Back to Politics: I can't resist. All Things Distorted last night did it to me. Without a hint of reality, NPR aired clips of famous southpaws on the Cuba crackdown of a few months ago. Big Idea: That leftists are reconsidering Cuba. (Translation: Maybe these amoral domestic totalitarian cheerleaders can see past their ideological blinders and realize that Castro treats his people like animals.) The lefties said: Nope. I don't have a link to the audio, but it's on NPR's site. (Update: Here's the link, courtesy of Radley.) Anyhow, the appalling Howard Zinn said (in effect) that we in America can't criticize Castro for executing the men who hijacked a ferry (as a means to escape oppression) because "nobody loves the death penalty as much as America." Howie didn't mention exactly how frequently we in America execute people for trying to leave the country. He also didn't mention exactly how many dissidents are languishing in jail here (no fair counting the Mumia-type heroes who "dissent" from "Amerika's" evil racist policies by killing people). Notice, though, that Howie and his buddy Noam are free to travel, speak, and basically live unharrassed. And, outside a little yelling and boycotting (two things southpaws are traditionally in favor of), nobody seriously proposed punishing the Dixie Chicks for their political comments, unless liposuction for the fat one counts.

Between Limbaugh on one side and NPR on the other, can I get some decent radio for god's sake? It's all benn downhill since they canned the Greaseman.