1 posted on
08/12/2007 4:33:40 AM PDT by
Laverne
To: Laverne
2 posted on
08/12/2007 4:41:45 AM PDT by
hocndoc
(http://www.lifeethics.org/www.lifeethics.org/index.html)
To: Laverne
1934 was HOT!
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3 posted on
08/12/2007 4:44:48 AM PDT by
samtheman
To: Laverne
ROFL
Classic Steyn! Thx for posting.
4 posted on
08/12/2007 4:52:24 AM PDT by
voletti
(There's no place, I can be, since I found, serenity.)
To: Laverne
"malignant narcissism" That's an awfully good label for the idea that criticism is superior to performance: Socialism is nothing but criticism and second guessing of those who actually do things. Theodore Roosevelt There is no more unhealthy being, no man less worthy of respect, than he who either really holds, or feigns to hold, an attitude of sneering disbelief toward all that is great and lofty, whether in achievement or in that noble effort which, even if it fails, comes to second achievement. A cynical habit of thought and speech, a readiness to criticise work which the critic himself never tries to perform, an intellectual aloofness which will not accept contact with life's realities - all these are marks, not as the possessor would fain to think, of superiority but of weakness. They mark the men unfit to bear their part painfully in the stern strife of living, who seek, in the affection of contempt for the achievements of others, to hide from others and from themselves in their own weakness. The rôle is easy; there is none easier, save only the rôle of the man who sneers alike at both criticism and performance.It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds . . .
Why Broadcast Journalism is
Unnecessary and Illegitimate
5 posted on
08/12/2007 4:58:58 AM PDT by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters except PR.)
To: Laverne
To: Laverne
7 posted on
08/12/2007 5:13:01 AM PDT by
metesky
(Brought To You By Satriales Aerosol PorkChop Mist - The Finest New Jersey Has To Offer!)
To: Laverne
"malignant narcissism"
Yes, the perfect expression to describe the cesspool of the political left that rants and rages in a frenzy of propaganda against human civilization.
8 posted on
08/12/2007 5:13:11 AM PDT by
Enchante
(Reid and Pelosi Defeatocrats: Surrender Now - Peace for Our Time!!)
To: Laverne
Cheeseburger Imperialists.
9 posted on
08/12/2007 5:23:08 AM PDT by
ichabod1
("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx." Ronald Reagan)
To: Laverne
Here’s how it will play, if it hits the MSM:
“Global Warming Coverup: NASA Changes Climate Data Under Pressure From Bush Administration”
10 posted on
08/12/2007 5:30:05 AM PDT by
DJ Frisat
(SPAM: best in the can and in sammiches -- not for use on computers.)
To: Laverne
Only in America and overseas, is the narcissism of anti-Americanism in certain quarters rampant. One can't think of another country that has done so little to offend mankind and to the contrary much to benefit it. Yet America's self-image has become as grotesquely distorted and its self understanding warped as someone standing in front of a funhouse mirror might view himself. The fiction and reality are completely at odds. There is a sickness of the soul that wasn't prevalent in earlier and more civilized times. Its a telling commentary of the age the extent to which anti-americanism is a barometer of just how much liberal opinion has changed of American greatness - and not assuredly for the better.
"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 Palelologus
11 posted on
08/12/2007 5:44:06 AM PDT by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: DaveLoneRanger
12 posted on
08/12/2007 6:01:45 AM PDT by
RhoTheta
("The missing circuit is in your head, Worfen!" - Buccaroo Banzai)
To: Laverne
Mark Steynwas there ever a more brilliant wordsmith in the history of political commentary? This article has supplied a new tagline (below).
14 posted on
08/12/2007 6:33:06 AM PDT by
Albion Wilde
( America: “...the most benign hegemon in history.” —Mark Steyn)
To: Laverne
In order to avoid duplicates, please use the original article headline (not the hyperlink headline).
To: Laverne
Weird. I just looked at a cached copy. Your original post was correct. Never mind.
To: Laverne; SandRat; freema
I hope the Soldiers from Beauchamp’s unit sue the hell out of the New Republic.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
20 posted on
08/12/2007 6:57:49 AM PDT by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: Laverne
The single most dangerous influence in the world today is the relentless propaganda coming from the Left in the Western World, and it is the mendacity at the very heart of the Left--that varies from indifference to truth to contempt for truth--that makes it so dangerous.
Some of the Left cynically use mendacity to manipulate people and information to achieve their purposes. Some, who probably mean well, think that they can improve on truth. Some naively or wantonly depend upon cynical, mendacious leaders. Some are in denial about non-truth for various reasons. Leftists vary, but the foundation of the Left and of its propaganda is mendacity.
It is this mendacity that enables the enemies of all that is good and decent in this world and threatens to destroy Western Civilization.
22 posted on
08/12/2007 7:22:17 AM PDT by
Savage Beast
("History is not just cruel. It is witty." ~Charles Krauthammer)
To: Laverne
23 posted on
08/12/2007 7:28:17 AM PDT by
Gritty
(Ecochondriacs figure this'd be a pretty nice planet if we didn't live here - Mark Steyn)
To: Laverne
Mr. McIntyre lives in Toronto. But the data smelled wrong to him, he found the error, and NASA has now corrected its findings albeit without the fanfare that accompanied the hottest-year-on-record hysteria of almost a decade ago. Sunlight may be the best disinfectant, but, when it comes to global warming, the experts prefer to stick the thermometer where the sun don't shine.Now, that's quotable!
30 posted on
08/12/2007 8:33:30 AM PDT by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: Laverne
37 posted on
08/12/2007 3:47:23 PM PDT by
dennisw
To: Laverne
39 posted on
08/13/2007 6:43:30 AM PDT by
Rutabega
(European 'intellectualism' has NOTHING on America's kick-a$$ism!)
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