Correspondence
Not In CINC I recently finished reading "The Men Who Would Be CINC" (TAS, Jan./Feb. 2003). It was interesting and entertaining. However, Mr. Babbin should have made some additional points in...
...As I recall, however, she was not a particularly nice girl, so just deserts, I'm sure...
...Unfortunately the article fails to address the role of the church in opposing American foreign policy initiatives aimed at thwarting Iraq's aggression...
...King—abusing not only King's constitutional rights, but also other individuals' rights as well...
...The man who can do that is none other than Rudy Giuliani...
...2003): She does not get it...
...Blair's No Balfour Paul Johnson is certainly correct in assessing Tony Blair as America's most steadfast ally in the war on terrorism...
...How about the staging and filming of the dance numbers, James, and how about the quality of the singing...
...Editor in Chief • • • February 6, 2003 Mr...
...Cordially, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr...
...The "crooner" was the late Sammy Davis, Jr...
...name of the movie from which the picture accompanying George Neumayr's excellent article comes...
...Dean J. Whitlock via the Internet The Honeymoon Ain't Over The November/December 2002 issue of TAS finally found me after my recent marital relocation...
...My answer, of course, is an emphatic yes...
...I have recommended your site to many of my politically unaware friends, and their response has been overwhelmingly positive...
...For a Christian to use the word Pharisee disparagingly would be understandable...
...New Bedford, Massachusetts Bad Taste David Martosko's article "Food Fetish" (TAS, Jan./Feb...
...2003) regarding a "united right-wing agenda" and a "level of secrecy on a scale you cannot imagine," I submit the following references taken from Victor Lasky's 1977 book, It Didn't Start With Watergate...
...Roger M. Westcott, Jr...
...Babbin should have made some additional points in the article...
...Army, Retired Fredericksburg, Virginia Rudy Interruption After reading John Fund's article in the January/February 2003 issue ("The Senate's Battle Axe"), I came to the conclusion that the best way to derail Hillary's presidential aspirations is to end her Senate career in 2006...
...It's a musical, Mr...
...2003) expresses undue concern...
...In the meantime, 9/11 has increased his popularity in New York while decreasing hers (thanks to her no-shows at NYPD and NYFD funerals...
...David Shapiro Los Angeles, California from Nell I have been enjoying your magazine for years, but I'm writing to ask what I'm sure will seem an odd question: What is the Trivial Pursuits January 28, 2003 Hasbro Games Consumer Affairs Department To Whom It May Concern: I write as the editor in chief of The American Spectator and a leading protagonist of The Arkansas Project to tell you that a question in your Trivial Pursuit Game, 20th Anniversary Edition, has no possible correct answer contrary to what the game claims...
...Thanks again for your otherwise excellent article...
...Your help in this would put an old fear to rest...
...Ben Wood via e-mail...
...Andrew P. O'Meara, Jr...
...Our Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, could also be a CINC in the event of a real tragedy...
...No, instead we get some pseudo-intellectual discourse on the themes of innocence and superiority which adds precisely nothing to any appreciation of the film as a musical...
...Maybe Mr...
...This country needs leaders who uphold the law, not those who think themselves above it...
...too, would like to have a CINC who had seen battle, but not one such as Kerry...
...Jan Gabbert Dayton, Ohio Getting It Good Regarding Linda Chavez ("Politically Corrected," TAS, Jan./Feb...
...William Davies Pulaski, New York Chicago Chic Movie critic James Bowman manages to "review" the film version of Chicago without telling us anything about the film as a musical ("The Talkies," TAS, Jan./Feb...
...Babbin should have also mentioned how this coveted National Guard spot was secured in the first place and the periods of time that Mr...
...2003) in the war on terror...
...There is no reason to believe that France's reluctance to invade Iraq is conditioned by anti-Semitism, a non-bellicosity hang-up, etc...
...By the way, the young lady in the arms of the monster ends up being thrown into a pool of quicksand into which she quickly disappears...
...In 1975 House subcommittee hearings, it was disclosed that Moyers, as confidant to LBJ, had used the FBI to run illegal checks on members of Barry Goldwater's campaign and Senate staff in an attempt to obtain derogatory information regarding any possible homosexual who worked for Goldwater...
...You can view the article for yourselves in the archives section at www.post-dispatch.com...
...Scaife never founded the project, I did...
...Tyrrell did not become discouraged at the treatment he received at the hands of the Clinton Administration, and not only continued his work with THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR, but expanded it with the present product, The Prowler...
...I thought that leftists, anarchists, anti-globalists, et al., succumbing from contaminated organic food is a good thing, no...
...The race was reported as being a dead heat about a month before Election Day when Garrett's campaign began a very intense negative advertising blitz to try to discredit his opponent...
...Robert B. Sorenson Bound Brook, New Jersey Jed Babbin replies: Mr...
...My God, who accepts all righteous people regardless of stripe, encourages my people (of whom Mr...
