Does This Mean Anything?

If this was a story about a Democratic presidential candidate, that campaign would be dead by morning. But because this scandal is about the Mayor of 9/11, I don't know what the political fallout will look like. Still, the notion that Giuliani used some creative accounting to hide the cost to the taxpayers of his trips to the Hamptons to further his adulterous relationship with his future wife… well, that's kind of interesting on the face of it, isn't it?

The Best of the Best and the Worst of the Worst

The lefty blogosphere has finally gotten its act together and focused on what is truly important: listing their best posts as well as the worst posts from the other side.

Now, I've been doing this blogging thing long enough to be familiar with the wingnut political commentator cum soft-core-porn anime aficionado and reviewer Steven Den Beste, and this post of his definitely gets my vote for the worst of all time. Only 3074 words to conclude that the French will probably not nuke the US over the Iraq war? Brilliant!

I had a harder time deciding on the best post from my side, but in the end, I have to go with Poker with Dick Cheney, from the Editors. From said work:

Christopher Hitchens: The Left won't be happy until the pot is divided up equally between Yassar Arafat, Osama bin Laden, and Hitler. Orwell would have seen this.

Cracks me up every time, and that's not even the best line in the piece. As they say, read the whole thing.

Go Vote

Well, it's election day here and in some other places. If it is where you are, and you didn't do the early vote thing, get thee to a polling place and exult in the vibrant democracy we get to celebrate for 5-45 minutes (depending on the line) every 2 years or so.

To help get you motivated, reflect on some lyrics by one of the greatest bands of all time, "X":

"Honest to goodness
the bars weren't open this morning.
They must've been voting for
a new president or something.
Do you have a quarter?"
I said yes because I did.
"Honest to goodness
the tears have been falling
all over the country's face."
It was better before,
before they voted for whats-his-name
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE NEW WORLD.

And we all know who "whats-his-name" is now, right? I thought you did. I swear, this song rings as true today as it first did in 1983 when that other whats-his-name was president or something.

Harry Taylor is Running for Congress

Yes, that Harry Taylor.

He's running against the loathsome Sue Myrick in NC-9. If you happen to live in that district, sign up for his email list. And if you like helping elect Democrats, drop some change in his cookie jar.