[Twotone]

A long older article that Mark Steyn referenced in a recent column. I hadn't heard Carlson's original rant, & I haven't read his book. But this might be of interest to FReepers & I didn't see it posted after a search...

[ETL]

Tucker sounded like a typical Code Pink air head last night. Lost a good deal of respect for him. “What did Iran ever do to us”. “We’re acting like bullies”, etc, etc. Guy’s an idiot half the time.

[oldbill]

Angelo Cordevilla beat them all in 2009

[libertylover]

But have our rulers really failed? Not if one understands, Carlson explained, that their real aim is to enrich themselves and maintain their power: “We are ruled by mercenaries who feel no long-term obligation to the people they rule.”

Sounds familiar. Look at these quotes from "The Russian Revolution" by Alan Moorehead 1958

"… this was a predatory state which the Czar and a small group of noblemen and bureaucrats ruled for their own exclusive benefit...The ruling group owned all the wealth, enjoyed all the privileges and monopolized all the political power, and it did not intend to give up any of its prerogatives. It considered the peasants to be little better than animals..."

[AndyJackson]

Thanks for posting this. Michael Anton is always worth reading - a genuine breath of fresh air in the for lack of a better word - conservative movement.