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Who is Marcy Kaptur and why exactly should she be ashamed?
Last week I started getting bombarded with nearly identical e-mails about an Ohio congresswoman named Marcy Kaptur, who, I was told, ought to be ashamed of the awful things she had said -- something about comparing Osama bin Laden to the founding fathers. Why these correspondents thought I should be apprised of Rep. Kaptur's need to be ashamed, I did not know. But I had a pretty good idea: whenever this sort of e-mail bombardment begins, Rush Limbaugh is usually behind it. And indeed he was.
The record suggests that in fact Kaptur's argument was more complex and historical than the dittoheads are able to comprehend. Douglas Anders of the Agora offers links and two commentaries on the whole affair. [Links courtesy Rogers Cadenhead]
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Gift Salon sub for your favorite Salon basher
Rogers Cadenhead is sponsoring a little contest to decide which Salon doomsayer he should purchase a gift subscription for... To win, all you have to do is "set a new standard for bitterness, venom, or weirdness in premature anticipation" of our demise.
Plenty to choose from out there.
And yes, the lights are still very much on here.
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"The lie of authority"
While I was trying to keep my garden in order and helping tend a home-from-school sick kid, my colleague Gary Kamiya was writing "Sleepwalking to Baghdad," which must be the definitive piece about America on the brink of war. If you haven't read it yet, go.
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