What would be an appropriate way for a national television channel to observe Christmas? One thing of which I am certain is that such an observance would not involve airing a message from the president of an Islamic terrorist theocracy whose most recent relations with your country involved the abduction in international waters of 15 members of your Navy and parading them on state television.
The UK’s Channel 4 television has decided that a Christmastime message of international tolerance and goodwill would best be sent by turning the airwaves over to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He will deliver an “Alternative Christmas Message.” Click here, if you have a strong stomach. One wonders whether Ahmadinejad will repeat what he said in 2005, after an Iranian convert to Christianity was abducted and stabbed to death in Iran: “I will stop Christianity in this country.”
It wouldn’t be surprising if after the passage of a few more years, Channel 4 television formalized its abject self-hatred and cowardice by inviting Ahmadinejad to stop Christianity in the UK, as well.
peter – you admire stuart taylor (even when you disagree with him) because – at his core – he is an intellectually honest guy who makes a serious effort to fairly characterize the positions held by others…
the reason you dislike eric holder (his prima facia hypocrisies aside) is that he is someone who, in the speeches he chooses to give, is neither intellectually honest nor fair…
my growing concern is that these are qualities the attorney general has with the president who selected him…
PW – thank you for the link. He hits on several good points: 1) Always blaming others for your own misfortune is never a good prescription, nor does it require any change of your behavior. 2) Its implied, but the very programs that are depended upon seem more geared to expected failure than expected success. One of the characteristics I admire about Frederick Douglass was his utmost belief in his people. He thought, given an opportunity, they could compete – period. Where are those leaders today?
#2- The same can be said about Booker T Washington. I look forward to reading the new biography of which he is the subject. Taylor’s article is about as succinct a refutation of the racial grievance industry as I have ever read.
Holder is like some nagging spouse who wants his/her partner to admit to some “flaw,” imaginary or otherwise, so that he/she can use the admission to hammer the “offending” partner mercilessly without letup ’til death relaeases one of them.