Who Is IOZ?: "Hitler had his faults, of course, as he himself would be the first to admit."

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Nothing much today. I recalled and located this, however, and felt it oddly apropos to our present moment. Enjoy.

Anonymous said...: As a connoiseur (sp) of the absurd, I thought you might enjoy this:

"The pictures of Jose Padilla being led to the dentist in leg shackles and blackout goggles have provoked outrage and disgust and bafflement. Why the goggles? What's the point?

"[Ann] Althouse has an answer:

" 'Perhaps there is a fear that he will communicate in code by blinking.'

"And upon being informed that this is, in fact, completely absurd, she becomes characteristically petulant:

" 'I'm not saying Padilla deserves to be treated the way he has over the years, but I am responding to the assertion that there is absolutely no conceivable reason for blindfolding him. Plainly, I have refuted that.'

"Plainly. She was blinking when she typed it."

http://whiskeyfire.typepad.com/whiskey_fire/2006/12/i_will_be_etern.html

Was Hitler really more introspective than our own Dear Leader?; 2:46 PM
Anonymous said...: OT:

http://fray.slate.com/default.aspx?id=3936&m=18547254; 3:25 PM

Tuesday, December 05, 2006