The first occasion I had yesterday to turn on a television was very late at night, and whatever channel had been on previously was showcasing the events of 9-11-2001. I only watched it for a few seconds and then sought out something lighter, something more 'distracting'. Channel surfing nevertheless brought about another, though very different, memory to the fore, and I was taken aback by a juxtaposing of the two events.

For everyone who isn't already used to that music following them around...

Hi! How's it going?

When you saw this diary title, who did you assume it was going to be about, and why did you assume that? Or any other insights.

Just curious.

Cheers

The following has cropped up here and elsewhere, and appears to be a whisper smear campaign against McCain; the story goes, 'he's the father of a black child'… no wait! That was the South Carolina whisper smear campaign from 2000. Sorry about that, but they are oddly related, because there seems to be a correlation between the types of people who routinely say, "Bush is despicable, look at what he did to McCain in South Carolina" and those pimping this latest one. Now, before anyone assumes I'm only speaking of the port side, I'm seeing it from people on both the left and the right.

So as not to further derail a separate diary on a different subject, I'll attempt as concise an answer to a very complex question from that diary as I can in the limited amount of time I have.

Irving Kristol's pithy definition was, "a liberal who has been mugged by reality." The more precise definition would be -- a leftist who rejects the left, yet seeks a new right. Thus the neo part of neo conservative.

No, I don't mean the apocalyptic fiction stuff; I'm talking about this guy:

Since it's Friday, and something on the lighter side seems in order…

A while back our own vinteuil was kind enough to lend a queer eye to the handful of straight guys unfortunate enough to have their photos posted here at the Forvm. Why should those guys be the only ones to benefit from such expertise? What about the rest of us?

Well, maybe here is your chance. Just post an image or a link to one, and perhaps v. will grace you with some sage wisdom. To get things going I'll post a link to a recent shot of myself:

Consider the source, ugh, but the NATIONAL ENQUIRER (why do they use all caps?) thinks it has a big scoop:

"SEN. JOHN EDWARDS CAUGHT WITH MISTRESS AND LOVE CHILD!"

This hits shortly after Time Magazine declared, "Edwards, Nunn on Obama's Veep List."

Even if true, the national equirer (no caps, take that!) and its ilk just creep me out.

Since I'm too lazy to go find one, I'll just start a new one.

Interesting link stolen from NRO, Art Garfunkel has a list of every book he's read since 1968

Intriguing on a few different levels. It'd be interesting to compare his reading at a particular time with his coincident music.

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