Let’s roll. Time to step up to the plate. I’m ready.
“What is the point of outspending Russia, Britain, France, China, Germany, and every middle-rank military power combined if, when it matters, America cannot urge into the air one plane with a couple of dozen commandos? In Iraq, al-Qaeda is running training camps in the western desert. In Afghanistan, the Taliban are all but certain to return most of the country to its pre-9/11 glories. But in Washington the head of the world’s biggest “counterterrorism” bureaucracy briefs the president on flood damage and downed trees.”
Steyn, you magnificent bastard.
“So you can have Big Government bigger (or, anyway, more expensive) than any government’s ever been, and the lights still go out in 17 states — because your president spent 6 trillion bucks and all the country got was a lousy Air Force One bomber jacket for him to wear while posing for a Twitpic answering the phone with his concerned expression.”
Nobody writes better than Steyn. Nobody.
Welcome to Houston another antiquated mothball.
brilliant!
This article is a one-liners PARADISE!! Absolutely classic!!
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Mark, you article reminds me of he old salesman axiom; Sell the sizzle not the steak. In todays world, we not only buy the sizzle but, we don’t even get any steak with it.
And, Obama is all sizzle when it comes right down to it. He gives grand speeches, reels off profane one-liners as part of his campaign, and then escapes to the golf course when it’s time to make the ‘steak.’
I have no idea why this sort of person attracks so many voters. He reminds me of a swimming pool full of shaving cream: signifcant at first glance but, deadly should you choose to dive into what he’s selling.
I’m worried about this election. Not because of what Obama is selling. I’m worried because of what today’s Americans are willing to buy.
Mark Steyn is a treasure.