Well, ronin, you have ten more chances to win over the next ten days. But when will I post each day? No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition IMAO Contest Post!
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Archive of entries posted on 6th December 2004
You Have Money, We Speak!
Look at the exclusive speakers for Premiere Speakers Bureau – you might recognize a few names. Yeah, some are pricey, but worth it (I’ll have tips later for college kids on getting speaker funding). Oh, and one, Ben Shapiro, I know reads this site (Hey, Ben!). He’s going to try and do Harvard Law school while doing speaking engagements, so everyone book him so he’s so busy he fails law school. One less lawyer! Muh ha ha ha!
Super Huge Contest to Gratuitously Increase Traffic
You know how you guys annoy me to no end with commenting “First!” Well, until next Thursday, you could win a prize for it.
Premiere Speakers Bureau, the place to book speakers for all occasions, is running a promotion with IMAO to give away autographed books by some of your favorite right-wing authors. Each day (starting today and ending next Thursday), I’ll put up a special post and the first person to comment to it wins a book from these selections (yes, books autographed by Sean Hannity, Zell Miller, Oliver North, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Michael Reagan, and Neil Cavuto).
So, what are the rules? Well, I’m going to do a post about Premiere Speakers Bureau each day (this one doesn’t count), and the first person to comment wins BUT the comment cannot be “First!” I now hate that word. And, whatever word someone else won with is now an ineligible word. Also, when you post, you have to have an e-mail with it as I will contact you to get your name, address, phone number, and choice of book so your prize can be sent to you in time for Christmas (make sure you’ve posted before with your e-mail and “Remember Info” checked so you can be quick to the draw). You can only win once, too. And IMAO Employees and their immediate family are ineligible (so basically my family and SarahK’s).
Also, you can just go ahead and buy autographed books from here if you don’t feel like playing and want to get some good Christmas gifts.
The first chance to win will be later this night…
RARRRRRR!
Opinionjournal has just endorsed Scrappleface (“Do We Have Coattails?” item) in the weblog awards! One of my favorite blogging institution have turned against me, and they must pay big! I guess I’m “going to break with tradition” and tell everybody to e-mail Taranto (opinionjournal@wsj.com) with your full rage!
RARRR!
In better news, I’m going to announce a contest soon… a really cool one. Actually, someone will win a great prize by the end of the day. In fact, someone will win a prize everyday until next Thursday. Details real soon.
Remember to vote for IMAO; not only am I funny – you win great prizes!
Now what’s a great lie to tell about Taranto…
UPDATE: May have recruited a powerful friend to counter this endorsement. This could get interesting…
Oh yeah, the contest!
I Am Frank J. and No Other!
People are always using junk science to “prove” things like global warming, holes in the ozone, gravity, and that I’m actually Ted Rall. The latter is the worst of these, and even uses a phoney document to try and prove its point. If you look carefully at the typeface and spacing on that supposed memo, it’s obvious it doesn’t match up to any typewriter available in the late seventies. You’ll have to get the original mrmo and compare it to a New Courier document written in Word to see how it really came about.
Also, I wasn’t born until months after the memo is dated, but font analysis is more interesting.
Battle of the Babes
There is a play-by-play of the battle between SarahK and Risawn, with tons of other bloggers involved. I’m too lazy to link to it, so I’ll link to Michelle Malkin who linked to it.
So Do You Want a Medal or a Monument?
RightWingNews has its annual warblogger awards. I think it can best be summed up by, “Damn you, Scrappleface!”
I got second in humor, tied for fourth for best original content (which is nice), and didn’t place anywhere on best blogs. You mean, out of all the bloggers polled, there weren’t three who considered me a best blog?! I’ll kill everyone! If you here in the news of a serial killer taking out bloggers, that’s me!
Anyway, Misha lost his most annoying right-of-center blogger position decisively to Andrew Sullivan (who also placed for most annoying left of center blogger). Andrew Sullivan winning most overrated is ridiculous, though, since he has been bashed so much lately.
Anyway, congrats to sometimes guest blogger Ducky for placing on the best up and coming blogger.
As for Wizbang’s 2004 Weblog Awards, I’m in the lead now (good job, crack smokers), but it’s by less than a percentage point, so continue to vote each day (you can vote every 24 hours until voting closes Dec. 12th).
My endorsements for other categories are Harvey of Bad Example for Top 100-250 blogs, INDC Journal for Best New Blog, and The Flying Space Monkey for Best of the Top 500 – 1000 Blogs since I was properly bribed. I’ll still accept bribes for more endorsements. I guess I’ll throw my support for free behind Blackfive who is neck and neck with Citizen Smash for Best Military Blog (they both really deserve it, though).
More humor to come… but only if you vote!
Usually Malware Is Accidentally Downloaded, But Sometimes You Pay Good Money for It
I’ve having enough trouble setting up my new computer, and guess what I found yesterday when I walked into my den? Gremlins! They were all over my new Dell, and I was like, “What in the world are you doing? The thing is already loaded with Microsoft software! I even use IE for my browser and Outlook for my mail; what in the world are you guys going to do?”
“Nothing worse than that,” one of the Gremlins said before they all sulked off.
Stupid Gremlins.
In My World: Cleaning Up the U.N.
Bush looked over the back of the Declaration of Independence carefully. “So where is that treasure map?”
Laura Bush snatched it from his hands. “What did I tell you about playing with historical documents? I’m taking this back to the National Archives.”
