NTodd trembles to hear what I might say about Althouse's recent attempt to delve a sub-basement for the NYTimes opinion pages even below the dank, spidery cellars of stupid currently infested by the likes of Tommy Friedman and Davey Brooks.
But I'm not sure what I might add to what Mr. Greenwald had to say, or what Mr. Lemieux mentioned in passing. These are of course real lawyers -- and I? Merely a humble community college professor what is full of jealousy. And of course "insolent." (Althouse once called me "insolent," which is still pretty much the greatest thing ever. Whenever I feel blue, I remember that Ann Althouse once told me I was "insolent," and it makes a nothing day suddenly seem worthwhile.)
The fun thing about Althouse is that she will give utterance to pretty much any bubbly thought that wafts unbidden into her beautiful mind. If Gerty McDowell had a blog, tenure, and were less literate, you'd have Althouse. Or, oh, I dunno... a Ron Burgundy joke would work almost as well. Or maybe all one need invoke is the sort of profundity that billows out from the mouths of bongs. To wit:
As to the zoo, I do think people roam about looking for animals to identify with. No one stares at the camels. There's always a crowd gazing into the eyes of the chimpanzee. It is far more interesting to watch the people as they watch the animals or to watch the animals and think of people.
Like, totally.
Venturing out here onto the speculative limb myself, I'd imagine that one of the reasons why doorknobs like Althouse and David Brooks are so otherwise unaccountably popular is that they have a gift for making stupid shit sound like genuine argument. You don't need to actually know anything to be an Althouse fan, as her commenters are usually so eager to prove. You just need to have a good line in bullshit. Oh, and you can't use the word "bullshit," because it's dirty. And you know someone is civil and smart because those people don't use cuss words. Or something.
Did you ever wonder if moths get jealous of butterflies? Also, I don't think so many people would drink milk if it was orange.
