Vote away. I think this will get more interesting as we learn more about the candidates, though. Maybe I should try and interview some since I now have political interviewing skillz.

The Gamestop at our mall had a whole bunch of Dubya-2 boxes stacked up in their storefront window. Having a husband who would elect me Wife of the Year and Queen of the Universe were I to wrap up a Dubya-2 and put it under the Christmas tree this year, I got hesitantly excited. I knew that it was false advertising, but I decided to ask anyway, because I would have regretted it if I didn’t.
SARAHK [in underwhelmed voice]: Do y’all actually have Wiis?
CLERK [very casually]: Oh no.
SARAHK: Oh. Because, see, you have the boxes all stacked up in the window, so… it’s just, that’s very deceptive.
He had no comment. Had moved on to fiddling with a display. Was ignoring me. There’s a word for that store and that deceptive Dubya-2 display.
Starts with a W. Ends with an anker.

IMAO has once again ranked in Right Wing News’s Warblogger Awards, coming in behind Scrappleface for best humor blog (Scott Ott already came over to steal my thunder) but also tying for 11th for best overall blog.
I like the idea of the Warblogger Awards in that you have bloggers voting on the best blog; it’s sort of like the Academy Award in that it’s voted on by peers. Unfortunately, John Hawkins didn’t get as much participation in the voting this year, and something has to be done to drum it up and increase participation next year to make it have more prestige.
As for the Weblog Awards, I would think the people voting in most categories probably hasn’t actually seen all the blogs (I know I haven’t). For that to be more worthwhile with the unlimited internet voting, they should adopt an American Idol model and force you to at least sample all the talent before voting. Not sure how to do that, but why do I have to solve all the world’s problems?

Smooth move, dumbass:

“Can you say that this is the same level, when they are aspiring to have nuclear weapons, as America, France, Israel and Russia?” he said, adding that those countries had nuclear weapons but they did not threaten any one with it.
The prime minister said that the difference was that those countries were “cultured nations” who did not threaten the world’s principles with nuclear destruction.

Not that anybody’s surprised, of course.
So, folks, now that the cat’s out fo the bag, who gets nuked first?

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Last week, we got a new refrigerator.

See what’s missing?
That’s right: refrigerator magnets!
Sure, we could just re-use the old ones, but I’m thinking we need some new ones.
What better way to select new ones that to put on an open call for bloggers and podcasters to shamelessly plug their branded refrigerator magnets.
Details of the Refrigerator Magnet Project as well as commentspace for proposed refrigerator magnets are here.
Now, if people want to send me freebies, that’s fine by me. But I’ve set a budget for this project and I’m perfectly willing to pay reasonable prices for interesting and diverse fridge magnets that will represent the blogosphere or podosphere. (Especially blogs and podcasts up for Wizwhore Awards, Frank… hint hint.)

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Rumor (with some confirmation) has it that Hamas, enemy of America and Israel, met with another enemy of America and Israel: the Democratic Party… and we all know that rumors always end up to be one hundred percent true. I guess after the Democrats’ big win in November, Hamas was thinking they could learn something from the Democrats. I wonder how that idea exchange went…

HAMAS: We want kill jooooos! You help!
DEMOCRATS: Well, we have a big problem in Iraq. Our solution to that is to raise the minimum wage. Have you tried that?
HAMAS: Uh… how would that help?
DEMOCRATS: Also, you may want to turn public opinion against the Jews. Next time they assassinate your leadership, say that that was just a tax cut for the rich.
HAMAS: I’m not following…
DEMOCRATS: And if the Jews pass more legislation against suicide bombing, hammer them for limiting your right to choose.
HAMAS: I’m thinking this might have been a mistake.

Then again, with how good the Democrats are at convincing people to surrender on major conflicts, maybe some good will come of this.

(Via Fark)
Five pillars, eighteen wheels, and seventy-two virgins… could he be any more obvious?

A truck-driving student is in custody in Boston after raising suspicions when he wasn’t interested in learning how to back up his rig.
WLVI-TV (Ch. 56) reported last night that the would-be trucker is a 28-year-old Muslim from India and had overstayed his visa. An investigation is under way to see whether there is any connection between his unusual behavior and a terrorism plot. Federal authorities were alerted by instructors at the Nationwide Tractor Trailer Driving School in Smithfield, R.I., WLVI reported.
The student was described as a resident of New York, with driver’s licenses from New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island.

But here’s the dumb part:

“Every indicator was there,” R.I. State Police Major Steve O’Donnell told WLVI. “Any one of these things alone is fine, but four or five together . . . “

That’s right. Never mind the multiple drivers licenses or overstaying your visa. Those, on their own, are perfectly fine in the United States. Nothing to see here. Please drive through.
And being a Muslim, well, that’s just wonderful. Nothing wrong with that on it’s own. We’re not haters here, you know.
But for God’s sake, don’t truckers in Rhode Island need to learn how to back the truck up?
If it had been some white English-speaking citizen with one driver’s license from Rhode Island not wanting to learn how to back his truck up, would that have been fine?

