Boyd

Sullum:

Bush...braved ridicule by reiterating his newfound commitment to pork-free balanced budgets. Even if we take him at his word, nothing he has proposed can undo the damage he did in his first six years.

Bush finally unleashes his inner fiscal conservative when it absolutely doesn't matter. Who could possibly be the constituency to which he's pandering? Is there anyone left in the Republican Party to fool?

Goldberg:

...the coldest execution scene this side of Abe Vigoda.

Hardin:

....as we got older, the game depended more and more on the adults. They controlled the fields and the leagues and the games themselves.

I started coaching Little League more than 20 years ago, and I can tell you the adults can ruin anything. Too often, the leagues become power bases for parents who can't get enough of it at the office or the PTA or the civic organization or the church. They don't nurture the leagues or inspire the kids. They rule. They govern.

Inspired by true events.

Omar Osama bin Laden: Um, Dad? Can we talk?

Osama bin Laden: Of course, I always have time for offspring.

OOBL: Been thinking about getting a job.

OBL: Excellent, my son. What are you wanting to do? Munitions? Planning? Recruiting? There are many paths to martyrdom.

OOBL: Actually, I was thinking of something a bit different.

OBL: Praise be to Allah. You are wanting to become a cleric. This is truly a glorious day.

OOBL: I was thinking of becoming an Ambassador for Peace.

OBL: ...

OOBL: It will be really cool. I will marry an old Brit and race horses across northern Africa.

OBL: ...

OOBL: ...

OBL: ...

OOBL: Are you not pleased?

OBL: ...

OOBL: ...

OBL: Obviously you are not understanding how difficult this will make it to instill dread in other terrorists.

Granderson on The Wire:

It's "Roots" for the hip-hop generation...

You can't praise this show enough. If you're not watching, you have only yourself to blame for The Moment of Truth.

AP:

Cook told jokes at the Sunset Strip comedy club for 7 hours.

The Cook in question would be Dane Cook.