tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post5623065219169414764..comments2024-03-28T17:49:27.846-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : A World of RefugeesDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-22795043526192762172013-02-03T04:08:09.399-05:002013-02-03T04:08:09.399-05:00It's never too late, it's just a question ...It's never too late, it's just a question of how bloody it will get.<br /><br />Why won't you people fight for you so-beloved nation??<br />What good is free enterprise and freedom if you can't muster its potential to get your nation back??<br /> <br />8 million Republicans stayed home and didn't vote in the recent election. Is that the sign of people who value freedom??TBSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-18146053588368185142013-02-03T04:01:50.900-05:002013-02-03T04:01:50.900-05:00@Corrin, you really don't need to apologise, d...@Corrin, you really don't need to apologise, despite the ungracious comments of one or two readers here.<br /><br />While I think the Sultan's style is terrific I understand what you were saying and in fact it is a valuable piece of feedback.<br /><br />'Dumbing down" may have been an unfortunate choice of words in this instance but simpler words can often still express very complex thoughts.<br />The Sultan knows his audience however and writes to that.<br /><br />Nevertheless, Sultan, if you're ever thinking of doing a version for younger folk - if you ever lecture or speak at high schools for instance - it's worth considering.<br />Not because young folk can't cope with the vocabulary, but because it is often very worthwhile to be able to explain something even more clearly and simply for those, especially, to whom the ideas you write about are new.TBSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-42695059244378211752012-03-14T14:43:20.296-04:002012-03-14T14:43:20.296-04:00Because the success of freedom and capitalism are ...Because the success of freedom and capitalism are undeniable, the would-be fascists of the left must resort to muddying the waters. Hence George Soros and open borders. Capitalism destroyed by infinite obligation to support its enemies.<br /> By the way, has anyone been following the recent medicare scam in Texas? Isn't it strange that the biggest medicare scam in history, $375 million, is announced without a perp walk? Six or seven federal officials are filmed making the big announcement, but the chart they use to illustrate the scam has no photos, only blank head-shaped icons of the various accuseds! We know what that means. My google search turned up not a single photo of Dr.Jacques Roy, the Canadian-born alleged mastermind, but the courtroom sketch looks Pakistani to me. Also, one obscure article quotes Dr. Roy's lawyer praising him as "helping" the poor in sections of town "where white people don't like to go." The news reports do admit that two of the defendants were required to turn in their passports, and I'd guess those two were Mr. and Mrs Akamnomu. My brief google search shows that Akamnomu is a common name in Nigeria (no chance of scams there!) and one prominent Akamnomu is a Nigerian doctor residing in NYC who writes novels about restoring the caliphate. Could he be related to the Akamnomus who are defendants in the medicare scam? Were they in the country legally? Where are those mug shots?<br /> We're told the true whistleblower in this case chooses to remain anonymous. There is one "co-operator," however,who gets some attention, and he looks (you guessed it) middle eastern. Apparently, Dr. Roy's operatives recruited homeless people to pretend to be patients. The middle-eastern-looking fellow (who,like Roy, has a westernized name) ran one such homeless shelter. Roy had been recruiting at the shelter since 2006, but the middle-eastern man didn't notice anything going on until 2010 - which was, co-incidentally, when the fbi investigation began. Hmmmm. But count on the press to praise him for his belated "co-operation." Gotta have an immigrant hero!<br /> The press will of course minimize this story, but careful readers will remember the Muslim home healthcare fraud in Lewiston, Maine and the Minnesota Somali home healthcare fraud, just to name a few. Not to mention the steady stream of fraud stories coming out of England. If Prsebyterians were doing this, it would dominate the media for months!<br /> But to understand the truly Orwellian world in which we now live, one must read the reader comments which follow the Jacques Roy story. Many are racist - "more fraudulent white trash preying on the people!" etc, etc. But most attack the tea party! Apparently, Dr Roy contributed money to the tea party. And in the minds of our brainwashed populace, Roy's medicare-enabled fraud is somehow proof of the corruption of unregulated PRIVATE enterprise!!!! Legions of ignorant readers write in to comment that "tea-baggers" want to prevent the government from catching frauds like these. (Somehow these fools missed Brooks Egerton's article in the Dallas News about Dr. Roy's scandalous prior infractions well known to the government bodies responsible for regulating him. And government officials never noticed that the supervising doctor he was required to work with was actually his wife.)<br /> Is it too late for the USA? Is it time to emigrate? Anyone know a safe place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-21819586891960267652012-03-13T16:36:01.675-04:002012-03-13T16:36:01.675-04:00Not right now, but if I were to be asked it could ...Not right now, but if I were to be asked it could be arranged.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-80776684477584148952012-03-13T16:35:29.519-04:002012-03-13T16:35:29.519-04:00Corrin, thank you.
