Given that we’re completely without voice in federal government I sort of expected something like this to happen sooner or later. And what a great tragedy that self-immolation is not a horrible surprise, but an expected form of self-expression.
I wonder whether we will remember this man as the American Jan Palach.
Now Playing: Episode 356
The Republican Convention, Fannie and Freddie go bust, and finally, our international news roundup.
Links Mentioned: Europeans try to placate the Russians … details on the bail-out … a brief history of Fannie and Freddie … Mark Schmitt on Obama’s high-risk, high-reward strategy … Biden tears it up on the trail.
