Mark Steyn: This week America was great and America was good

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 09/15/2001 | Mark Steyn

[Pokey78]

A Steyn ping.

[Pokey78]

A Steyn ping.

[Pokey78]

A Steyn ping.

[Pokey78]

A Steyn ping.

[Pokey78]

A Steyn ping.

[calypgin]

There have been some exceptional pieces written in response to September 11, and, in usual Steyn fashion, this is one of them.

[dano1]

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[LibertarianLiz]

Thanks, Pokey. I always read Steyn to my husband.

[No!]

Another classic...

Thanks for posting!

[Tribune7]

Bump it up

[Tribune7]

Until you don't need it.

[Tribune7]

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[Carolinamom]

Here's another Mark Steyn classic.

[Miss Marple]

Thanks Pokey!! I like to think that Americans have finally remembered who we really are.

Most of our ancestors got here on ships, fleeing the older nations for economic or religious reasons. They started all over, in a land that was unfamiliar. Some families started over more than once, as they moved west. They survived the Civil War, Two World Wars, the Depression, and the Cold War.

We are a nation of pioneers, builders, explorers, survivors. We are not easily cowed, but that aspect of our character has been hidden.

The American spirit is back, after 8 long years of being told that all we care about is pleasure and money. That was a lie, like so much else of the Clinton presidency. It is as if the nation has awakened from an evil spell. Seeing those New Yorkers with President Bush today confirmed it.

We will prevail.

[Marianne]

BTTT

[Stentor]

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[leilani]

God Bless Mark Steyn. He may not be a native, but he's a better American than I could ever hope to be. HE'S THE COOLEST GUY IN THE WORLD!

[leilani]

PS, thankyou POKEY, for the Mark Steyn hit.

[Doc On The Bay]

HERE's a MAN worth "Having a beer with----"

I have SELDOM read a "Piece" which reflected as clear an understanding of the "American Character" as this!

HERE, painted in BOLD, CLEAR strokes, IS the essential "American Character,"--as clear now, as it was in the time of Emerson!

We--as a culture--have STILL managed to retain our basic character!

We "Don't Fight 'em, We OUTCLASS 'EM!" (& when we find out who hurt our fellow Americans--we exact a savage & massive price for their suffering.)

Why is it the "Anti-American Zealots" NEVER take time to understand our Culture--& WHY we seem to ALWAYS gather strength from the attacks inflicted on us!

The Cultural CRETINS who "engineered" the attack on our fellow Citizens HAVE TO BE ignorant of what they have done; They THOUGHT they "Kicked a Cur"; they awoke an ENRAGED LION!

Doc