Pop Quiz

Q: Imagine you are the father of several children killed by an Israeli air strike in Lebanon. You decide to seek vengeance. You don’t know who actually bombed your house, but you know that it was done in the name of Israel with the backing of the United States. You hear that Rush Limbaugh is a staunch apologist for killing civilians and that he subscribes to the view that the subjects of a state are responsible for the actions of that state. Is Rush a legitimate target, assuming for the moment that vengeance is appropriate?

A: No. He is a morally handicapped idiot who subscribes to evil, collectivist opinions, but he is not guilty of the murder of your children. He is not in the chain of command, nor does he have any influence on the policy that led to their deaths. He is just a comedian of sorts whose job is to justify his party’s actions in an entertaining manner. At most, he wants re-education in one of the Revolutionary Cadre’s Humane Rehabilitation Centers.

Q: Imagine you are Condoleeza Rice. Your boss asks you to set some children on fire in order to advance his political agenda. Do you resign in protest?

A: No. You’re Condoleeza Rice.

Q: Imagine you are Jonah Goldberg. You have a long and consistent history of demonizing anyone who disagrees with you and comparing them to Hitler. Should you write an article condemning others for demonizing their opponents and comparing them to Hitler?

A: No. But you will anyway because you are Jonah Goldberg and not yet sentient. http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/08/jonah-goldberg-speaks-out-against.html

Q: Imagine you are Antonin Scalia. President Bush has taken to issuing bills of attainder and applying laws retroactively in his “war on terra”. This is challenged in federal court, and the lower courts have ruled these actions unconstitutional. The Bush regime has appealed. Do you uphold the ruling of the lower courts?

A: Of course not. The Constitution limits the Congress in this regard but does not restrict the President who can do anything he likes. What are you? Some kind of traitor? The Constitution does not explicitly provide that the President can’t do these things, and the proper remedy is impeachment. The GOP controlled Congress should impeach him if it thinks he has gone too far. Bwahahaha.