Betcha didn’t know Sarah Palin had a book! Oh, but she does! The NRCC told me so today. You see? It says that I can “Get Sarah Palin’s Book” right up there in the subject. So she has a book. It’s hers. It’s just that she didn’t…well…you already know the punchline.

Enjoy.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Chairman Tom Cole
Date: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Subject: Get Sarah Palin’s Book Today
To: Redacted

Redacted

Dear Brad:

Tonight’s debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden will show there has never been a more clear difference between the values of our Party versus the values of Barack Obama and the liberal Democrats.

A Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid team is just too risky a chance to take. That is why your immediate donation is needed today.

The momentum that started during the Republican convention at the beginning of September has continued to build. The presidential race is neck-and-neck and many congressional races around the country are too close to call.

And, hasn’t Governor Sarah Palin shown why she is a great pick for Vice President?

While on the campaign trail she has proved that our Party’s conservative values are not just rhetoric – Sarah Palin walks the walk.

She does that by talking common sense to Americans, and reaffirming their beliefs about what we need to do in Washington to change the direction of the country.

But we can’t send John McCain and Sarah Palin to the White House without support.

They need more Republicans in Congress who share their values and their views, and who will work with them to change the direction of the country.

To help raise funds for our efforts to elect Republicans to Congress, we ask that you make special campaign donation of $100, $150, $250 or whatever you can afford now by clicking here.

If you donate $150 or more now, we will send you a biography of Governor Palin titled SARAH: HOW A HOCKEY MOM TURNED ALASKA’S POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT UPSIDE DOWN as a token of our appreciation for your support

Let’s turn Washington upside down on November 4th and send more Republicans like Sarah Palin to Congress.

Sincerely,

Tom Cole, M.C.
Chairman

P.S. Your contribution of $250, $150, $100 or whatever you can afford, is needed as quickly as possible so we can build upon the momentum Governor Palin has created for our Party! We’ll send you a copy of the biography of Sarah Palin if you contribute $150 or more. But whatever you can give will be a huge help in the final weeks of the campaign. Please click here now to donate today.

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www.NRCC.org

A single voice crying in the wilderness (1)

What with my annual posting schedule, I’m set for just under the next two years. So long, suckers!

Howls of outrage (4)

Just snuck it in there.

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Sorry, this is just too rich to continue my non-blogging ways: the shit and piss is finally starting to fall on those cursed Iraqis. Mission accomplished! (Nod to Kevin Drum.)

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I love the following line (and especially the use of quotations) from this article, on the Russians’ bid for the Olympic Games:

Moscow fared worst of all, rebuked for a “lack of detailed planning” that made it “difficult for the Commission to evaluate the project.”

It’s so very Russia.

Alright, see ya’s again in 2006, everybody!

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For weeks after seeing Roman Polanski�s “The Pianist” I had no appetite. Sure, I ate, but distinctly absent was the feeling that I needed to. I experienced similar episodes after reading Solzhenitsyn, particularly The Gulag Archipelago and A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. But only now, on picking up David Hawk�s report, for the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, on the DPRK’s prison camps, have I begun to notice the effect these grim accounts have on my gastronomic interests.

Thus, I offer you the alternative to all those failed weight-loss schemes. So long Sugar Busters! So long Thigh-Master! So long Atkins! Hello Former Prisoner #12, Kyo-hwa-so Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province! Trim those extra pounds away without even lifting a finger! (Except, of course, to turn the page.) Just don�t forget to send a check, made payable to “The Brad Diet.”

(Warning: Prolonged adherence to The Brad Diet may lead to sudden loss of breath, nausea, impotency, arrhythmia and atrial fibrillation, laringospasm, and a deep, crippling depression.)

Nada (0)

Now thirteen days into my new job, I have noticed the following curious breakdown among my three staff colleagues:

Inky � 2.5 days out sick
Pinky � 1 day out sick
Stinky � 2 days out sick
(Compare: Brad � 0 days out sick)

Nevertheless, I insist that it is not the virus that spreads most like a virus in close office quarters such as mine, but rather URLs to supremely idiotic websites. So, courtesy of my having sold out as an academic to enter the more traditional (and substantially more lucrative) working establishment, I give you�Subservient Chicken. Enjoy!

Nada (0)

Hi, my name is Brad, and I’m a…I’m…I’m a blogophobe.

There, I said it. It feels much better to have that out in the open.

It seems I suffer from an affliction opposite of that which has befallen our dear friend Chris: whereas Chris is unable to stop blogging, I am unable to start. Allow me to illustrate:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhh!!!

See? I try to verbalize my thoughts, and that’s all that comes out! I’m fairly certain there’s cognitive activity present: the homunculus inhabiting my mind is at least conveying that much to me. Perhaps he needs an interpreter. Let’s try again:

Blaaaaaaaughhhhhhhhh!!

Yes, he definitely needs an interpreter.

Wait a second…there goes something. I hear I just got a job. It seems I also saw a couple good films in the past weeks. There’s that stalled dissertation thingie. And what’s this about a war?

It’s probably just a kick in the pants that’s needed. (And another for the homunculus, just to be safe.)

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