“Sarah” and “Nicholas”

A pair of Montreal radio clowns tricks Sarah Palin into believing that she’s on the line with Nicholas Sarkozy.

A pair of Montreal radio clowns tricks Sarah Palin into believing that she’s on the line with Nicholas Sarkozy. She doesn’t notice that “Sarkozy” uses the names of pop stars as the prime ministers of Canada and Quebec, or all the other stupid things “Sarkozy” says.

Amateur hour. Does the Governor really not know that heads of state don’t make such phone calls in the midst of election campaigns?

Not as bad as suggesting that we’re currently in a “war” with Iran, but pretty damned silly nonetheless.

Author: Mark Kleiman

Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out. Books: Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken) When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993) Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989) UCLA Homepage Curriculum Vitae Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com