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Mark Steyn Watch: An Act of Hygiene
Mark Steyn at the Claremont Institute’s Winston Churchill Dinner, Bevrely Hills, California December 2005.
WSJ – Opinion Journal: An Act of Hygiene
Democracy fells yet another anti-American government.QUEBEC–Remember the conventional wisdom of 2004? Back then, you’ll recall, it was the many members of George Bush’s “unilateral” coalition who were supposed to be in trouble, not least the three doughty warriors of the Anglosphere–the president, Tony Blair and John Howard–who would all be paying a terrible electoral price for lying their way into war in Iraq. The Democrats’ position was that Mr. Bush’s rinky-dink nickel-and-dime allies didn’t count: The president has “alienated almost everyone,” said Jimmy Carter, “and now we have just a handful of little tiny countries supposedly helping us in Iraq.” (That would be Britain, Australia, Poland, Japan . . .) Instead of those nobodies, John Kerry pledged that, under his leadership, “America will rejoin the community of nations”–by which he meant Jacques Chirac, Gerhard Schroeder, the Belgian guy . . .
Two years on, Messrs. Bush, Blair, Howard and Koizumi are all re-elected, while Mr. Chirac is the lamest of lame ducks, and his ingrate citizenry has tossed out his big legacy, the European Constitution; Mr. Schroeder’s government was defeated and he’s now shilling for Russia’s state-owned Gazprom (“It’s all about Gaz!”); and the latest member of the coalition of the unwilling to hit the skids is Canada’s Liberal Party, which fell from office on Monday. John Kerry may have wanted to “rejoin the community of nations.” Instead, “the community of nations” has joined John Kerry, windsurfing off Nantucket in electric-yellow buttock-hugging Lycra, or whatever he’s doing these days.
Mark Steyn is RIGHT on the mark with this hilarious but true piece on Canada, Stephen Harper and the Liberal Party demise.
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Mark Steyn on the Alito Hearings
Mark Steyn at the Claremont Institute’s Churchill Dinner
Chicago Sun-Times: Ham-handed Dems didn’t lay a glove on Alito
Read it All……..
Trolling for dollars…….
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Flap’s Reminder Watch: Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Speech
Just a REMINDER – set your Digital Video Recorders for those attending Christmas Parties……
American Perspectives on C-Span will begin at 8 PM EST.
Flap has heard from the Claremont Institute:
Steyn’s speech from the Churchill Dinner will air on C-SPAN’s “American Perspectives” this Saturday night (December 17) at 9:30pm ET, and again roughly three hours later. You can also listen to the broadcast at that time at: http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspanradio.asp. The speech is also available for purchase from C-SPAN after it airs by calling C-SPAN Archives at 877-662-7726. We have not heard yet whether it will be available for viewing on the video archive section of C-SPAN’s website.Previous:
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Bear Flag League
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Dinner
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Reception
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The DepartureMark Steyn Honored at The Claremont Institute’s Sir Winston Churchill Dinner
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Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Speech
Flap has heard from the Claremont Institute:
Steyn’s speech from the Churchill Dinner will air on C-SPAN’s “American Perspectives” this Saturday night (December 17) at 9:30pm ET, and again roughly three hours later. You can also listen to the broadcast at that time at: http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspanradio.asp. The speech is also available for purchase from C-SPAN after it airs by calling C-SPAN Archives at 877-662-7726. We have not heard yet whether it will be available for viewing on the video archive section of C-SPAN’s website.Previous:
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Bear Flag League
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Dinner
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Reception
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The DepartureMark Steyn Honored at The Claremont Institute’s Sir Winston Churchill Dinner
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Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Bear Flag League
The Bear Flag League was well represented at the Claremont Institute’s dinner honoring Mark Steyn.
Socal Pundit obtaining Anne Heche’s phone number(?)
Flap and Tammy Bruce. HEH!
Little Miss Attila, Gay Patriot West, John Hinderaker of Powerline Blog, his lovely wife and daughter.
Ken Masugi from the Local Liberty Blog
SoCal Pundit discussing Pajamas Media etc. with John Hinderaker
Matt Peterson of the Local Liberty Blog and his lovely wife.
Next: The Keynote Address by Mark Steyn, filmed by C-Span (Flap will await the video feed) and the after dinner discussions in Mark Steyn’s room.
Stay tuned…….
