As good an idea as any

Via Sheila Lennon, a column by Jonathan Chait in the Los Angeles Times: Bring Back Saddam Hussein.
Says Chait:

I know why restoring a brutal tyrant to power is a bad idea. Somebody explain to me why it's worse than all the others.

Oh yes, and also on Sheila's blog: Arlo Guthrie performs Alice's Restaurant in 2005. All 18 minutes of it, on You Tube. Oh, the memories....