"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
H. L. Mencken

Similar things could be said about the American political system. I just watched a piece on CNN where a conservative radio host accused Michael J. Fox of "exaggerating" his symptoms from Parkinson's Disease. I looked it up online when I got home from work, and who is responsible but that perennial imbecile, Rush Limbaugh.

I guess there really is nothing more American than shifting from a clear, logical discussion of the issues to baseless and absurd personal attacks.

But wait, there's more! That standard-bearer of professional journalism, MSNBC, had the following informal poll:


I think that each of those (approximately) 68,288 people should be indiscriminately injected with PD as retribution for their incomprehensible ignorance. What's next, ignoring the medical advice of "activist doctors"?

As a further lesson in coping with ignorance, Rush Limbaugh should be injected with the disease (what's another high for that druggie anyway?) and his degeneration should be filmed and put on YouTube.

Then again, maybe I should reconsider the severity of the punishment. I mean, since when has hypocritical intolerance not been a core American political and social value?

And of course: al-Qaeda bombs us because they envy our freedom.

On a humorous note, if this doesn't cheer you up a tiny bit and make you laugh, nothing will: How to Prank a Telemarketer