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To: neverdem

Mr. Hanson may write well, I don’t know. I can’t ever read him because I can’t get past the 3 names.

Are there too many Victor Hanson’s in the world, such that Victor Davis Hanson become necessary? 3 names like that make me shudder. It just feels like he is full of himself, before I get past the byline.

Donning flame-suit now, lol.


8 posted on 02/08/2010 7:40:06 PM PST by bluefish (NoBama! Because Commies Suck)
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To: bluefish

you might want to try getting past the 3 names, he writes good stuff.


11 posted on 02/08/2010 7:46:37 PM PST by henry_reardon
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To: bluefish
do you have a problem with the name John Paul Jones?
17 posted on 02/08/2010 8:05:46 PM PST by Reily
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To: bluefish

Don’t judge a book by its cover.


18 posted on 02/08/2010 8:08:10 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: bluefish
It just feels like he is full of himself, before I get past the byline.

Your loss. Bad for you.

22 posted on 02/08/2010 8:25:17 PM PST by Ditto (Directions for Clean Government: If they are in, vote them out. Rinse and repeat.)
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To: bluefish
Mr. Hanson may write well, I don’t know. I can’t ever read him because I can’t get past the 3 names.

Read articles by Thomas Sowell instead. Sowell will say the same thing in half the words that anyone can understand.

I understand the written word of Victor Hansen but much prefer the words written by Mr. Thomas Sowell.

24 posted on 02/08/2010 9:03:31 PM PST by cpdiii (Oil Field Trash, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist. THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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To: bluefish
Mr. Hanson may write well, I don’t know. I can’t ever read him because I can’t get past the 3 names...

Yes, there's much to be admired in your sense of perspective and priority.

Perhaps Nickelodeon.com would be better suited for you, from an intellectual and maturity point of view.

25 posted on 02/08/2010 9:41:57 PM PST by gogeo ("Every one has a right to be an idiot. He abuses the privilege!" Groucho Marx)
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To: bluefish

Francis Ford Coppola used to say: “Never trust a man with three names!”


27 posted on 02/08/2010 10:51:51 PM PST by karnage (worn arguments and old attitudes)
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To: bluefish

When he chose his own website name, he limited it to just 2 words http://victorhanson.com/ You can read all his articles there, LOL. Or maybe not, because his helpers are using 3 words now there too...

I see the use of complete name as a sign of respect from others. And VDH deserves this respect. But you’d never know...


30 posted on 02/09/2010 5:18:06 AM PST by Tolik
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To: bluefish

>>Donning flame-suit now, lol.

You should. To not read one of the top five commentators writing today because of that reason is extraordinarily weak.

VDH, Krauthammer, Steyn, Sowell, and Goldberg.


32 posted on 02/09/2010 5:37:54 AM PST by FreedomPoster (No Representation without Taxation!)
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To: bluefish; Tolik
It appears that he was named after a beloved cousin, Victor Hanson, who was killed at the age of 23 in WWII. Davis is his maternal grandfather's (or great-grandfather's) name.

It seems to me more an act of respecting the memory of ancestors than pretension.

Victor Davis Hanson

33 posted on 02/09/2010 5:42:16 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: bluefish

Simply follow politics closely enough for 5 to 10 years and you will be able to understand precisely what he is saying about whom. And understand his tremendous insights and ability to clearly explain them.


39 posted on 02/09/2010 5:52:54 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: bluefish
"Are there too many Victor Hanson’s in the world, such that Victor Davis Hanson become necessary?"

A quick google search turns up quite a few Victor Hanson's, not all of them, no doubt, with the most savory of reputations. Why run a risk of confusion?

47 posted on 02/10/2010 11:01:45 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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