Sunday, December 23, 2007

Ann Coulter is even more ignorant than I thought

I found the following scary insight on a friendly blog. Brilliantly written, it's a rare look at someone who has made a helluva lot more money than she ever really earned or deserved.
Over dinner she reiterated her obnoxious opinion that the “experiment” with woman’s suffrage is the root cause of big government. Like a child playing with an Etch-a-Sketch, she points to a straight line, leading back through history. There, she says… big government started right there, in 1920. That’s when the 19th amendment was ratified, ergo that’s the cause of the whole problem. After that, according to Ann, it was all downhill.

Doug and I looked at each other curiously… But Ann, that same line, if you move it just a bit further, actually seems to start in 1913, when the Federal Reserve was created, the prohibition of income taxes was repealed and the Republic was put to rest through the direct election of senators. Don’t you think these changes to the Constitution and the policies they enabled – like FDR’s gold seizure and our resulting experiment with paper money – were far more significant than woman’s suffrage?

Ann Coulter had never heard of the gold standard. She didn’t believe us when we told her that in 1933 FDR seized all of the privately held bullion in the country, then devalued the dollar – probably the greatest financial crime in history. She didn’t even know it was illegal for citizens to own bullion up until 1974. Bretton Woods? Coulter thought we were talking about tennis rackets. She told me flatly “I don’t know anything about finance or economics.” Not even the basics, like how inflation affects prices or the key role paper money and progressive income taxes have played in building the welfare state. We might as well have been talking to a horse. Ann just looked at us, her long face turned sideways with incredulity.

Lacking anything intelligent to say, she decided to simply insult us. “I was a libertarian as a teenager, but I emerged from adolescence…”

Good one, Ann. What a zinger.

--My Dinner With Ann Coulter

Do we all feel "zinged" now!

I didn't think so.







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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

A very happy Xmas to everyone: Len, Fuzzflash, Diane B, Vierotchka, Simon, Sad But True and others who have posted here. Hope your Christmas is great and good times come to you all. Cheers - Damien

Anonymous said...

Fuzzflash sez…

Yeah, that Annie Coulter, she’s a piece of work all right! Comes on like a low rent imitation of congresswoman Jean Schmidt, but with less class. Love to see the two of them attempt to play a round of golf with say, Harriet Miers and Michelle Malkin. Bet we wouldn’t have to wait till the back nine for the ladies to start at each other with their woodies.

Backtrackin’ to EC thread of Dec 9, 2007:

Fuzzflash sez…


Len Hart: [We are told that it is not known who authorized this case of obstruction of justice. Even so, it is fair to ask who benefits? ]

"It was also unclear when the White House or Justice Department were told that the tapes had been destroyed, or whether anyone at either place was notified in advance that Rodriguez had ordered that the step be taken. Dana Perino, the White House spokeswoman, said yesterday that President Bush had "no recollection" of being made aware of the tapes' destruction before Thursday, when Hayden briefed him on the matter."
Mark Mazzetti NYT. Dec 8 , 2007.

Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., gave the order to shred. His butt needs speedy hauling before a court on ObJay Major! Maybe grant the schmuck full immunity if he fingers Team Imbecile Insiders or indeed The Imbecile-In-Chief himself who sits on top of the cui bono hit parade like a Crawford Rhinestone Cowboy with bodgie bling , flashing lights and rather extravagant red, white and blue bunting.
9:42 PM

Et voila, Mesdames et Monsieurs, nussink up my sleeves, non?

OK, we say zee magic words…..

“Ala-Kazaam!”

Ka-Poof !

*smoke clears*

“THE CIA chief who ordered the destruction of secret videotapes recording the harsh interrogation of two top Al-Qaeda suspects has indicated he may seek immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying before the House intelligence committee.
Jose Rodriguez, former head of the CIA’s clandestine service, is determined not to become the fall guy in the controversy over the CIA’s use of torture, according to intelligence sources.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3087293.ece
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And a Very Cool Yule to you Damien, Len, Vierotchka, Sad, Diane, Dante, christopher, manifesto joe, and all the gang.
Next year, we take The Imbecile and his Outfit out. Not to dinner but metaphorically. The year of impeachment is at hand.

Unknown said...

Have a very Merry Christmas everyone...better times are ahead, a happy new year.

Unknown said...

Fuzzflash sez…

The year of impeachment is at hand.

And from that --peace on earth!

Anonymous said...

Guys, its not just the year of impeachment, but for war crimes trials a la Alberto Fujimori's of Peru.....Hang em high!!!!

That would be the ultimate christmas present...The Bush Administration in black and white stripes or Guantanamo orange, maybe?

The Bush Administration are unlawful combatants, having declared and waged an illegal war, right?

Unknown said...

bremertongreg said...

but for war crimes trials a la Alberto Fujimori's of Peru.....Hang em high!!!!

I support war crimes trials for the lot of them. Bush and his complicit advisors should also stand trial for violations of US Codes, Title 18, Section 2441. Capital Crimes.

Anonymous said...

I don't get it. Do anyone, I mean anyone, even those biased TV hosts really believe that his woman's hateful massga has any influence on voters, even the more conservatives?

If not, why all this free exposure.
Len, i'm sorry, but her very name should have never touch your blog.

Unknown said...

Dante, Ghoulter, with help from Sean Hannity and Rush-to-drugs Limpdick, created a culture of hate. Let's hope that Americans have, at last, had a belly full of this evil bile. A good douche is called for. Bringing down the Mayes and Murdoch empires will go along way toward restoring sanity, balance, decency.

Unknown said...

Well, after all, she is just a shill or a paid anarchist just trying to destroy the people's government for those that hate Democracy. How they must be laughing at the people who supported the war in Iraq because they were going to put Democracy there! LOL. Happy Holidays. P.S. Ann won't get a coal in her stocking, she IS a lump of coal.

Unknown said...

Zena said...

she is just a shill or a paid anarchist just trying to destroy the people's government for those that hate Democracy. How they must be laughing at the people who supported the war in Iraq

We know what that makes her, don't we? She joins John McCain and Joe Lieberman in that "profession". See Party Whores

Anonymous said...

Fuzz sez...

"A good douche is called for."

You done got that right, Cowboy. Like Tidal Eddy says in Richard the Third:

"A douche, a douche!
My kingdom for a douche;
A douche to deliver
Democracy's cleansing flush."

Unknown said...

Fuzz wrote...

"A douche, a douche!
My kingdom for a douche;
A douche to deliver
Democracy's cleansing flush."


Fuzz, you are a bard.