Good morning, everyone, here's my latest Pigman piece,
Kill by the book, Die by the book

Good morning Bosch. Looks like we're the only ones up. What's the outlook for seeing the Pigman in publication?

Does Charles ever sleep?

I think he puts his evil twin in charge of the night shift, heh...

re: #2 infidelia

Good morning Bosch. Looks like we're the only ones up. What's the outlook for seeing the Pigman in publication?

Good morning to you as well. I've interested a publisher with my synopsis, the ed. in chief asked to see more, sent them that, and now they want the full manuscript to make a final judgment. They've got nerve and I hope it goes through, but if it doesn't, I'll get it out there myself. Thanks for asking.

Clinton team proposes "mud wrestling match" between Hillary and Barak Obama for the nomination.

Clinton Camp heads Full Steam into....

Good morning, Lizards.

re: #5 Bosch Fawstin

Good morning to you as well. I've interested a publisher with my synopsis, the ed. in chief asked to see more, sent them that, and now they want the full manuscript to make a final judgment. They've got nerve and I hope it goes through, but if it doesn't, I'll get it out there myself. Thanks for asking.

Glad to hear that.

re: #4 infidelia

I think he puts his evil twin in charge of the night shift, heh...

His evil twin has good taste in poetry...

Thirty minutes and only ten comments is like the pre-2001 LGF.

And you can sing it to the tune of "Yellow Rose of Texas". I sort of wish I didn't know that now. Morning Dar and Goddess.

4 am, time to sleep for this Lizard....

re: #10 Dar ul Harb

Thirty minutes and only ten comments is like the pre-2001 LGF.

There was a pre-2001 LGF? I'm impressed.

re: #8 infidelia

Glad to hear that.

Thanks again, I always knew there'd be a publisher with the nerve to take it on, even considering this pc stranglehold on our culture.

God morning, Lizards.

(Morning, Goddess)
(Morning, Infidelia)

You know it's a strange day when I'm up and on the early AM thread.

cheers

eon

I love Emily Dickinson, and determinedly shut out the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" when I read her poetry!

re: #14 Bosch Fawstin

Thanks again, I always knew there'd be a publisher with the nerve to take it on, even considering this pc stranglehold on our culture.

Bosch, do you know of any bricks-and-mortar stores in the Boston area that carry "Table" as apart from having to order it on Amazon?

How many of y'all got a McCain bumpersticker in the mail? He's giving them away in his latest direct mail fundraiser.

Some "creative genius" thought that the black and white W stickers looked good, so McCain's are black ovals with white text.

re: #16 goddessoftheclassroom

I love Emily Dickinson, and determinedly shut out the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" when I read her poetry!

There is nothing worse than trying to read, especially poetry, with a tune that will not get out of your head.

I used to have trouble with the theme to "A Summer Place" (1959) by Max Steiner. Maybe because it showed up on Monty Python's Flying Circus so often. Or because when I was a little squirt between one and two, it was playing on the radio constantly. Nice tune- still drove me nuts.

cheers

eon

re: #18 Dar ul Harb

How many of y'all got a McCain bumpersticker in the mail? He's giving them away in his latest direct mail fundraiser.

Some "creative genius" thought that the black and white W stickers looked good, so McCain's are

re: #17 infidelia

Bosch, do you know of any bricks-and-mortar stores in the Boston area that carry "Table" as apart from having to order it on Amazon?

I don't, but if you'd like, you can email me and I'll send you out a signed copy, with a slight sketch as I always add.

re: #21 Bosch Fawstin

I don't, but if you'd like, you can email me and I'll send you out a signed copy, with a slight sketch as I always add.

I'd love it! Thank you.

re: #1 Bosch Fawstin

Good Morning all, I have seen Pigman mentioned a few times on LGF and had no idea what it was , now I do. thanks for the good work.

re: #22 infidelia

I'd love it! Thank you.

Thank you.

re: #13 infidelia

There was a pre-2001 LGF? I'm impressed.

It was one of those purple ditto machine things.

You had to be on the mailing list.

But the masters were typed on a genuine Texas Air National Guard typesetter. 'Twas a ^thing of beauty, but man... those fumes!

re: #19 eon

There is nothing worse than trying to read, especially poetry, with a tune that will not get out of your head.

