So the House passed the latest reversal of the Magna Carta without a sweat, aiming their usual transparently false accusations of “coddling” at those who saw the Act for what it is—an attack on American ideals, the Constitution, and a big fuck-you to the rest of the world just guaranteed to do bin Laden’s propaganda work for him.

Now the Senate takes up the momentous work of finishing the job. Just now I heard Trent Lott on NPR’s Morning Edition (not yet up on the website) deriding concerns about interrogation techniques. In a racist monologue I’d thought he’d learned better to indulge by now, he went on about the use of dogs: why would anyone be afraid of dogs? How ridiculous! And now a quote:

“Haven’t they (the prisoners) ever delivered laundry? Weren’t they ever barked at by a dog?”

Why, no, Senator, I believe you must have them confused with the Chinese.

God help us all.