Judith Miller puts some more pieces together for us on Iraq.
JERRY JIVES: “I real recon’ dat da damn pagans, and da damn abo’shunists, and da damn feminists, and da damn gays and da damn lesbians who is actively tryin’ t’make dat an alternative lifestyle, de ACLU, Sucka’s Fo’ de American Way – all uh dem who gots tried t’secularize America – ah’ point da damn fin’a’ in deir face and say “ya’ helped dis happen. ‘S coo’, bro.” – Jerry Falwell, from the Sept. 13 edition of “700 Club.” Translated into jive.
LETTERS: Derbyshire’s hetero credentializing; why Chesterton is full of it; and gay history month?
KINGSOLVER AS THE SWEDISH CHEF: “I vunt tu du sumetheeng tu help reeght noo. Boot I cun’t geefe-a bluud (my hemetucreet elveys roons tuu loo), und I’m tuu fer vey tu geefe-a unybudy shelter oor a dreenk ooff veter. Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp! I cun oonly geefe-a vurds. Um gesh dee bork, bork! My ferbel hemuglubeen nefer seems tu vune-a, su vurds ere-a vhet I’ll ooffffer up in thees teeme-a thet esks ooff us zee best ceetizenship ve’fe-a ifer moostered. Bork bork bork!” – Barbara Kingsolver. She loves Sweden, doesn’t she?
The Dish 