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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Events by Any Other Name...

...really are the same.


One of my favorite commentators is Victor Davis Hanson, or "VDH" as we call him. He's admired by many of us for his incisive narratives and scholarly grasp of history. Normally he's not known for his tongue & cheek style, the way Mark Steyn is.

However, today on his Private Papers website, he posted a satirical piece about what's "changed" during these first 6 months of Obama's presidency. Maybe Mark's rubbing off on the good professor...

http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson062509.html

In case you didn't read the whole article, here's my favorite excerpt--

True, I was a bit taken back when the Somali pirates were killed. But I am sure that before their heads exploded someone at least text-messaged them their Miranda rights in a way never accorded the poor three who were waterboarded at Bush’s Guantanamo concentration camp.

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