Russell Kirk's ghost sucks up your tax dollars

Get ready for outrage: Sarah D. pointed out to me H. Res. 408, "Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Conservative Mind, and for other purposes." Russell Kirk is the "prophet of American conservatism" (quoth Saint Reagan), and the Conservative Mind apparently bestows coherence on Republican Party values. Or so some scrabbling scorpions in the House seem to think. Still, neocon ain't conservatism, and you have to wonder what Kirk would think of the "devouring conflagration" of the Bush administration, which has rammed countless "hasty innovations" down our throats, just click on the hyperlinks in this eerie Onion prophecy and see.

Nice to know my tax dollars are hard at work, anyway.