By the way to Zardoz and Mrs. Zardoz respectively: why would Oriole fans (or the Sox fans and Cubs fans I saw want to come to just sit there and sulk) and Section 5, Row K, Seat 8 - NICE!
Apparently Maureen Dowd did a whole West Wing thing that I missed but it's here and it's AWWWWWWWE-SOOOOOOME (that was Jon Stewart's enraptured, near-orgasm voice in case you were wondering.) Money quote (as Andrew Sullivan would say [did you catch him on Real Time? - he was AWWWWWWWE...oh, you get the idea]):
Because the idea of American exceptionalism doesn’t extend to Americans being exceptional. If you excelled academically and are able to casually use 690 SAT words then you might as well have the press shoot video of you giving the finger to the Statue of Liberty while the Dixie Chicks sing the University of the Taliban fight song. The people who want English to be the official language of the United States are uncomfortable with their leaders being fluent in it.
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