Britney Spears Engaged

Talk about a rebound. Damn, girl, after Justin and the local yokel, I'd have thought I was third in line :) Instead you go with a guy who's been shackin' up with somebody from Moesha and pumping out kids in the process.

Hey, it's your funeral.

Kerry's Campaign Has Soared From Poorhouse to Penthouse

A real "man of the people."

Iraq militants threaten to behead 3 Turks

Zeal makes people stupid These arabs may feel like they're on some kick, but it will backfire. If they keep killing people from various nations, the leaders from those countries may wish to avenge those deaths. Just be prepared for an invasion from the north.

The Intelligence: Iraqis, Seeking Foes of Saudis, Contacted bin Laden, File Says

No connection theory? BOOM! There it went.

Home Depot donates $1 million to military

Just when it seems there are few real patriots still around, something positive like this happens.

'Destroyed' Lewinsky Speaks Out on Clinton Memoir

I always thought Lewinsky was a stupid person for her alliegiance to Clinton. It took her this long to realize she was being used, amusingly enough, as a sex object?

Now she finally realizes that she was being used. How dense!

Cheney curses senator over Halliburton criticism

Has it come to this? I am very disappointed in Cheney, a man I admire and agree with 99% of the time. Let's show a little more class than John Kerry, who used the F-Bomb liberally (ha-ha) in a Rolling Stone interview. Mr. Vice-President, we can do better.

Let's now see if the Dems call for him to step down. If they do, it'll bit 'em in the...posterior region.

RNC Statement on Al Gore's Speech Today

"Al Gore's history of denial of the threat of terrorism is no less dangerous today in his role as John Kerry (news - web sites)'s surrogate than it was in the 1990s in his role as Vice President, a time when Osama Bin Laden was declaring war on the United States five different times," said RNC Communications Director Jim Dyke.

Gore Says Bush Lied About Iraq to Push for War

If only Reagan were here. "There you go again!"

Iraqi schools seen improving

Didn't see this one on the nightly news. Wonder why.

‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ ban?

The FEC wants to ban Michael Moore's movie from actively advertising after July 30 according to campaign finance laws.

Laws, I might add, that the left supports. How now brown cow?!

Felons Paid in Voter Registration Drive

Disturbing:

"A Democratic group crucial to John Kerry's presidential campaign has paid felons - some convicted of sex offenses, assault and burglary - to conduct door-to-door voter registration drives in at least three election swing states."

People you wouldn't let in your house or near your children are coming on to your property and asking for your name and social security number. And by the way, the Democrats not only believe that it's okay to do this, they believe these people should vote and they are actively crusading for it.

Assault and burglary are one thing, but sex offenders are the pariahs of our society and rightfully so. The Democrats apparently believe that child molester voters are a largely untapped source of votes.

Kerry launches attack on Reagan!

This may be one of the most insanely stupid political moves ever. Kerry almost has the lead in the current polls and starts attacking a recently-deceased president whose last farewell prompted an outpouring of grief and affection the nation had not seen in decades. Remember kids: when Democrats rail against division, they're actually engaging in it themselves.

The lethargic Kerry campaigns against a dead man and still comes out a loser. That's rich!

Shoot me...I bought it

Yes, it's true. I had to eventually. The media blitz is too much and like a whimpering child I submitted under the strain of it all.

Truth is, knowing that I am prediposed towards not liking his less than contrite meanderings, I wanted Bill to work it, to try to win me over. Prove to me, a skeptic, that you want me to believe every syllable. So I bought the audio CD version, as read by Bubba himself. I wanted to hear him say these words like he means it!

As an audio program, the stakes are higher. Willie's got to keep me entertained for many hours. Amazingly, he is up to the challenge and remains in full Clinton charm mode throughout. Unlike Sean Hannity, a radio personality who sounds like he is reading every word in his audiobooks (very disappointing given his natural command of extemporaneous radio riffing) Clinton's rendering is alive with the same snap he gave his presidential addresses. (A note to authors: when people listen to books on CD, they don't want to hear people reading...they want the words to come alive.) So far I am impressed. Not a convert, mind you, but impressed with his performance.

Spread out over 6 CD's, there are times when Clinton is even more hoarse than usual due to the sheer amount of talking he's got to plow through. If this is an abridged version, I'd hate to navigate my eyes over the 1000 pages of the print version. So far, I've heard one full CD in my trips to and from work, the store, going out, etc. and I'm just getting past his draft board manuvers. Billy Blythe and I have a long way to go till the end of this journey.

What pisses me off is the matter-of-fact way he equates all conservatives as uncaring and unfeeling, as if every Republican was out to get him and we're all the political equivalent of Dr. Zaius and the rest of the apes. Typical doubletalk from Clinton, bemoaning the divisiveness of others while himself causing division. There are other examples of this approach in the book, and I'm sure there will be more. Why should I be shocked...this is Bill Clinton, who sees the world in terms of me and mine versus they and theirs. And no, I've heard no talk of a "third way" in any of this, but I have heard liberal and progressive several times.

UK sailors 'admit Iran incursion'

Typical arab bullshit, airing footage of blindfolded prisoners and making them talk. I implore the Brits to regain their sense of pride, unite behind a common cause - colonialism, a sense of superiority, dental pain, what have you - and step up pressure on Iran. Make them blink.

Board Upholds R Rating for 'Fahrenheit'

"Hey man, let's sneak into a documentary by some fat labor union shill!" is not the typical 14-year-old's idea of a rebellious Friday night. Thank you MPAA.

