Posted on 11/09/2006 8:36:16 AM PST by MNJohnnie
Let me see if I get this last propaganda spin lie fed to the Junk Media by the Democrats right. After the worst sort of slime bag gutter politics and demagoguery for the last 6 years suddenly we are all suppose to play nice since the Dems finally managed to lie their way back into power?
I do not think so.
They think they run things but believe or not, President Bush has a veto pen and we still have more then 40 Conservative Senators to filibuster with.
They need to get along with us. WE can stop anything they want. Let us see if Democrats are stupid enough to forget that fact
We lost a battle, the war goes on.
Another commie dies....Good riddance.
Hmmm. Chicken Fried Steak and Eggs... with biscuits and gravy on the side. You keep a mean kitchen CC.
I aim to please.
I second that.
This summarizes a very widely held conviction among readers. From a reader:
Hi Jonah,
I served a quarter century in the AF (retired colonel) and a quarter century in the pages of National Review. Here’s what I think.
I believe good Democrats and good Republicans both believed this war was going to end if their party won on election day. The Dems believed they'd end the war through withdrawal; the GOPers believed they'd end it through victory. They're both wrong. This war is going to go on for a long, long time.
It seems to me that Americans believe wars end when we say they end. Whether we win (WWII), lose (Vietnam), or draw (Korea), our wars have ended when we said they ended. The defeated Germans, victorious North Vietnamese, or stalemated North Koreans never came after America when hostilities ended. But the jihadists are coming, no matter what happens in Iraq. Make no mistake.
I was 21, and just about to start a 27-year relationship with the pages of NR, when the Iranian hostage crisis happened. I remember all the pronouncements from US leaders that they, and the American people, would have to get acquainted with the Quran to understand what all this revolutionary stuff was about. Now, all these years, I find that virtually no one in America has read the Quran or other holy books on the life of Mahommad. They have no idea that what we're seeing on TV—the Army of God (Hezbollah) attacks Israel; the regular practice of beheading; the spread of Sharia law; the brutalization of women; and the worldwide practice of actual jihad, not spiritual jihad, springs directly from those sacred texts, word for word.
I invite you to try a test with friends and family. I've done this with about 15 people in the last couple of weeks. Ask them to put the following three names in history, in the order in which they appeared: Jesus, Mohammad, Moses. I have been shocked at how many put Mohammad before Jesus, and even before Moses. I think the reason this happens is because Muslim countries look so much older on television! Now how could Americans understand Jihad, the Crusades, the relationship between the Bible and the Quran, or any thing they might hear that the Quran directs, without even understanding the historical sequence of the prophets?
With the Democrat victory, I hear a sigh of relief across the country that now we can bring this whole thing to a close. It is an illusion. Until we get into the animating texts of Islam, and do so publicly, loudly, and consistently, we will invite more violence, and abet the silence of moderate Muslims of goodwill around the world.
I believe the leadership of this debate is the most urgent task to ever face the brave staff of National Review. You already led the debate on Communism, but then you remember Communism had few real adherents in Communist countries. Radical Islam has tens of millions of true believers. This will be harder.
All the best,
XXX
You're wasting your time.
Far too many in America think the attack of 9/11/01 was a TV show.
HA LOL gotta love you because you say what's on your mind!
Now the President can get his immigration reform passed. The irony.
Dang, you know how to eat!
Can I get some chopped onions with that?
This is just awful, my memory that is. Ed Bradley sounds familiar, but, well, who was he?
"young folks and those of you with kids"
Yep, they'll need that minimum wage increase,
when 75% of their pay checks goes to taxes.
I truly believe Michael Savage is just a gimmick by a guy like Wrestling..The Rock and Ric Flair.... or someone like Larry The Cable Guy...its convincing, but its just a gimmick.
Hannity and Rush believe what they say, but they also tried to protect the GOP majority by swallowing bitter pills...but its because they "care" about what happens.
Ann Coulter may believe what she says, but I think she is a gimmick....its her turned up on 11 because she knows the publicity of the left hating her works.
I don't think Michael Moore cares about anything he says, he knows being over the top sells. I could tell listening to him on Hannity years ago........he's a gimmick.
I just got Glenn Beck in this market, and he is really interesting, but I don't have a finger on him yet.
I have only heard Hugh Hewitt a handful of times, he is interesting and seems himself.
Medved and Prager are themselves IMO...but I haven't heard them a lot.
The Road Not Taken: forfeiting a Majority
Hugh Hewitt
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2006/11/08/the_road_not_taken__forfeiting_a_majority
Sorry I didn't respond to you on the Levin Thread 'til this AM. I ducked out.
Coming up!
That's an excellent letter. Thanks for posting it.
I live in SOCAL. I have 2 little girls. I am looking for a place to relocate. I am very concerned for their future.
Thanks to Bush.
Sorry, but I have to disagree.. America is more powerful than the results of one election... we have been through the worst things that were the downfall of other countries, and we always come back stronger.
Will this be a 'challenge', yes, will it be the start of a 'Dark Age', not if we don't let it..
Remember the power of America is the individual, not the politicians..
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