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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

America then and now

It's now commonplace for our political and media elites to explicitly renounce the principles of justice which the U.S. long led the world in advocating.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:18 PM

    Israel's "inalienable right"!

    Whew! That's not just staunch support for Israel, it's unequivocal.

    Hmmmm...I wonder whether this means the egg has the inalienable right to stop the chicken from sitting on it.

    —The Reality Kid Read The Reality Kid's other letters

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