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With the “Presidential Medal of Freedom“. There’s a “Presidential Medal of Freedom”? What, did she stop the Xqutpkl invasion with her laser pistol? This sounds like science fiction. Tell me this thing is an invention of the nutty Bush years, where it rests nicely alongside Freedom Fries, “Let’s Roll”, and tortured detainees in orange jumpsuits — not something they’ve been giving out since Ben Franklin first used a steampunk robotic suit to battle the Cthulu-like mosnters living under Capitol Hill. Oh, wait. Truman established it… okay, it’s all making sense now… I mean, within it’s own ridiculous framework.
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October 30th, 2007 at 10:48 am
Strange, but if you think about it, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably one of the most well-known books dealing with racial issues. If you look at it in that context, it makes a bit more sense.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
She shouldn’t be flattered – Dubya also extended the honor to hypocrite windbag cro-magnon Henry Hyde, former Congressman from Illinois. I hope she does the decent, humane thing, and skips the ceremony. Atticus Finch would be proud.
October 31st, 2007 at 3:39 am
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the civilian equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Funny thing, Bush has been giving them to people who absolutely do not deserve them, like George Tenet and Paul Bremer.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:39 pm
To Kill a Mockingbird. What a great story. She certainly deserves some sort of award, something that recognizes the power and beauty of it all, an award that recognizes her writing…something like the Pulitzer! Hopefully, she can see the humor in being given such an august award by our equivalent of Boo Radley–the comparison is loose; he’s not as smart as Boo, or as kind. If only he’d have read the book, perhaps he’d look at the world a little differently!