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Monday, September 22, 2008 12:00 AM

Single funniest blog post I ever read

A right-wing commentator denounces unlimited presidential power as "un-American" because "America exists precisely because of our desire to rein in government and make it accountable to the people."
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Monday, September 22, 2008 02:04 PM

    amazing ain't it

    I'd argue that they don't hold those two antithetical thoughts simultaneously. If they could, they they'd be able to spot the self-parody. More like the thought processes of a horse (Jim White for the clarification/correction); the two hemispheres of their brain don't communicate well - no corpus callosum. You always mount a horse from the same side, for a reason.

    Take it away, Jim.

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