My own view is that people und...Corrin, thank you.<br /><br />My own view is that people understand more than is assumed. That unfamiliar words are understood by context and come to enrich the vocabulary.<br /><br />That is the way I grew up and I think it works fairly well. My readers aren't monolithic, they come from all groups, but they keep reading.<br /><br />Would this same approach work if I were being syndicated across newspapers, maybe not? If the time comes for that, G-d willing, it will be something to deal with.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-70300698460495793002012-03-13T16:27:23.749-04:002012-03-13T16:27:23.749-04:00@ Corrin Strong
No need to apologize Corrin. Let...@ Corrin Strong<br /><br /> No need to apologize Corrin. Let's rephrase to say that Daniel is " educating up"!<br /><br /> Incredible blog, brilliant responders! - TupacAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-46211799929148746492012-03-13T13:43:21.638-04:002012-03-13T13:43:21.638-04:00I understand that you are speaking in LA next week...I understand that you are speaking in LA next week. Any plans to come to San Diego by any chance?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-42995047173725368562012-03-13T01:18:40.428-04:002012-03-13T01:18:40.428-04:00Sorry to start a mini controversey! I guess "...Sorry to start a mini controversey! I guess "dumb down" was an unfortunate choice of words! I suppose its OK if you choose to limit your audience to those with IQs in the top 2%, as long as that is your goal. Writing shorter is hard as shown by the variously attributed quote that, "I would have written less if I had more time." I am a huge fan of your work, I just think it deserves a wider audience. I'll shut up now!Corrin Strong, Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535916250086092260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-29046911829278549542012-03-12T22:52:14.906-04:002012-03-12T22:52:14.906-04:00You're writing style is incredible. Please don...You're writing style is incredible. Please don't change it:)<br /><br />The comments about dumbing it down or encouraging people to expand their vocabularies is hurtful, though. I'm college educated but politically and historically challenged. Still, Daniel does have a unique way of writing that evokes emotions and that does help me to understand the issues at hand.<br /><br /> I really wish the whole dumb down issue hadn't been brought up at all/Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-78178987118368527142012-03-12T17:45:42.804-04:002012-03-12T17:45:42.804-04:00Daniel,
It is fine to write to a level that infl...Daniel,<br /><br /> It is fine to write to a level that influences your readers, as you want the intelligent influencers who can interpret, advance, and spread the message.<br /><br /> Never dumb-down. Seriously. - TupacAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-18788934171508681552012-03-12T05:06:40.178-04:002012-03-12T05:06:40.178-04:00I'm also opposed to "dumbing down". ...I'm also opposed to "dumbing down". Let people learn some vocabulary, or maybe just feel stupid, sometimes a useful experience.fsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-26770878481232992382012-03-11T22:13:56.501-04:002012-03-11T22:13:56.501-04:00thank you, writing is a learning processthank you, writing is a learning processDaniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-61717846945157902042012-03-11T19:59:46.688-04:002012-03-11T19:59:46.688-04:00I have been a regular reader of yours for the last...I have been a regular reader of yours for the last couple of years, your writing is very good.<br />You are getting better as well.Passer bynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-18394180249929684752012-03-11T18:04:04.092-04:002012-03-11T18:04:04.092-04:00You style is just fine, Sultan!
Don't chang...You style is just fine, Sultan! <br /><br />Don't change thing. <br /><br />/IguanaDonnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-32504301196702622162012-03-11T17:47:53.178-04:002012-03-11T17:47:53.178-04:00I appreciate what you are trying to say and someti...I appreciate what you are trying to say and sometimes my writing could do a better job of getting to the point. That said the latest Steyn column scores about the same on the readability scale. <br /><br />My target audience is primarily conservative activists and my goal is to equip them with ammunition for the fight by analyzing national and global events.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-46668362753759136542012-03-11T17:32:38.012-04:002012-03-11T17:32:38.012-04:00@ Corrin Strong Finally a conservative blogger who...@ Corrin Strong Finally a conservative blogger who writes in such a manner that even Bill Maher could not "jokingly"say that it would be like Sarah Palin speaking to her down syndrom child and you would like him to dumb it down? For G0d's sake!mindRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160934421830568737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-72498423083725006482012-03-11T15:30:34.251-04:002012-03-11T15:30:34.251-04:00I have been reading you for about a month and beli...I have been reading you for about a month and believe you are a brilliant writer with great analysis of current affairs, however, I find your columns very difficult to read. They are long and complex and require more concentration than practically anything else found on the blogosphere.<br />For example, I put today's column through some readability tests found at http://www.readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php<br /><br />Although the overall level tested at 10-12 grade, there was a problem with a Fog Index of almost 14.3 which is considered unreadable by the average person. I don't know if you would consider trying to dumb it down with shorter words, sentences and overall length, but I do think you have something very important to say which deserves a wider audience!Corrin Strong, Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535916250086092260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-53360045465534418722012-03-11T15:02:55.216-04:002012-03-11T15:02:55.216-04:00You have gone right to the core of the matter. I s...You have gone right to the core of the matter. I suspect our elites would agree with you but they are in thrall to a unreal world view that literally prevents then from seeing the reality. So they allow the present state of affairs to continue.