A commenter points out how to see Classic Dusty, if you're so inclined.

1) Click on the ad. (Whoo-hoo! Crazy-blog money, here's I comes!)

2) Click on "Guys" at the top of the first page. Yeah, I know. Counter-intuitive.

3) At bottom left you will see "New Desktops." Click on that.

4) Classic Dusty is third one down on the left.

I know, it takes some doing, but if you're jonesing, you'll find a way.

PS: It would be a nice thing if you clicked on the other advertisers, too, to see if they're offering anything you're interested in.

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...is linked over at Garfield Ridge, plus a bonus recording of, um, Chewbacca guest-vocaling on the theme to The Facts of Life.

Cool bit of trivia on the list: Who performed the theme to Square Pegs?

Answer below. more...

Posted by: Ace at 07:22 PM | Comments (4)
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But if they keep it up, what choice do I have?

It was, of course, inevitable: Maurice "Moonbat" Hinchey, D-Batshit-Crazy, who previously stated that Rove was behind the Rathergate forgeries...

...apparently now claims that He Who Shall No Longer Be Named was part of the conspiracy.

He "broke" the story, you see. After a friendly phone call from Karl "The All-Being, Master of Time, Space, and Dimension*" Rove, no doubt.

* Where?

Note: I withheld posting this because LGF's post originally attributed the exchange to an email from his brother. I thought that was too second-hand to post, given the allegations.

However, if you read the comments, LGF commenters are listening to the rebroadcast of Hannity's show (upon which the claim was made), and they confirm that Hinchey did spin this theory. Again, that's also second-hand, but unless a group of people are just all claiming they're hearing something they're not, it would seem that Hinchey is, indeed, making his claim for the Moonbat Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

Thanks to JimW for the tip.

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Actually, that's sort of happening now. There are eight bazillion blogs that contain only a name and a single post, generally titled, "Test."

But...

It's beginning to get out of hand. The newest Johnny-Come-Latelies? Congressmen:

AS he stood inside the National Cathedral at President Reagan's funeral last June, Representative Mike Pence, Republican of Indiana, typed a stirring message into his BlackBerry.

"My wife and I stand amidst the most powerful people in the world," it read. "We have stood beside presidents and princes, prime ministers and leaders of every stripe but that is not what moved us these past two hours. There was the undeniable presence of the Spirit of the Lord in this place and it was a sweet presence." As hymns echoed through the cathedral, "the casket swept by to our right, and tears filled my eyes."

Later that afternoon, that message was posted on Mr. Pence's blog. "We got wonderful feedback," he said in a recent interview.

Blogging, the Web-based craft of diary-keeping and commentary, is taking root on Capitol Hill.

The nonprofit Congressional Management Foundation, which helps educate Congress on running its business, says at least four members - Mr. Pence; Representatives Mark Kirk, Republican of Illinois, and Katherine Harris, Republican of Florida; and Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont - have taken up the task on a continuing basis. (Others have used temporary blogs to document trips, said Brad Fitch, the foundation's deputy director.)

The Congressional bloggers praise the power, popularity and potential of blogging, citing it as one of the most frequently visited parts of their Congressional Web sites.

"It shows your constituents that you're going to be updating your Web site regularly, and the next time they log on, they will see something new," Mr. Kirk said.

Here's a little quiz: When the New York Times wants to list three popular blogs, just to let you know what a "blog" is, who do you think they mention?

Any ideas? Take a guess.

While popular political blogs like Wonkette, MyDD and Daily Kos serve as an alternative to traditional news sources and allow their authors to purvey commentary...

Whooo! I did not see that coming. Did any of you?

Thanks to a tipper who seems to have a governmental address, so I won't name him. I will just call him "Mr. X."

Update on Mike Pence: A reader I won't identify praises Rep. Pence:

Mike Pence is a a Hugh Hewett gone to Washington basically. Mike had a radio show when he was back here in Indiana and he echoes a lot of our views. I bet if you met Pence you'd like him. He's a first class guy with a great sense of humor, intelligence and conservative views...

Duly noted, sir!

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The ultra-sexually-tolerant liberal moonbat contingent (just ask them-- they'll tell you) seems to suddenly be not quite so tolerant after all.

Liberal bloggers are now offering a $10,000 reward for proof that any high government officials slept with... well, look, you know they're talking about.

Who's the only person they've been talking about for three weeks?

I think the liberals need to address Ann Coulter's point: Are we supposed to be tolerant, or judgmentally intolerant, of homosexual relations this week?

I am beginning to get dizzy, and I think I need a scorecard. Gay sex cannot keep switching from the "What's Hot" to the "What's Not" list every time it is in liberals' political interest to so switch it.

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A lot of you are probably libertarians, and you might object to the idea of a national ID on any number of grounds. I'd disagree with you, but I imagine you could make some plausible arguments.

But in the Bay area around SF, they have what must be the most important argument of all against a National ID... that an ID containing a "sex" descriptor would make life more difficult for transgendered citizens, or people who wish to change their sex at a later date.

Thanks to Secure Liberty, who also examines the tension between libertarians and conservatives within the Republican Party. A new iteration of the old debate which began, serendipidously enough, at CPAC.

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Just trust me.

Okay, don't trust me? How about if I told you a former Lebananese intifada leader... just endorsed the Bush doctrine?

And not in a back-handed manner, either.

Should have just trusted me. You would have saved yourself ten seconds.

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In a letter cancelling an appearance on Chris Matthews:

Contrary to a statement that I made to the New York Times, I have come to realize that personal relationships are more important than history. I am asking my attorney to direct any future proceeds from the book to charity and to find the best way to vet these tapes and get them back to the president to whom they belong. History can wait.

Kaus wonders how the hell the Bushies got him to fold his hand so quickly.

Gannonized For Your Protection Update: Kaus offered "bonus points" for the first blogger to connect Gannon to the Wead climb-down. Wardobe Door puts in a claim.

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Thanks to Instapundit, I got a gander at Condi's... provocative outfit over at Blaster's Blog.

Well, maybe it's not all that provocative. But it has a kind of kinky Trinity-from-Matrix sort of vibe to it.

All right-- I'll vote for her now. Screw previous elective experience.

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Not in that way, of course. In a funny-but-true sort of way:

The heretofore-unknown Jeff Gannon of the heretofore-unknown "Talon News" service was caught red-handed asking friendly questions at a White House press briefing. Now the media is hot on the trail of a gay escort service that Gannon may have run some years ago. Are we supposed to like gay people now, or hate them? Is there a Web site where I can go to and find out how the Democrats want me to feel about gay people on a moment-to-moment basis?

...

Liberals keep telling us the media isn't liberal, but in order to retaliate for the decimation of major news organizations like The New York Times, CBS News and CNN, all they can do is produce the scalp of an obscure writer for an unknown conservative Web page. And unlike Raines, Rather and Jordan, they can't even get Gannon for incompetence on the job. (Also unlike Raines, Rather and Jordan, Gannon has appeared on TV and given a series of creditable interviews in his own defense, proving our gays are more macho than their straights.)

Only Ann.

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