Out of courtesy, I feel the need to inform my four-person readership about my feelings on the latest "blogosphere" knee-jerk ripple.

Ward Churchill is a dirty, little, filthy, yucky thing. He deserves every ounce of humiliation that comes his way, however, I don't particularly care for all the attention he is getting. Since this professional agitator cannot bring anything of value to the world, the only validation to his existence comes from getting under people's skin. How else would someone of Ward Churchill's standing manage to get his face plastered all over CNN, Fox News, NBC, etc? Do you actually think his academic work enlightens people to American Indian and U.S. History?

If instead of outrage we would have just laughed in his face, his modus operandi would have melted into a slimy, goo-like substance that matches his backbone. I understand it is completely insane for me to believe that his detractors could act with such collective zen, but sometimes absurdities need to be appropriately responded to in-kind.

UPDATE: Here is a perfect example of how to respond "in-kind." Plus, Jeff gets bonus points for using another absurd story to tie into the absurdity of absurd Ward Churchill.

This is a good time to plug my Christmas Wishlist for next year: a Theasaurus.