The American Spectator

LOSING IT TO THE LOSERS
Re: Ben Stein’s We’ve Figured Him Out:

Brilliant!
— Lynne Pauls Baron
Killingworth, Connecticut

Yes, liberty lost will be hard to get back. Since bureaucracy is made of people, it will fight for its survival, as libertarians do individually and communists do collectively. It seems the post 1960s educated crowd say the middle way is good government, so the goobers don’t get the shaft — yeah, sure.
— Vern Villarino

I like Ben Stein, but come on, the part about Hillary “giving Iran the go-ahead to have a nuclear weapon” is pretty a far-fetched interpretation of her statement:

“We want Iran to calculate what I think is a fair assessment, that if the U.S. extends a defense umbrella over the region, if we do even more to support the military capacity of those in the gulf, it’s unlikely that Iran will be any stronger or safer, because they won’t be able to intimidate and dominate, as they apparently believe they can, once they have a nuclear weapon.”

If you want to remain credible, then link to the exact statement you mean or else don’t try to stretch the truth. The worst thing for conservatives is that they get fired up and lose credibility in the eyes of the left.
— J.D. Smith

Thank you so very very much for your insight in this, I wish all Americans could see this now!
— S. Nanette

In case you haven’t heard, Ben, we’re having a drought in Texas. Of course, we’re always having a drought, but this one’s a bit toasty, 36 days (usually about 12) so far this year, of 100+ degrees. Now, under these conditions, what should come into my mind after reading your article? Why, the Kingston Trio and their Merry Minuet, of course. So, with a few editorial changes, here it is, for the benefit of, oh, I don’t know, how about our Mr. Hope and Change. Do you think he reads TAS?

(And fellow TAS readers, if you don’t know the original lyrics, Google it! That’s what I’m told when I ask a question.)

Merry Minuet (50 years later)

They’re fighting in Columbia (FARC - Freeing All Repressed Communists)
They’re starving in Spain (poor Seville)
There’s hurricanes in Florida (well, not yet, but there will be)
AND TEXAS NEEDS RAIN!!

The whole world is festering with unhappy souls (government run healthcare)
The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles (still crazy after all these years)
Italians hate Yugoslavs (wait, is that Croatia or Serbia? I’m confused), South Africans hate the Dutch (and us)
AND FRANKLY, MR. HOPE AND CHANGE, YOU DON’T SEEM TO LIKE ANYBODY VERY MUCH!! (especially to the Cambridge police)

But we can be tranquil, and thankful and proud,
‘Cause we have Barack, there’s no mushroom-shaped cloud.
Still, I’d bet for certain that some lovely day,
Someone will set the spark off, (Kim Jung-il?)
AND WE WILL ALL BE BLOWN AWAY!!

They’re fighting in Columbia
There’s strife in Iran (Is ACORN over there, too?)
What nature doesn’t do to us (Wow, 50 years, how did Al Gore know way back then?)

Will be done by our fellow Ameri-CAN!!
— Mike Showalter
Austin, Texas