And it is, it is a Glorious Thing to be a Pirate King!
Nothing that I could write about Orrin Hatch’s computer-smashing frenzy could rival the sublimely hilarious revelation that his website uses pirated software. Yes, according to Wired News, when Senator Hatch dispatches his terrifying, futuristic squad of helmeted goons to seek out and destroy the pirates’ equipment, the first thing they’ll do is spin 180 degrees and head for Orrin’s own desk.
I, for one, am uplifted by the image of Orrin Hatch, backing defensively towards his computer, desperately yelling at the approaching enforcers, “No! No! You can’t! I created you!”
Break Out the Purple Hearts
President Bush suffered a minor muscle tear in his calf in late April, Deputy White House Spokesman Scott McClellan said Friday [CNN].” What I enjoy most about this story is how carefully the White House is making sure to avoid any suggestion that the President’s injury might have been sustained or aggravated while unthinkingly leaping onto (and falling off of) a powered-down Segway scooter last week. That sure looked painful. But no, it’s a “”typical runners’ injury” that an “athlete will suffer from time to time.”
Then, of course, there’s the wonderful irony of a little Presidential anatomical confusion in the accompanying picture:
[”The pain’s right here, Doc, in my calf.”]
Fanny Roborat
8 comments
Chicory
June 20, 2003 at 4:08 pm
1WOOSH! Slam-dunk! The kid scores again!!!
sue
June 20, 2003 at 4:36 pm
2Adam, Orrin Hatch would be the first to tell you there IS a God!! Wouldn’t it just be a delicious little scenario? Excellent posting to end the week.
tim
June 20, 2003 at 6:41 pm
3Here’s another one that writes itself. Did you read about the latest Missile Defense Agency test?
Children around the nation will be handing their parents their report cards with F’s all over them and saying, “Mom and Dad, according to the Pentagon, I had a very successful school year!”
Murray
June 20, 2003 at 7:18 pm
4There seem to be a lot of satire proof people around. How can you do a better job than they do? The best you can do is just quote them. You sure don’t want to misunderestmate them.
Julie
June 20, 2003 at 7:24 pm
5I just love that the site is called “Exploring Utah”. Enough said.
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Hatch takes down link to porn Web site
By ROBERT GEHRKE
Associated Press Writer
¶ WASHINGTON (AP) _ When Orrin Hatch’s “Exploring Utah” Web page boasted about his state’s natural wonders, he didn’t have in mind the photos of bare-breasted women that constituents saw when they clicked on the page’s Utah-related search engine.
¶ Hatch spokesman Adam Elggren said the senator’s office found out about the errant Web link late Thursday and had it fixed a few hours later.
¶ It appears to be the latest case of “porn-napping” _ an increasingly common form of cybersquatting where pornographic Web site operators snatch lapsed domain names from other companies, said Rick Broadhead, who is writing a book about cyberspace screw-ups.
¶ In this case, Hatch’s Web site featured a link to a Utah-related search engine whose registration renewal seems to have slipped through the cracks. So on May 14, the address was snatched up by Tim Bach of New Britain, Conn., according to a search of Internet site registrations. Bach could not be reached for comment.
¶ For at least a week and possibly more than a month, anyone clicking on the link from Hatch’s site were shown dozens of photos of “Huge natural …”, you know.
Farberwear
June 21, 2003 at 1:05 pm
6Completely unmentioned of late is the fact that Hatch was a paid consultant to Napster. Why is this not making the news?
tony
June 23, 2003 at 3:24 pm
7looks like bush’s sock slipped out of his underwear, and he is trying to readjust it.
max
June 30, 2003 at 6:48 pm
8“My liver! My liver!”
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