SPITBULL

When a fellow panelist mentioned that bloggers had a big impact on the reporting on Election Day, Williams waved that point away by quipping that the self-styled journalists are "on an equal footing with someone in a bathroom with a modem."

Sunday afternoon I put up the [lightbulb] nets [on the evergreen bushes]. ... The tree’s up, too. We went out in the sleet Friday afternoon to get a balsam fir at the Boy Scout lot. It’s tall enough to play in the NBA. I carried it up the long flight to stairs to the front door, an annual check on my physical fitness, and got the tree in water while it still had a vague desire to drink. ... And then I cleaned the house and made supper and replaced the exterior floodlights with holiday hues. And wrote this. Now I am going to finish the Sunday column, which is about Christmas music.

[H]as anyone else been as struck as I have by the way lefties -- so quick to ask "what have we done to make them hate us?" when we're attacked by foreign nuts -- never think to ask the same question about why so many of the people they share their own country with dislike (or at least mistrust) them?

NACS supported an amendment offered by Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R-AR) last Congress that would have allowed retailers to open their doors to charitable organization without fear of unionization. That amendment failed by a vote of 40-59.

Sitting on a fence post,
Chewing my bubble gum.
Playing with my yo-yo. (Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!)
"What happened?"
I said, "I ate my ma." (change "ma" to "dad," "sister" etc. for subsequent verses)

It never stops, in other words. There’s always something to tick you off; the tentacles of business and the non-profits are intimately intertwined. Pick any big shop and you'll find they fund something you like, and something you don't. That said: if I find that Target kicked out the Salvation Army for religious reasons, I’ll be peeved. Doesn’t mean I won’t buy my soap there. But it would chip away at that ephemeral thing called good will, the stuff companies often spend too fast without heed. I love Target, but I’d leave it in a second if someone did it better. So far no one within five miles of my house does it better. I'll be willing to go six if they do it really, really better, and they're near a mall and grocery store and all the other nodes I hit three times a week in my 90-minute chore window.

End result? I wrote out a check to the Salvation Army tonight. Figured out what I put in the kettles, and doubled it. They’re happy; Target’s happy; I don’t have to drive 20 miles to find a frickin’ Wal-Mart.

[T]he poor suffer from three main problems: their own poor impulse control or decision making; a culture that encourages poor decision making; and limited means, which give them no buffer against the results of their poor decision making.

From: SUHA ARAFAT [mailto:suhafat@netscape.net]

Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:00 AM
To: ----- Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE; SUHA ARAFAT
Importance: High

Dear Friend,

This mail may not be surprising to you if you have been following current events in the international media with reference to the Middle East and Palestine in particular.

I am Mrs. SUHA ARAFAT, the wife of YASSER ARAFAT, the Palestinian leader who died recently in Paris. Since his death and even prior to the announcement, I have been thrown into a state of antagonism, confusion, humiliation, frustration and hopelessness by the present leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the new Prime Minister. I have even been subjected to physical and psychological torture. As a widow that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with everybody in the country at the moment.

Was the public really interested in this trial or was it just filling a vacuum on cable? One of the major results of the OJ case has been the nearly endless parade of tedious trials on television, none of them remotely as interesting as watching the Juice get away with cold-blooded murder in front of our eyes. ... I have no opinion. I switched off the case months ago.

• : Our period of mourning is over. The streetfight has begun, and we need to be fully aware that they are bringing tanks to this fight.
• : The message is simple, though, we know where you are and what your protesting, and although we haven’t figured out how to call you terrorist yet so we can use more force, we just wanted to show you what you we look like so you can all go home and think about it.
• : One hopes this was a very isolated incident and some National Guard boys are going to be busted down to scrubbing toilets with their own toothbrushes, but I am very worried this might have been something "called down" by someone on high.
• : Okay this makes perfect sense for someone who wanted to send a message to protesters and not get caught.

  They send it to a smaller protest so no local media would be there to document the event. They also just stay for a little bit not do much just sit there then drive off. No one would be able to prove they were there (no local media) but the message would get out to the protesters.

  This is intimidation tatics people.

"Did you drive around the block twice?" I asked.

"Yeah, we did. We stopped to ask them (the protestors) directions, but they weren't very nice."

I get up, I check the latest news, and see that the old bastard is still alive. I take solace in the fact that every morning the headlines are more dire.

MOST POODLES ARE GAY!

A new study has confirmed what many people have long suspected -- most male poodles are gay!

"The meticulous grooming and sassy outfits favored by most poodles have always made people suspicious," explains Dr. Kip Gobblestock, a sociologist who directed the three-year study of canine sexuality.

Interestingly, the study found that over 75 percent of male poodles are homosexual, while only three percent of female poodles are lesbians.

These findings have led many to wonder if male poodles are born gay or if they become gay due to their environment.

For people who do not wish to share the fundamental core values of our society is no room in a society like the Dutch one.

Everyone who does not share these values is best advised to make his or her conclusions and leave. It just can’t be that someone demands all of us to respect his viewpoints and at the same time refuses to respect the viewpoints of others.

Urgent efforts are needed to better manage the cultural tensions perilously close to the surface of Dutch public life. The problem is not Muslim immigration, but a failure to plan for a smoother transition to a more diverse society. One very real danger is that the public trauma over the van Gogh murder may lead to a clamor for anti-Muslim policies that could victimize thousands of innocent refugees and immigrants

A nation of self-righteous bullies got what it deserved on Wednesday.

And morality is what it's all about.

That's what the exit polls in Ohio said. This is what happens when a country's education gets gutted and minds get flabby. Words lose their meaning.

1. A whole bunch of hysterics to New Zealand, Canada, France, a cave, Italy and even suicide. (Check out the poll; Canada is the top vote-getter.)
   
2. A whole bunch of Californians.
3. Some "elderly! women."
4. A columnist ("Some English-speaking havens look mighty appealing. Middle-earth—I mean, New Zealand—anyone?").
5. Nanci Griffith.
   

I would vote for Bush if for no other reason than to be at the airport waving off all the people who say they are going to London if he wins again.