“Aww,” Bush moaned as Laura walked away. He then picked up his phone. “Frist, where’s that intelligence bill?”
“We’re still working on it.”
“What! What’s the use of a majority if they don’t do what I tell them? You shape up, or I’ll find some other Congress to do my bidding!” Bush hung up. “Now I’m bored.”
Bush spotted Scott McClellan walking by. “Hey, Scott; what’s happening in the world?”
“Well… uh… there is the oil for food scandal at the U.N.”
“Great idea!” Bush exclaimed as he sat up. “Let’s clean up the U.N.” Bush opened up a closet revealing a large number of baseball bats. He picked one up. “Here, you pick one, Scott.”
“Uh… okay,” Scott said dubiously as he took a bat.
Bush poked Scott in the stomach with his bat. “That’s a bat for playing baseball with, dumbass! Get a beating bat.” Bush then handed Scott a new bat.
“So what are we going to do with these bats?” Scott asked.
“You’re so dumb,” Bush answered as he headed out of the office, “Now let’s find Rumsfeld.”
Rumsfeld was nearby using a phone and shouting, “I want the insurgents dead! DEAD! You should be killing them now! …You’re not killing them; you’re talking to me!”
“Hey, Rummy, can we borrow your dog?” Bush asked.
“Yes! Just stop bothering me!”
“Deal! Chomps, grab your U.N. helmet.”
Chomps grabbed his blue peacekeeper helmet, flipped it in the air, and caught it on his head. He then growled at whatever he suspected he’d be angry at soon.
Bush, Scott, and Chomps headed for the door, but were soon spotted by Laura. “Quick, Scott, use your spin powers so she doesn’t get suspicious.”
“What are you two doing with baseball bats and Rumsfeld’s angry dog?” Laura questioned.
“Uh… we’re going to play baseball at the park,” Scott answered.
“But those look like beating bats to me… as evidenced by the blood stains on them,” Laura said suspiciously.
“No, we… uh… painted them with splashes of red… which all the cool kids are doing now.”
“Then why does Chomps have his U.N. peacekeeper helmet?”
“He’s using that as a baseball helmet.”
“And why don’t you two have helmets?”
“We’re– uh– much less safety conscious than Chomps..”
Laura tried to stare down Scott. “Okay, but I’m going to keep my eye on you two!” She then walked off.
“Good job, Scott,” Bush said, “Now let’s go smash!”
“Smash! Smash! Smash!” Bush yelled as he swung his bat around and smashed stuff in the U.N. “You smash stuff too!” he told Scott.
“Okay,” Scott said as he dubiously hit stuff with his bat. “Hey! This is fun!”
“You look suspicious to me!” Bush yelled at one U.N. delegate. He then raised his bat. “You get out of the U.N.!” The man ran away in fear. “This place is filled with lackeys of dictators.”
“What are you doing?” Kofi Annan demanded.
“We’re cleaning up the U.N., Coffee,” Bush told him. He then picked up a paperweight off a desk and threw it at a window, shattering it. “And we do windows!”
“We’ll see about that!” Kofi answered, “Kojo!”
A large man entered the room. “I am Kojo!” he yelled, “The U.N. exists for Kojo to make money. You smash U.N., then you fight Kojo. I am Kojo.”
“I’ll smash you good!” Bush yelled as he ran at Kojo and swung his bat. The bat smashed to pieces against Kojo.
Kojo laughed. “You cannot smash Kojo! I am Kojo!”
“Well, then,” Bush said, backing up, “I think it’s time for Kojo to meet Cujo.”
Chomps then leapt at Kojo with a vicious growl.
“No! Kojo no like being bit by angry dog! I am Kojo!”
“Now that’s some good peacekeeping, Chomps,” Bush chuckled.
“You cannot come in here and maul my son with your dog!” Kofi shouted.
“I can do whatever I want; I’m a newly reelected American president,” Bush answered, “Isn’t that right, Scott.”
“Well, you were reelected, but I’m not sure that gives you legal authority to…”
“Shut up, Scott,” Bush interrupted, “Anyway, Coffee, you better stop the U.N. from being so inept and corrupt!”
“Never!” Kofi shouted defiantly.
“Scott, smash him with your bat,” Bush ordered.
“Uh… I don’t know about smashing people. You see…” Suddenly something hit Scott’s bat. It was a shuriken stuck inside it.
“Oh no!” Bush shouted, “It’s the Chinese delegation to U.N. – evil Chinese Commie ninjas! Cheese it!”
Bush and Scott then ran away with ninjas in hot pursuit.
“So, did Bush and you go to the U.N. to smash things with baseball bats, even mauling Kofi Annan’s son with an angry dog, until you were chased away by Chinese ninjas?” a reporter asked.
“Do you know how ridiculous that sounds?” Scott scoffed.
“Does America face a kung fu gap with the Chinese?” Melinda Hawkish of FOX News asked.
“That’s insane,” Scott answered, “Our kung fu is superior to theirs.”
“Then do a flying dragon punch,” Melinda challenged.
“Uh… later. My back is acting up.”
Melinda then leapt up behind the podium and got Scott in a headlock while twisting his wrist. “It’s obvious the Bush administration’s kung fu is weak,” Melinda said to her camera, “This is a FOX News exclusive.”
“Ow! Doesn’t this go against journalistic standards?” Scott whined.
The crowd of reporters laughed at the sound of the phrase “journalistic standards.”
“I hate you guys.”
