In the midst of a discussion about Jonah Goldberg’s kvetch about his booze being slandered by the war reporting, the Instapundit mistakenly notes:

Good thing I’m a bourbon drinker. Like all real Americans. . . .

Well, I normally respect Professor Reynolds’ opinions but, while I hate to differ with that [RANT=”fuming”] closet commie bedwetter from Tennessee, as a proud (temporarily) Caribbean blogger, I wish to forthrightly state that rum was this nation’s first likker, and it remains the only true beverage for real real Americans.[/RANT]