The Article: Why Congress Caved to Bush by Pat Buchanan at Antiwar.

The Text: The antiwar Democrats are crying betrayal – and justifiably so.

For a Democratic Congress is now voting to fully fund the war in Iraq, as demanded by President Bush, and without any timetable for a U.S. troop withdrawal. Bush got his $100 billion, then magnanimously agreed to let Democrats keep the $20 billion in pork they stuffed into the bill – to soothe the pain of their sellout of the party base.

In the hot news of the day, a statue in Denmark got a Muslim makeover. Yet you can still see the slutty little statues ankles, how very tempting and risque — I hope an otherwise religiously devout person isn’t forced to stone it! OOOOH BOOGIE MEN EVERYWHERE! It’s those damn Ay-rabs again! Can’t they all fit in Guantanamo???

In more acidic news, who loves the troops? I do, I do! Well, enough to give them a 6 dollar raise! Yesssssssss. I bet you can buy adequate body armor with that kind of dough. Then again, one can only hope that all the festering bodies will decompose quickly to mix with dinosaur bones to give us more wonderful petrol.

MORE BABIES! GIVE ME MORE BABIES! What the fuck is going on here? Neil Cavuto, fresh off a session of mutual masturbation with a middle school class, asks the logical question: if there is birth control, won’t 12 or 13 year olds be going around, fucking each other willy-nilly? Of course! I mean, dur, that’s the whole idea behind birth control, to have as much premarital sex as possible until you get the clap or the ice caps melt!

The Article: An interesting read about the state of African universities being reduced to overcrowding and terrible conditions by Lydia Polgreen in the New York Times entitled Africa’s Storied Colleges, Jammed and Crumbling. The most telling photo is that on the front page, where a student in Dakar is using a broken beaker for a chemistry experiment.

The Text: Thiany Dior usually rises before dawn, tiptoeing carefully among thin foam mats laid out on the floor as she leaves the cramped dormitory room she shares with half a dozen other women. It was built for two.

I’m a communications student. Specifically in video production, but a large aspect of the degree program is studying the cultural relevancy and impact of medias in society, specifically American or western society. I’m no expert by any means, but I think I’ve got enough of a handle to encourage debate, and provide an alternate view. Most of my viewpoint has been cultivated by my class-load over the past year and a specific book; “Rich Media, Poor Democracy” by Robert W. McChesney.

The Article: Over a Barrel About a Pet Monkey by Katherine Shaver at the Washington Post. Prepare to be creeped out about a woman who owns a monkey and calls it her baby.

The Text: For Elyse Gazewitz, Armani was like any other baby, right down to his daily bottle, red stroller, Huggies diapers — except for a hole cut out for his tail — and Desitin for the occasional diaper rash.

Do you just DREAM of the day when you can bail out Scooter Libby? Now you can:

Mary Matalin former assistant to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney, is sending out letters requesting donations to the “Libby Legal Defense Trust.”

“Will you join me in helping support a good conservative, a true patriot, and a loyal friend who has come under attack? His name is Lewis Libby. But everyone calls him “Scooter.’”

Via an AutoAdmit thread:

I think the most disturbing event of my life happened just yesterday.

I’ve been chatting with this girl over msn for a while now, and we met a couple weeks ago. (she’s ok-looking, sort of like Beth Ditto but not as fat and not as hot) Yesterday we had a date, and after seeing a movie went back to her place, we made out and before long I had my tongue buried in her vag and a finger in her ass.

This is where it all goes wrong.

Liberal outrage: Liberals hate families. Liberals hate conservatives who love families. And when you aren’t looking, the liberal communist feminist minority gay jew alliance will come into your house and turn your children into interracial drug-addicted homosexual atheists.

In light of the recent controversy in which Ron Paul had the gall to suggest that September 11th originated from years of mistrust and animosity towards the Western world and America in particular with regards to involvement in the Middle East, we wanted to provide a succinct list of perceived grievances towards America. Stated by Radley Balko in Fox News (of all places):

Via Coming Anarchy. Because you almost won the war South! And then it would have been a majestic, carefree world of agriculture based economy with limitless amounts of Africans to do the work for you (you being the hordes of Asians who want to take over America and turn white people into slaves)!

Even though it isn’t Fatwa Friday, I’m about to raise the stakes a little bit after reading this article in the New York Magazine Look Book (via the Times Deal Book). I’m declaring a Jihad on Natasha Mitra, a 26 year old who graced the pages purely on her merits as a conspicuous consumer and her abilities to embody all the traits of a vapid Manhattanite whore. Seriously, read this spiritless scorpion wenches answers to the interview questions:

Was the bag expensive?
Yes—about $3,500. I guess a lot of craftsmanship goes into it. Accessories for me are the key. I have about twenty bags, and I don’t know how many shoes. But they’re Vuitton, they’re Versace, they’re Gucci, and they’re Dior.

“Filmmaker Michael Moore’s brilliant and uplifting new documentary, “Sicko,” deals with the failings of the U.S. healthcare system, both real and perceived. But this time around, the controversial documentarian seems to be letting the subject matter do the talking, and in the process shows a new maturity.”

The Story…

I have had, an evolution, on my stance about Michael Moore. I’ve never seen “Bowling For Columbine”, and I was dissuaded when it first came out to ever watch it by most of my friends at the time. I was in High School when Columbine happened, I remember the “weird kids” at my school going to the the principal and counselor’s offices, I remember my school hiring a security guard.