The Tedder P. Schoenhopfer Policy Exchange

Evvie, sometimes my computer says that I haven’t read the comments when I have. Then it works again. It isn’t just your computer.

In yet another orchestrated move to avoid accountability to the media, the White House is refusing to meet with the well-known Kazakh reporter, Borat.

Borat arrives for a screening of his movie at the Toronto International Film Festival

When you tell someone they look good when you know they don’t, or that the cake is good when it is really dry, or when you are giving a patient a placebo, is that a lie? If so I lie a lot.

By fortunate coincidence, I will be able to see a solar eclipse tomorrow morning here in Port of Spain, Trinidad. We leave for the airport at 5:45 a.m., approximately a 25-minute drive, and the solar eclipse reaches its peak at 5:57 a.m. Clear skies are predicted in this tropical Caribbean nation.

Here is a graphic from a website that tracks eclipses. It shows the max extent to which the sun will be eclipsed in Port of Spain:

#1: a quote from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). The WHO recently endorsed increasing use of DDT to combat malaria. Sen. Coburn, I swear to you, prepared the following quote of the year:

“Finally, with the W.H.O.’s unambiguous leadership on the issue, we can put to rest the junk science and myths that have provided aid and comfort to the real enemy — mosquitoes.”

#2: a funny letter to Miss Manners. I included her answer for the sake of completeness, but it’s the letter that is important.

Dear Miss Manners:

My girlfriend puts bacon bits on her salad, something I find disgusting. I tell her this is “gross.” She says it is rude of me to comment negatively about her food. I say this is not rude of me, that I think it is gross even though she doesn’t. Please help us settle this.

What is gross here is your putting your nose into someone else’s salad. Miss Manners would say that the lady erred only in not going far enough. Even monitoring what others eat is rude, much less commenting on it. Even more serious an etiquette travesty is your assumption that thinking something justifies saying it.

I don’t know if anyone else is interested, but I always love a good Tom Cruise conspiracy theory. Here’s the latest: Katie Holmes was actually pregnant much sooner than they let on, by her ex, Chris Klein. She gave birth a few months before she said she did and then wore a fake pregnancy bump for the last three months. That’s why they didn’t show any pictures of the baby for several months, because after that you can’t really tell what age the baby is. Also, there are no birth records and they won’t say where the baby was born. As one person describes, Katie “swelled up all over about three months before the ‘birth,’ vanished for about a week, then reappeared with her arms and legs all skinny, and a giant fake-looking belly. Shopping for SHOES, which no term woman would do mere days before giving birth.”

Another interesting thing is that Scientologists have been posting all these comments on the speculating websites talking about how “gorgeous” the baby is, how the speculation is crazy, etc. Apparently they all use very similar language so it’s really obvious it’s a coordinated effort.

I’ll be looking for more links, but for now:
http://janetcharltonshollywood.com/gossip/conspiracy/conspiracy_theory_20060906.php

Read this article. It will be worth your time. The story is weird, funny, and scary all rolled into one. And it’s true.

Jenny purchased a second cradle for her PocketPC. The text says “Charge and synchronize your iPAQ.” Sounds good, doesn’t it? You’d assume that it comes with the little AC Adapter to plug it into the wall, wouldn’t you? A necessary part for its usage? BWAA-HA-HA-HA-HA! You’d be wrong.

HEY HEWLETT-PACKARD: THIS IS A BLATANTLY FALSE AND DECEPTIVE RIP-OFF, YOU PATHETIC THIEVES.

It is Uncle Randy’s 50th birthday today.

A good place to post some political stuff as the election draws nearer.

Good news for Democrats: Katherine Harris won the Republican primary in Florida. Not only is there a high percentage chance that Democratic Senator Bill Nelson will win re-election, but the GOP’s fear is that Dems will turn out in big numbers as anti-Harris and anti-GOP votes.

The poll let me vote twice. Probably because I am the oldest. I won’t tell you what I voted for.

OK the posts have been limited to deceased beloved pets and awful things that our government has gotten away with. Is there nothing else?

I have a new shop!

I don’t have any homework!

I have lost 7.5 lbs. and still have 11 points to blow!

Kyle has only gotten into 2 fender benders! No one injured!

Maggie is working in a prison!

Linda has made it through her first week of college-not-living-in-a-dorm