The Black Republican

We have an unofficial and undocumented rule here at The Black Republican: News and opinion article that mention Abraham Lincoln and/or The Civil War earns automatic recognition - either in our Recommended Reading section or, less often but more prestigiously (if that's even possible here), via a front page post. As a weblog dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, the founder of the Grand Old Party and author of the enduring principles upon which it was founded, I cannot see how we can do otherwise.

As an adjunct to that unofficial rule, however, it seems to be a growing trend that any mention or reference to anything Monty Python has started to garner the same results! I must stress that this is an absolutely un-unofficial, non-rule, but it seems to be occurring often and... spontaneously? I cannot explain this phenomenon in any other way other than to say that some of us must have a hidden fondness for SPAM, a soft spot for Norwegian Blue parrots, or a historical interest in the Spanish Inquisition. (Didn't see that one coming did you? Well, nobody expects...)

All of this having been said, John O'Sullivan over at National Review Online has a very well written and funny article regarding the current Canadian political scene that, under normal circumstances, may or may not have earned a mention on this site. In this case, however, Mr. O'Sullivan had the luck to entitle his piece I'm a Lumberjack and I'm Okay, so...

Hat tip to Sue!