Lately all the right bloggers have been making fun of Jonathan Chait for telling everyone how much and why he hates George Bush in the pages of The New Republic. Some commentators have wailed about such hatred being a new thing, but that's not how I remember things. Now we get a tv show about Ronald Reagan that turns out to be bullshit dressed up as history...and as I recall, the left REALLY hated Reagan, who in his first campaign leaned on Thomas Jefferson in a big way. Smaller government was all the rage, just for a few minutes. I liked Uncle Ron; he was good to me personally. In fact, I campaigned for him on campus. Eric Lorey and I constituted the Anarchists for Reagan. Eric had the best t-shirt, only because he made it himself. We visited the Republican headquarters and got sacks of bumper stickers and buttons. The bumper stickers we modified slightly, so instead of "Reagan for Jobs" they said "Reagan for Fun".

The buttons were very strange. I don't know if I have one left, in all my flotsam and jetsam, but they said:
"Time is Now". Not "The Time Is Now", just "Time is Now". Of course Time is Also Then, as we Know Now. That's a blog for another day though....

This arrived in the mailbag this morning...

THE NEW TALKING ANN COULTER DOLL!
The ultimate gift for any Ann Coulter fan!

Over a year in the making, this talking Ann Coulter doll is the best gift any Conservative could receive.

Each of Ann's 14 phrases makes more sense than any liberal author or commentator alive today!

CLICK HERE to hear her speak, and to place your order!



As most of you know, I'm a big fan of Ann's incendiary writing. My buddy, the Master Wordsmith, is not. I wrote and asked if he'd like this doll for Christmas. His reply:

"If it's life size and anatomically correct.

...and the talking thingie is disabled."

My wife decided to divorce me after buying one of these...

Texas firm invents orgasm machine for women

Incidentally, my Pint of Victory came through Thursday. Thanks Beej! And Thank Arnold, without whom, not a drop would have been possible.

There's something wonderful about any article that beats up on Mother Theresa:

Mommie Dearest
The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud.
By Christopher Hitchens

Once during the Xmas shopping daze, I watched a woman trying to put a shopping cart somewhere. All the usual shopping cart havens were full, so she shoved it into a handicapped parking place; a look of glee upon her face. And I knew just how she felt...