HATE MAIL OF THE WEEK, this from Barbara J. Vaught, legal secretary:

You are despicable. Instead of calling yourself an out and out “liberal”, you hide behind the shirt tales of the so-called “libertarian” party. Since you proudly boast that you are based on grounds of toleration (meaning tolerating anything and everything that morally prohibits) — what I am curious to know, what are your views on world trade, Mr. Liberal Thinker?

Yeah, liberals, libertarians, they both start with the letter L and pretty much agree on everything.

And I think world trade is just dandy. “A McDonald’s in every village, and ‘Baywatch’ in every language” is my motto. But not that lame Hawaiian version. I have some standards.

UPDATE: Reader Glen Hoffing savages me some more:

So liberal and libertarian both start with the letter L?

It is typical of you to downplay the connection.

As any half-wit moron can see, the FIRST FIVE LETTERS are identical.

Yeah, I’m busted. But I’ll be back, spreading more of my liberal poison across the minds of America’s impressionable weblog-reading community. Buwhahaha!