Snapped Shot

Word has it that yet another camerman for the British network has been arrested by American and Iraqi forces, mere days after Ibrahim Jassam Mohammed.

I haven't heard anything from Coalition yet over these arrests, but I'm sure I know somebody who can get to the bottom of this.

... when I read that Joe Biden managed to escape a tour of duty in Vietnam with a pile of 5 deferments (which, as I recall hearing way back in 2004, was fairly unusual), I immediately had the urge to start chanting:

Chickendove! Chickendove! Chickendove! Chickendove! Chickendove! Chickendove! Chickendove! Chickendove! Chickendove! Chickendove!

[Hey, the Left loves to lob about smears like that, so the way I see it, this isn't much more than a bit of innocent turnabout. Winkety wink.]

To make up for my last faux pas, allow me to present this video of a pilot cutting his birthday cake... with a helicopter (courtesy Bash). If this video can't pick you up after a tumble like mine, nothing can!

Augh: This might not be as photoshopped as I thought.

Could it be that we've got a "creative" photographer out there, instead?

They don't call me Brian "Rush to Press" L. for nothing.

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Richard North over at EUReferendum explains the joyous new word "Bonto" thusly:

Bonto (Barak Obama—Not The One)

Don't you think it has that classic Anglican charm to it?

He also points out via e-mail that he intends to file no Copyright on the word, so you can definitely expect to see it over here constantly from here on out. I highly recommend the McCain camp work it into their vocabulary, too—Even if it's just for the fun of it.

Incidentally, it'd probably be a lot more enjoyable to use this word if I actually were busting a ©, a ®, or perhaps showing extreme disrespect towards somebody's ™...

When I heard Heart's classic song Barracuda at the convention last night, I got a nice, ironic tear in my eye. Because, you know, that's what Sarah Palin is called up in Alaska.

Being the copyright maverick that I am, that tear soon changed to tears of mirth, now that I discover that the ladies of Heart didn't really appreciate the gesture. (h/t Allah)

It's funny in the same way that Rush Limbaugh's theme song is—Leftist artists definitely make for funnier Republican sounders.

Anyway, I'm sure the good news in all of this is that the RNC has already budgeted for the copyright complaint ahead of time, and the whole matter will be settled in due haste.

After all, we don't want the court jesters going unpaid, now do we?

See-Also:

Jammie Wearing Fool, Jim Treacher, Beldar Blog

For the record: Since there seems to be a densoid or so out there, let me spell this out very clearly: I am not condoning copyright violations or other intellectual property theft here. I'm of the opinion that it's always a good idea to properly secure the rights to the work before using it, including paying any fees for the usage thereof, rather than "assuming" that it can be paid out in settlement afterwards. I just find the whole situation to be funny, given my personal experience in this type of thing.

I watched it last night, and I've gotta say—John McCain has managed to make me feel almost comfortable with him. He did manage to work in some catchphrases that infer policies I'd rather the Republican Party forget, but for the most part, he really did do a good job of uniting the party.

That being said, it's time we give his speech the same analysis as we did everyone else's, courtesy Wordle. What word was really on John McCain's mind last night?



Once again, the Republican party proves itself to be interested in Country first.

Which is exactly the kind of qualities we need in our leaders.