'My Life' too much of a not-so-good thing

Pile on, once-timid reviewers!

Six-Run Innings Lead South Carolina Past LSU, 15-4

Geaux heauxme Tigers...the season is over.

Bush to screen population for mental illness

Where is this coming from? Weird.

Moore where that came from

Slate normally tows the hipper-than-thou liberal line, but now have gone on the attack.First the Hitchens piece, now Libel Suit 9/11 - Michael Moore's hysterical, empty threats.

I've yet to figure out why their ire is so pronounced, but it must be at least partly because Moore's approach is populist, union-thug-based where Slate is academic, learned, oh-so-self-satisfied. It's just nice to see liberals feasting on their own kind.

Unfairenheit 9/11 - The lies of Michael Moore

Christopher Hitchens is about as liberal and snarly as they come, which is why his lmbasting of Michael Moore is as tasty as sweet and sour sauce on a barbequed chicken wing:

"If Michael Moore had had his way, Slobodan Milosevic would still be the big man in a starved and tyrannical Serbia. Bosnia and Kosovo would have been cleansed and annexed. If Michael Moore had been listened to, Afghanistan would still be under Taliban rule, and Kuwait would have remained part of Iraq. And Iraq itself would still be the personal property of a psychopathic crime family, bargaining covertly with the slave state of North Korea for WMD."

S.F.proposes limited non-citizen voting

Madness. What about the rights of citizens not to have their voting power diluted by non-citizens? Where's our civil rights?

Castro Warns Bush Against Launching Attack

Forget it Fidel. You SO don't matter anymore. Talk about your cold war relics. We're just waiting for you to keel over and then we'll reclaim our vacation paradise.

Cuba is just plain stupid. Had they not gone to Castro, they would have been our 51st state by now!

The Zelikow Report

William Safire blasts the 9/11 commission for the actions of their staff, which is in his estimation, out of control. He also goes on to assert that the commission has lost its bipartisan credibility.

And it only took one guy, not a whole comission and staffers, to come up with that.

Buona sera....

Hey, The Godfather is on! I was going to get up early and exercize, but I'm fully ensconsed in the Corleone family saga.

Ad glut rocks radio

Sweet, sweet justice:

"The strategy of stuffing commercial radio full of ads has backfired, as a handful of investment banks predicted slower growth, downgrading six key radio stocks -- Clear Channel, Emmis, Cox Radio, Entercom, Citadel and Westwood One -- and the sector as a whole.

"(Former Viacom honcho Mel) Karmazin built Infinity and repeatedly predicted over the years that consolidation meant radio would be able to snatch an ever bigger piece of the overall ad pie. The results have been mixed.

"As radio companies merged, the number of spots has surged to a high of 25 minutes per hour in some cases, said Goldman Sachs analyst Richard Rosenstein.

"He and others said the ad inundation -- which consumers have bemoaned for years -- has eroded the value of the spots. Advertisers have started to worry that their message is being diluted by the sheer number of blurbs."

It's called killing the goose that laid the golden egg.

The old maxim is true: build a superior product that cannot be ignored and the advertisers will pay a premium to be associated with it. Ten minutes of commercials per hour is MORE than enough.

Meanwhile, Clear Channel and all the rest appear to be engaging in just the right amount of preparation for their chosen response. Their planned response is nothing, and their current level of activity in solving this problem is "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz."

The Pastiche of a Presidency, Imitating a Life, in 957 Pages

This from a news organ predisposed to praising anything Clinton trowels out: 
 
'Sloppy, self-indulgent and often eye-crossingly dull... the sound of one man prattling away, not for the reader, but for himself and some distant recording angel of history'... 
 
Right on!
 
Don't reward this man for for yet another act of shamelessness. If you must buy the book, buy it from half.com...used. Y'know, the same way America felt after 8 years of him in office.

If you're my dad, or in the same tax bracket, you have my permission to steal the book. The Clinton tax increase of 1993 entitles you to it. After all, the Clintons are all about "entitlements". :)

Bradbury wants Moore to change name of film

BUSTED!

"'Fahrenheit 451' takes its title from the temperature at which books burn. Moore has called 'Fahrenheit 9/11' the 'temperature at which freedom burns.'

"Bradbury, who hadn't seen the movie, said he called Moore's company six months ago to protest and was promised Moore would call back.

"He finally got that call last Saturday, Bradbury said, adding Moore told him he was 'embarrassed.'

"'He suddenly realized he's let too much time go by,' the author said by phone from his home in Los Angeles' Cheviot Hills section.

"Joanne Doroshow, a spokeswoman for 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' said the film's makers have 'the utmost respect for Ray Bradbury.'

"'Mr. Bradbury's work has been an inspiration to all of us involved in this film, but when you watch this film you will see the fact that the title reflects the facts that the movie explores, the very real life events before, around and after 9-11,' she said.

"Bradbury, who is a registered political independent, said he would rather avoid litigation and is 'hoping to settle this as two gentlemen, if he'll shake hands with me and give me back my book and title.'"

How hypocritical that Moore pontificate on freedom when he doesn't respect Mr. Bradbury's rights. Let's hope this roadblock costs Moore lots of money, especially since it's obvious he waited to call Bradbury back until it was too late to stop the promotional train.

This much is clear: Michael Moore is a liar and a cheat whose films whitewash history to suit his political agenda, much like the villains in Bradbury's masterpiece.