I heard about this book on The Laura Ingraham show, which I am sure some of you know is a farther than hell right wing show. A show that I listen to for reasons that this book helped pacify.
Recently in college I have been struck dumb and dead by the pseuso-intellectualism of my peers and the self rightous indignation with which they view this country. I have had problems with American policies in the past but I, and any sane person, still have to recognize that it is the greatest country that has ever existed. When you look at the across the board advancements in everything from political structure to technology this statement comes off not as jingoistic (sp?) but rather as an assertion of the purest logic. We are lucky sons of bitches to be born in this country at this time and the people who don't feel the slightest bit of gratitude make me sick. People like my fellow students.
My loathing of their socialist pie in the sky ideals have driven me to seek out and embrace anyone who loves America. Whether it's radio talk show hosts, conservative authors, or even (gulp) Fox News, because I am literally brought to heart palpatating anxiety when I see ridiculous anti-American protests and anti-American articles in newspapers that have the ability to spark my admiration for their passion and my nausea for their stupidity all at the same time.
Thus (finally) I read this book and loved every word. Revel writes with a moral clarity and temperment that I have not felt from the printed word since I read Rand for the first time (why are America's best supporters foreign born?). And now I find myself completly at ease with the left lap dogs of satan, because I understand what is at the heart of their hatred. It isn't reason that drives them, it's jealousy. Not for our wealth but for the fact that our ideals work. The fact that America works, and their quick fix schemes never will. They hate reality because it keeps their utopias locked tight in their heads, and they hate America because it works with reality.