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Not posting much - sinus time.

Friday, February 8, 2002

The You-May-Be-Out-In-Time-For-Medicare Promise:

"I really don't know what your big attachement [sic] to America is all about. What has America ever done for anybody?"

-Rat Boy's E mail to his mother who recently said he loves America.



W informs inquiring press horde Barney walked away shortly before they arrived.

All Chair, No Whip: Greta von Susteren rounded out her first week of seeing the world through new eyes with a confrontation with Dick Morris that shows her Clinton-loving ways aren't going to fly at Fox. At least not with their regular contributors. On last night's show, Dick went so far as to tell her, as she frantically tried to spin the Clinton line on terrorism efforts, that she was - gasp! - "still a CNN person." It was amazing to watch her former face return. That's a great big bed over there at Fox. Everybody get comfy and no pinching. (Final transcript will be posted when complete.)

Axes of Evil: Probably the looniest airline incident to date was this madness yesterday aboard a United Miami to Argentina flight. The pilot subdued a drunken banker with a whack of a fire ax as he tried to crash the cockpit. This is the same flight a few years ago on which a passenger climbed onto a serving cart and - how shall we put this - misbehaved. Could it be those perky peanuts?

Doing the Poverty Tango: This somewhat poignant exchange took place during Senate hearings yesterday between Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) and Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill as both men vied to prove who had the crummier early life. Apparently Secretary O'Neill was raised in a ditch and Byrd started life at the bottom of a "rungless ladder." Neither had any electricity early on. Interesting imagery all around.

Oops, Cringe: We mention this item on MSNBC's spelling goof when they chyroned Niger Innis with an extra "g" the other day only because we were flooded with angry E mail about it. Who knew so many people watched "Emmis"? A sweet natured Innis graciously accepted their apology with a lot more good humor than viewers did.

The Bork Man Cometh: One of the most unpleasant people alive on the political scene today is one Ralph Neas of People for the American Way who gave us the verb "bork." The Wall Street Journal's editorial lays it all out as he oozes his way around the halls of Congress attempting to smear Judge Charles Pickering, Sr.

And, if this editorial doesn't make you mad enough catch up with Byron York's details over at National Review Online.

That slight rumble you think you hear is the LComStaff shifting to our weekend crew which definitely should be an Olympic event.

-Your Torch Bearing LComStaff

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-- Anonymous, February 08, 2002

Answers

'raised in a ditch' and 'at the bottom of a rungless ladder?'

ROTFL

I say put em both in the ditch and dump the ladder on em and fill it with concrete.

Isn't a rungless ladder a pair of stilts?

-- Anonymous, February 08, 2002


Boy, do I know about Ralph Neas. He ran against the Republican incumbant, Connie Morella, in my congressional district in '98. A total mouseturd. His bumper sticker was dark blue with the single word "Ralph!" in big white letters. (Back in my college days, "ralph" was slag for barf). He got deservedly clobbered.

-- Anonymous, February 08, 2002

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