Afterthoughts

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Samurai of Iowa, tells AIG employees to either bow down and apologize or commit suicide "like the Japanese." It takes a special talent to wax moronic and insult the Japanese at the same time.

First of all, there aren't enough swords at AIG to go around and besides, Kool-Aid would be less messy.

Dick Cheney, growling in retirement, says that Obama is intensifying the risk of terrorist attacks. He sounds like a man who can't wait to be proven right.