(Cross-posted from IMAO. Drink alert in effect in the comments section over there.)

Senator Max Baucus (D-MT):

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"It's just so wonderful to hear him speak, it's like a symphony"

Yeah... that's ONE analogy. Let's try some more.

Listening to Obama speak is like...

... that eternally long half-second between when you realize you're going to hit the car in front of you, and the first musical tinklings of glass & metal.

... accidentally hitting "delete", then accidentally hitting "yes" on the "are you sure?" dialog box.

... pouring milk on your cereal and watching earwigs float to the top.

... passing an exit, rounding a curve, and joining a 12-mile traffic jam.

... fumbling for a light switch and finding a wall socket

... hearing that creaking, ripping sound a tree branch makes as it separates from the trunk prior to coming through your roof.

... a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced..

... noticing the empty toilet paper roll before standing up instead of before sitting down.

... dropping a butcher knife, but keeping it from hitting the floor with a deftly-executed blade-first catch.

... hearing that awful tearing sound that inevitably accompanies stuffing 10 pounds of arrogant into a 5 pound bag.

... watching the First Lady serve soup to homeless people while wearing $540 shoes.

... listening to something with angry German facial hair... not sure what, exactly...

What's it like for you?

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If you've heard about Nancy Pelosi asking some protesters "Can we drill your brains?", you will LOVE this piece I posted at IMAO.

Seriously, it's one of the best things I've written in months.

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Looks like one of my Newsish Fakery posts at IMAO got picked up by Google News by mistake:

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Notice how beautifully my headline (at the bottom) contrasts with the one directly above it.

I.
Am.
Amused.

[Hat tip to fellow IMAO-ite Frank J. for bringing this to my attention.]

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When I get an idea that I just can't wait to run with, there's an almost audible "click-buzz" sensation in my brain.

I wish it happened every day, because writing off that always seems to work out particularly well.

Anyway, this is just my way of saying go read my editorial "America Can't Win the 'War on Fire'" at IMAO.

Normally I'd just cross-post it, but in this case, there's WAY too much fun going on in the comments.

Also, you can help me figure out if comment #6 is a sincere guilt trip or clever satire.

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1 Hilarious! Nice job. I think #6 was serious though.

Posted by: Carmen at October 26, 2007 08:32 AM (9VWj+)

2 Brilliant, Harvey. Simply brilliant.

Posted by: Richmond at October 26, 2007 09:27 AM (UxwV+)

3 Ok, that was frick'n funny. I loved comment #89... what a laugh!

Posted by: vw bug at October 26, 2007 02:02 PM (FPOeI)

4 So if I say fire is flaming gay, am I gonna get lambasted here too?

Posted by: shimauma at October 27, 2007 06:51 PM (vV7sA)

5 The only time I bust on commenters here is when they're gratuitously off-topic, they're anonymous, and they personally insult the host.

Posted by: Harvey at October 28, 2007 10:54 AM (L7a63)

6 ... that was hilarious, Harvey... most excellently done....

Posted by: Eric at October 28, 2007 06:22 PM (g02Hg)

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(cross-posted and slightly modified from IMAO)

While reading Blackfive, I noticed this:

"What Durbin faced [in reaction to his comparison of US troops to Nazis] was the bubbling up from the blogs and the pounding of the drums," said Daou, who first began monitoring the bloggers and feeding them information when he worked for Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign. "This is a political tool, and it's manufactured outrage, it's feigned outrage, and it's extremely effective."...

Yes, it IS extremely effective.

Why?

Because since 2003, Bad Example has consistently manufactured only the highest quality outrage. Accept no inferior substitutes!

Made to the most exacting specifications at our state-of-the-art production facilities in Wisconsin, ALL our outrage is 100% American made from the finest pique, fury and indignation.

Looking for peevishness, huffs, or hissy-fits? Try France - because you won't find any of that girly crap here.

When you shop from the Bad Example catalog, you'll find only durable, long-lasting products, such as acrimony, anger, bile, gall, hatred, ire, rage, wrath, and the occasional blood-oath of vengeance.

Why settle for petty peevishness when you can have black-hearted murderousness?

For all your manufactured outrage needs, think quality.

Think Bad Example.

OR I'LL STRANGLE YOU DEAD! RARRR!

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1 I'll take an order of wrath with a side of bile... to go, please!

Posted by: pam at June 24, 2005 11:14 PM (l6NIn)

2 In my case the outrage, bile, and general pissedoffitude isn't manufactured, it's simply mined from the extensive reserves I have bubble below the suface.

Posted by: Graumagus at June 25, 2005 12:53 AM (2dpZF)

3 I'd like an order of indignation, with some fries please. And some extra tasty cruelty hcicken too if you don't mind.

Posted by: littlejoe at June 26, 2005 09:32 AM (QJRRo)

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The IMAO editorial staff has posted its first Podcast.

They tell me I've got a good voice for radio.

Usually they only say that about my face.

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Glenn Reynolds: "Putting puppies in blenders"

They Don't Make Child-proof Journalists, So You Need to Journalist-proof Your Child

Newsweek Reports Star Wars Episode III Script Flushed Down Toilet - Widespread Riots Ensue

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And I Always Thought Just Not Being American Was Enough

Evil Glenn's Farm

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Over at IMAO

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Over at IMAO

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The Terrorists Aren't Even Trying Anymore

and

Hanoi Jane's Book Signing

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I tell a filthy lie & celebrate Saddam's birthday.

Don't miss the comments on that second one.

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Over at IMAO

By the way, I got my first IMAO profit sharing bonus today. I was hoping for whiskey & smokes, but it turned out to be something slightly more utilitarian.

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Over at IMAO

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Over at IMAO

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Over at IMAO.

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BLOG SWAP!

Over at IMAO.

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In case you were wondering why I re-posted that Filthy Lie, the answer is over at IMAO.

The short answer being that I wanted the traffic HERE instead of at Bad Money.

I'm greedy like that.

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Over at IMAO

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Over at IMAO

Also this little snippet about Frank's insensitivity.

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