Susan Estrich Rebuts

Estrich has a hit list. Kinsley's days are numbered. Larry Summers' too.

Once women hear them, even one woman standing up -- with her friends around her and a couple of Rolaids at the ready -- can make them eat those words. That is what I want to teach my daughter. Given the state of women today, it is the most important lesson I can offer her, even if my stomach is killing me right now.

With all this bellyaching and the two packs of unfiltered Raleighs a day, no wonder her stomach is killing her.

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Kronology updates us on Robert Byrd, the senior senator from West Virginia who keeps going . . . and going . . . and going.

Has it been too long?

I don't think so. Not with such floor statements as --

A majority of pet owners do believe their pets to be family members. That is the way I look at my little dog, my little dog Billy-Billy Byrd. I look at him as a family member. When he passes away, I will shed tears. I know that. He is a little white Maltese Terrier. As a pet owner and dog lover, I know exactly what that lady means, and so did millions of other dog lovers who could never even fathom such an act.

For my wife and me, Billy Byrd is a key part of our lives at the Byrd House in McLean. He brings us great joy and wonderful companionship. As I said on this floor just a few months ago, if I ever saw in this world anything that was made by the Creator’s hand that is more dedicated, more true, more faithful, more trusting, more undeviant than this little dog, I am at a loss to state what it is. Such are the feelings of many dog owners.

Dogs have stolen our hearts and made a place in our homes for thousands of years. Dogs fill an emotional need in man and they have endured as our close companions. They serve as guards and sentries and watchdogs; they are hunting companions. Some, like Lassie and Rin Tin Tin, have become famous actors. But mostly, these sociable little creatures are valued especially as loyal comforters to their human masters. Petting a dog can make our blood pressure drop. Try it. Our heart rate slows down. Try it. Our sense of anxiety diminishes, just goes away. Researchers in Australia have found that dog owners have a lower risk of heart disease, lower blood pressure, and lower cholesterol levels than those people who do not own dogs. Researchers in England have demonstrated that dog owners have far fewer minor health complaints than those people without a dog. Our dogs are about the most devoted, steadfast companions that the Creator could have designed. They are said to be man’s best friend and, indeed, who can dispute it?

The affection that a dog provides is not only unlimited, it is unqualified, unconditional. A faithful dog does not judge its owner, it does not criticize him or her, it simply accepts him or her; it accepts us as we are, for who we are, no matter how we dress, no matter how much money we have or don’t have, and no matter what our social standing might be or might not be. No matter what happens, one’s dog is still one’s friend.

A long, frustrating day at work melts into insignificance-gone-with the healing salve of warm, excited greetings from one’s ever faithful, eternally loyal dog.

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CBS plans tribute to Dan Rather

Rather, 73, will talk about last fall’s ill-fated “60 Minutes Wednesday” story about President Bush’s military service, said Susan Zirinsky, the show’s executive producer. CBS fired the story’s producer and asked for the resignations of three executives because it could not authenticate documents used in the story.

In a 60 minute tribute (minus 18 minutes for Metamucil, Cialis and Depends commercials), that should be just enough time for "Well, Mary's a great gal, and we thought it was a tight story. Tight as a tick. Spandex tight. Other than that, well . . . I'm just sorry it turned out to be shakier than cafeteria Jell-O."

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No Charges Filed Against Cosby.

The alleged victim, who lives in Ontario, Canada, initially reported the alleged incident on January 13 to police in Durham, Ontario, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Toronto. She alleged that Cosby gave her some medication that made her feel dizzy, then fondled her. She said she later woke up to find her bra undone and her clothes in disarray.

Now the Montgomery County police have more time to investigate allegations that Cosby slipped a mickie to this promising young actor, fondling his breasts as well.

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Estrich accuses Kinsley of gender discrimination; Kinsley accuses Estrich of being mental

The article last Sunday was penned by a feminist-hater I have never heard of, nor probably have you, by the name of Charlotte Allen. Her only book was about Jesus and religion written eight years ago, and as far as I can tell what she does is to edit a blog for the Independent Women's Forum which is a group of right-wing women who exist to get on TV and get in newspapers attacking the likes of us.

