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There's Bush with his magic Presidential podium in the middle of a crisis center for Hurricane Gustav. I'm sure that's gonna make everything go so much smoother.In short, the media coverage of Hurricane Katrina, and the shameless politicization of the event by agitators like Spike Lee, is one of the biggest clusterf***'s in modern history. Don't believe me. Fine. Read this piece by Popular Mechanics. Note: They ain't a political magazine, so it's not like they've got a dog in the rhetorical fight.

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Every now and then, you run across an opinion piece on the internet that is so shocking in it's ignorance and stupidity, that it stops you in your tracks.

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To say that John Edwards has been ex-communicated from the Democratic Party is an understatement. That would be like saying Monica Lewinski is no longer invited to the Clintons' family barbeque.

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Keith Olbermann was once on SportsCenter and people liked him. His humor was dry and biting, like a good martini. His writing was clean. His seeming self-effacement while delivering sports news and highlights made you think he was an alright guy. Then, he left. Er, got fired. Er, whatever. It was one stop in a longer string of stops for a TV guy who most people called very “talented” but couldn’t get along with management.

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cover_army_recruit.jpgHappy Memorial Day Weekend, everybody. Whatya got going? Ballgame? Picnic? Cookout? Golf? Beach? Great country, isn’t it? And it’s a great weekend to celebrate our freedoms by doing the things that help fulfill the Declaration of Independence’s promise of “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

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