The road less graveled... (UmmmmHmmmmmmmm...)

If You Thought Kofi Was Bad

Ayatollah you nothin' yet...

Allah has ra^ther magical competence with time management. (Hat tip Charles.)

You be the judge. (Hat tip Glenn.)

Facts don't fit the program.

UPDATE: Oh yes -- and counterfeiting the credit to boot.

And Yet More Rather Embarrassing

Questions:

You say you want to be the first to "break the story" if the documents are forgeries. Has it occurred to you that perhaps that story has already been broken?

Two of the experts consulted by CBS warned that the documents might be fake. CBS executives complain that these dubious experts didn't make their concerns starkly enough. So, for you to doubt the authenticity of documents, it is not enough for someone to say, "They might be forgeries"; they have to say, "They might be [expletive deleted!] forgeries"?

One expert you consulted, Marcel Matley, vouched for the accuracy of the signature on one of the four documents. But in your Sept. 10 report defending yourself, you portrayed him as vouching for the authenticity of all the documents. Will you run a correction that accurately reports his views?

You haven't put on air any of the critics of the documents in your follow-up reports about the controversy related to them. Isn't that sort of one-sided reporting?

You say that CBS has been working on this story for five years. Yet the man CBS has called its "trump card" in buttressing the authenticity of the documents, retired Maj. Gen. Bobby Hodges, was consulted about them only over the phone and only two days before CBS aired the report. Was there not time to consult him about this sometime during the prior four years and 363 days? [Much less Staudt --ed.]

Why are you protecting the identity of the source of the documents, since he lied to you and, by extension, the nation?

Interestingly, even the L.A. Times is starting to get concerned about the state of Murrow's memory.

This Olympian level of stonewalling starts to suggest some interesing possibilities. Like this.

UPDATE: Bush smells blood in the water...

UPDATED AGAIN: Catch-22 journalism.

Ungracious buffoons? Well, easy marks at least...

Hey, Mare! It's me Ted! And I have syphilis!

Today's Puzzle

955, 50, 6, and lawn darts.

What famous person does this refer to and what does it say about them that's a bit different than the conventional wisdom? Oh, and did I forget to mention it's largely irrelevant anyway?

Waiting for your answer... C'mon, you love a good puzzle no?

UPDATE: OK, it's a hard one. Here's another hint: there's a simple mathematical relationship between the numbers and the six was rounded up to give less credit to the person in question.

They will not be easily silenced. Even Scotland gets it -_^

Never mind forgery. What about doo-doo diligence.

Eying the anti-Tylenol.

Yes, Virginia, all of the New Romans are not created equal.

Mobius Tolerance

Eurabia welcomes the gay killers. Move along now. Nothing to see here. What's that look on your face? Don't you have any concept of tolerance???

Answer to Question

That would of course be JOHN KERRY'S MAGIC HAT! Funny how all roads lead to dementia...

The party that loves Hugo and Castro and denies that they're un-democratic. I guess that would be about right...

Another Shameless Steal

This time from the Kerry Spot on just how "spot on" the KerRather campaign's focus on military records really is:

WILL VOTERS BE SWAYED BY SERVICE RECORDS? [09/16 12:06 AM]

Tonight on Hannity & Colmes, Democratic pollster/pundit Pat Caddell brought up an important point.

Why is there all this talk about Bush's National Guard days? Well, critics of Bush want to "expose" that he was a irresponsible, heavy-drinking young man in those days. And of course, this contrasts with Kerry's Vietnam years - er, months... Let's just say it contrasts with the reenactment of "Platoon" and "Apocolypse Now" that constituted the Democratic convention.

So do voters automatically prefer war heroes? Of course, just ask President Dole. Or ask George H.W. Bush how his war record carried him over the top in 1992.

Caddell tonight brought up another fascinating example of how utterly meaningless a distinguished service record is to the vast majority of the electorate. Think back to March 3, 1992. The Georgia Democratic primary is in full swing. Bill Clinton is dogged by accusations he dodged the draft. Even worse, one of his opponents is Bob Kerrey, former U.S. Navy SEAL, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart.

Bill Clinton recieves 259,907 votes, or 57.17 percent.
Bob Kerrey? 22,033. 4.85 percent.

In Georgia.

Service records are not going to determine the winner in this election either.

Uh, yeah. Spot on I'd say. Not to mention we have no idea what W would do under pressure now that he's not "young and irresponsible"...

Next Question

Robin or Hillary^{(Hat tip Glenn)} or ???

TKO Declared

As someone with a Master's in Computer Science and over 25 years experience in the field I can assure you that ^this is a TKO. (UPDATE: Also mirrored here now.) All the spinning going on at the Daily Kos is not only risible but utter technical ignorance from someone who couldn't reason his way out of a paper bag to boot.

Dan Rather is history. Next question is how far the damage extends...