Q: Why did the Seattle-Tacoma Airport put up Christmas trees and not menorahs for the holiday season?

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Everyone who preordered Chronicles of Dubya should get it soon as they were all mailed out on Saturday. The very first order was to an APO of someone heading soon to Iraq, so hopefully it will get there in time. You really don’t want to go to Iraq without my book. I might even give a free copy to my brother and Patriot Xeno when they get their commission on Friday (everyone else, including my family, has to pay full price).
I tried my best to make each autographed copy special, and everyone has a different message written by me (and maybe some different hand-drawn art). I realize I don’t always give enough props to my regular readers and commenters, so I thought this was a good time to show reader appreciation. Also, since the extra money people are paying for the autograph goes to support the troops, there is a lot of pressure on me to give good autographs or otherwise I’m letting our country down. I hope you love what I did when you get them.
I see Amazon and Barnes and Noble have pages up for the book but won’t have them in stock in time for Christmas. Still, I want to remind you of the advantages of ordering direct from NTM Publishing. First, we give you discount prices (especially on multiple orders). Second, it’s the only place to get a signed copy. Third, as those who ordered will soon see, each book is packaged with love by SarahK and hand labeled as such on the box. Finally and most importantly, buying direct puts more money in our pocket, and, the more money I earn, the more time I can devote to blogging.
Well, tell me when you get your copies and what you think. I’ve been wanting to put up a picture of the back cover because I think it’s pretty cool, but I guess it will be a surprise now for everyone who ordered. Also, after you get the book, please put up a nice review on Amazon so everyone knows it’s the best book ever.
Hmm. If you click on my name there, apparently I wrote a number of books on mathematics. I don’t remember that at all, so I must have been totally high when I did it.
Anyway, if you want your books in time for Christmas, order soon. We have another shipment of books coming in, so, unlike certain video game console manufacturers, we should be able to meet demand without any hiccups.

According to this story, our allies, the British, are afraid to use the phrase “war on terror.” HT: RightWingNews
I guess this means, to paraphrase FDR (Not Churchill, who BTW was British),

“The British have nothing to be terrorized by but the terrorists who are offended by the phrase ‘terror’, themselves.”

What to call it then?
‘The War on naughty people who want to destroy Western civilization from within or without?’
‘The War on those who don’t like the word “terror'”
‘The War against people, whom we need to hurry up and surrender to before we make them really super angry and they want to kill us all, like twice instead of just once like they do now.’
Nah, I’m good with plain ol’ “WAR ON TERROR”, its simple and effective. And knowing it offends those who would defend the terrorists is a super nice bonus.
If you are one of those who is offended by the phrase “WAR ON TERROR”, please, please, please see the extended entry.

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I saw Tom DeLay on FOX News this morning talking about his new blog. IMAO is already on his blogroll (I notice Instapundit didn’t make the list, probably because Tom DeLay heard about Glenn Reynolds’s puppy smoothies and, in his current position, has to be careful who he associates with). This makes him the smartest politician I know. Thus, I’m going to give him some free advice.
Now, conservative bloggers feel they are often ignored by the Republican leadership because those guys are too old and stodgy to pay attention to some pajama-clad rabble. Thus, bloggers are going to be suspicious of someone who came from that same group. I think Tom DeLay could quickly gain acceptance with just a little change to his site. Right now, it’s pretty bare as it’s just black and white text and nothing else. Now, there’s nothing wrong with that as it’s perfectly fine for a blog to just focus on content and many successful blog aren’t pretty to look at. Still, why not add a picture of himself to make the blog a little friendlier looking? And I know the perfect picture: his mugshot.
I’m completely serious here. There would be a number of advantages to him using his mugshot on his blog without comment. First, it’s a great photo of him. The Democrats looked silly trying to use it in a fundraising e-mails because, by appearance, he was much more trustworthy than them. Second, using his mugshot as his blog photo would show he has a good sense of humor about something that’s going to be the first thing on mind to many bloggers, and being able to joke about yourself earns you huge points in the blogosphere. Finally, it will really anger the liberal bloggers, and anything that makes those bloggers screech at you and shake their tiny fists in impotent rage wins good publicity from conservative bloggers.
So, there’s my advice, take it or leave it. I don’t know much about being a politician or legal affairs, but I do know blogs.
Welcome to the blogosphere!
UPDATE:
A picture has been added, but not the one I recommended. And, frankly, it’s not as good a picture.