Nice post.

"Mostly though, to liberals the horrors of successful leftism rank with events in Andromeda or the lives of wildebeests, Matters of idle curiosity."

Somehow they think it could never happen to them, or never happen here.

I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for an apology from the Left...

Thanks for your service, wish you were running in my district.

Holder is a sick, pathetic man. Actually, that's wrong, he's no man at all, just sick and pathetic.

Zero integrity, zero respect for the principle of justice being blind. He's a firm believer in the fact that we're a country of men, not laws.

The sooner he's gone, the better.

"Nazir saying They call us terrorists? Brody calling the VP a war criminal? "

You do realize these are the characters speaking on the show, don't you? If the most right wing person you know did a documentary on 9/11 and included video clips of Bin Laden's rants, would you say he was being factual, or endorsing OBL's views?

"They made it look like his home. When the Moslems were beating Nick Brody they said "This is for my friends in Guantanamo Bay..." "

And terrorists don't live in homes among children? Do you think actual terrorists are saying, "This is because we are insane terrorists and hate all Americans".

The elements you cite reflect horribly on Nazir's character. Have some faith in the viewers that they can see the sickness.

Brody's character was tortured and then "rescued" (read:used) by Nazir. You don't think someone going through that could be a little confused?

The VP may seem like Cheney to you, but he is in fact a Democrat on the show. And he looks nothing like Cheney and acts nothing like Cheney. The implication is in fact an inference on your part, and an incorrect one at that.

Why do you not trust viewers to have the same read as you?

I loved the show, and I am about as anti-Hollywood as they come. As I see it, Brody is a puppet of Nazir and Carrie is the hero. By the end of the finale, Brody seemed to be having some doubts as to his role, and the role of terrorism in general. It wouldn't surprise me if he had some real changes in store next season.

Fiction does not work without proper motivation and conflict. The writers did an excellent job of creating both.

Very nice post, Sean, well said.

I think it's your view that has it backwards, Mr. Bybezeler:

Friedman knows the Palestinians are the USSR. He just thinks Israel - ie the US - should lose the Cold War; this would redeem his being on the losing side of the true Cold War.

Friedman and his ilk are sick twisted people. They love their own perverse ideas; they can't bear to look at reality as it exists, for it completely repudiates all of their ideas.

"By the way, is the VP supposed to be Chaney or Biden. They can't have a DEM doing this. "

Actually, they do.

I am as anti-Hollywood as just about anyone, but I thought the show was fairly well balanced. After all, you don't even know at this point who the hero is - it could end up being Carrie.

Also, Brody seemed to have learned a bit about himself and America toward the end of the show.

All in all, I found the show compelling on almost all levels.

Today being an intellectual means believing your own superiority over others in the face of all evidence. You are always right, simply by definition. It's the ultimate synergy of the self-esteem movement and moral relativism.

Just because you score well on a test does not mean you are smart.

These people are simply good at parroting. They may as well be paid actors.