FRENCH CONNECTIONS
“Faithless
France,” by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., is the best summary we have
seen of the vicious anti-Semitic acts taking place in France today.
Bob Tyrrell, who has taken H. L. Mencken’s place as America’s
finest political satirist, minces no words.
We are personally familiar with French anti-Semitism. Not out of
mere indolence does the French government refuse to do anything
about these latest acts of terror. It is gratifying that Bob
understands this and writes about it in his own inimitable style.
We hope that the higher-ups in our own Government are also paying
attention.
— Oscar Mann, M.D.
— Amy Mann
Great column by RET. We should take a page from the end of WWII and
make sure that we rescue all the great chefs and vintners before we
do the needful on the rest of those scum.
As a francophone American who travels widely, I can assure you
that what goes on in the French language on TV and in the cafes is
far worse that what we see in our news. It is fully the equivalent
of the two-faced and two-mouthed approach of Arafat.
Great food and wine, lousy people.
— Donald I. Hertzmark
Washington, D.C.
Obviously their capital never left Vichy.
— James M. Nevler
Violence is violence, whether it is the French against the Jews or
Israel against Palestine. So you propose that we stand by and watch
Israel blast Palestine with tanks, and do nothing and yet do
something when the Jews get blasted in France. Both situations are
wrong, wrong, wrong!!! I have a conservative friend whom I love
dearly but he insists on sending me these articles with no
journalistic merit. So do yourself a favor and assume once, just
once, that not everyone is stupid.
— Frank McCandless
Viagra for France? Won’t help. It’s the spine that needs
stiffening.
— Richard Skeean
PAGE PERFECT
As a nearly sixty-year old, I have no quarrel with the points made
in Jeff Dufour’s “You
Are What You Read.” However, shame on him for one thing. Any
red-blooded male should know that the pin-ups in English papers are
found on page 3, not page 2!
— Kenyon C. Kies
Madison, WI
Jeff G. Dufour is looking down his nose at readers of “Maxim.” He
thinks we are the kind of guys that get a kick out of repeating the
word penis, over and over. Personally I think Maxim is the funniest
mag to come around since the old National Lampoon in its P. J.
O’Rourke days.
— Chas Thomas
P.S. [The correspondent proceeds to repeat the word “penis” 330
times. —Ed.]
BY THE YARD
Re: Dave Shiflett’s Dictators
and Dandelions:
In Miami, we call them the “Good Taste Gestapo.” Both have their
alliterative charms, and Yard Nazi rolls off the tongue with
greater ease; nevertheless, to call them mere Nazis is to
understate their radicalism. They are the hard-core Convinced, and
I think Gestapo does them greater justice.
— Mike Fitts
Miami, FL
NOT SO FAST
G. Neumayr writes in “California’s
Al Gore”: “Pandering to the Hispanic community, [Gray Davis]
recently announced his support for legislation that would give 2
million illegal aliens the opportunity to receive driver’s
licenses.” Could it be that the motor voter law would then provide
Mr. Davis with 2 million new votes in the upcoming election?
— Bill Llewellin
Littleton, CO
BEAMER
Jerry Carter’s recent piece on Congressman Jim Traficant (“Heavy
Traficant”) was not only entertaining, but right on the mark.
Whether he’s guilty or not, the Ohio legislature has sadly already
put the congressman out of his job. We will all miss Traficant’s
antics, wacky hairdo, and beam me ups. Oh yeah, and the GOP House
leadership will sure miss the Democrat’s surprisingly conservative
voting record.
— Chris Lilik
Senior, Villanova University
KIDS TODAY
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.’s White
Sheet Summitry:
Dear Bob: (I presume informality based on the proud ownership of a
“Nuke the whales” T-shirt. Remember them?) Agreed the parents have
some responsibility, but it occurred to me some children may be
caught up in a “cult of shahid,” to the dismay of their parents.
Dare they dissent? One thinks not. Another good reason for home
schooling.
— Burt Egel
STRAY DOGGIES
Re: Reader Mail’s Name
That Clinton Dog and More
Dogs and Jocks:
I’ll make one last defense of “Hillary” as the name that should be
given. Just imagine the joy Bill will have when he finally gets to
say, “Hillary! Bring me my slippers!” or “Hillary! Heel!” or
“Hillary! Sit up and beg!” and of course “Hillary! Roll over and
play dead!” But then, he’s said that last to Webb Hubbell any
number of times.
— Jim Stevenson
How about Roger after his brother? When pronounced with a hard “G”
and a long “O” it becomes a charming British expression for….
—Nick Chadwick
REUNITED
I just stumbled on to your site from lucianne.com. Thank God you’ve
started another site. The new Spectator is OK, for what it is, but
I am soooooooo glad to see you all again. Will you be starting a
magazine? How can I get involved? Please tell me — I have missed
you all so much…
— Randy Spencer
Fort Wayne, IN
I read with surprise and pleasure in the Wall Street Journal
today
that you have been re-born! I have truly missed you all…. I will
add you to my favorites list and look forward to reading you!
— Pam Lange
A longtime Spectator subscriber* just discovered your site and is
ECSTATIC…. I’m going to run right to the other room now and hoist
a distilled beverage to your new endeavor. Wishing you all
success… Cheers!
— Carl Clawson
*I was first put on to the Spectator by the Whole Earth catalog
ca. 1980. I still get a chuckle when I remember that.
