PJM Political 08/28/10: Fear and Loathing in America’s Ruling Class
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Join host Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Stephen Green of VodkaPundit.com for a look at Washington and beyond:
- Ed Driscoll interviews Angelo M. Codevilla, professor of international relations at Boston University and Vice Chairman of the U.S. Army War College Board of Visitors, about his epic-length article in the American Spectator titled “America’s Ruling Class — And the Perils of Revolution,” and its soon-to-be book version, with an introduction written by Rush Limbaugh.
- Taken from Trifecta of PJTV, Steve Green, satirist Scott Ott, and Bill Whittle of PJTV wonder if the GOP has any sort of roadmap for November beyond simply being the opposition party.
- Ed talks with Col. Austin Bay, the co-author of A Quick and Dirty Guide to War, about his new syndicated column, “August 1990 and the War for Modernity,” on the past, present, and future of Iraq.
- In the latest edition of PJTV’s Poliwood, Roger L. Simon and fellow Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Lionel Chetwynd on President Obama’s recent trip to L.A., how the president is being treated by America’s Ruling Class: Hollywood Royalty Division, and how the Internet, a growing number of cable and satellite TV channels and the economy all impact television salaries.
- Steve runs down the Week in Blogs.
- Produced by Ed Driscoll.
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Podcasting is really taking off. Too bad it bypasses those of us who are hearing impaired. The Sunday talk shows used to take care of that by offering transcripts to those who can’t hear well or missed part of the telecast. I guess it’ll take awhile for audiocasting to catch up.
How Obama Spent (Some) of His Summer Vacation
“V-A-See-A-T-I-O-N, we’re on vacation, we’re gonna have a ball!” (Connie Francis)
It may be antiquated and not “with it” today but a popular back-to-school, first week assignment to get kids back to the grind used to be to have them write about how they spent their summer vacations. Most kids could write at least something on that easy topic.
If little Barry Obama were heading back to classes following summer vacation 2010, he would have a lot to write about. If he included where and how he spent this year’s vacations, to date, he could almost literally write volumes.
Compliments of IOwntheWorld.com, we present this pictorial insight into how our commander-in-chief, our president, our leader and chief bottle-washer, who had vowed, “I will not rest until everyone has a job, a good wage, and benefits,” has been spending his last vacation during this, America’s “recovery summer.”
Suffice to say, Obama, now being termed President Clark Griswold in a few quarters, has never, ever rested on his laurels nor on his vacations. Maybe he simply forgot that pledge to the American people and forgot those many millions of Americans still without a job, still without a good wage, and still without benefits.
Then, however, it would seem he has a surprisingly bad memory for such a smart dude since he’s forgotten any number of pledges and promises.
The pictures depict the president and First Lady thoroughly enjoying some ice cream during their vacation up there in the playground of the very rich and very famous, Martha’s Vineyard, where, for some very bizarre reason, GWB tee shirts were outselling BHO tee shirts. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1868)
I just finished reading Angelo Codevilla’s article. It is totally brilliant. I have long felt that there were reasons for men like Mayor Bloomberg to support the GZ Mosque which had nothing to do with liberal politics, not that I believe Liberals necessarily have any logic to their political thinking, but the concept of a class of people who see themselves as somehow more in touch than the rest of us has been a theme on the edges of my political thought for a very long time. G.H.W.Bush was the first to make that really apparent to me with his idea of a “new world order.” I always believed that it was America’s job to just do things right a be an example, lead by example. Anyway, Thank you for bringing Angelo Codevilla to my attention. I am reeling from his article. I wish Peter Robinson would interview him on NRO.
I had the incredible good fortune about 40 years ago to be majoring in Political Science at a small, Christian-focused liberal arts college. While there I took seven courses from a young but incredibly passionate, energetic, and accomplished professor – Angelo Codevilla. His life story is perfect for his role now. Coming from Italy, he brought a passion for classical Western Philosophy, and also fluency in all the languages. He taught a seminar on Machiavelli from the original Italian text. But his youth in Italy and European perspective made him all the more appreciative of the American experience. He brought the outsiders perspective of America’s unique place in history, and also it’s weaknesses. I didn’t realize it at the time but I have come to see Angelo Codevilla as a sort of latter day Alexis d’Tocqueville, who liked America enough that he decided to stay. We are very fortunate at this “inflection point” in our history to have Dr. Codevilla providing a Google-earth like “zoomed out” picture of the American polity today, that shows us the way back home to the America we want, if we are virtuous enough to value it and work for it.
Sidenote, Grove City College in those days ,was a bit different than today, it opted to let this incredible teacher go which stunned this sophomore at the time. But history suggests maybe the President of the College had more foresight than I knew, and he was freeing Dr. Codevilla to achieve a far bigger role than Grove City could launch.
Watching recent media reports, one could easily believe that there are massive angry mobs of Americans who are threatening to radically change their government. Yet when one reads deeper into those news (sic) stories, one has difficulty finding details on the violence the headlines alluded to. However, there have been reports, albeit infrequent, of attacks on people selling “Don’t Tread on Me” flags, or having fingers bitten off by non-Tea Partiers who are angry they cannot provoke Tea Partiers into violent responses. Based on a number of reports, it appears any anger out there, is among those of the progressive or leftist persuasion. Those actions seem counter to the headlines alluding to extremist Tea Party average Americans when they rally, since those Tea Partiers just do not seem to get violent.
The vitriol spewed by many leftist media types, whether on TV, on radio, or in print, is breathtaking. There really does appear to be a serious effort to provoke. There is definitely an effort to erroneously portray conservative patriotic Americans as out of control racists. The problem the left has, is the actions do not match the rhetoric the left wants us all to believe.