On the front page, Editor-in-Chief of THE BLAZE Scott Baker has a post about a new book : “A Nation of Moochers.” The book takes a look at mooching in America in the macro sense. But I took a look at mooching in the micro sense, meaning a few of our writers here. FireWire editor Mike Opelka told me that he’s a “recovering moocher” but added, “I give, too.” (P.S- Opelka had a lot more to say on this, which I’ll be writing in a follow-up post). “Moocher: no. Smoocher: yes,” BLAZE magazine editor Chris Field said. “I come from a small farming community where everybody works from the time they’re kids.” The Newt Gingrich American dream. I asked our business editor Becket Adams for an example of how he mooches. He said he catches the draft of semi trucks to “save on gas.” I asked if that was the only thing he did. “That’s not strictly illegal, that I’ll admit in public? Yes,” he said. Chris Santarelli , an assistant editor, is one of those people who refuses to buy their own french fries and instead nibbles on the ones his friends order. “I never buy fries, say I don’t like them, but always ask for one from a friend,” he told me. The worst. Buck Sexton , who writes on the front page, dismissed the idea of him mooching altogether. “I’m a WASP. We hate mooching,” he said. As for me, I work in media living in D.C. Events around the city are typically free for journalists, often with open-bars and free dinners. Hors d’oeuvrs, at the least. Mooching is almost forced on me.
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Santarelli mooches on friend fries
The Herman Cain campaign has set up a simple site to deal with the sexual harassment/assault allegations on a rolling basis. As of now, CainTruth.com only has five posts from the time it was set up (Nov. 7). Judging from those, it’ll be a way to announce any media Cain will do regarding the accusations, post rebuttals to new charges and discredit the accusers. The latest post links to a story by a CBS affiliate in Atlanta, in which a private investigator says that judging from audio analysis of both Cain and Sharon Bialek (first Cain accuser to go public), Cain is innocent and Bialek is lying. h/t Talking Points Memo
**Written by Doug Powers From the time I saw Airplane in a movie theater at the age of about 15, I was hooked on Leslie Nielsen’s style. His comedic timing and delivery was impeccable. He’d had a lengthy career before that which covered many genres and characters, but Airplane directors and writers Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers had successfully tapped into what Leslie Nielsen was born to do: Make people laugh. Leslie Nielsen passed away on Sunday : Leslie Nielsen, who went from drama to inspired bumbling as a hapless doctor in “Airplane!” and the accident-prone detective Frank Drebin in “The Naked Gun” comedies, has died. He was 84. His agent John S. Kelly says Nielsen died Sunday at a hospital near his home in Ft. Lauderdale where he was being treated for pneumonia. Nielsen has been responsible for making me laugh more than almost anybody, with the possible exceptions of Johnny Carson and Michael Dukakis, and he’ll be greatly missed. A commenter at Free Republic wrote, “I hope they allow whoopie cushions in heaven.” I do too, but if not, maybe Leslie can get the rules changed so the rest of us can laugh at him when we get up there like we did down here. To that end, I just want to say good luck, Leslie, we’re all counting on you. **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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Leslie Nielsen, RIP
Alternate title: it’s not about the 2010 midterm elections. Every person emits 2 tons of carbon dioxide a year through eating: Study A new study has shown that every person emits the equivalent of approximately two tonnes of carbon dioxide a year from the time food is produced to when the human body excretes
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AGW Today: Stop Eating, You’re Lighting The Earth On Fire!