I used to have trouble with the theme to "A Summer Place" (1959) by Max Steiner. Maybe because it showed up on Monty Python's Flying Circus so often. Or because when I was a little squirt between one and two, it was playing on the radio constantly. Nice tune- still drove me nuts.

cheers

eon

Earworms are so annoying. So is remembering snatches of tunes whose name I can't recall...

re: #23 Fredlike

Good Morning all, I have seen Pigman mentioned a few times on LGF and had no idea what it was , now I do. thanks for the good work.

Appreciate that, Fredike. Pigman's the comic book within The Infidel graphic novel, there's more on that at my site.

re: #25 Dar ul Harb

It was one of those purple ditto machine things.

You had to be on the mailing list.

But the masters were typed on a genuine Texas Air National Guard typesetter. 'Twas a ^thing of beauty, but man... those fumes!

I liked the smell of freshly-copied dittos! I just hated to use a razor blade to scrape off the typos.

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I’ve heard it in the chilliest land
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, strangely, in extremity,
It only asked a vote of me.

Fix'd.

How y'all doing this evening?

re: #28 goddessoftheclassroom

I liked the smell of freshly-copied dittos! I just hated to use a razor blade to scrape off the typos.

When I was in AV in high school, we used to have to try to do voiceovers for slide shows in the AV room, which was right across a typical narrow companionway from the mimeo room. Open door, open counter window, and the machine going nonstop ten feet away. Our tapes all sounded like they were being done on the Chicago Tribune's printing floor. Or maybe next to a roadcrew tearing up pavement with a jackhammer.

bambambambambambam, etc.

I've often wondered if Bill Griffith of "Zippy" fame was ever an AV assistant in school. Because I'll swear that at least once a week, somebody in AV asked the infamous question,

"Are we having fun yet?"

The answer always being, "No, not really."

cheers

eon

Got to go walk in our annal Relay for Life. BBIAW.

Well, since this is an open thread, (what the heck am I doing being up at this hour!?)...
A friend e-mailed me the following...

to help ease the pain of your next trip to the pump...
Compare with Gasoline......
Think a gallon of gas is expensive?
This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective.
Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ....... $10.32 per gallon
Starbucks Coffee Grande ........ $7.00 per gallon
Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 .......$9.52 per gallon
Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ..... $10.17 per gallon
Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 ........ $10.00 per gallon
Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 ........ $33.60 per gallon
Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8..35 .... $178.13 per gallon
Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 ... $123.20 per gallon
Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 ......... $25.42 per gallon
Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 ...... $84.48 per gallon
And this is the REAL KICKER...
Evian water 9 oz $1.49..........$21.19 per gallon?! $21.19 for WATER - and the buyers don't even know the source. (Evian spelled backwards is Naive.)
So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, or God forbid, Pepto Bismol or Nyquil

re: #20 infidelia

In the context of the current campaign, black and white is perhaps not the best design choice.

It connotes several things to me, but primarily:

"McCain is a continuation of W (but even softer, with the rounded shape)"
"McCain is serious/somber (possibly even funereal)"
"McCain is conservative/old (in trying to be hip with a design from four years ago, rather than find something new)"

Good Morning Lizards.

Have a good one

re: #32 Shaky Louie

except I don't need to buy apple juice and pepto bismol to get to work.

re: #33 Dar ul Harb

In the context of the current campaign, black and white is perhaps not the best design choice.

It connotes several things to me, but primarily:

"McCain is a continuation of W (but even softer, with the rounded shape)"
"McCain is serious/somber (possibly even funereal)"
"McCain is conservative/old (in trying to be hip with a design from four years ago, rather than find something new)"

Not to mention

"McCain has a Manichaen worldview- everything is black or white, right or wrong, good or evil.

Only we progressives are allowed to do that, and only to conservatives, moderates, and other class enemies!"

Talk about leading with his chin.

cheers

eon

re: #35 Shug

Sometimes the pepto helps me get through work, though!

re: #33 Dar ul Harb

The direct mail bumper sticker is apparently version 2.0, because the design is

McCain
--*--
2008

rather than the website version, which is

--*--
McCain

re: #37 Shaky Louie

true dat

Good Morning everybody.
I HOPE you're all doing well on this warm rainy day.

re: #40 sparrowlake

Used to be nice, cool and rainy here before the weather CHANGEd. Now it's properly summer-baking.

re: #32 Shaky Louie

Well, since this is an open thread, (what the heck am I doing being up at this hour!?)...
A friend e-mailed me the following...

