Apparently this isn't the first time that Senator Durbin got a little hyperbolic. He's apparently a serial offender--it's just that no one noticed before. Iowahawk took some time off from his recent problems to dig up prior examples hitherto unknown:

Mr. Hector Gutierrez Gutierrez Bros. Landscaping Arlington, VA

Dear Mr. Gutierrez:

Nothing could have prepared me for the shock that awaited as I exited the front door of my home early Wednesday morning, where I discovered that your lawn crew had cut a swath of environmental destruction across my yard so horrifying that it only can be compared to the Rape of Nanking. I can scarcely bring myself to describe the killing fields that are my North azalea beds and the brutal degradation and torture suffered by the bluegrass around the locust tree by the rear patio.

At least he adds a sort of poetic ring to it.

OH, I get it, satire!!! I haven't lost my humor mojo after all.

Thanks again to Jim and coffeehead for showing me that laughter is still the best medicine.