Facts- such irritating little things.

Devoted readers of WhackyNation.com just can't tear themselves away from its daily screeds. Lou Guzzo, the site's Deep Thought, and author of policy wonk classics like Masseur!: Chronicle of an International Rascal- is a veritable fount of crochets and whimsies, with an indefatigable attachment to a handful of ideas that he repeats- and repeats- and repeats.



One of those is that scientist Rachel Carson- author of Silent Spring- is a sort of environmental war criminal for single-handedly causing the banning of DDT, which, in turn, led to a resurgence of malaria in states Deep Thought thinks we should adopt under his Foster Nations program.

Trouble is, he's wrong. The malaria ban was a combination of overuse- leading to resistant insects- and a tobacco industry lobbying effort.

Let's see if he will have the guts to admit it.