The execrable Ted Rall posted the following on his site yesterday. He seems to have taken it down, but we believe it should be preserved for posterity:

How Sad...

...that Ronald Reagan didn't die in prison, where he belonged for starting an illegal, laughably unjustifiable war against Grenada under false pretenses (the "besieged" medical students later said they were nothing of the sort) and funneling arms to hostages during Iran-Contra.

Oh, and 9/11? That was his. Osama bin Laden and his fellow Afghan "freedom fighters" got their funding, and nasty weapons, from Reagan.

A real piece of work, Reagan ruined the federal budget, trashed education, alienated our friends and allies and made us a laughing stock around the world.

Hmmmm...sounds familiar.

Anyway, I'm sure he's turning crispy brown right about now.

I hope Google does very, very well in their IPO. They deserve every penny.

UPDATE: It turns out Rall's site is back up, the victim not of shame but of server trouble. When, in the fullness of time, Mr. Rall passes on, I'm sure that one person who's there to notice will comment on it appropriately to the other one.