Worst is the Nyquil. 178 bucks a gallon and the car stops coughing but it falls asleep.

re: #32 Shaky Louie

Well, since this is an open thread, (what the heck am I doing being up at this hour!?)...
A friend e-mailed me the following...

Shaky, this is a "feel good" list put out by our OPEC-loving representatives in Congress. There's a reason apple juice and water are sold in 12 or 16 oz bottles...that's all we drink, and we spend $1.50. Cars take gas by the gallon for a reason as well. Don't fall for silly emails like this that "put it in perspective", and demand better from your congressmen.

Re: McCain's bumper stickers

Watch for the anti-McCain stickers.
Hint: Red on black background, reads..."McW", overlayed w/ the circle&slash symbol.

/After all, it is George Bush's third term!

It's a sunny Saturday morning and the scent of yard sales is in the air so I'm out of here for now. Have a great day, all!

Hmm... This morning thing will take getting used to

morning all

re: #43 rightwinger3

You're probably on to something, there. I never thought of it as propaganda.
I just posted it cause I thought it would amuse .

re: #42 infidelia

Thats funny!

Well, I have to take off, too. Grocery shopping day.

Have a great (and hopefully lightning-free) day, Lizards- especially those in the Buckeye State.

See you later.

cheers

eon

re: #36 eon

Talk about leading with his chin.

Then you get to the graphics, which are actually pretty good.

The star is evocative of McCain's military service.

But who's the "creative genius" who thought to make the star RED on this Veterans for McCain sticker!? What an idiot!

re: #49 Dar ul Harb

Obama should actually be the one using the red star...

re: #47 Shaky Louie

You're probably on to something, there. I never thought of it as propaganda.
I just posted it cause I thought it would amuse .

re: #42 infidelia

Thats funny!

The LLL has made me paranoid, I guess. But it's good to know some dipshit took the time to figure out how much it costs for a gallon of Pepto.

re: #50 Dar ul Harb

That's his other lapel pin!

re: #52 Shaky Louie

That's his other lapel pin!

Heh.

re: #51 rightwinger3

It was "researched" by
Lauren Fix, who bills herself as The Car Coach®

re: #41 laZardo

Let's try to enjoy the heat while we can - the new mini ice age may be on the way.

I love Emily Dickinson
rhyming has kinda gone out of style among the modern poets, but the common man still expects poetry to rhyme
like this:

The CHRC Ad Campaign
(a poem of political satire)
(director’s cut)

In hopes of increasing our brand recognition,
Here’s a message from the Canadian Human Rights Commission

We can settle diputes between all the religions
The CHRC

It’s neither mission creep nor a creepy mission,
We’re the CHRC

Wanna smoke dope on someone’s porch without their permission?
The CHRC

Are your new genitalia out of position?
Call the CHRC

Uncertain the distinction between
poachin’ and fishin’?
Why not let us decide,
We’re the Rights Commission

Our jobs are many, for we are legion
The CHRC

Our mandate is fairness, we won’t be swayed
Whoever’s in office, we still get payed
We’re above fickle voters and crass politicians
The CHRC

We can screen, for Editors, every “submission”
The CHRC

No minority ever again need cancel their subscription
When all content is pre-approved by the CHRC

Have you, as a suspect suffered international rendition?
Perhaps we can help, the CHRC

And now the police won’t hire you? Why, that’s discrimination!
Call us right away: The CHRC!

Now some may think we are over-inquisitive
Or that answering our questions is cost-prohibitive
But hey it sure beats a bar fight and loss of dentition
Why not settle your dispute with the HRC

We help keep diverse cultures behaving communal
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunals

Serve food, without washing, after using the urinal?
We concur!
And we’re the Human Rights Tribunal

We adjudicate all important matters cartoonal
The CHRT

Don’t you dare imply any of our clients are buffoonal
That’s against their rights, and you’ll face our tribunal

but we’re ready for a flood of complaints, monsoonal
The Royal We, The CHRT

[Link: cruxy.com...]

re: #53 Dar ul Harb

I mean, really... just because you makes something red white and blue doesn't mean that it's patriotic!

