For shame

There are some Chris Hitchens columns that leave me howlin' at the moon, feeling its power despite the clouds and the howling wind and rain outside.

What will it take to convince these people that this is not a year, or a time, to be dicking around? Americans are patrolling a front line in Afghanistan, where it would be impossible with 10 times the troop strength to protect all potential voters on Oct. 9 from Taliban/al-Qaida murder and sabotage. We are invited to believe that these hard-pressed soldiers of ours take time off to keep Osama Bin Laden in a secret cave, ready to uncork him when they get a call from Karl Rove? For shame.

While I'm a-howlin', inspired by crazy Hitch's unmatched capability for transference and intellectual dishonesty, go read Kevin Drums shrill reaction to Hitch's lunacy here and here.