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in our first-ever informal idealogical poll, we received 26 votes in 8 days in answer to the question, “how do you feel about polls?” the clear-cut winner, garnering 50% of the vote, was the pope, the head of the catholic church, who is polish. i will ignore the obvious possibility that half of [...]

metafilter users have some interesting opinions about “straight pride.” check out the discussion and make sure you follow the links in the original post, too. clicking proves quite fruitful. i clicked, and read about a recent straight pride march in a press release posted on portland’s indymedia site, of all places.
and commenting [...]

for those of us of the younger generation, it is a sad thing to learn of a public figure’s death and only then be introduced to the greatness of his or her life. such is the case for me in bob hope’s passing. i watched a touching piece about him tonight on A&E [...]

The ACLU has come out with a new ad campaign, as a recent press release attests:
“School may be out, but lessons in civil liberties are continuing in the ACLU’s two new national TV ads featuring schoolchildren who question the government’s restrictions on basic freedoms in the name of national security.”
View the “Founding Father” ad [...]

we don’t want to cause more liberal tantrums, so maybe we shouldn’t trust this information; it comes via the british, after all (see niger uranium hullaballoo), but it is a fantastic story. from fox news via times london, it is an interview with one of the hussein sons’ bodyguards. here’s an excerpt from [...]

check out the trailer(s) for this feel-good equestrian-sport drama. or, for you skeptics, here’s a balanced review.
then, get into the business. you can raise a million bucks by september, right?
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i’ve always thought that dennis miller is funny, but recently as i’ve heard his comedic rants in defense of america, i’ve come to think even more highly of him. he can make a logical argument and be funny about it. he’s one of a few in hollywood who has what the rest of [...]

all-encompassingly’s inaugural poll is at the bottom of the right-hand column of this page. so, go and make your voice heard! and please–don’t vote like a floridian. make sure you mark the right dot the first time.
BTW, speaking of polls…
UPDATE: i’ve moved the poll to just below the hallowed “daily mitch.” [...]

Check out this snapshot of Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle. Whoops! Did we forget how to pledge allegiance?

Ok..Ok…so the picture is a fake. All I can say is that when I learned it wasn’t real, I was…disappointed. Very deeply disappointed.

in unprecedented action–taken last week without UN approval–france’s culture ministry officially banned the use of the word “e-mail” in official government documents. instead, the word “courriel” (a hybrid of the french words, “courrier” and “electronique”) will be used.
but the ministry did not stop there. the french word, “guerre” [war] was outlawed, to be [...]

to commemorate the NBA’s storied history, league commissioner david stern announced friday that all NBA players will henceforth don this patch on their game jerseys (see picture at right):
the announcement came after even the league’s most squeaky-clean player, kobe bryant, was caught engaging in, then lying about, adultery.
LA lakers coach phil jackson (affectionately known as [...]

(1) lance armstrong is really good at riding his bicycle. he is a great human being. he is a great american. go lance.
i have so much confidence in and respect for (2) president bush and (3) prime minister blair. they are right. their opponents are wrong. the faulty niger-uranium [...]

ending an embarrassing chapter in american history, the national park service recently ordered the removal of plaques bearing scriptural inscriptions from three grand canyon buildings. we can all thank the ACLU for saving us from ourselves again!
on tuesday, sister delores katharine gallagher of the evangelical sisterhood of mary went to remove the signs her [...]

i guess all those years of studying american history, watching history channel war documentaries, and reading about the tyranny of fascist/communist/nazi regimes finally caught up with me. i have finally internalized my previously superficial gratitude for our military. i watched this moving tribute to the military, and then i just kinda pondered it [...]

NAACP President Kweisi Mfume is all hot and bothered that many of the Democratic candidates for President are reluctant to appear together in a debate style format at the NAACP’s national convention.
You can read the entire article by clicking here.
My favorite ditty that Mfume profers is:
”If you can’t come to the nation’s oldest and largest [...]