...Vichy Suave Just read your piece on French reluctance ("Darkest France," TAS, Jan./Feb...
...In "The Men Who Would Be CINC," Jed Babbin relates a story about marines failing to turn and face President Clinton as he disembarked Marine One, the presidential helicopter, due to his failure to gain their respect...
...I received it several times myself, forwarded by entirely credible friends and acquaintances (who of course had no first-hand knowledge of the issue...
...I have been unable to track it down ever since—it has been well over thirty years—and every time I ask anyone if he's seen the movie with the "walking tree stump" I only get funny looks...
...As long as Bill Clinton is running the DNC, enormous sums of money will flow into the New York campaign, leaving other Democratic candidates with crumbs, causing resentment among the party faithful...
...On March 10, 2001, the St...
...This is the same Catholic Church that has provided sanctuary over the last forty years to pedophiles and perverts who have ravaged the vulnerable youth of its parishes...
...Thank God and Gutenberg, YOU'RE BACK...
...Scott ran on "no changes to Social Security," and his mailings tried hard to paint his opponent as favoring changes...
...Babbin could have addressed a few of them in his article...
...I lived in France during 1995 when the entire French nation was focused on the Kelkal group of terrorists to nearly the same degree as Americans are currently focused on their own crop...
...Edmond Menard Fall River, Massachusetts It Started With Moyers Having just read Bill Moyers's (self-professed moralist) remarks ("Current Wisdom," TAS, Jan./Feb...
...He's damaged goods, and as I said, can't be trusted with the military...
...which was mostly silly, except for the undeniable talent of most of its members...
...And as far as expanded tax cuts, there was no discernible discussion—both he and his opponent claimed to support the already passed cuts, but nothing further...
...2003): How soon we forget...
...The question posed is: "Whose past did Richard Mellon Scaife investigate, by founding the $2.4 million Arkansas Project...
...Stein is a member) to make ourselves distinct for the purpose of acting as models while enjoining us to love our fellow man...
...R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr...
...Bowman, not Citizen Kane...
...Tell us whether it succeeds at being musical or not, what your standards are, and whether lovers of adult dance and song and story should part with ten precious dollars and sit in the dark and watch it for two hours...
...You make several good points in regard to Senator Kerry, who appears to be the front runner...
...Why has the church given its approval for aggression and dictatorships in the international arena, while it has consistently ignored the violence and perversion at work in its backyard...
...Massive immigration, both legal and illegal, is neither desired nor needed, especially in these times...
...for a Jew to perpetuate its maleficent usage is unconscionable...
...Despite your claims about French anti-Semitism, such an attitude, surely no worse than its American counterpart, did not keep the nation from being appalled and disgusted when the Kelkal group attacked a Hebrew primary school in Lyon...
...This duplicity and irresponsible conduct caused me to leave the church in search of salvation among those who continue to practice Christianity devoid of the Roman Catholic clerics' succor of tyrants and perverts...
...He was running a close race with her in 2000 before health reasons forced him to drop out...
...Unlike President Bush, who last summer condemned Yasser Arafat as a man "compromised by terror," Blair has made no such statement...
...Colonel, U.S...
...Tyrrell, Jr., Thank you for keeping us on our toes by challenging one of our questions from Trivial Pursuit's 20th Anniversary Edition...
...The article helps readers understand the divergent agendas that split the church...
...There probably is not muchgood to be said about "The Rat Pack" (Sinatra, Davis, et al...
...Have You Hugged Your Tree Today...
...Moreover, he never did the investigating, The American Spectator did...
...Sadly, it appears that America will remain Israel's only true ally unless Britain elects a Conservative government...
...Oh, wait...
...Losing to Rudy would seriously hurt Hillary's chance in the 2008 presidential elections...
...One could see substantial security everywhere—things like "no trash cans," which cannot be implemented here...
...The pattern of activism on the part of the Catholic Church on behalf of international aggressors goes back to at least the Vietnam War, when the Roman Catholic bishops in America denounced the American policy of support for the Republic of South Vietnam against aggression from Hanoi—aggression made possible with enormous support from the USSR and China...
...Dom Armentano Vero Beach, Florida Church Errant My congratulations on Tom Bethell's fine article, "Catholicism in Crisis" (TAS, Jan./Feb...
...I am a passionate conservative, SUV owner, and a proud descendant of Pharisees...
...It is gratifying that Mr...
...It was this that apparently won the election—not Garrett's adherence to Steve Moore's agenda...
...Keep up the good work...
...M. A. Faia via e-mail So You SHY In his lightweight rambling about SUV opponents, Ben Stein correctly takes them to task, but then lends credibility to the supposition that his general knowledge is miles wide and centimeters deep ("Ben Stein's Diary," TAS, Jan./Feb...
...There are many factors to be considered beyond battlefield experience...
...Louis Post-Dispatch published an interview with a marine spokesman debunking the story...
