The National Horse Protection League has an urgent message for you. Their $80,000 advertisement in the New York Times pictures the silhouette of a cowboy on his beloved horse. The caption pulls at our heartstrings:
“The lone cowboy, riding his horse on a Texas trail, is a cinematic icon. Not once in memory did the cowboy eat his horse.”
To most Americans, the Balkans exist conceptually on the same plane as Borat’s backwards “glorious nation,” where human-goat copulation and incest is de rigueur, horse meat is preferred extra greasy and the U.N. has to drop in extra vowels for humanitarian reasons.
When was the last time a political controversy-other than the prepackaged presidential debates-raised the blood pressure of the Wash. U. student body a single millimeter of mercury? As Alberto Gonzales is fond of saying, “I can’t recall.” The impending visit by our disgraced former Attorney General has provoked an array of objections.
What’s the difference between Islamic terrorists who go bananas over cartoons and 218 faculty members at Harvard who hate free speech? Islamic terrorists have beards.
As we have learned in the past weeks, when Student Life fails to cover an event – any event – racism, bigotry, slanted journalism and foul play are clearly the causes.
I regret to say that I was deeply troubled by the mental health and nerves of our senators on the Judiciary Committee as they offered comments last week on the confirmation hearings of Judge Alito.
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