One of the more intellectually sound guys (and someone with whom you would never want to debate) is of course I’m Not Herzog. The Czar says this chiefly because he said some very nice things.

Dear Czar,

Normally I would use your blog post as a jumping off point for criticism or commentary. But I’ve been lazy lately and quite frankly, this is one of the best and most original arguments I have read in a long time defending the rights of the unborn. Just an abolutely perfect post — God bless America!

Thanks, and hard to argue with those final three words.

Isn’t that nice? Don’t you think you should write and tell us how wonderful we are? Feel free to stop by INH anytime you want your IQ to go up a few points. Seriously, he’s like Thomas Aquinas over there.

The Czar of Muscovy

Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.