Good DAY indeed

Evidently, I didn't realize that Paul Harvey is nuts. Yeah, Bush gave him the Medal of Freedom, saying "And over the decades we have come to recognize in that voice some of the finest qualities of our country: the patriotism, the good humor, the kindness and common sense of Americans." God, I hope not. Here is what he had to say about Afganistan casualties:

"And hear this please. In Western Afghanistan, where NATO forces are involved in some of the deadliest fighting since January, among the 136 dead this morning suspect Taliban. But there are others, 51 villagers, mostly women and children. Might not the news media put a stop to such pulled punches wars as this, if we would just desist from categorizing civilians. It was civilians, for goodness sake, who decapitated New York City. Since the invention of the aerial bomb five wars ago, there have been no civilians."

As several other bloggers have noted, this means that if you are killed by a bomb, then that defines you as a legitimate target. Certainly makes it easier for us. Bomb away.

Oh, well, Paul the Bloody didn't just start there.

We didn’t come this far because we’re made of sugar candy. Once upon a time, we elbowed our way onto and across this continent by giving smallpox-infected blankets to Native Americans. That was biological warfare. And we used every other weapon we could get our hands on to grab this land from whomever.

Heh. "Whomever."

And we grew prosperous. And yes, we greased the skids with the sweat of slaves. So it goes with most great nation-states, which — feeling guilty about their savage pasts — eventually civilize themselves out of business and wind up invaded and ultimately dominated by the lean, hungry up-and-coming who are not made of sugar candy."

Sure glad he represents "the patriotism, the good humor, the kindness and common sense of Americans." Sigh.