Oh for God’s sake — was anthrax just an excuse for the House of Representatives to get a few days off with pay? You got to wonder if that’s the case, based on the breathtaking ineptitude of the investigation. (Ah, but investigating the case would take away time the government could be using to diminish your civil liberties. Not that they’re cynically exploiting events to institute a police state or anything — heavens, where’d you get that idea?)