The Top Ten Reasons That Osama Bin Laden Wants to Kill Bill O'Rielly:

10. Contrary to the title's implication “Who’s Looking out For You ?” had no advice relevant to a wanted, cave-dwelling fugitive.

9. When his "Factor" coffee mug finally arrived...the handle was cracked.

8. He walked away from a Saudi construction fortune to wage global jihad from a hidden cave in the deserted mountains of Pakhistan, and O'Rielly is selling himself as "The Culture Warrior".

7. Even though O’Rielly always talks about him, he refuses to plug “Osamabinladen.com.”

6. O’Rielly had 30 pizzas delivered to his cave c.o.d.

5. O’Rielly stole and copyrighted his Idea for a "War on Christmas."

4. O’Rielly put the kybosh on a Fox project called "Late Night with Osama."

3. O’Rielly has a rigid point of view and mercilessly attacks people that don’t share his values.

2. Those damn "No Spin" Beach Totes.

1. He just wants to be like every one else.

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It's so Karl Rove to float the idea that there may be compromise on the new terror legislation that is basically designed to provide the legal authority to ignore the Geneva Convention and allow the US to engage in torture. Frankly, I don't see that there is room for compromise: either you follow the Geneva convention or you don't. Shame on McCain and Graham if this is true.

On a lighter note, the LM-approved candidate for governor of MA, Deval Patrick trounced his opponents in the Democratic Primary. Stay tuned for the "he'll raise your taxes" mantra from his Republican opponent, Kerry Healey. Yup, even in MA we have to deal with these things. We haven't had a Democratic Governor for 16 years.

Are all elections the same these days or what?

What if...G.W.B Was the Notre Dame Head Coach

Q: What did you say to your team about the 20 point defecit at half time?

A: First, I don't agree that we were down twenty points, the scoreboard only reflected the touchdowns, extra-points and field goals, they had made significant progress in other parts of the game that the scoreboard did not report, for example, Michigan was getting tired from running down the field for all those first downs, I call that progress.

Q: You didn't tell your team to change their strategy for the second half?

A: You don't win games by changing strategies. If the team adjusted the offense it would embolden the Michigan players. They would think that we lacked the resolve to continue giving up unanswered touch downs. If we don't let the Wolverines sack Brady Quinn on the field today, they'll be sacking you in your kitchen tomorrow. Think about it.

Q: Rate you own performance. Did you prepare your team for the game?

A: If I could go back and do this game again, I would not change anything. The game was perfect. We lost because the referee lacked the resolve to keep the game going past sixty minutes. You don't win football games by stopping the game when you're behind.

Here's an example of real leadership, George, put down the Camus and give it a read.

Wah, waaaah!

What happened to TD Jesus yesterday?

Oh, and in case you didn't notice: BC 30 BYU 23

WE ARE...N.D.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish face the University of Michigan Wolverines tomorrow.

Cheer, cheer for Old Notre Dame, wake up the echoes cheering her name.

Send a volley cheer on high, Shake down the thunder from the sky.

What though the odds be great or small, Old Notre Dame will win over all,

While her loyal sons are marching Onward to victory.

GO IRISH!

Standing up For What's Really Important!

Florida State University To Phase Out Academic
Operations By 2010

September 14, 2006

SARASOTA, FL—Bowing to pressure
from alumni, students, and a majority of teaching professors of Florida State
University, athletic director Dave Hart Jr. announced yesterday that FSU would
completely phase out all academic operations by the end of the 2010 school year
in order to make athletics the school's No. 1 priority. "It's been clear for a
while that Florida State's mission is to provide the young men and women
enrolled here with a world-class football program, and this is the best way to
cut the fat and really focus on making us No. 1 every year," Hart said. "While
it's certainly possible for an academic subsidiary to bring a certain amount of
prestige to an athletic program, the national polls have made it that our
non-athletic operations have become a major distraction." FSU's
restructuring program will begin with the elimination of the College of Arts and
Sciences, effective October 15.
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Courtesy of The Onion News

Lou Dobbs is RIGHT...sort of.

Lou Dobbs says that patience with the progress in Iraq favors the enemy. This is true, since an insurgency need only avoid defeat to declare victory. That is why the "Stay the Course" policy is doomed to failure. However, Dobbs also faults Democrats for not being able to solve the Iraq mess, and suggests that they do not deserve votes until they offer a solution. This is pure distraction from the Republican's failures and it will be a key talking point for conservative surrogates for the next two months.

WE WON"T GET FOOLED AGAIN!

Notre Dame?

Jeeze!, I fall asleep and next thing you know this turns into a Notre Dame blog.

So how about those BC Eagles? It's too bad they don't still have the home and home with ND.

Rumsfeld Cooks the Books

It turns out that last month's improved death toll in Iraq was the product of creative accounting rather than improved stability or security.

Conservatives For a Democratic Majority

The Washington Monthly has a great series of essays by noted Conservatives who think that a politically divided government will benefit the United States. The authors are: Christopher Buckley, Bruce Bartlett, Joe Scarborough, William Niskanen, Bruce Fein, Jeffrey Hart, and Richard Vigueire. The Hart piece is particularly good, he's a senior editor at the National Review and was a speech writer for Reagan and Nixon. It's encouraging to see that traditional conservatives still exist and can articualte the shortcomings of the Republican congress and the Bush administration.