Wednesday Quick Fix Six (3/31/04):

We start again. The insatiable blog needs to be fed. But first a weather report from viewtiful Coeur d'Alene. Cloudy. But the sun is trying to break through (which describes the efforts of local folks trying to get inside the thick skulls of our City Council to preserve Sanders Beach: one of the three great beaches on Coeur d'Alene's North Shore). Onward:

1. Hate to start your day with this one ... but The Drudge Report provides a graphic illustration of the kinds of animals we're dealing with in the Middle East. Islamic extremists burned and mutilated the bodies of four foreign nationals in Fallujah, including one American. Your Middle East upchuck fix is here.

2. Despite the best efforts of opportunistic Richard Clarke and the media-ocrity, the public still pins blame for the current 9-11 controversy on (drum roll, puh-lease) -- Slick Willie. Find your morning polling fix here.

3. Things haven't been going well for Iraqi weightlifter Khadom Sharif Hassan since he used a sledgehammer to help topple that statue of So-Damn Insane a year ago. Now, he's singing the Baghdad Jailhouse Blues. Your Iraq feature fix can be found here.

4. In an editorial, the Washington Times (www.washtimes.com, which all conservatives should bookmark) wonders when the National Education Association is going to come clean about its political expenditures. Click here.

5. From burglars to murderers, people are confessing their crimes and changing their lives after seeing Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. Your Passion fix is here.

6. Everything you ever wanted to know about the "outsourcing" boogeyman but were afraid to ask is provided by the Village Voice here.

--Tony Blankley of the Washington Times sez J. Flipflop Kerry shares a trait with Thomas Dewey that is potentially fatal: sheer unlikeability. Click here.

--Dick Morris of New York Post On Line argues that the Richard Clarke hubbub helped Dubya here.

--Michelle Malkin takes a closer look at left-wing thuggery here.

--Ruben Navarrette Jr. of the Seattle Times supports Dubya's wildly unpopular immigration proposals here.