Yes, that's a real pro-Obama art poster by Shepard Fairey.

And nothing like pushing that "green" apparel at the McCain website...

Looks more like a Land's End catalogue.............

Look, I have nothing against people being more responsible for their effects on the environment....the kids of the Depression saved everything, used it over. But I am getting sick of green this, green that, like some condescending lecture on how I have to live. It is a complete mind meld....that goes with this eco terrorist stuff and I just can't take it any more.

People who can't make judgments on evil when it is out there, make judgments on how I am evil for wanting to buy something in a plastic bag...go figure.

re: #56 friarstale
The CHRC Ad Campaign.
"It's funny, cause it's true!" _{___Homer Simpson}

re: #58 Dar ul Harb

Yes, that's a real pro-Obama art poster by

re: #58 Dar ul Harb

Now, that particular one, "Progress," wasn't officially sanctioned by the Obama campaign, but they liked it so much they got the artist to make the "Change" one.

re: #59 yesandno

People who can't make judgments on evil when it is out there, make judgments on how I am evil for wanting to buy something in a plastic bag...go figure.

*DING*

Charles:
Thank you for this morning's quote from Emily Dickenson.
Sometimes you give gifts you probably aren't even aware are being given.
Just what I needed to start my day with today.

And #56 Friar's Tale

LOL! applause

re: #61 yesandno

Why do I get the feeling I am looking at Depression era art by those Socialist painters?

That's a style called "socialist realism".

Doesn't it just make you feel proud to be an American for the first time in your adult life?

for those who need a giggle

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

and for those who want reviews of console and computer games with a bite

[Link: www.escapistmagazine.com...]

re: #57 Dar ul Harb

I mean, really... just because you makes

re: #65 Dar ul Harb

The artist's website has more.

Obama writes:

"I would like to thank you for using your talent in support of my campaign. The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can help change the status quo.

Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery on on a stop sign. I am privileged to be part of your artwork and proud to have your support. I wish you continued success and creativity."

re: #3 Crepuscular Prick

Does Charles ever sleep?

This just in, Charles smokes crack. Sorry to tell you this.

I don't think about how much apple juice costs when I'm watching the numbers fly by at the gas station. Ugh

Time for banana nut muffins... see y'all around.

re: #65 Dar ul Harb

That's a style called "socialist realism".

Doesn't it just make you feel proud to be an American for the first time in your adult life?

No....always been proud, unlike Michelle my Belle.

Remember going with my daughter to a girl scout event at the local art museum. All these posters from that era from an artist that hated America but was paid by the Works Projects of the times...talk about socialism. Anyway, the man describing the collection went over the top about all of it and what it depicted and all I kept repeating from the back of the room was that this "art" was socialist propoganda...the union manifested to a work of art.

This is how they have infiltrated the minds of our children....

re: #71 Shay4l

I don't think about how much apple juice costs when I'm watching the numbers fly by at the gas station. Ugh

It cost me $52 to fill up the Wyatt-mobile this morning. Ya know, if the Iraq War was a "War for Oil," why the frak are we paying $4+ for a gallon of gas?

re: #72 Dar ul Harb
Good day!

re: #71 Shay4l

I don't think about how much apple juice costs when I'm watching the numbers fly by at the gas station. Ugh

Does apple juice, by the gallon, cost more than gas?

This isn't Dickinson, but what the hell:

I sit on the floor and pick my nose
and think of dirty things
Of deviant dwarfs who suck their toes
and elves who drub their dings.

I sit on the floor and pick my nose
and dream exotic dreams
Of dragons who dress in rubber clothes
and trolls who do it in teams,

I sit on the floor and pick my nose
and wish for a thrill or two
For a goblin who goes in for a few no-nos
Or an orc with a thing about glue.

And all of the while I sit and pick
I think of such jolly things
Of whips and screws and leather slacks
Of frottages and stings.

