Brilliant, humorous, satirical, insightful. There are not enough positive adjectives to describe Mark Steyn. He filled in for Rush the past two days. There is no glitch in the system when Rush takes a break. Steyn even transfers well to television. He recently hosted for Hannity, and I think he performed admirably. He looks like boxer ready to get into the ring; he then destroys the opponent with charm. This guy's star is burning brighter and brighter.
The point is, beyond the talents of people like Steyn, he and Rush and others reflect the thoughts of a large swath of America. They are not brainwashing us ... we are choosing them to articulate our firm beliefs (common law principles, rule of law, limited government, low taxation, fewer regulations, etc.). Steyn destroys the ability of the Left to label people like me a "Dittohead." This is why the corporatists and statists like Mignon Clayburn want to regulate the internet. Free market competition has given rise to an amazing thing called the Internet. The government could never have built such a thing. True, the internet started out as a military communication system. But had the government maintained complete control of the internet as it came out of the lab, we would still be years and years behind where we are today.
Speaking of the regulatory drag that government imposes, Steyn brought up a brilliant point yesterday. He said, "the only qualification you need to be a regulator is to know how to regulate." Then he went on to read the resume' of Mignon as she rose through the regulatory ranks. This is why what the FCC is doing is so dangerous. IT MUST BE STOPPED! The machine has created a problem out of thin air in order to create a solution ... free speech is treading dangerously folks! He referred to Mignon Clyburn and her father the "House of Lords of bureaucrats." He is right. This is how the micro regulation of all things emerges ... it is not a nascent arising. It is nepotism, the constant overlap of regulatory responsibilities, and duplication of services. PURE AND SIMPLE.
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Steyn used the word mellifluous yesterday. It is not a word that emerges in an everyday conversation. But it certainly rolls off the tongue as if it were onomatopoeia. It turns out that it is? ... oh, the beauty of the language! As someone interested in wordsmithing, I find the unfamiliar to be a challenge. The word, in short, means "sweet sounding."
Someone called in and recommended Steyn to be press secretary in a 2013 Republican administration. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE! That would truly be blockbuster entertainment. Steyn has a teflon coating and razor sharp wit. He would drive the left to insanity! ... where they belong!
Steyn has a vivid command of the language and an ability to string a cogent phrase together on the fly. That's quite a talent.
During the show, he brought up the Diane Sawyer interview with Big Sis, Clapper, and Brennan. These are the people in charge of fighting terrorism. Look at Clapper when Sawyer asks him about the twelve arrests in London that day. This is disturbing. The head on national security is completely unaware ....
