Ben Stein

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012423.post-1140892311559252872006-02-25T10:28:00.000-08:002006-02-25T10:40:54.876-08:00Ben Stein<a href="http://theamericanprowler.com/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9444">Ben Stein</a>: <blockquote>I have some serious news for you about the war against the terrorists, the war we are fighting to protect our liberties and our Constitution against Islamic totalitarianism. We're losing, big time. I don't mean we're losing in Iraq, where our brave men and women are fighting well in difficult conditions and with the home grown doubters at their heels. Nor in Afghanistan, where our men and women in uniform are also fighting brilliantly. No, we are losing our freedom here at home, and in a particularly nasty way… But the media censors itself about the cartoons mocking the prophet of a religion many of whose adherents want to destroy our country and our way of life. We will fight to the death to protect the artists who create Piss Christ, but we'll also fight to the death to protect the feelings of the people who hate us and kill our children. We have surrendered our free expression to people who are at war with us. They kill us in the name of a religion and we bow and scrape to that religion while letting people dump on Christianity and Judaism. There's a word for this, beyond the words Stockholm Syndrome and the words Political Correctness. The word is cowardice. Or maybe an even shorter word: defeat. Wake up, America. This is serious.</blockquote><a href="http://theamericanprowler.com/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9444">Read it all</a>. More on <a href="http://tks.nationalreview.com/archives/090966.asp">TKS</a>: <blockquote>Stein is at least partially correct. Our MSM, with about four or five exceptions, just offered its unconditional surrender to jihadist standards of the press, and has seemingly agreed to lie to the public about the extent that threats and violence affected their decision making. The official line is, and will remain, "sensitivity to our readers/viewers."</blockquote> Dennis Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433135580608693994noreply@blogger.com