This morning my subscription to The Conservative Voice e-mail newsletter brought this advertisement for "Human Events," and -- boy-howdy! -- it's personally signed by Ann Coulter herself!
Not familiar with the publication? Don't ask me -- let Ann describe it to you in her own (well, allegedly her own) words!
HUMAN EVENTS (which you can get at a big discount with a free best-selling book) is written and edited by gutsy people who will rescue you from the sticky tar pit of political correctness that passes for contemporary reporting... not girlie-boy editors afraid of sticking to their guns!...
Every time I wince at the brazen lies of Democratic leaders or their surrogates in the press, it occurs to me that America will never run short of natural gas...
FACT: Democrats are caught up in the Abramoff lobbying scandal too...
FACT: The Iraq war is consuming far less of the US GDP than other wars in the past...
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There's so much at stake today. America is at war and liberals just don't get it. Never has it been more important for you to get the truth -- and not the P.C. pabulum that filters through the establishment media.
When PC propagandists assure us that jihadist terror doesn't reflect "true," "peaceful" Islam, they're not only wrong, they're dangerous -- because in doing so they lull America into letting its guard down. And not only do self-appointed "experts" get Islam itself wrong -- they have also replaced the truth about Christian Europe and the Crusades with an all-pervasive historical fantasy that is designed to make you ashamed of your own culture and heritage -- and thus less determined to defend it. But now there's a remedy: In The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), Robert Spencer reveals all the disturbing facts about Islam and its murderous hostility to the West that other books ignore, softpedal -- or simply lie about.
What an utterly amazing document.
Urgency. Danger! You're gutsy -- they're cowards! They're educated -- but you're smarter! We just want the truth -- but they've all got an agenda!
And here's what I find illuminating -- the "experts" out there aren't just wrong... they have deliberately "replaced the truth" with an "all-pervasive historical fantasy." And what's the goal of this vast conspiracy? It's "designed to make you ashamed of your own culture and heritage -- and thus less determined to defend it."
Wow. The whole of history and current events boiled down to one basic psychodrama: when confronted with evidence that challenges their beliefs, these conservatives feel ashamed. And some people simply can't handle shame. They can't accept the notion that what they believed to be noble and true was less than perfectly thus -- and so, consequently, those who speak these heresies must be the problem.
Sometimes I think that the first step toward peace is learning to take ourselves a little less seriously.
How incredible is it that Ms. Coulter chooses to buy into the derogatory description of the non-aggressive as "girlie?" Here is a woman, who ostensibly stakes out her territory in a man's world, yet acquiesces to patronizing characterizations of her entire gender. Well. How "gutsy" is that? Personally, I'm not all that interested in protecting a heritage and culture that wants me to get my ass in the kitchen and make'em a sandwich. But, you're free to choose, sweetie. That's the great thing about America.
Make mine a roast beef with swiss cheese.
Posted by: Janet Edens | Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 09:13