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# No Shame
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/3715/
- Published: 2006-01-22T12:26:27.000Z
- Updated: 2006-01-22T12:26:27.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Current Affairs, #wpChunk

> Twenty-four hours after Osama bin Laden told the world that the American people should read the work of a little-known Washington historian, William Blum was still adjusting.

> Blum, who at 72 is accustomed to laboring in relative left-wing obscurity, checked his emotions and pronounced himself shocked and, well, pleased.

> "This is almost as good as being an Oprah book," he said yesterday between telephone calls from the world media and bites of a bagel. "I'm glad." Overnight, his 2000 work, "Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower," had become an Osama book.

[*WaPo* Link](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012001971.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

I wouldn't expect the man to disown his theories because a murderous thug has used them, but a little consternation would've been appreciated.