Phil Cooke

“If any “white supremacist” were really a “supremacist”, he wouldn’t be living in his mom’s basement.”
― Mark Steyn, Lights Out: Islam, Free Speech And The Twilight of the West

“THE TEN MOST COMMON PROBLEMS Here are the ten most common problems in communications. Read the list. If any of them apply to you, the principles in this book will help you solve them. 1. Lack of initial rapport with listeners 2. Stiffness or woodenness in use of body 3. Presentation of material is intellectually oriented; speaker forgets to involve the audience emotionally 4. Speaker seems uncomfortable because of fear of failure 5. Poor use of eye contact and facial expression 6. Lack of humor 7. Speech direction and intent unclear due to improper  preparation 8. Inability to use silence for impact 9. Lack of energy, causing inappropriate pitch pattern, speech  rate, and volume 10. Use of boring language and lack of interesting material Various polls show that the ability to communicate well is ranked the number-one key to success by leaders in business, politics, and the professions. If you don’t communicate effectively, you may not die, like some POWs or neglected babies we mentioned earlier, but you also won’t live as fully as you should, nor will you achieve personal goals. This was a lesson drummed into me at a very early age.”
― Roger Ailes, You Are the Message: Getting What You Want by Being Who You Are

“much of the western world has a big hole where its sense of identity ought to be.”
― Mark Steyn, Lights Out: Islam, Free Speech And The Twilight of the West

“There’s an extremely fine line between “boldly transgressive” and spiritually barren,”
― Mark Steyn, Lights Out: Islam, Free Speech And The Twilight of the West