Dildo Bugger - Harvard Lampoon's "Bored of the Rings" 1969

Dershowitz is going to skewer President Peanut in his new book:

Dershowitz, in Teaneck, makes the case against Carter

According to Dershowitz, Israel’s enemies fall into two categories: those who would attack it militarily, like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; and those who would attack it morally, economically, and politically, like Jimmy Carter and professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, American academics of what he called the "hard left." He devotes the first two chapters of his book to the work of these three men.

"It is necessary for me to expose the fallacies of Carter’s attack against Israel. It hurts me to go negative on Carter, but it has to be done," he said.

re: #74 Wyatt Earp

if the Iraq War was a "War for Oil," why the frak are we paying $4+ for a gallon of gas?

Yeah! What the heck are we doing wrong, damnit?!
/

Good morning Lizards..........

re: #79 Shaky Louie

Yeah! What the heck are we doing wrong, damnit?!
/

It is all Bush
He went to war for the oil and screwed it up
That is what the Code Pink has been telling us for years
We are just to dumb to listen
The left does not care about the Iraqis or the soldiers
They want cheap oil
And Bush screwed it up
/sarc

Ah, dorian! Still looking young and fit, I see!

I have a guy at work who bitches that Bush is making all this money off of gas prices. He pisses me off.

Obama Hussein /Carter 08 !

re: #81 LeftJustAintRight

Well, if code pink says so, it must be true!
Oh, why didn't I listen!? Woe is me!
/

re: #85 Shaky Louie

The left do not hate war
They Hate Bush
They hate all god fearing people

re: #18 Dar ul Harb

European style oval

I drove to Orlando from Atlanta and back
I only saw 2 Obama bumper stickers the whole time
So all the millions of Obama Hussein supporters are in the closet ?

re: #87 ploome hineni

re: #82 Shaky Louie

Ah, dorian! Still looking young and fit, I see!

Heh heh heh... A little touch up paint here, a little touch up paint there, works wonders... lol...lol...lol...

re: #89 Cannadian Club Akbar

Fuck Europe.

.................I think that is where the idea for the oval shape came from

re: #86 LeftJustAintRight
Has any LLL ever explained just why it is they hate Pres. Bush as much as they do?
_{"He can't say 'nuclear'!"}

re: #87 ploome hineni

European style oval

Well, that one's at least clever.

I want one that's <Reagan>McCain<\Reagan>

re: #92 Shaky Louie

Has any LLL ever explained just why it is they hate Pres. Bush as much as they do?
_{"He can't say 'nuclear'!"}

He believes in God
He is not socialist
He did not get hummers from interns
Bush is Bad

<\Islam> wouldn't be bad, either.

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I’ve heard it in the chilliest land
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

BURMA SHAVE!

Hey, somebody had to say it...

/Good Morning everybody!

re: #74 Wyatt Earp

Ya know, if the Iraq War was a "War for Oil," why the frak are we paying $4+ for a gallon of gas?

I just filled up my mid-size car in Toronto for $78.50 (approx. $4.65/US Gallon).
$4/gallon is very cheap compared to Europe ($8+/gal) and even in Canada consumers pay much more.
Now doesn't that make you feel better?
If it doesn't, don't worry - Obama will renegotiate NAFTA to make sure U.S. consumers get hosed worse than Canadians and maybe even as much as Europeans.

re: #96 CIA Reject

BURMA SHAVE!
Hey, somebody had to say it...
/Good Morning everybody!

I like little birds.

re: #97 sparrowlake

What percentage is tax?

Intereting piece in the WSJ yesterday.

The President Has Kept Us Safe

With President Bush-bashing still a national pastime, it's notable how much international terrorism has been forgotten, and how little credit the president has received for keeping Americans safe.

Some reflection on what it was like after 9/11 :

Each American city adopted its own visions of trauma. There were new categories of vulnerable public spaces. Our worst terrorism nightmares were projected onto local landmarks: Rodeo Drive, the Sears Tower, the French Quarter, River Walk, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Space Needle. Suddenly, living in rural, outlying areas seemed like a sensible lifestyle choice.

OMG, Rodeo Drive ! Unconscionable ! The last bastion of civilization ! UNITE !

We all waited for terrorism's second shoe to drop, and, seven years later . . . nothing has happened.

