A clone might not be the exact same height as the 'parent' - there can be variation and even some deterioration of the DNA (Dolly apparently had some problems...) Even 'identical' twins have variations between them.

(It then follows that all the Obama birth certificates have to be carefully compared, but only by persons who can produce certificates of sanity - which are even harder to come by.)

Wonderful letter, both about why there is loneliness in our culture, and the comment to Zylot.

Proof that he's a Muslim and that his Hawaiian birth certificate is phony, of course.

Can't (sorry) look back thru all the letters to see who it was who suggested an automatic C.P. column generator ("Clintons - aargh, Palin - drool, Brazilian pop, how gay men should behave, street-rap speech, etc. etc.) It could then be responded to by the automatic letter generator - not only the Paglia - pee-yew ones, but those strange robotic pro-Paglia letters ("Wonderful prose, clear-minded fair commentary, outside the box, even tho I'm a repub, etc.)

This had to be written by the pro-Paglia robot:-

"I have a huge crush on Camille Paglia...

Is there anyone funnier, brighter, more full blooded and less predictable writing today?"

If not the robot, then Paglia herself.

"Increasingly I am of the opinion that Paglia is a national treasure. Her piece on Palin is perceptive beyond even her high standards. Her intellectual integrity enables her to tell it like it is whether left or right. What an infinite pleasure to read."

Even tho the putative writer has others in the archives...ranting about Rev. Wright and such... Still, I don't believe it was written by an actual human being.

Thanks for a sane, humane reminder of things (in the middle of this snark-fest).

Hey Salon, this sounds like a knowledgable, intelligent writer who should be substituted whenever Paglia gets onto her *Muslim* thing. Wouldn't generate many letters (who could complain about what s/he says?), but would do readers' minds a lot of good.

Actually (sorry, not wading back in all the murk) there were several gay writers who wrote sensible (again, sane & humane) commentary on the marriage thing (and some other people, orientation unmentioned, who wrote some sensible stuff about marriage period, as a civil matter, not religious - yah don't go to your religious authorities for a divorce, etc. Well, except used to be some Catholics did and, I think, some ultra Orth Jews.)

Actually, I guess the Paglia column isn't so bad - it produces amusing letters by the bushel, and a few sensible ones.

That said, enough already...

But the minute Palin got into the governor's position, she (and her totally non-elected husband) persistently went after her ex brother-in-law as a personal vendetta.

But if Todd was doing the pushing (sitting at a table in Sarah's office, by the account I read), she knew and should have made him stop. Death threats? Accounts of this matter said the Palins reduced their security when she took office - which doesn't jibe with any real fear of credible death threats. The taser thing was stupid - but that, and any other problems with the state trooper were the responsibility of (forget name and title of the guy she fired). She (and Todd) could have laid a complaint, and then shut up. They were using the power of the governor's office to lean on an official for a personal gripe and she ultimately fire him over it. (The commission looking into it said she exerted undue influence but technically committed no wrong-doing because the governor can fire officials for no reason, and therefore the obvious connection was irrelevant - in law, if not in proper behavior.)

There's lot of other things we could discuss about Palin - sniffing around about book-banning (and firing the uncooperative librarian), the harping on the (talk about irrelevant) Ayers thing, riling up crowds with dishonest oratory and not shutting up when the audience started, yes, uttering death threats towards Obama (or Ayers, or both). My favorite is the protection-against-witchcraft ceremony...

Thank the gods it's all irrelevant now...

P.S. - What kind of idiot blathers on in front of the camera while turkeys are being slaughtered in the background. That's so DUMB.