Have a snort.

[sisyphusshrugged]

Christopher Hitchens begins his takedown of Reagan's legacy with this note:

Ronald Reagan claimed that the Russian language had no word for "freedom." (The word is "svoboda"; it's quite well attested in Russian literature.)

Um.

Hitchens is, however, a fervent supporter of the man who said this:

The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur.

Snopes says this is an urban legend because Blair subsequently denied it.

Barked twice, perhaps.

Is anyone planning an intervention here?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

oh man, I am overdozing on this reagan guy. jeesh...
The TV is talking about how the gipper is practically a saint, and eveyrbody on the blogosphere feels the need to point out how crooked Ronie is.

Randy devoted her entire show to scream at the gipper. Little hilarious at a time, but I have about enough of reagan.

no more intervention please...
I'll go crazy.

that bastard Hitchens

[mehetabel.livejournal.com]

I have been wondering ever since not just about the stupidity of American politics, but about the need of so many American intellectuals to prove themselves clever by showing that they are smarter than the latest idiot in power, or the latest Republican at any rate.

pot, kettle much?