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I mean, Martin had a dream first.
Why must the white man always steal from the black man? First jazz fusion, then the Beastie Boys, now Hanson.
THIS HAS GONE TO FAR, WHITEY!
Hanson has the incredible ability to hit the point and explain it perfectly.
I think to summarize Hanson…Why are we such chickensh*ts?
Damned right! What’s that old white man doing having dreams? And it’s not even FOR THE CHILDREN!!!
Hanson has the ability to harmonize and look pretty. To summarize Hanson, MMM-Bop! Bop ba doo wop. Zippy dop ba do wop. Yeah yeah!
What?
Victor Davis Hanson? Really?
Oh, that’s completely different.
You forgot Bill Clinton.
WHY DIDN’T HE PAINT THE WHITE HOUSE BLACK?
A fine scotch…
No, really. Victor was the older Hanson brother, and often appeared as the “fifth beetle”.
J
TW – you knew this, right???
You can have my Return to Forever mp3s when you pry them off my iPod.
Or something.
That’s not a dream. That’s science fiction.
Fantastic article, and damn depressing.
The only really depressing thing about it is that the U.S. is going to have to suffer an attack even more catastrophic than 9/11 in order to snap these comfortable fools out of their reverie.
When New York Harbor glows in the dark, I think a lot of people are going to find Western Civilization worth defending again.
Leave it to VDH to make one literally wince for the sheer irrationality out there. What a profoundly sick nation ours has become.
It isn’t irrational, JHoward. In the short run it is perfectly rational. In the long run it is irrational. But in the long run we’re all dead so why worry?
Is there anything narcissism can’t do?
Everything is going to be fine.
I promise.
And I remain convinced, sadly, that said snapping-out-of will last only until the next round of election campaigns begins in earnest.
I’ve always been anti-social, but these last five and a half years have made me downright disgusted.
To be fair, he did stain it…
I voluntarily surrender both Jazz fusion adn the Beastie Boys.
As for Western Civilization. Try me. I won’t quit.
Everything old is new again. Sorry for the long quote, but not a word can be cut.
Great piece. Only thing missing was one of his patented non sequiturs. You know, something along the lines of:
Very inspiring nonetheless, though.
That’s some dangerous stuff—look what happened to the last guy that did a “I have a dream” speech…
Yes, it moved36 people….how does that TW widget work?
Now this is the language of capitulation, of willful submission, beca8se dreams can’t come true by force of will, and we all know it. Toss reality aside; dream about the beautiful outcome if the world worked according to the crisp predictions we were offered going into this mess.
I admire Victor Davis Hanson because he is passionate and articulate. I do not agree with him.
RACIST!
…no, wait—VDH isn’t black is he? Never mind.
BS.
“A man has a dream, and that’s the start.
He follows his dream with mind and heart.
And when it becomes a reality,
it’s a dream come true for you and me!”
What VDH was “dreaming” about was what would have happened if the asshats who chant “hey hey, ho ho, western civ has got to go!” weren’t ascendant.
Huh?
On Dreams
I’m guessing MLK would not have made a big fuss about plagiarism.