This year's most assbrained comment

goes to Richard Cohen. Already covered at E&P and Obsidian Wings, I can't resist adding my own shot to this:

In a post-Sept. 11 world, I thought the prudent use of violence could be therapeutic.

Cohen was once a respected columnist. Now he's a fricking disgrace. What sort of human being can you be to say that? Yeah, violence is always so prudent and therapeutic, so he supported a war against people who didn't attack us. Fucking brilliant.