[Pokey78]

Steyn ping!

[GOPJ]

"A growing number of people will think of themselves as citizens of the planet rather than citizens of the West, or Islam, or Chinese civilization." He provides no evidence for this assertion, and I would wager that it is, as they say in Britain, bollocks on stilts: the idea that an identity rooted in nothing more than the planet as a kind of universal zip code will ever be sufficient is laughable. The opposite is more likely to prove true: the more types like Martin promote the nullity of post-nationalist identity -- what he calls "multicultural tolerance and respect" -- the more people will look elsewhere, to pan-Islamism and much else.

Insightful - as usual...

[CharlesWayneCT]

Bumpie.

[My2Cents]

She wanted me to write a John Kerry election diary. Easy gig. All I had to do was follow him around and mock him mercilessly.

Three lines into this piece, and I'm already laughing.

His book, BTW, is a must-read.

[wideawake]

My small town is more forested than it was either a century or two centuries ago.

Reminds me of when I went on a guided tour of the Gettysburg battlefield and the tour guide said: "We don't have a clear view here like Brockenbrough did because of all the trees in our line of sight."

A tourist was puzzled by this and she said: "But weren't there a lot more trees here back then?"

The guide told her they were almost no trees in those fields in 1863 and that the trees were a more recent addition to the landscape.

She didn't buy it, not comprehending that back when the loaf of bread you ate was made from grain in your neighborhood rather than in Nebraska, trees were considered a waste of good farmland.

[Tax-chick]

bttt

[james500]

"I heard a story on the radio this week about some new Austin Powers-style "fembots" that are being developed by -- guess who? -- the Japanese. These aren't like your old twelve-buck blow-up doll from PornoMart on Toronto's Yonge Street, they're much more lifelike and they cost 300 grand -- as, indeed, many real broads do these days."


LOL

[detch]

Al Gore will be suffering from "blue vitals" long before he acknowledges that militant Islam was heating up the planet while the earth was sinking back into the Ice Age we were warned about all through the 1970's.

[goldstategop]

The Left is going out of business. In 30 to 40 years there will be too few of them to worry about. Most of us on here will be happily geriatric or dead. The Left though can do a lot of self-inflicted damage to Western societies before it finally throws off its mortal coil for good.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[Dr.Deth]

they're much more lifelike and they cost 300 grand -- as, indeed, many real broads do these days

Major spit-take.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

as they say in Britain, bollocks on stilts . . .

Cool. I think I will start saying it in No. California.

[AmishDude]

These aren't like your old twelve-buck blow-up doll from PornoMart on Toronto's Yonge Street, they're much more lifelike and they cost 300 grand -- as, indeed, many real broads do these days.

Truer words were never written.

[irv]

Steyn is a better "futurist" than the hyper-educated professionals could ever be. Go Steyn!

[Constantine XIII]

LOL, too bad we can't vote for him.

[knighthawk]

Ping

[driftless2]

As long as there are liberal buffoons running amok, Steyn will be relevant. One, two hundred years from now historians will be citing Steyn like they cite Pepys and even older chroniclers of history's fools and charlatans. And hopefully not just of the decline of the west.

[JDoutrider]

Steyn Bump!

[George W. Bush]

A different side to Steyn, interesting for his devoted fans. I'm not quite sure if his writing career could withstand a steady diet of this kind of material.

[lesser_satan]

bump

[voletti]

great read.