Opaque Lucidity

The Hitler Rap

There was a time when conspiracy nuts were isolated people, living in dank basements and communicating with each other over shortwave radio and poorly-made newsletters and magazines. But thanks to the miracle of the internet, these crackpots have reached the mainstream. And now, during the first decade of the 21st century, one has to wonder what has happened to our nation when one of these nutjobs manages to get elected to Congress:

America's first Muslim congressman has provoked outrage by apparently comparing President George W Bush to Adolf Hitler and hinting that he might have been responsible for the September 11 attacks.

"It's almost like the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that," Mr Ellison said. "After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it, and it put the leader [Hitler] of that country in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted."

Of course, it IS Minnesota...