"The trouble about fighting for human freedom is that you have to spend so much of your life defending sons of bitches; for oppressive laws are always aimed at them originally, and oppression must be stopped in the beginning if it is to be stopped at all." - H.L. Mencken

Case in point, the ACLU's case on behalf of Rush Limbaugh, a man who recently tried to mathematically prove liberals are unpatriotic using his incorrect grasp of poll results. 
 
On July 3, Limbaugh reasoned, "...A new Gallup poll out for the Independence Day weekend, showed that 7 in 10 Americans are 'extremely proud' to be Americans. If you go inside this poll, however, you find these astounding numbers: eighty percent of conservatives are extremely proud of the country, compared with 68% of moderates and 56% of liberals. More than 8 in 10 Republicans are extremely proud to be Americans, while two-thirds of Democrats feel this way. Only 56% of liberals are proud of this country, folks. Meanwhile conservatives and Republicans are overwhelmingly proud. What does this tell you, my friends?"
 
Well, Rush, it tells those of us who know how to read that you are a total dipshit.  Because our reading skills allow us to find out that 'extremely proud' was only one of several choices: extremely proud, very proud, moderately proud, only a little proud, not at all, & no opinion. While 56% of liberals said 'extremely proud,' almost all of the rest said that they were very or moderately proud. All in all, 1% of all respondents said, 'not proud at all,' meaning that even if ALL the "not prouds" were all liberal then you still have only 3% of liberals who aren't proud to be Americans.
 
Of course, "only 97% of liberals are proud of this country" doesn't have quite the same ring to it, does it?  And where's the fun in being Rush Limbaugh if you can't have the ACLU fighting the good fight for you while you slander the left wing on national radio?

UPDATE: The ACLU just can't get enough punishment, aparently, as they are now defending the free-speech rights of the people who come to Boston to protest the Democratic National Convention.  I would really appreciate if one of my friends in Boston would take some photos or keep a tally of the number of anti-ACLU posters that will be carried by the protesters.