Yup, it appears I'm posting to this thing about once a month. Maybe I don't have much to say in between?

Anyway.

Three things to muse on today, and two of them are from today's Washington Post. First -- and given that it's Super Tuesday, this is timely -- the Post ran an article today about Rush Limbaugh (and other conservative talk radio ranters) refusing to support Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Limbaugh goes so far as to say he'd rather see a Democrat in the White House than McCain. Here's the original story, if you're so inclined:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR2008020402798.html

The part that caught my eye was this paragraph:

Mark McKinnon, a top McCain adviser, called the criticism from Limbaugh and the other hosts "frustrating," saying: "Our question is, 'Isn't it better to get behind a Republican you may disagree with from time to time than work for an outcome that puts a Democrat in the White House with whom you will disagree all of the time?'"

So let's see here. The choice would be between a President you could rant about some of the time, and a President you could rant about *all* of the time. Purely in terms of radio theater, yeah, Limbaugh supporting a Democrat for President makes perfect sense to me....

The Post story goes on to dredge up Limbaugh's seedy underbelly -- the prescription drug addiction, etc. What I would like some reporter to check out someday is a rumor that I heard about Limbaugh when I was at Mutual/NBC: that Limbaugh was a regular guy and NOT a rabid right-winger at all, and that this "dittohead" schtick of his is nothing more than radio theater. If that's true, then it's made him a whole lot of money, but it has irreparably harmed the fabric of the Union in terms of inciting the us-v.-them attitude now prevalent in partisan politics in America.

Anyway, onward. As a graduate of Indiana University during Bobby Knight's glory days, it made me sad to read today that he's hanging up his folding chairs for good:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR2008020402501.html?hpid=moreheadlines

I was a freshman at IU in '76 when the basketball team went undefeated and won the national championship. It was a pretty cool induction into a basketball-rabid school for this lifelong basketball fan. Say what you will about Coach Knight's temper, the man could coach a winning program. Hats off to him, and may he find peace in retirement.

Okay, one more thing. The annual list of words that should be banned from the English language can be found here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/

Hey, it is what it is. :)