Sard,

Since I don't subscribe to that mag or seek out anything by Ollie, I haven't encountered any of his on the mark commentary. Please feel free to C&P one if you should happen upon it, OK? I'm always up for decent conservative writing these days, if only for its rarity due to neocon takeover. I'm sure that if I was even slightly off base in my rebuke of Ollie you would have pointed it out.

I know most people here think I'm pretty much dyed in the wool liberal, but I grew up in redneck hillbilly country in south county. One of my childhood neighbors was a moonshiner, a couple of others were convicted of cattle rustling, another was a rodeo bull rider, a coal miner who could fix absolutely anything electrical or mechanical, and a couple others were the cornerstone of the John Birch Society. There was no lack of disrespect for anything having to do with government. The people I grew up with are as surprised as I am that I ended up working for the gov't.