05 April 2008

Damn Good Writing, Gen. JC Christian, Patriot, Edition

The good general wrote to the Dean of the UC Berkely law school, regarding their hiring of war criminal John Yoo.

I wish I could write so well. The phrase, "Mengele Professor of Sado-Political Studies" is prize.
A shining interrogation center upon a hill

Christopher Edley, Jr
Professor of Law and Dean
School of Law
University of California, Berkeley

Dear Dr. Edley,

I'm very impressed by your decision to hire former Justice Department official John Yoo to serve on your faculty. It was a very shrewd marketing move on your part. It allows Berkeley to finally get past its sordid history as the battleground for the expansion of our civil liberties and become the foremost advocate for that "shining interrogation center upon a hill" so many of us wish our nation to become.


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Go read the rest.

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