"What effect must it have on a nation if it learns no foreign languages? Probably much the same as that which a total withdrawal from society has upon an individual." --G.C. Lichtenberg
Not to sound too much like a conspiracy nut or anything, but, regardless of the direct effect that bin Laden's sudden appearance may have had on the electorate, the tape does give the Bush campaign some desperately-needed breathing room from the explosives story.
