Doc Searls got taken in by this ridiculous post saying Linux can’t exist without Windows. This satiric post was so clever it pushed the buttons of scores of Linux zealots.

Clicking through the thread I found mention of Shelley The Republican. Its the funniest political satire I’ve read anywhere.

I admire good satire. Its so hard to do properly. I don’t think I could pull it off. “Shelley” and the “Jerry Lee Cooper” behind the Linux posts are world-class satirists (and could be the same person, since Linux is one of “Shelley’s” occasional targets).

[Update:] I was wondering why the hit count on this post was skyrocketing. Thanks, Doc!