THANK YOU
Re: Ben Stein’s Leave
Fred Malek Alone:
“Now, of course, the only ethnic thinking allowed is to
hold Israel to an impossible standard of assisted
suicide.”
The whole article was needed but would have been justified
if only to state the foregoing!
— Nancy
Beutel
THE HECK WITH HELEN
Re: Thirsty McWormwood’s Helen
The Hack and R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.’s Heck of
a Ride:
The good news is that now that she is no longer going to sit in
on White House press conferences, Ms. Thomas can go back to her
previous career as a gargoyle at the National Cathedral.
— Mike
Helen got her comeuppance not so much from using HELL in
her bad-mouthing of Israel as her
animosity toward the Jews but
wishing them back to the countries where Himmler’s ovens were —
she wants them to disappear from
the earth in her venomous remarks!
— Lee
Kenaga
NO REPLAY
Re: Andrew Cline’s Perfect
Sportsmanship:
Or perhaps they’re both delusional.
I, too, appreciated that moment in professional athletics. But
not for the reasons cited in your column. Instead, because MLB
has not instituted a system that allows the reversal of
“mistakes” like Jim Joyces’s.
No, I watched the replay numerous times — a courtesy Joyce did
not have before he made the call. And I don’t have a horse in the
race — I’m a Brewers, and National League, fan. But it seemed
clear to me that the issue was not that Galarraga beat the runner
to the bag. The problem was that the guy who had his own perfect
game in his hands snow-coned the ball in his glove, and never
seemed to have control until after the runner crossed the bag.
Personally, I think the upshot of this whole situation is the
relief that MLB has not seen fit to extend instant replay from
“boundary” calls — foul pole and clear-the-fence decisions on
home runs — to the rest of the game. If/when they do, they will
lose a lot of people like myself, who attend between five and 15
games a year and watch 100 or so more on TV. They will have
forfeited a public trust if they do so …
— Scott Thomson
NOT FIXING A HOLE
Re: Aaron Goldstein’s Obam-La-Di,
Obam-La-Da:
True, the remarks by Sir Paul were callous, malicious and meant
to evoke a reaction; maybe he wanted kudos from the current
occupant who has yet to reveal ANY grades or ANY papers he wrote,
or articles he reviewed for Law Review, or even if he ever had to
take a course at all. Harvard, after all, has a bit of a rep in
taking the disadvantaged over the qualified, and, lets’ face it,
that exposure can make thespians of most.
— R. Mandraccia
A WORD OF OPTIMISM
Re: Peter Ferrara’s
The Coming Resignation of Barack Obama:
You are underestimating Obama’s arrogance. Would Hitler or Saddam
resign? Good article with key points but you are thinking too
clearly. The masses are sheep and dumb. The liberal media tell
the masses what to think and that’s how it works… As
frustrating as that may be, it is what it is.
Now go on vacation and take care of your family because you can
only control so much in life. This country is done as we know it.
It’s a progressive mentality that begins with this guilt that all
people should be treated equally. While that sounds wonderful, it
is impossible. People come in all different shapes and sizes. All
different levels of intelligence. Yet, we get this equal and
fairness shoved down our throats. I’m sorry if you were born
dumb, you work in the mines. I’m sorry you are fat and ugly, you
work at the circus. The progressives think it is unfair how poor
the world is. They think being from a Country with borders is
closed minded and old fashioned.
They have no idea about history and it is very scary. I’ll end
with my favorite metaphor. Life is just like the game we played
as children. Hot Potato. The game is very fun until the potato
blows up on you. Will it blow up on Obama, and our present time?
Most likely not. That would be too good to be true…
Nice article…
— John
I wish I could agree with you concerning this article, but I
believe that Barack Obama is too arrogant to decide not to run
again. Also, the people surrounding him are equally as arrogant.
I think we have to remember that he is a Saul Alinsky student, as
are many of those in his administration. I can only pray that you
are right.
— Ruth Mallek
MARXIST GAGGLE
Re: Peter Ferrara’s
Barack Obama’s Total Eclipse for America:
Barack Obama and his Marxist gaggle and their allies may
disfigure America, because they never have and will never
identify with allegiance to her and the hope of freedom of
thought, action and religion she represents.
But I will not agree with your pessimism that it’s becoming
doubtful that these thugs can be stopped. That’s exactly the
demoralization morally anchorless Obama and his kind count on.
I’d like to think — I hope — that people who really are
Americans first will stand up for her and love her more than
party or race or ancestry.
We are at that juncture. Will the stance be at the ballot box or
elsewhere? We really don’t have any time left to act.
— C. Kenna Amos Jr.
NEXT ON THE LIST
Re: Quin Hillyer’s Israel,
Right and Long:
I’m sure that, if Iran, and/or Hezbollah and Hamas, and/or Syria
succeed in attacking and devastating Israel, Obama will issue a
statement “deploring” their action and pledging “eternal support”
for Israel.
And, I’m sure that the American Jews who voted for an anti-Israel
president who helped to degrade the Israeli defensive posture
will thank Obama profusely for his speech and will rationalize
his actions. Israel’s biggest problem is not Iran, it is the
American Jews who seek to demonstrate their even-handedness as
global citizens by failing to support Israel’s struggle for
survival in a hostile world. American Jews need to wake up and
understand that “evenhandedness as global citizens” will not
change their status as infidels, and that they will be next on
the list after Israel.
— Syd
THE LIBERAL MIND
Re: Quin Hillyer’s Profane
Losers:
I recently purchased a copy of the Nation just to see
what was in the liberal world. After a few articles I started to
think I was being held in an insane asylum against my will. I
threw the magazine away and now only have re-occurring
nightmares, over time with less frequency.
— Bobothree
San Francisco Bay Area
HONOR
Re: Ben Stein’s
Expelled From the New York Times:
Ben Stein is now a household name among Christians here in
Australia. I had never even heard of him before the movie
Expelled. Even the adult students in my Worldview course
knew who he was when the discussion came up about the
Leftist-Humanist-Atheist-Darwinian “inquisition” that’s in full
swing in the US and elsewhere. As someone who has actively and
publicly supported Israel for over 30 years, and includes Jews
and Israelis among my closest friends, I commend Ben for his
stand for academic freedom and truth. In fact, part of my course
includes a segment on the amazing impact of the Jews on history,
Jesus included. Ben, I wish you well. If we ever meet I will deem
it a great honor.
—John Heininger