...Gerald Hulit via e-mail Steve Moore replies: The changes to Social Security that Scott Garrett opposed in the recent campaign were those proposed by the Clinton administration, which include raising payroll taxes...
...Our questions and answers come from a database that is checked by numerous sources, and we frequently review our games to make sure that the information is current...
...Duane McDonald Pasadena, California Eds: We stand corrected—Semper Fi...
...The British invited Palestinian representatives, Russian representatives, EU representatives, representatives from other Arab countries, including Syria, and American representatives...
...Aaron Goldstein via e-mail Grin and Garrett I read with interest the interview with the Club for Growth's Steve Moore ("RINO Hunter") in your November/December issue...
...Moyers approved the wire tapping of Dr...
...What is your response...
...He received five deferments (though he did manage to get picked up twice for drunk driving) because he had "other priorities...
...He indicated that President Bush's National Guard service "pales in comparison" to Senator Kerry's...
...Moyers is described as important in devising the TV ad that depicted a little girl plucking flower petals, followed by an atomic bomb exploding...
...Moore also indicated that Scott ran on a "Free Trade" platform—while I am sure that he does favor it, he was silent about it during the campaign...
...Scott did not necessarily win on the issues...
...However, I would prefer a CINC who has had a taste of battle, rather than one who took active steps to avoid it...
...Even in Massachusetts, there are adherents and supporters of the conservative cause...
...As a former navy officer who served during the Clinton years, I can absolutely affirm that any show of disrespect for the commander in chief—whoever he is—would not be tolerated, especially in an elite unit like the marines of HM-1...
...The only country that was not invited to this meeting was Israel...
...Perhaps most disturbing is Blair's silence concerning Ray Davies, a Labour city councilor in Wales, who compared Israel to Nazi Germany while calling on members of the National Assembly of Wales to boycott a planned trip to the Jewish state...
...Regardless of what you think of Clinton, the marines are better than that...
...Food for thought...
...Let's not forget: some of our best wartime presidents—Lincoln and FDR, for example—never heard a shot fired in anger...
...How about some comparison with Moulin Rouge or even with An American in Paris...
...2003) When I was seven or eight years old, I remember watching this movie and being scared out of my pants...
...The French had a determination to root out these thugs that went way beyond anything I've seen in the U.S., even since 9/11...
...Tony Award," TAS, Jan./Feb...
...The French are much more realistic about how to be tough against current styles of terror than we are...
...Daniel Buksa via e-mail For the Good of the Cause Thank you for putting out your fine publication...
...The Catholic Church is the shame of responsible Americans who once worshiped within the sanctuary of "Holy Mother" church...
...Vice President Cheney, who could ascend to CINC, didn't serve a day in the military...
...The debauchery of the church is the product of errant and misguided zealots, who have turned it into a sanctuary for unrepentant sinners—unholy and perverted...
...c/o THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR Dear Mr...
...This is not so...
...Going His Way Concerning "Self's the Man," by Algis Valiunas (TAS, Jan./Feb...
...My Way" was his signature song...
...Blair and his foreign secretary Jack Straw (who does a fine impersonation of Attlee's foreign secretary, Ernest Bevin) are hostile to the State of Israel...
...There are some discrepancies, however, in Moore's account of the case of Scott Garrett who won in New Jersey's Fifth District, which is where I live: Moore states that Scott ran on a platform of Social Security privatization...
...Recently, he condemned Israel for not allowing Palestinian representatives to attend a meeting to discuss the future of a Palestinian state, conveniently omitting a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv only days earlier killing twenty-three people...
...The story is an "urban legend," spread far and wide via chain e-mail...
...Thanks for the courage to speak out in condemnation of the behavior of errant clerics of the Catholic Church...
...The French police finally cornered the Kelkal gang in Lyon, and dispatched them...
...He, again, has no military experience...
...We appreciate your feedback and hope that you and your family will continue to enjoy our products for many years to come...
...It is stunning to realize that Moyers would later win an Emmy Award for hosting a TV program in which he condemned any administration that would use a government agency against American citizens .The only award that Moyers deserves is one for being the ultimate pompous hypocrite and phony that he is...
...For a man who eats at Morton's and complainsabout losing his Malibu address to claim humility while perpetuating a two thousand-yearold lie does seem incongruous, as well as the stuff of which simple-headed TV show hosts are made...
...Please be assured that we have shared your comments with those who work closest with that aspect of our operation...
...John A. Libertine via e-mail Eds: It's From Hell It Came (1957), directed by Stan Milner...
...2003) However, when it comes to Israel, Blair is far more reminiscent of another Labor prime minister—Clement Attlee...
...Bush was AWOL...
...Sincerely, Sherry-Ann Leandro Consumer Affairs Representative Hasbro, Inc...
...Sorenson raises some interesting points, but the mission of this piece was to review the Dems, not the Repubs...
Vol. 36 • March 2003 • No. 2
