It isn't just Hirsi Ali that want to leave wet feet, clogs and red light zones behind. More on that in a moment.
Dr Sanity opines on Hirsi Ali's move to America and offers up a few but succulent bons mots. Referring to Ms Ali, she says,
She is, as Hitchens notes a true menace to the cult of multiculturalism in the same way that Condi Rice is an apostate to the cult– a female of color who dares to defy the rigid leftist rules regarding victimhood. Doesn't she know that she can't possibly be oppressed by Isalm, whose culture is superior by definition to western culture?
Once again she is defying those rules by refusing to be a victim of Islamic oppression and western dhimmitude; and choosing instead to be free and move to the U.S. As I commented in this post, The Dutch loss is America's gain.
Once more, this country will be enriched by Europe's 'wretched refuse.' In fact, it is not only Holland that loses out. Islam will be the poorer, too, with the loss of Hirsi Ali's voice. In the history of the civilized world, the voices of reform that endure are the voices that challenged the status quo. Read the rest of this entry »
Shoes
May 23, 2006
We have returned, heavy treasure in hand.
HRH and NG will have promised to alleviate the burden, here.
We cannot begin to express our joy.
Our Day
May 23, 2006
Today we will be meeting with important people who pay us lots of money, so that we can maintain our daughter and NG in the style to which they have become accustomed.
You're on your own. Take advantage of the time and read the brilliant minds on the blogroll.
