NationStates Jolt Archive

Mark Steyn is a commentator on current events. He writes for several magazines and newspapers.

"The fanatical Muslims despise America because it's all lapdancing and gay porn; the secular Europeans despise America because it's all born-again Christians hung up on abortion; the anti-Semites despise America because it's controlled by Jews. Too Jewish, too Christian, too Godless, America is also too isolationist, except when it's too imperialist.
Too Christian, too Godless, too isolationist, too imperialist, too seductive, too cretinous, America is George Orwell's Room 101: whatever your bugbear, you will find it therein - for the Continentals, excessive religiosity; for the Muslims, excessive decadence; for Harold Pinter, excessively bleeding rectums.
- from "The Daily Telegraph"

"If Bush is too dumb to be President, how dumb do you have to be to be consistently outwitted by him? "
- after Republicans win the mid-term elections

"The dumbest secession movement in the world... the world's most pointless secession movement: They want to leave Canada in order to set up a country that looks exactly the same — confiscatory taxation, moribund health service, no mail service on weekends."
- Mark's assessment of Quebec's desire for independence

You can get most of his stuff from steynonline.com. I think he's great, I read him all the time.

I love Mark Steyn! I read one of his articles...oh, fine, two or three...and I ended up quoting him the next day just randomly.

So what are his good jokes like? :confused:

So what are his good jokes like? :confused:

"Commentator", not "Comedian".

"Commentator", not "Comedian".He's serious about those things? That makes me sad :(

He's serious about those things? That makes me sad :(
What makes me sad is the large number of people that live in their own little world and refuse to expose themselves to other POVs.

I'm still waiting for the punchline.

I'm still waiting for the punchline.
I was waiting for someone to say that they were still waiting for the punchline.

That's the punchline.

I was waiting for someone to say that they were still waiting for the punchline.

That's the punchline.

I'll say, that was a very bad joke.

Yeah, I can tell he completely understands all aspects of Quebec's seperation movement. :rolleyes:

What makes me sad is the large number of people that live in their own little world and refuse to expose themselves to other POVs.
Wingnut, heal thyself.

What makes me sad is the large number of people that live in their own little world and refuse to expose themselves to other POVs.Yeah I know. Luckily, it's impossible to avoid exposure to most points of view on NS General.

Mark Steyn is a commentator on current events. He writes for several magazines and newspapers.

"The fanatical Muslims despise America because it's all lapdancing and gay porn; the secular Europeans despise America because it's all born-again Christians hung up on abortion; the anti-Semites despise America because it's controlled by Jews. Too Jewish, too Christian, too Godless, America is also too isolationist, except when it's too imperialist.
Too Christian, too Godless, too isolationist, too imperialist, too seductive, too cretinous, America is George Orwell's Room 101: whatever your bugbear, you will find it therein - for the Continentals, excessive religiosity; for the Muslims, excessive decadence; for Harold Pinter, excessively bleeding rectums.
- from "The Daily Telegraph"

I don't like America because the commentators who live here apparently specialize in strawmen.

I don't like America because the commentators who live here apparently specialize in strawmen.
That's where the big money is. Steyn's not even the worst of a bad breed. Try Jonah Goldberg sometime.

"The fanatical Muslims despise America because it's all lapdancing and gay porn; the secular Europeans despise America because it's all born-again Christians hung up on abortion; the anti-Semites despise America because it's controlled by Jews. Too Jewish, too Christian, too Godless, America is also too isolationist, except when it's too imperialist.
Too Christian, too Godless, too isolationist, too imperialist, too seductive, too cretinous, America is George Orwell's Room 101: whatever your bugbear, you will find it therein - for the Continentals, excessive religiosity; for the Muslims, excessive decadence; for Harold Pinter, excessively bleeding rectums.
- from "The Daily Telegraph"
How is this not funny?

What makes me sad is the large number of people that live in their own little world and refuse to expose themselves to other POVs.

I have spent considerable time and effort exposing myself to numerous points of view.

I find most of them stupid.

Much like the ones of this author.

the anti-Semites despise America because it's controlled by Jews.
Nazi conspiracy theorist.

Not really, but he is a bit of a Bushevik robot. I only ever agreed with one of his statements: "Islamists don't discriminate; to them we are all infidels."

Nazi conspiracy theorist.

Not really, but he is a bit of a Bushevik robot. I only ever agreed with one of his statements: "Islamists don't discriminate; to them we are all infidels."

Which works perfectly because apparently neither does him. He would seem to believe all muslims are fanatics.