Trib: Cheap shot

Thanks to my friend Walt for the heads up on today's Trib cartoon. It is certainly up to the Chicago Tribune whether it chooses to reprint the infamous Mohammed cartoons as a matter of free speech. A reasonable case can be made either way.

But in taking a cheap shot at Vice President Cheney in the cartoon they chose to print today, the Trib illustrates Mark Steyn's point, " If you're going to be provocative, it's best to do it with people who can't be provoked."

Yes, let's discuss the Tribune's stellar defense of the Bill of Rights.

We already know, as discussed above, they passed on sticking their necks out for the 1st amendment.

As I recall the Tribune wrote a ringing endorsement of Janet Reno's goons rushing into a home in the dead of night to snatch a terrified Elian Gonzalez and send him back to Cuba. So much for the 4th amendment there. Apparently we can't go after terrorists in our country, only little boys who want to live here.

As for the 2nd amendment, well, we'd like to keep it, thank you.

Especially with the kind of government the Tribune envisions---defenceless.