From the email in-tray:
I’m out on the street smoking a cigarette and this black dude, wearing a “No War Against Iraq” T-shirt and a bag on his shoulder, comes up to me and asks, “Sir, are you against the war or for the war?” “For the war,” I say, at which point he pulls a T-shirt out of his bag that says, “Kick Saddam’s Ass!,” and tries to sell it to me. I said, “No thanks,” and he moved on. Is this a great country or what?
A similar thing happened to me at the “Women For Peace” march last Saturday. I asked one of the button-vendors if he had a “Go Saddam!” button. He said he didn’t, but it might be a good seller. Then as I walked away, shaking my head, he yelled back: “We’re gonna kick that guy’s ass!” He seemed quite enthusiastic about it. War profiteers. It says something about where we are that they’re almost reassuring. More letters can be found here.
The Dish 