July 08, 2004

Lileks is a national treasure

If you're not reading The Bleat regularly, shame on you. You'll miss columns such as this one wherein the Bloated Pustule from Davison, MI, gets crushed under a pile of logic and facts. And without using a single obscenity. I have to figure out how he manages to accomplish THAT on a regular basis. Anyway, here's an excerpt:

Again with the crushed rights. ItÂ’s a standard trope, a talisman worn smooth with obsessive rubbing, and people of MooreÂ’s stripe wonÂ’t let it go until the Patriot act is rescinded and we can go back to the good old days of petitioning judges for separate wiretaps for a suspected terroristsÂ’s individual cell phones and land lines. Fine. But letÂ’s talk about the rights and freedoms weÂ’ve crushed abroad. Leave aside Western Europe, which is still reeling from the decision by the Bush adminstration to use Warthogs to strafe all those street protests. Two questions:

Afghanistan had more / less freedoms under the Taliban

Iraq had more / less freedoms under Saddam

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