…debating Fahrenheit 911 is a lot like chatting up a fish stick: even if you score, you’re scoring with a tube of hastily processed, frozen breaded cod bits. And let’s face it, even Josh Marshall can score with cod bits.
July 20, 2004
A voice in my head, 2:12 PM, July 20:
If Michael Moore were a beanbag chair, the ‘70s wouldn’t have been half as fun. Not to mention the entire decade would’ve smelled like sausage patties and chicken fried steak. update: And flop sweat. update 2: And string cheese.
July 20, 2004
Scenes from my driveway, continued x 28
Deadbeat neighbor: “Okay, I’ll bite: why aren’t you wearing pants?” Me: “Why? Because I’m protesting Sandy Berger’s perfidy, that’s why.”* Deadbeat neighbor: “Oh. Heh heh. Sandy Berger’s perfidy, gotcha. Good one.” Me: “Thanks.” Deadbeat neighbor: Me: Deadbeat neighbor: Me: “…You have no idea who Sandy Berger is, do you?” Deadbeat neighbor: “Or what ‘perfidy’ means either, no.”
July 20, 2004
Shannon Elizabeth comments further on Joe Wilson’s fall from grace
“What, him again? I don’t know what else to tell you—he’s a crummy liar, is all. Say, did I ever tell you Marlon Wayans says my ass is so nice you can eat breakfast off of it…?”
July 20, 2004
Update 7
Ted Rall is still an idiot. And a racially retarded one, to boot. **** h/t Ray update: West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd responds: “Well, I quite enjoyed Mr. Rall’s illustrated funny. And if you have the time, I can tell you quite a few stories about the negroes and their erstwhile love affair with the pomade…”
July 20, 2004
The New Dispensation
NR’s Rich Lowry has an amusing take on “W’s Double-binds”: Sometimes a political figure becomes so hated that he can’t do anything right in the eyes of his enemies. President Bush has achieved this rare and exalted status. His critics are so blinded by animus that the internal consistency of their attacks on him no longer matters. For them, Bush is the double-bind president. If he stumbles over his words,
July 20, 2004
Imagine
Reuters: “Soviet Icon Lenin Died of Syphilis-Experts Say” …which is hardly a shock when you stop to consider the millions of people the big Red potato drinker fucked over… **** update: thanks. I’ll be here all week.
July 20, 2004
Cheese Berger
Q: What do you get when you cross Sandy Berger and a Bengal Tiger? A: A former Clinton national security adviser and current John Kerry campaign advisor with a 400 lb. carniverous cat stuffed somewhere in his pants. **** h/t ASV
July 19, 2004
Help Wanted
Help blogger Mark O’Brien find his son’s killer. You can read his story here, in the New York Post. Michele has more.
Shannon Elizabeth comments further on Joe Wilson’s fall from grace
“What, him again? I don’t know what else to tell you—he’s a crummy liar, is all. Say, did I ever tell you Marlon Wayans says my ass is so nice you can eat breakfast off of it…?”