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I’d really hoped I wouldn’t have to be the one to say it. I’m busy today. And I don’t like admitting that I… I… occasionally watch “American Idol.” So I waited a day, fully expecting to see at least a mention… it’s a small thing, but you’d think someone would’ve said something… […]

There’s a furor a-brewing over at Atrios’ place. It seems that radio host Michael Graham appeared on Hardball and defended Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan’s witty quip about wanting to smack Jason Kidd’s wife. Graham’s explanation? “I found the line a joke. It was a joke. It was just an off the […]

… Hits Dems in Solar Plexus: How it Affects Us
“More than 50 House Democrats were holed up in a motel across the state line in Ardmore, Oklahoma, out of reach of state police, whom the House’s Republican majority has ordered to bring them back to Austin. The Democrats are hoping to thwart what they […]

I won’t have too much time to post today, as I’ll be extremely busy with the 52nd Street Project’s annual benefit.
However, I thought I’d share with you the fruits of my first efforts at campaign iconography.
It’s been brought to my attention that in today’s fast-paced world, merely speaking to the issues surrounding […]

Washington, Saturday (F.A. Wire) - The Bush administration announced today that it would sell Microsoft the rights to the sought-after “WMD” acronym. A Microsoft spokesperson said that the name would immediately be applied to its new “Windows Media Disc” file format.
“We weren’t using it anyway,” said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. Mr. Fleischer […]

OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian parliamentarian nominated President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair for the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, praising them for winning the war in Iraq .
‘Sometimes it’s necessary to use a small and effective war to prevent a much more dangerous war in […]

Friends, Americans, Countrymen;
It’s with great pleasure and a sense of duty that I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of President of the United States of America.
It won’t be an easy campaign; I’m not a “front-runner,” I don’t possess a lot of “name recognition,” I don’t really have any “money.” But what […]

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Mitch Daniels, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, told the Bush administration Tuesday he will resign, marking the latest exit by one of President Bush’s economic advisers…
…No reason for the departure was given, but administration officials have said Daniels was considering running for governor in Indiana. […]

The Forum has returned! Long live the Forum!
Stop on by to give it a try, whether ye be new to it or ye be one of the poor regulars who’ve been huddled up on its unwelcoming cyber-doorstep this past week. Let me know if it works for you.
And once again, a huge thank-you […]

Well, some is revealed. Here, then, are the answers to some of the questions you had for F.A. I may get to more of ‘em sometime soon, so keep ‘em coming.

Q. Where do you get your ideas?
A. Ideas are inevitable when you’re subjected to as much nearly-useless raw material (commonly known […]