BOB joins the family

Slate ran an extremely interesting piece yesterday that itemizes just how much money Michael Moore and all the other interests involved with "Fahrenheit 9/11" took home from its ground-breaking success. For Moore, he walked off with at least $21M. But Disney booked a $46M profit, even after giving the appearance of "not" distributing the film (which it actually did, through a sneaky deal that's a study in profit over principle). Plus a small mention of the sequel doc ends the article. Well worth a looksie.

More stinky details on Congressional trips paid for by Jack Abramoff arose yesterday. Two Dems are named, as well as members of Tom DeLay's staff. Not entirely new stuff, but interesting in the completeness of DeLay's involvement with Abramoff and the resulting legislation that got dropped by the Republicans. But you can bet your Grandma's medication on the fact that DeLay's lackies in Congress and conservative media outlets like FOX News will harp on the naming of the Dems. Nonetheless, the drip, drip, drip of DeLay's melting position continues to flow daily. His days are most certainly numbered in the less than triple-digits.



In the world of Rush Limbaugh's increasingly perverse blow job-fixation on all things Clinton, Rush ranted yesterday against Bill's obesity-education initiative for kids. Dubbing it the "Just don't swallow" plan, Rush went on to mention Monica Lewinsky's name (as if there was any other way that the hamfisted, hammy-hocked, ham-lover Limbaugh could go with such a tone-deaf joke). I think that Rush should be reminded that since his OxyContin addiction and criminal prosecution came to light, he appears to once again be swallowing more than his share of things other than illegal pharmaceuticals. Not that hypocrisy has ever bothered the (increasingly) Big Man or the legions of Dittoheads out there scarfing down the Twinkies while whining about Oval Office intrique during the Clinton era.

After comparing jogging stroller options with the sort of planning that one only wishes had gone into our Iraq crusade, we took the leap and bought the BOB yesterday. We've not yet taken Maya out cruising in it, but she's seemed pretty happy during test jogs around our apartment. Stay tuned for her Consumer Report on the goods.