Someone suggested this:

Go to Google, type in "miserable failure" , then hit the "Feeling Lucky" button.

posted by Quiddity at 12/06/2003 04:20:00 AM

Rush Limbaugh - doing the right thing:

Yes, you read that right. Rush Limbaugh is doing exactly what we hoped he'd do. In the news:

Limbaugh Pokes Fun at Pain-Killer Probe

Yes!   Insult the authorities!

And not only that, but a couple of weeks ago Limbaugh reproduced on his website a Free Republic post that (humorously*) compared his under=$10,000 financial transactions to driving just under the speed limit (Rush's page is now behind a subscription wall, but post can be read here). You see, that means Rush was an ultra-law abider, just like someone who never speeds.

That will certainly go down well with the team looking into his money laundering.

We heartily encourage Limbaugh to continue doing this sort of thing, especially if he decides to make personal attacks part of his plan.

Go Rush!

* - at least it was supposed to be humorous

BTW, there is a pretty good short post on a Yahoo message thread tied to the "Pokes Fun" story.

Oh, and while we're at it, don't forget that Bush is reported (by Drudge) to have said, "Rush is a great American."

Perhaps that's why he's not in jail, just like Ken Lay. Great Americans, don't you know.

posted by Quiddity at 12/06/2003 03:48:00 AM

Republicans want to roll back the New Deal ... every vestige of it:

From the Washington Times:

GOP wants to kick FDR off the dime

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A group of Republican congressmen is campaigning to replace Franklin Delano Roosevelt's image on the dime with that of Ronald Reagan.

The Los Angeles Daily News said Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., introduced the legislation to replace the Democratic architect of the New Deal from all future 10-cent coins.

About 80 lawmakers, all Republicans, have signed as co-sponsors of the Ronald Reagan Dime Act.

But the News said Republicans, perhaps anticipating a strong Democratic reaction, say they would be willing to share the dime. Souder said he'd be open to the idea of rotating images of both Roosevelt and Reagan on the coin.

If it chooses to do so, the U.S. Mint could put Reagan on a coin within months of his death. Reagan is 92 and suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

ANd from the Pasadena (CA) Star News:

... Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., has proposed the Reagan Dime Act, which according to a Souder spokesman was fueled by Republican outrage at the CBS miniseries "The Reagans.

posted by Quiddity at 12/04/2003 09:11:00 AM

Five paragraphs:

Body and Soul has an excellent post about Texas Tests and the Test-takers who Take Them. Be sure to read the 'standard' five paragraph essay. (Our favorite paragraph is the 2^nd one.)

posted by Quiddity at 12/03/2003 07:44:00 PM

Kaus relief:

There is a post in Slate's Fray (by Iron_Lungfish) about Mickey Kaus that is well worth reading. In fact, it's a Fray Editor Pick!

posted by Quiddity at 12/02/2003 10:56:00 PM