Bozos Get Boost From LATimes

You may have forgotten Stephen and Virginia Pearcy of Berkely, who hung this effigy from the rafters of their home in Sacramento.

The LATimes hasn't -- and it wants to make sure the nation remembers it. The image is back on the front page, for no other reason than this:

Their persistent stand never attracted the media horde that chronicled Cindy Sheehan's summertime vigil in Crawford, Texas. But the Pearcys' home-front display, which first appeared in January, has proved an improbably enduring presence on Marty Way.

Oh. They need a boost in their ratings, is that it? Cindy stealing the show? Never fear, the LAT is here!

Nevermind that the point the Pearcys are making is old, tired and irrelevant. What war ever turns out to be about the reasons we initial thought it was about? As David Gellertner wrote just a few days ago in the same LAT, not the American Revolution, not the Civil War or the World Wars and not Iraq. That doesn't make it any less important, any less vital to our interests.

The LAT is running a poll on the effigy. Nearly 75% say the display is covered by the First Amendment and "must be protected at any cost." I wonder how many LAT readers who checked this one are OK with taking down crosses?

I'm joined by almost 17% who say it's offensive, but the homeowners have a right to display it. I would have thought this answer would have been considerably higher.

Fortunately, less than six percent say it's hate speech and ought to be banned. So America is still worth fighting for.