Counterattack!
Rich Galen Monday June 12, 2006
- "... WashPost ...": Here' the link to the Jim VandeHei piece about national fundraising.
- "... AP ...": Here's the piece about al-Qaida's warning as reported by the AP.
- "... Poll Numbers ...": Here's the link to a pretty good page tracking the polls: The Polling Report.
- "... Six National Committees ...": Each side is organized the same way. There is a National Committee (RNC and DNC) plus campaign committees for each:
- the House (the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee), and
- the Senate (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee).
- "... Paroxsym ...": From Merriam-Websters Unabridged:
Function: noun
Inflected Form: -s
Etymology: French & Medieval Latin; French paroxysme, from Medieval Latin paroxysmus, from Greek paroxysmos, irritation, from paroxynein to urge, stimulate, from para- to sharpen, provoke, from oxys sharp
1 a : a sudden attack or spasm (as of a disease)
b : a sudden recurrence of symptoms or an intensification of existing symptoms
2 a : a sudden, violent, and uncontrollable action or occurrence of emotion
b : a similar action occurring in nature : a convulsion of physical forces (as an earthquake or the eruption of a volcano)
- Mullfoto of the Day
See? This is what I'm saying about the Kumbaya nature of our world. Here, on the same sign, the Vegan world (www.vegetarianvision.org) co-exists with an ad for discount jackets from the skins of young animals.
Is this a great country, or what?
Catchy Caption of the Day
Actual Caption:
Alan Cumming (L) and Cyndi Lauper, cast members of 'The Threepenny Opera', arrive at the 60th annual Tony Awards in New York, June 11, 2006
If the shark bites Alan Cumming (with his teeth big) and shows them (pearly white), the shark's gonna throw up.
(REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
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