At any given time there are half a dozen to many more canards being spread about and utilized by the manipulative left and the charlatan press. Off the top of my head, global warming hysteria, Abu Graib mania, WMD dyspepsia, 'militantism' of all stripes, are examples- and those are just a handful of the international ones. Each country has their own charlatan press and devious left it seems. Europe of course is swamped by them.

Anyway, Mark Steyn is champion bullshitbuster in my book, and popped another corpulent canard in his SunTimes article saturday. Nice one Mark (via Roger Simon):

'The Democrats' big phrase is "exit strategy." Time and again, their senators demanded that Rice tell 'em what the "exit strategy" for Iraq was. The correct answer is: There isn't one, and there shouldn't be one, and it's a dumb expression.'

ps. I also loved the intro- 'I picked up the Village Voice for the first time in years this week. Couldn't resist the cover story: ''The Eve Of Destruction: George W. Bush's Four-Year Plan To Wreck The World.''

Oh, dear. It's so easy to raise expectations at the beginning of a new presidential term.'