wisconsin, the schoolteachers and other “public employee” beauties are going to the homes of Republican lawmakers, screaming, denouncing, etc. The situation has gotten very bad. We know where you live. Yesterday, I had a talk with Sen. Randy Hopper, recorded here. Republican lawmakers have received threats, and credible ones: threats to their physical well-being. They are not disclosing their movements, whether they are sleeping in their own homes. They are working with law enforcement on how best to protect themselves and their families.

I admire these Republicans, for persisting in the face of these threats, for continuing to do the job that the voters elected them to do. It’s not easy. It would be more comfortable to give in — to give in to the screaming and violent minority. And I don’t know about you, but I never want to hear from the Left about “civility” again. Ever.

One more thing: Years ago, I left the Left, after experiencing some of life, after thinking things through. One of the main reasons I left: It was clear that, if things didn’t go their way, they wouldn’t mind violence at all. They may not commit it; but they wouldn’t mind it. There was no respect for process — democratic process. All that mattered was, “My way.”

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/260122/billy-ray-knows-best-kathryn-jean-lopez

i love it when K-Lo ventures into pop criticism

also i guess he said this on his NRO "radio show" and i refuse to click on it but derbyshire apparently went on a rant about how lara logan was totally asking for it

The comments lately have been A+.

One more thing: Years ago, I left the Left, after experiencing some of life, after thinking things through. One of the main reasons I left: It was clear that, if things didn’t go their way, they wouldn’t mind violence at all. They may not commit it; but they wouldn’t mind it. There was no respect for process — democratic process. All that mattered was, “My way.”

Next level trolling.

Clinton, GHW Bush, and Civil Discourse
February 21, 2011 1:34 P.M.
By Kevin D. Williamson
You have got to be kidding me:

George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton will oversee the National Institute for Civil Discourse in Arizona, sparked by the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. But history shows it faces an uphill battle.

What’s so civil about the red-faced, rage-filled Bill Clinton? The guy tried to blame Oklahoma City on Rush Limbaugh. Using both the bully pulpit and his proxies, he constantly implied that his critics were either racists, sexual deviants, corrupt, or all three. His minions brought us such gems of civil discourse as: “Drag a $100 bill through a trailer park, and you never know what you’ll find.” Clinton had the gall to subsequently tout his own “moral fiber” while denouncing his critics as “sleazy,” telling Peter Jennings: “You never had to live in a time when people you knew and cared about were being indicted, carted off to jail, bankrupted, ruined, because they were Democrats and because they would not lie. So, I think we showed a lot of moral fiber to stand up to that.”

Of course, they were lying. Lying — wagging one’s finger and flat-out lying – also is not traditionally considered part of civil discourse.

That GHW Bush is willing to lend his name and credibility to such an exercise illustrates why the kind of prep-school Republicanism he stands for is dead and unmourned.

I almost posted a comment to that but it feels like sticking your head in a toilet bowl to do so.

i love it when K-Lo ventures into pop criticism

just as well informed & authoritative as her parenting advice

Does she still hate teenage girls as much as she used to?

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/260268/corner-presidents-conservative-defense-lbj-linda-chavez

jesus, the comments