Wednesday Quick Fix Six (4/28/04):

The sun is shining amidst the clouds overhead, and we're headed for a coupla days of good weather here in Coeur d'Alene, which means "heart of an awl," whatever that means. Mebbe "small-hearted" because French trappers thought the Coeur d'Alene Indians were shrewd traders. On the other hand, small-hearted seems to fit our elected city officials nowadays. Here's your fixes:

1. I know we run Bruce Tinsley's Mallard Fillmore strip in the classified now. And you might have seen the one I'm about to show you. But it's worth a second look. Here's your Political 'Toon Fix.

2. Again, No Holds Barred turns to Jay Leno for a chuckle: "Spain has withdrawn its troops, or troop from Iraq. The new prime minister said that putting Spanish citizens in Iraq was senseless and dangerous. Unlike running with the bulls." Here's your Late Night Fix.

3. In America, we have Rush, Sean, the Washington Times and other conservative media to provide the rest of the story ignored by the national media; in the Middle East, they have al-Iraqiya. Here's your Truth Shall Set You Free Fix.

4. If you can't make 'em be good, pay 'em to be good. In an unprecedented move, the University of Maryland is offering football coach Ralph Friedgen a $50,000 bonus if he can get thru the next season without his players getting arrested or causing the university embarrassment. Here's your Novel Idea Fix.

5. Bonnie Diehl's Gen-W blog site is a must-see for photos of that Not-So-Great Pro-Abortion march on D.C. last week. You get photos of cuh-razy statements made by the disciples of NARAL, plus Bonnie's acerbic comments. Here's your Reality Check Fix.

6. Don't look now, but liberal James Ridgeway of the Village Voice is challenging the Demos to wake up and draft someone other than uninspiring J. Flipflop Kerry as their prez wannabe. Here's your Flipflop Fix.

--A Promise Keepers survey shows that only 60 percent of Christian men are "marginally satisfied" with their church here.

--A Rassmussen poll reveals that U.N. favorability ratings are dropping like a rock with only 38 percent of respondents providing a thumbs up here.

--Good ol' Hillary Clinton; her husband couldn't defend us against terrorism, but that doesn't stop her from shooting her mouth off to the Arab press about how Dubya's undercutting Middle East stability. At another time, she'd be viewed as a traitor. But such talk is now par for the course from her side of the aisle. Click here.

--Matt Drudge reports that Flipflop spent more than $1,000 to have his hair touched up prior to appearing on "Meet the Press" here.

--And here's some good commentary for ya: Ben Shapiro (Pat Tillman), Dick Morris (Republican convention), Michelle Malkin (Ashley Judd pro-choice march) and Jonah Goldberg (Medalgate).