Take a peep at this hot action.

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Things like the Subservient Chicken.

(Blame Credit to Dopple-G)

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For those of you keeping track of such things:

The "hearts and minds" in Iraq that can be swayed by negotiation, humanitarian support, liberalism and cultural sensitivity have already been won.

The "hearts and minds" of those who view negotiation, humanitarian support, liberalism and cultural sensitivity to be signs of weakness, are being won over now.

In a matter of speaking.

Well said!

(Kate is guestblogging at Wizbang.)

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I did a double take when I opened up WizBang last night. There was a John Kerry advertisement!

Kevin's not a rabid righty but he's made it pretty clear that he thinks pretty poorly of Special K. His guest bloggers are pretty much the same. Then it hit me - is this beautiful or what? John Kerry is supporting WizBang! His wife's money is helping to keep a popular blog on the internet and that blog is one that is ...er... less than supportive of Captain Catsup himself. What a beautiful ironic turn!

You go, Kevin!

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The Letter of the Day was is "N".

"N" is for Nihilism. Recently published graduation rates may cause people to wonder if America's school systems are practicing nihilism.

The national graduation rate for the public school class of 2000 was 69%. The rate for white students was 76%; for Asian students it was 79%; for African-American students it was 55%; for Hispanic students it was 53%; and for Native Americans it was 57%.

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Kate is reporting on some rather distressing news. American airmen have been ordered to take down their flags at Kirkuk air base. The higher ups fear it might offend some of the locals.

Of course the regular troops can't say anthing about it - orders are orders. They can't say anything about how it feels to be told to take down the symbol of their pride, the symbol of their country, the symbol of why they are in a god-forsaken (or should that be Allah-forsaken?) desert doing their utmost to fix somebody else's problem while powerhungry local warlord wanna be's try to kill them. So I will do something that I don't normally do. I will take it upon myself to express their opinions for them. I do this only because as an 8 year vet I have a fair understanding of the workings of a serviceman's mind and a good idea of the scuttlebutt that's most likely going on in the barracks of Kirkuk.

To the jackass who decided that taking down the American flag was a swell idea:

Eat shit and die you mealy-mouthed appeasement pimp. Get one of your Spaniard friends and your French policy advisor to help you dig your head out of your ass long enough to look around at the men you are supposedly leading. Your mamby-pampy touchy-feely bullshit is not only unnecessary it is putting those men in greater danger. You are in an area of the world where the only thing that is respected is a show of strength and you are busy showing your belly.

You do so totally suck that it is beyond my ability to express just exactly how low my opinion of you is.

Kate has asked for a show of support. Since our soldiers aren't allowed to fly our flag, let's fly flags for them. I've already got a brace of them flying at the homestead and I'm happy to add one here. Feel free to snag this one for your own use. Or if you'd prefer, Kate's got a very nice one. She's got a nice flag too.

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1 So much for my insomnia! I clicked on that "very nice one" link then wore myself out laughing. What a wit you have! (Smart ass.)

Posted by: Venomous Kate at April 06, 2004 08:57 AM (YvEJI)

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The 18th Bestofme Symphony is up at WOLves. Trudy's got it done up right and ready for your Monday reading pleasure.

Hosting: Would you like to host the Symphony? Send me a note and I'll get you on the schedule.

Submit to the Symphony: Want to be a part of next week's edition? Check out this post for submission help. Entries should always be sent to bestofme@jpeacock.net regardless of who the Symphony host is.

Spread the word: Webloggers, how about a little linky love? Not for me, for Trudy!

Email Reminders: If you'd like to be sent a reminder about the Symphony, join the mailing list. There's one email sent on Thursday or Friday to remind you to submit for the next Symphony and one on Monday with the location of the newly posted Symphony.

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You are a GRAMMAR GOD!


If your mission in life is not already to
preserve the English tongue, it should be.
Congratulations and thank you!


How grammatically sound are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

(Snagged from Michele the Grammar Goddess)

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1 I only got Grammar Master. Even the picture of Miyagi-so-samma wasn't enough to perk my shame. :-)

Posted by: tommy at April 05, 2004 12:38 PM (v0EoW)

2 Check the pics again (I would've emailed you, but my time on the pc is up!)

Posted by: Helen at April 05, 2004 04:41 PM (rvz4o)

3 I had to change the picture. Quizilla's wouldn't show and there was no way I was gonna upload that ghastly face to my server. I decided to go with a different sort of face.

Posted by: notGeorge at April 05, 2004 05:04 PM (JCxVY)

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The Letter of the Day was is "M".

"M" is for Meticulous. Simon is a meticulous blogger.

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Congratulations to Kevin and the Missus. Mostly the Missus since she did all the work.

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The Letter of the Day is was "L".

"L" is for Ludicrous. The government wastes a ludicrous amount of money.

"L" is for Lesbian. Lesbian T-shirts are now allowed in New York City schools.

"L" is for Licentious. Some reporters' work is absolutely licentious.

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More Flash fun from Sugarcube. Can you catch the worm? Enjoy!

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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The Letter of the Day is "K".

"K" is for Knavery (but the "K" is silent there).

"K" is also for Konvincing (but I don't think we get credit for that one since it doesn't really start with a "K").

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Samizdata reports on a correction in The Australian. Personally, I think the retracted statement was just as correct as the replacement.

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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The Letter of the Day is "J".

"J" is for Jokes, like this one about drowning Democrats.

"J" is for Jackasses, which accurately describes several of the commenters of this post.

"J" is for Jerking Around, which is what happens to Jen in the comments of this post.

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Just kidding. Heh. (Or am I?)

I've tried to write it before but I didn't get anywhere near as funny as Paul of Skirting the Perimeter Sanity's Edge. For experienced bloggers it's a hoot. For newbies it's ironically apt instruction (in a tongue-in-cheek fashion). For non-bloggers it's as close to Nirvana as you're likely to come (unless you get a chance to suck on Courtney Love's boobies outside your local Wendy's restaurant). See the Blogging 101 series starting here and including the 3 posts following.

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Harvey has unearthed a treasure trove of pirate pick up lines, but he's missing the best one:

Lassie, you're a pirate's dream - a grand poop deck and a sunken chest!

Or was that the best pirate insult?

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Here's proof that Christine got robbed in the King of the Blogs competition. With the command of the English language that she's got you just know that the fix had to be in for somebody else to have won.

"Juxtasuppository". Oh, man I'm still giggling over that one.

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The Letter of the Day is "I".

"I" is for Invitation, as in Did y'all get your invitations to the party at Munuviana?

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Ryan Rhodes has left the nightmare that is Blog*Spot for the comfort and security of the woobie we call Munuviana. In other words, Rambling Rhodes is now a MuNu blog! Woo hoo!

Go ahead and visit my new neighbor. I did the template but the artwork is 100% Ryan.

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