George Plimpton Dead At 76

Almost before the echo died from my posting Robert Palmer’s story, Fox News is reporting that George Plimpton (search) has died.

That’s two….

Word on the wire just now that Robert Palmer is dead in Paris from a heart attack at age 54.
Amazing, given that he did not, as far as I know engage in the excesses of Rock Stardom.
Palmer dies

The so-called “Debate” out in California, last night, I mean. But hey, what the hell, this is California we’re talking about. Arnold proved he could give and take that garbage with the rest, and came off looking at least an

Here’s the link

A story running in the NYTimes this morning, suggests that a recent Gallup poll has two thirds of Iraqis polled, like the idea that saddam is gone from power, and think it was all worth the trouble.

Interestingly enough, the

Oh, now, THIS is cute.

Cruz Bustamante has been ordered to return around $4million dollars in illegal donations. Thing is, it’s all been spent.

Explain to me why he’s still in office.
Explain to me why he’s not in jail.

I’ve about had it with the “Bush Lied” business.
Let’s call this what it is; THe Demorats are trying to sell us a bill of goods. They know it. Check their own words.

“One way or the other, we are

The 9th Circus has overturned itself, apparently. Unless the USSC gets involved, which I doubt, the election is on for the 7th.
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According to an article published today in Annanova,

Violinist Martie Maguire told Spiegel magazine: “We don’t feel part of the country scene any longer, it can’t be our home any more.”

She said she was disappointed other country singers

The New York Times, in a story about the California Recall, complained about the “mass disenfranchisement” that the story claimed happens when voters “in the counties stuck with punch cards are far more likely than other Californians to have their

AP’s wire reports:
Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark backtracked from a day-old statement that he probably would have voted for the congressional resolution authorizing the use of force in Iraq, saying Friday he “would never have voted for this war.”

According to reports I’m hearing, Ahmad surrendered to authorities in Mosul.
More as I find it.

Some added details are coming out about Wesley Clark. The most revealing are those he has penned himself.
Like for example, one in Washington Monthly.

Clark depends too heavily on internationalist, and not enough on Americanism. It is increasingly and

Bootz came up with this one this morning. I’ll echo it here in total. He’s right on the money.

THIS IS HOW YOU PROTECT OUR TROOPS

By now you’ve heard of Ted Kennedy’s interview with the Associated Press. It was

A story from New zealand this morning, that Ol’ Yassir is threatening to killhimself because he’s being expelled by the people he’s been killing.

Well, Yassir? We’re waiting. Get it done.