Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman There was a time—ever so briefly—when Pat Tillman dominated the news cycle. Actually, there were two times: one, when the football semi-star joined the military and become a posterboy for patriotism and self-sacrifice, and another when he died via friendly fire, becoming yet another It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World story in a long string of nonsensical happenings on the other side of the world.
I was forwarded this article this morning by someone who often sends me not links to articles, but the sort of perfidious chain e-mails that recast a bogus FNC story and add the lines “God Bless America! If you agree with this e-mail, pass it on!”
When I’m passed an e-mail that is obviously false, my usual reaction is to reply with a link to Snopes: the source is trustworthy enough that the sender believes it, if somewhat resentfully.
When I’m passed National Review, my tendency is to simply ignore them, as stuff from that magazine isn’t particularly opprobrious, but—in my estimation—still wrong.
However, I can’t resist tearing this latest one to pieces. It comes from Investors Business Daily, which seems to me like a less prestigious version of the Wall Street Journal, replete with the conservative ideologues manning the editorial page. But this particular article reads like some awful tripe from Town Hall—it’s that bad.