Walking Tall is the story of McNairy County sheriff Buford H. Pusser. Whom “The Rock” decidedly is not. Just saying. Stupid Hollywood.

Heh. *Still, if it came down to it, I’m pretty sure I could take Tim Blair in a streetfight. I mean, I lift and everything, so…

For those of you who might have missed it, Paul Sperry takes John Kerry to task in yesterday’s New York Post: John Kerry boasts how he “sounded the alarm on terrorism years before 9/ 11,” referring to his 1997 book The New War. Too bad he didn’t blast it when it really counted — four months before the hijackings, when he was hand-delivered evidence of serious security breaches at Logan

As a rule, I’m for any PSA campaign that features a 7′ foam penis as its mascot. Well, it should.

Not a bad idea, really. But then, I’m drunk right now. So, y’know, what do I know…?

Last week, BBC Middle East analyst Roger Hardy painted the picture of a post-war Iraq overrun with “fear,” “suspicion,” and “mistrust.” Today, however, BBC News World Edition tells a different story: “Survey finds hope in occupied Iraq.” Worth quoting at length: An opinion poll suggests most Iraqis feel their lives have improved since the war in Iraq began about a year ago. The survey, carried out for the BBC and

Prediction 1: Ten bucks says some late-night talk show host will use this evening’s monologue to punctuate a joke about this story with a quip about locating those missing WMDs. Or about Teddy Kennedy’s gravitational pull. Prediction 2: It won’t be funny then, either.

Q: What do you get when you cross John Kerry and a grapefruit? A: A pampered superliberal whose sleeve-rolling populism isn’t fooling anyone. Or else a squishy grapefruit. Your choice.