Thursday QF6 (5/27/04)

Gotta blog quick today because I have a date with the Leadership CdA class at 10:30 to explain, and I quote: What do you do? How do you choose what you cover? And what makes news? Answers: 1. Annoy people; 2. It chooses me; and 3. Anything that makes me say: Ya gotta be kiddin' me. I'll polish those answers by 10:30. Meanwhile, I have to feed the blog monster. Here's your Thursday moanin' Quick Fix Six:

1. Mariner fans will appreciate cartoonist Steve Benson's work today as he provides a Political 'Toon Fix.

2. Conan targeted Dubya last night with this squib: "It’s being reported that President Bush is having second thoughts about having the Republican National Convention in Manhattan. Turns out he didn’t know that Manhattan was in New York City." Here's your Late Night Fix.

3. And The Lefties Want to Turn Iraq Over to Them? A book by three current and former U.N. employees sez U.N. missions have more on their agenda than peace-keeping -- like, say, for example, booze-soaked orgies. Another U.N. scandal is looming as No Holds Barred presents a Corrupt UN Fix.

4. And speaking of nuts, Al Gore gave aid and comfort to the enemy in a rant yesterday before the radical MoveOn.orgites who have compared Dubya to Hitler. A nation divided can't stand, particularly in a time of war. But the Lefties, with fire cover from their brothers and sisters in the national media, know no shame. Here's your fix from the Hate America First Crowd.

5. For centuries, brave American men and women have been dying for the cause of our freedom. And most of them died without much fanfare. World mag tells a few of the stories of those who have fallen in Iraq for our Iraq War Fix.

6. "Taxpayers funding Washington's $20,000-per-household budget have long known they are not getting their money's worth. Farm subsidies are among the most wasteful uses of taxpayer dollars," sez The Heritage Foundation. Yet, we keep throwing money at the problem. Here's your Pork Barrel Fix.

*Wesley J. Smith of National Review On Line opines on that assisted-suicide ruling involving neighbor Oregon here.

*The Wall Street Journal talks of the new evidence linking Iraq to al Qaida here.

*Max Boot of the L.A. Times offers a reality check for those still in denial that we're at war here.

*Firebrand Ann Coulter sez the anti-war media have found their Tet offensive to lie about in the grim Abu Ghraib prisoner scandal here.