Just thought I'd forward without comment an item which appeared in
Dan Rodricks' column in The Baltimore Sun this morning:
Lasting image of Ali
Despite Saturday's bombing in Centennial Olympic Park, one
of the lasting images of the 1996 Summer Games will be from
the opening cermonies -- Muhammad Ali, his left hand shaking
and body trebling from Parkinson's disease, atop that high
stadium ramp, awash in light, holding the Olympic flame, as
the crowd cheered and cried. It was a magnificent moment ...
And guess what Rush Limbaugh had to say about it?
"They're just lucky Atlanta didn't burn down that night."
And he said it scornfully, barely under his breath, during
his national radio show...
