Email to Ann Coulter

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Mrs. Ann Coulter,

Hi, my name is Sam Schabel and I am a senior at Roncalli High School. For my Language and Composition class, we are doing blogs on an Op-Ed writer. I chose to follow your posts because I like your writing and how you view politics.

On my last post, I read your article entitled "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Call Our Troops Homophobes." I anaylized the article, found the claim that you were stating and also the concession to the claim. Also, I had to find support points to your claim. After that, I had to find examples that you gave that proved your supporting points. The idea of this exercise was to help students to shape an argument.

Since I was interesting in this article, are there any articles that you can suggest for me to read that are similar to this?

Thank you for your time and I would very much appreciate a response.

Thanks again,

Sam Schabel

Ann Coulter Third Post

http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=400
Ann Coulter throughout this article is discussing the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in the military. She talks about how it is wrong to criticize our military for having this law and not wanting to change it. She also examines why a recent poll given to the military to see if they were "okay" with the law being abolished is not correct.

Here is her CLAIM: "The Pentagon's poll on "don't ask, don't tell" is beyond idiotic. Instead of asking whether the troops support repeal of DADT, the Pentagon asked only if they can learn to play nice with the gays."

CONCESSION: "No one has any need to be reassured that the military's "social action" staff will enjoy working with gays. Whatever a career in "social action" entails, it better be gay-friendly."

Coulter's Support Points:
1.The soldierly bond gets confused if some guys think their comrades are hot or if they suspect their superior is having a relationship with a fellow soldier.
2.When an officer makes a decision, nothing should enter into it except his views on the best military strategy.
3.The Pentagon's report found that service members "repeatedly" said that allowing gays to serve openly would "lead to widespread and overt displays of effeminacy," as well as "harassment" and unwelcome advances.

Examples supporting Number 2 Support Point:
-"The soldierly bond gets confused...if they suspect their superior is having a relationship with a fellow soldier."
-"Combat units can't have anything that interferes with unit cohesion, such as, for example, platoon members who are dating one another."
-"The Pentagon's report found that service members "repeatedly" said that allowing gays to serve openly would 'lead to widespread and overt displays of effeminacy,' as well as "harassment" and unwelcome advances."
-"The military part of the military has valid reasons for wanting to separate the idea of martial ardor and sexual attraction."

I completely agree with Ann Coulter's view on this issue not only because this would cause distractions within the military, but also because homosexuals would be harassed severely within the military. Though I believe homosexual need to have just as many rights as heterosexuals, I think that the strength of our military/safety is more important in this situation.

Ann Coulter Article

Ann Coulter recently posted an article on her website at http://anncoulter.org/

The title is " Napolitano: The Ball's In My Court." This article is talking about a very controversial issue now in our airports: the new full body scans. Coulter not only complains about the new scanners but also complains about the people being frisked which is the alternative to the full body scans. She names off many different laws established trying to keep airports safe from terrorists and notes how useless they really are. Coulter addresses the issue that airport security has to check everyone when the hard truth is that they really only need to check foreign male, Muslims. This sounds harsh but Coulter is just proving that "little old ladies" are not a threat and should not be subject to these checks as others should be. Coulter, throughout the article, is critiquing Janet Napolitano, who is the head of the airport security.

The reason why Coulter wrote about this is because she thinks that it is wrong and unfair for Americans to go through with these airport checks. She wonders how much further airport checks will go when terrorists become smarter with sneaking in weapons.

Examples of unnecessary checks in airports:
-taking "little old ladies' knitting needles"
-taking "mouse-sized nail files off of passengers' nail clippers"
-frisking people who refuse the full body scan check

One technique that Ann Coulter uses throughout this article is that she acts very sarcastic toward the airport checks while also poking fun at them. She gives several ridiculous situations that may happen in the future of airport security. One example of her being sarcastic is when she writes as if she is an airport officer "' Please have your genitalia out and ready to be fondled when you approach the security checkpoint." Examples like these make the reader laugh and have more interest into the article while also showing how serious this issue is.

Ann Coulter Introduction

Ann Coulter writes on her own website which is http://www.anncoulter.org/

Ann Coulter, in 2001, was named one of the top one-hundred Public Intellectuals by federal judge Richard Posner. She has written many different books that are very conservative. She also has appeared on many different television shows such as The O'Reilly Factor and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She is from Conneticut and graduated from Cornell University. She then attended the University of Michigan Law School where she obtained her J.D. She worked for Senator Spencer Abraham where she assisted with immigration and crime issues.