[Pokey78]

Full text Steyn ping!

Here we go again with the excerpts.

[COUNTrecount]

Thanks.

[Constitution Day]

Thanks Pokey!

[Tax-chick]

Thanks!

[cgk]

THANK YOU!

[alwaysconservative]

Thanks for the full-text ping!!! So many Steyn gems, so little time. . .

[metesky]

Thanks for the ping and the full text, Pokey78.

Some classic Rummy in there, eh?

[MaryFromMichigan]

Thanks, Pokey!
If there was a 10 Commandments of Freeperdom, one would have to be:
"Thou shalt not excerpt Mark Steyn, but keep him wholly."

:)

[nothingnew]

Thanks Pokey...

FMCDH(BITS)

[gcruse]

Ah, thanks, Pokey. Steyn's spear-chucking has been comparatively mild the last few columns, so it's good to feel the underfoot rumble of metaphors on the move once more.

[baseballmom]

Thanks so much, Pokey. Another Steyn winner.

The Rummy/Der Speigel exchange is just too priceless. LOL

I love that guy.

[LibWhacker]

Thank you. What happened to that other guy who used to rush to post only the first sentence or two of every Steyn article? Haven't seen him in a while.

[mylife]

Actually, it’s the poor old Democrats who are missing the point. Whether or not the President is required to go through the FISA court (and I don’t believe he is) is an arcane point of law. In the broader political narrative, the shorthand of the story is that for the umpteenth time the Dems are keener to extend lavish legal protection to America’s enemies than to hunt them down and kill them. Every time you switch on the news, some bigshot Democrat like Ted Kennedy is effectively proposing yet another generous addition to the al-Qa’eda Bill of Rights.

THanks for the ping Pokey

[irv]

Nothing to do with Iraq in any of those cases — except that Iraq is a useful test for how clearly you comprehend the historical moment. And, as with Ted Kennedy and the Democrats, if you don’t get Iraq, it’s unlikely you’ll get the other currents coursing through the geopolitical scene.

I usually focus in on Steyn's jokes, because he's so good at them. But this bit here is one of the most insightful pieces of analysis I've seen in a long time, even from him.

Read it again.