This is an unkind cut. Not everyone has become so bankable on a freakishly moonish face and a guttural sound that gives Mercedes MacCambridge a run for her money.

"What do you mean 'No Smoking'? Don't you know who I am? Your mother sucks . . . in helllllllll!!!!!!!!"

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Man with "an interest" in Fight Club removes his own tongue and lights himself on fire

The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Department said Monday it is closing its investigation into the bizarre Oct. 19 incident where a man was found in Underwood handcuffed, his tongue cut out and his body severely burned, after the man apparently admitted to a deputy that the injuries were self-inflicted . . . . Schlueter said Strom may have imitated a scene from a movie. "He had an interest in the movie 'Fight Club,'" Schlueter said. In that movie, the main character has a split personality. In the end, one of the personalities attempts to kill the other. "The evidence speaks for itself," Schlueter said.

Loathe as I am to question Sheriff Brian Schlueter, but if he's got a guy with his tongue cut out who is also burned to a deep crisp, does "an interest" in the movie "Fight Club" really constitute "evidence" that "speaks for itself."

Granted, Strom admitted that the injuries were self-inflicted, but isn't is possible that he "confessed" because he did not want to incur further ire from the person or persons who removed his tongue and burned him to a crisp?

More likely, his admission probably sounded something like this: "AUR CURT MOUR AURN TONGURE OUT ALN LERT MERSELF ERN FAHRRR!"

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Now that Jose has admitted he used steroids, 1988 MVP runner-up Mike Greenwell wants his.

The man who finished second to Jose Canseco in voting for the 1988 American League most valuable player award says he should have the award now that Canseco is talking publicly about his steroid use.

"Where's my MVP?" former Boston Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell told the Fort Myers, Florida, News-Press. "(Canseco's) an admitted steroid user. I was clean."

Greenwell has a point, but I'm afraid the precedent would be disastrous.

Barry Bonds would have to give up his awards, because he's admitted to using steroids "inadvertantly" (my understanding is that Bonds was walking by Canseco, Giambi and McGwire while they were injecting themselves when Bonds slipped on a bar of soap and accidentally landed on the needles).

Too much history would have to be rewritten.

I still believe it was proper for Milli Vanilli ("Girl you know, girl you know, girl you know, girl you know, girl you know, girl you know, girl you know, girl you know, girl you know, girl you know, girl you know) to return their Grammy.

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John O'Neill of the SwiftVets was nice enough to meet with the bloggers for breakfast. I really wanted to attend, but meeting halfway across town at 7:30 in the morning is not a recommended part of the Ace of Spades Lifestyle (TM).

Fortunately, however, such fits into the Matt Margolis Lifestyle (TM pending), and he's got the audio of John O'Neill's talk, and a picture of the famous Gannonite swift-boat skipper.

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Let's recap on Ward Churchill.

He wrote that the people (aka "little Eichmanns") in the Towers had it coming.

He's as much an Indian as

this guy.

His scholarship is shoddy and he plagiarizes.

And to top it all off, he's a di**

Retired university administrator and journalism professor Joanne Easley Arnold said she received a call from Churchill in 1989 during a controversy over the naming of a dormitory on campus. She was trying to get the dorm named for a former director of student housing. Churchill, not yet a professor, was pushing to have it named for the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes.

"He suggested I should back off my proposal and if I didn't, I would get hurt," Arnold said after she was contacted by The Denver Post. "I was shocked, and that's why my dean heard about it."

Unnamed sources actually recalled Churchill's words to Ms. Easley Arnold as "You in heap-um big trouble."

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ESPN Covers the Sad End

My own thoughts?

Call me when a real sports tragedy occurs, like the death of the Pro Bowling Tour.

which actually outperforms the NHL on television.

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