<br />Their failure to heed the conservative voice but instead to demonize it means that the Westerner is not allowed to defend his land and culture in a reasoned way. This ,to my mind, means that the way is open for the demagogue who can articulate the resentment the Westerner feels at displacement and offers a solution. <br />That solution will not be pretty and neither will the world the demagogue brings into being.<br />No settled people has ever voluntarily ceded their land and way of life to another.dave snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-65664572603813212392012-03-11T14:35:29.202-04:002012-03-11T14:35:29.202-04:00Well done. No easy answers. Until there is conse...Well done. No easy answers. Until there is consensus on the problem and need to act, Islam will have done such great damage.. soberingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-18282455964827077052012-03-11T09:53:19.756-04:002012-03-11T09:53:19.756-04:00The West has the weapon which can work, but we are...The West has the weapon which can work, but we are allowing our own insane 'elites' to aim it at our own faces instead of at Islam.<br /><br />The weapon, believe it or not, is <i>women's rights</i>, something which always existed in Judaism, and which in the past few centuries has finally filtered into general Western society. If the Western 'feminists', who have actually become totalitarian despots, would attack Muslim misogyny with a fraction of the intensity with which they attack non-existent oppression of women in the West, they could break down the vicious cycle of Islam. By truly giving women in the Islamic world an identity, there is a chance that they could civilize their societies to the extent that they would finally reject Mohammed and his cruelty.<br /><br />Maybe the only strategy left to the few sane among us (with Daniel as an articulate spokesman) is to hammer away endlessly at the colossal inconsistency of the ideologues who run things. Anyone who still can think at all should see how they contradict themselves in the most extreme fashion, going wild about voluntary separation on Jerusalem buses, but smiling at the burkas and the enslavement of hundreds of millions of women under Islam.<br /><br />We can still hope, no?fsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-14354502619465573322012-03-11T09:06:53.139-04:002012-03-11T09:06:53.139-04:00Masterful again. Label as 'Important'!Masterful again. Label as 'Important'!Gauchonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-73291605604832566782012-03-11T05:03:47.279-04:002012-03-11T05:03:47.279-04:00The present migration streams are no different fro...The present migration streams are no different from the great migrations during the chain of history. Nobody can blame any one to escape an opressor, long for greener pastures or the seemingly effortless affluence of the west. The "barbarians"that brought Rome down did not go to destroy it but to get part of the comparative enormous wealth of this already weakened empire and in doing so destroyed it. All this is no different from what we see happening now, but the unpleasant part happens to be that we live in this now and present and see what is happening but can not, even when as verbal as Daniel, Dennis, Glenn, Melanie or many others stop this tide. We are trying hard to prevent drowning but if one takes past history as a lesson I am afraid in vain.mindRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160934421830568737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-20709517061574831782012-03-11T03:42:16.372-04:002012-03-11T03:42:16.372-04:00Islam is a cancer, no more, no less. Let's not...Islam is a cancer, no more, no less. Let's not talk East or West, First or Third World. It's the Free World up against the Barbarians. If we, the Free World are to survive, the tumour must be excised. It'll be painful, not pretty, but sooner or later a necessity.kiwinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-18048913166110893382012-03-10T23:37:36.280-05:002012-03-10T23:37:36.280-05:00As I write this our perennial time change takes pl...As I write this our perennial time change takes place in the wee hours of this morning. Thus, I am reminded to 'spring forward' an hour. But I see the Arab Spring as a 'fall back, not for an hour, but a few centuries. If the western world loses it's will to stem the tide of those who lost 1,700 years of a culture whose main goal was the obtainment of slaves, then all will be slaves to the sadistic nature of demonic butchers. <br /><br />The Twin Towers were as an emblem for the twin twisted sisters of totalitarianism in the form of a religion which bends all wills with the other twin of Sharia. <br /><br />I see sharia as the ultimate mind screw, where twisted heads are not only bent to conform to craziness, but also formed to rot in the still waters of stunted thinking, for we know thinking is forever taboo in tyrannical tribes. <br /><br />Hence, if Islam is allowed to exist and grow, we could see another 1,700 years of slavery to a moon god. However, this moon god can never be a full moon, it can only be a crescent, a sliver of sadistic slicings of heads, of minds, of creative thoughts, forever freezing in the flim flam of falsehoods fabricated by a fan of evil, none other than MoooHamEd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-21992922599502782942012-03-10T23:20:22.509-05:002012-03-10T23:20:22.509-05:00"National identity in the Muslim world is alr..."National identity in the Muslim world is already weak, outmatched by religious identity on the one hand and tribal identity on the other."<br /><br />"Westerners have become the ultimate refugees, lost at home, refugees in their own countries, wanderers in their own cities."<br /><br />profound. sultan knish -- daily, tossed off profundity...<br /><br /> -- spankyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com