Prosecute the bastards!

Patterico demonstrates by example how superior bloggers can be to professional editorialists. He rips the NYTimes a new one with his reaction to their latest butt-covering editorial, particularly their reliance on the Pentagon Papers case as precedent that newspapers can't be prosecuted. The case wasn't about prosecuting violations of national security. It was an attempt to enjoin publication of documents which had been illegally obtained.

As the Kenneth Mars character says in Young Frankenstein, "A riot is a terrible thing. And I think it's about time we had one!"

I'm not as worked up as most about the failure of the House resolution to name names in condemning publication of classified information. What did you expect from politicians? Instead of attacking our wimpy representatives, we should be marching in the streets. I wish I were a lefty just for a moment, so I could advocate destroying their vending boxes and papers. This is a job for people who care about the government's ability to defend us. We're the ones who'll be killed the next time they attack.

Go spread rumors at your local mosque, that the NYTimes is a supporter of Israel. It couldn't hurt.