Previous:
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Dinner
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Reception
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The DepartureMark Steyn Honored at The Claremont Institute’s Sir Winston Churchill Dinner
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Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Dinner
Onto Dinner Table 21 with other Bear Flag League Bloggers et al.
The Table:
SoCal Pundit, and Mrs. Socal Pundit sitting to Flap’s left.
Dinner: Salad, Soup, Steak entree, Dessert and Coffee
PrestoPundit and Gay Patriot West across from Flap
Little Miss Attila and Mr. Attila to the right of PrestoPundit.
And Flap……..
On Flap’s right was Mrs. Matt Peterson, Matt Peterson of the Claremont Institute, John of Write Enough and Mr. and Mrs Matt Cunningham of the Flash Report Blog.
After dinner…….
The Program:
Next: Keynote Address by Mark Steyn and Bear Flag League members meet John Hinderaker of Powerline Blog, Tammy Bruce and Anne Heche.
Previously:
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Reception
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The DepartureMark Steyn Honored at The Claremont Institute’s Sir Winston Churchill Dinner
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Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Reception
After registration Flap ran into Ken Masugi of the Claremont Institute Local Liberty Blog and noticed renown conservative political/media strategist and analyst Arnie Steinberg arrive.
The 250 guests arrived and were treated to a Champagne reception.
Flap set up his laptop and blogged until the crowd began to congregate.
Mark Steyn made his way from his suite to mingle with the dinner patrons and guests.
The topic: Conservative Politics, of course.
California State Senator and candidate for Lt. Governor Tom McClintock’s name was mentioned frequently in overheard conversations.
So, who is Mark Steyn (for the uninitiated)?
In the United Kingdom, Mark appears in The Daily Telegraph , Britain’s biggest-selling broadsheet daily, and writes on current events and movies for The Spectator, the oldest continuously-published magazine in the English language. In the United States, he is a columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times, America’s fifth most-read daily paper, and also appears in The New York Sun, the city’s first new broadsheet daily in a quarter of a century, The Washington Times , and The Orange County Register in California. In addition, Mark is drama critic for The New Criterion, resident obituarist for The Atlantic Monthly , and National Review’s Happy Warrior. In his native Canada, he can be read in the new magazine The Western Standard . Mark also appears regularly in The Jerusalem Post, the Middle East’s leading English-language daily, and The Irish Times, Ireland’s newspaper of record; and more occasionally in other publications, including The Australian ,The Wall Street Journal and (translated into Italian) Il Foglio, but even when he’s not in them he thinks they’re worth reading, which is why we link to them here. Mark doesn’t do a lot of TV and radio these days, but he enjoys his appearances on The Hugh Hewitt Radio Show.
Mark can be read on Monday in The New York Sun and The Washington Times, Tuesday in The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday in The Jerusalem Post, Thursday (for Londoners) or Friday (for the rest of the United Kingdom) in The Spectator, and Sunday in The Chicago Sun-Times and The Orange County Register, as well as every two weeks in National Review and The Western Standard and every month in The Atlantic Monthly and The New Criterion.
Steyn’s latest book, America Alone: Our Country’s Future as a Lone Warrior (Hardcover) will be forthcoming shortly.
On to dinner, award presentation and speech by Steyn…..but first a photo of attorney and Bear Flag League member, Jeff, SoCal Law Blog……
Previously:
Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The DepartureMark Steyn Honored at The Claremont Institute’s Sir Winston Churchill Dinner
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Mark Steyn @ The Claremont Institute Dinner: The Departure
Mark Steyn to be Honored at The Claremont Institute’s Churchill Dinner
The Board of Directors of the Claremont Institute is pleased to announce that Mr. Mark Steyn will receive the 2005 Henry Salvatori Prize at our annual dinner in honor of Sir Winston S. Churchill. The event will be held on Friday, December 2, 2005 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
So, Flap is off from Thousand Oaks at Los Angeles rush hour traffic time on a Friday afternoon. Traffic is smooth until Las Virgenes road and then gridlock on the southbound 101.
Flap turns onto Malibu Canyon Road winds through the canyon, through Malibu, and ends up on the gridlocked Santa Monica Freeway East (I-10). Finally, Robertson, Wilshire Boulevard and the hotel at the corner of Rodeo Drive – Beverly Hills. Parking by valet.
The Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel
Stay Tuned…….
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