Ipse Dixit - Not A Lott To Say: Dodd doesn't have a lot to say about Trent Lott's recent gaffe,but it's well worth reading.

AMERICA THE BOOTYFULL:
Mad Kane - BushFoolery Alert 1 (Chartreuse): A new feature-franchise from Mad Kane, the Blogmistress of Comedy!

Chuck Simmins - Pearl Harbor: A timeless classic.

Utter Wonder - other things trent lott may or may not regret saying: Some classic almost-quotes from everybody's favorite Dauphin of the Senate. If Trent Lott were reincarnated as a centipede, he'd have 100 feet in his mouth by now.

The Road to Surfdom - Rightwing self-interest and the war on terror: A call for the Right to actually start fighting the war on terrorism instead of using it as an opportunity to tighten their hold on the reins of power. (Note to Department of VWRC Command: Watch this one closely. Put a wiretap on his dog.)

UNSUNG HEROES:
Sneakeasy's Joint - A Cop On The Take: There's only so much a man can take.

SEX, DRUGS, and KAISER ROLLS:
Plum Crazy - On Drugs And Crime: Drink your milk. Don't do drugs. Stay in school. Watch Mister T.

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE
Where Worlds Collide - Hooray For Prog-Rock!: Yes, hooray for progressive rock and how much greater it is than progressive scissors, but as we all know it's beaten by progressive paper. The Nation, anyone?

Kitchen Cabinet - Eddie Kooshi Kashi Kanna Tosenary Tosenohka Sammy Kammy Wacky Brown: Imagine trying to put that on a Gold Record platter.

I'M SUPER, THANKS FOR ASKING
Heretical Ideas - A Gay Cowboy Comic?: Calling George Hamilton! Calling George Hamilton!

NUMBNUTS NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH:
Eleven Day Empire - Morons On Parade: You! You! Canada! Out of the gene pool! Now!

Susskins Central Dispatch - A Prairie Home Colonoscopy: Fisking Garrison Keillor.

THE WATER WAR ON TERROR:
Everything Must Go - Investing in Teror: I wonder if we'll he hearing about a over-inflated Water Market equivalent to Enron collapsing from bankruptcy and bogus trades, bribing the White House, and its CEO trading letters with George Bush? Will George call him "Water Boy" ?

X-MAS MOMENTS:
A Small Victory - CNN: Brand name gifts are all the rage: A mother and daughter moment shared over the Christmas list and performing a heavy reality check upon it with a red marker. Well, at least Red is a festive color.