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Editors,

Michael Ramirez recent agitprop depicts Dan Rather with a large, CBS logo "black eye" and circles the superscript "th" in the background, in case the reader doesn't get it. This story has many facets, but a couple of points stand out: Without vetting the actual document, many "experts" passed along opinions about the legitimacy of this three decade-old document. There is no final verdict on this issue as of this writing, and many "experts" have asserted that the typewriters in use at the time had the functions necessary to produce the text as displayed in the copies.

As for black eyes, George W. Bush sent thousands of American soldiers off to fight a war in Iraq. The administration’s stated reasons for this imperial adventure have been proven to be demonstrably false, not by a few bloggers over the weekend, but by the evidence (or lack thereof) itself. If Rather has earned a black eye for an as yet unresolved "Superscript Follies" what might Bush receive for roaring mendacity that has resulted in the deaths and injuries of thousands and thousands of human beings? I do believe Mr. Ramirez has a rather twisted sense of proportion.