Interesting comment regarding America liberals trying to turn an “immigrant country into a welfare” state. Not sure its really true, but, nonetheless. A good article to focus on what the press seems to MISS. ======= WSJ 3/14/2017 By Leon de Winter To hear the international media tell it, my country has changed from one of the most tolerant, affluent and easygoing nations on the... Read more
Archive for the ‘Western Civilization’ Category
The Islamic Hatred of Modernity
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, ISIS, Obama, Politically correct, Radical Islam, Western CivilizationI give credit to Mauldin Economics, to which I encourage you to subscribe. The liberal Left hates what Dr. Brock states, but that does not make it less true. I highly recommend this article. ====== The Islamic Hatred of Modernity Dr. Woody Brock Strategic Economic Decisions, Inc. April 26, 2016 “Not free thought for those that agree with us, but freedom for the thought that we hate” –... Read more
Can Islam Really Function in Democracy?
July 27 | Posted by mrossol | Islam, Losing Freedom, Radical Islam, Western CivilizationTHis one is a bit long, but well worth the read. ===== WSJ 7/23/2016 First Egypt and now Turkey show the perils of ideological religious parties (and strongman rule), but other Muslim countries are faring better with democracy. BY YAROSLAV TROFIMOV IN 1999, a former mayor of Istanbul named Recep Tayyip Erdogan was imprisoned and banned from politics for life for reciting a poem. “Our... Read more
Europe is Hopeless, No?
July 27 | Posted by mrossol | Europe, Politically correct, The Left, Western CivilizationEurope needs some backbone, or its over. ============== At last count, members of the European Union spent more than $200 billion a year on defense, fielded more than 2,000 jet fighters and 500 naval ships, and employed some 1.4 million military personnel. More than a million police officers also walk Europe’s streets. Yet in the face of an Islamist menace the Continent... Read more
Welcome home!
July 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Interesting, Western CivilizationDo you wonder why people risk death to come to the USA? Let’s keep it that way, please. ======= WSJ 7/2/2016 For the new recipient of a green card, life in the U.S. provides relief from the experiences of less hospitable places. BY AATISH TASEER ‘WELCOME HOME, SIR,” the immigration officer said when I presented him with my green card at John F. Kennedy Airport... Read more
The Bedouin Billionaire for Muslim Integration
June 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Europe, Western CivilizationStep up, folks. Most immigrants who have succeeded have had to do it. ============ WSJ 6/18/2016 Monaco Mohed Altrad came into this world after his father raped his mother somewhere in the Syrian desert. He doesn’t know his date of birth or his age. He is likely in his 60s but can’t be sure. He doesn’t know where exactly he was born either. Today... Read more
