Is Obama smearing Rush?
News item: Barack Obama campaign starts new Web site to fight smears from political opponents at www.fightthesmears.com.
The first smear mentioned:
"LIE: Rush Limbaugh says a tape exists of Michelle Obama using the word 'whitey' from the pulpit of Trinity United."
Well. No. This is what Limbaugh said:
"The rumor is -- and we don't like dealing with rumors here -- but the rumor is that Michelle Obama from the pulpit of this church used the term 'whitey.' Some are saying be very careful with this because she might have said 'why'd he,' why did he, the contraction 'why'd he' instead of 'whitey.' "
He added: "I can't find anybody who's seen it."
So while Limbaugh was happy to wallow in the rumor, he was careful not to claim the tape exists.
More on this when someone gets around to creating www.clarifyfightthesmears.com.
Bill Scott, an East Northport, N.Y., reader, writes:
"When I saw stores with such names as 'The Merchant of Tennis' and 'Planet of the Grapes,' I thought of you."
Fifty of these store names and signs can be viewed at www.bspcn.com/2008/06/07/the-50-best-pun-stores.
QT is partial to the furniture store "Sofa So Good."
But inexplicably missing is the exotic clothing store "Whose Sari Now."
The Blogs of Summer (cont'd):
FruitSlinger.com, a blog about fruit farming and farmers markets, wants you to know that it takes 1.5 pounds of rhubarb to make four cups of chopped rhubarb.
And admits that rhubarb isn't a fruit but a vegetable.
Corn is a fruit, by the way.
Internet Sports Video of the Week (Featuring the Second Best Spectator Sport After Baseball):
A replay of the 2008 presidential primary season in 10 minutes 11 seconds at www.youtube.com/watch?v=y281SqKK_8E.
For Those Who Still Think There Is Anything Out There There Is Not a Blog Regarding (cont'd):
From the QT Archive of Knowledge:
Newspaper Correction of the Week (Associated Press via www.regrettheerror.com):
"In a June 7 transcript of Hillary Rodham Clinton's concession speech, the Associated Press erroneously reported one word in the transcription. The New York senator said she has 'a deep and abiding love for our country.' She used the word 'abiding,' not 'dividing.' "
Spam Messages We Doubt Were Written by an Englishman:
"My name is Philip David. I am from England. Please take this serious, I am taking this liberty anchored on strong desire to ask for your assistance for help . . ."
News headline: "Obama rides his bike in Chicago."
Blog headline: "Breaking News: Obama rides a bicycle. This is going to be a looooooooooong five months, people."
As we continue to investigate the subtle differences between the news business and the blog business.
QT News You Can Use:
JustOneBadCentury.com ("Any team can have a bad century" -- Jack Brickhouse) is celebrating the first-place Chicago Cubs' surge (and it is good to celebrate such a thing as quickly as one can) by offering "Losing Is So Last Century" T-shirts.
And for a time when the Cubs might somehow fall out of first, there is available an infant onesie reading: "I already have more teeth than a St. Louis fan."
News item: ". . . rows of custom-style homes and neatly landscaped lawns represent the American dream. But one local resident has shattered that image, calling for the death of American troops in Iraq and supporting al-Qaida through his Web site, which he reportedly runs from his parents' home . . ."
Then again, if the pro-terrorist blogger can be found in his mom's basement, at least one image remains intact.
News item: "Bob Anderson, who played the young George Bailey in the Christmas classic 'It's a Wonderful Life,' has died. He was 75."
But you can still e-mail Zuzu at zuzu@zuzu.net.