All this time Americans have been safe from suicide bombers, biological warfare and collapsing skyscrapers, while the rest of the world has been on red alert. And yet President Bush is regarded as the worst president in American history? Sorry, I must be missing something here.

That's an amazing admission. I'm impressed. But,

Yes, there are those who maintain that our promiscuous misadventures in Iraq, Afghanistan and Israel have rendered America even less safe. That the president has further radicalized our enemies and alienated our nation. That the animosity for America now, improbably, runs even deeper. Whatever resentments and aspirations gave rise to 9/11 have grown and will not be easily dissipated. For this reason, no one should draw comfort in the relative safety of our shores.

Maybe so. But when a professed enemy succeeds as wildly as al Qaeda did on 9/11, and seven years pass without an incident, there are two reasonable conclusions: Either, despite all the trash-talking videos, they have been taking a long, leisurely breather; or, something serious has been done to thwart and disable their operations. Whatever combination of psychology and insanity motivates a terrorist to blow himself up is not within my range of experience, but I'm betting the aggressive measures the president took, and the unequivocal message he sent, might have had something to do with it.

But in gearing up to elect a new president, we are left to wonder how, in spite of numerous failed policies and poor judgement, President Bush's greatest achievement was denied to him by people who ungratefully availed themselves of the protection that his administration provided.

It IS an amazing fact that we have not been attacked since 9/11.

Higher oil prices are George Soro's way of making you demand public transit.

Soros' PIMF.

Good morning, everybody!

re: #99 akak

What percentage is tax?

Average of 35% in Canada vs 20% in U.S.
[Link: www.ontariogasprices.com...]

re: #92 Shaky Louie

Has any LLL ever explained just why it is they hate Pres. Bush as much as they do?
_{"He can't say 'nuclear'!"}

I think it is because, simply put, he does not believe that "America Sucks". Why the left does believe that "America Sucks" is IMHO a much more interesting question and one whose answer, again IMHO, has it's roots in Cold War era KGB "Active Measures".

President Bush's greatest achievement was denied to him by people who ungratefully availed themselves of the protection that his administration provided.

I thought it needed repeating.

re: #98 sparrowlake

I like little birds.

I like little birds too.

/It's cheesy poetry that I can't stand :-)

Looks like the Burmese junta is going to get shaved sooner or later. They're not providing aid; the monks are.

Other quick hits:
Musing on breaking up the Ninth circuit - too large, too many cases, and too many cases overturned by the US Supreme Court says that they're not getting the law right.

Who's advising Obama? Well, folks who are still in love with appeasement and unilateral disarmament in the face of a threat that has no intention to ever do so willingly.

The Chinese are still dealing with the aftereffects of that massive quake. Hundreds of thousands are forced to flee areas that might be hit by floods due to landslides blocking rivers.

And lastly, but certainly not least, the DNC is going to attempt to avoid a civil war by trying to figure out what to do with MI and FL. Count every vote? Heh. Not.Gonna.Happen.

re: #97 sparrowlake

Going on a mini-vac for 3 days toworrow, gotta fill up the SUV.
Doesn't matter, I'm not pushing the damn thing. I'll bitch about it, but what can you do.

re: #104 sparrowlake

A flat gas tax, would be an election winner?

China’s Cyber-Militia
Chinese hackers pose a clear and present danger to U.S. government and private-sector computer networks and may be responsible for two major U.S. power blackouts.
by Shane Harris

[Link: www.nationaljournal.com...]

re: #105 CIA Reject

Why the left does believe that "America Sucks" is IMHO a much more interesting question and one whose answer, again IMHO, has it's roots in Cold War era KGB "Active Measures"

Hammer, nail.
Thank you!

Aw, my name's Hope and it's my birthday. Thanks for the birthday poem, Charles! I don't have any feathers, though.

re: #110 akak

A flat gas tax, would be an election winner?

Ron Paul !

Gateway Pundit found this appalling story of a little kid murdered in religious school by his teacher because he didn't do well enough in Koran memorization. The teacher hanged him from the ceiling fan. The Pak authorities promptly arrested the teacher.

However, the BBC story has an stunningly insensitive photo of a Koran class taken Point-Of-View the ceiling fan! You have to see it to believe it.

[Link: