Leap Second Lovers Are Traitors Says Bill O’Reilly - Commentary by Steve Martin

Steve Martin writes a pretty good spoof:

“This year’s leap second is an assault on the American public,” says commentator Bill O’Reilly. “The reason the leap second is even being proposed is because of America Haters, because of Iraqi hate mongers, and let’s be honest, Shiites. Why would you add a second to the year unless you’re an anti-American hate monger? I remember liberals at a party saying, ‘let’s add a second to the year’ and I was the only one who spoke up against it. Why would they want to add a second to the year? Because it gives them a second longer to hate Bush.

I think sometimes when you listen to the Michael Savage / Pat Robertson / Bill O’Reilly types then this caricature is not too far off.

But you know what I love? Dialogue. Rational dialogue which allows me to say that aliens from a Iraqi loving planet want to abolish Christmas by adding a leap second to the Darwinian anti-God year.