An Actual Hair from Ronald Reagan

That's what's being offered as a fundraising item for one of our superior local NPR stations - an actual hair from Ronald Reagan (other items in clude an actual 2006 Honda VTX1800C36, skiing packages, exotic vacation getaways, and other stuff, like "OSU memorabilia galore," which is I think an old James Bond movie).

So I don't get it. I carry a hammer and chisel in my trunk in case they ever issue a general call for people to carve Reagan's face on Mt. Rushmore -- I don't want to waste time stopping by the house for fresh clothes -- but even I have no interest in an actual hair from Ronald Reagan. WHat in the world would a liberal want with it? "An actual hair" isn't enough even to burn.

I suppose there's the DNA angle, but what if it's a fraud and we end up cloning Bill Moyers?

I don't get it. If I didn't know that NPR was fair and balanced, I'd think it was a joke.