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12/22/2004: "Day Off"

To: malkin@comcast.net
From: Rodney@rodneyanonymous.com
Re: Review of your book at Reason.com

Michelle,
There's a really good review of your book "In Defense of Internment: The
Case for 'Racial Profiling' in World War II and the War on Terror" over at
Reason.com. Here's a link:

http://www.reason.com/0412/cr.em.indefensible.shtml

And while you're there, please read the following article. I though it was
really good.

http://www.reason.com/links/links122004.shtml

Happy Holidays,
Rodney

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Yeah, I know that I said that I was gonna take a few days off, but I just
couldn't resist posting this. I bet Malkin doesn't even send me a thank you
letter. As for that second article at Reason - I swear by father Zeus that
I didn't plagiarize from it for my "Happy Birthday Dionysus" piece.

OK, since I'm writing, I might as well mention a few other things…

Don't miss This American Life tonight at 10 PM on your local NPR
(Godless Commie) station. I predict that "Do you understand why Mommy loves
Gideon?" will be the big catch-phrase of 2005.

Jeff Fox, who edits/publishes Barracuda was kind enough to send me numerous
copies of the latest issue which contains my piece Bachelor's Guide to
Starting Your Own Religion. . On the one hand, Jeff should be selling
selling his magazines instead of giving them away. On the other hand, now
I don't have to go out and buy Xmas presents for all of my friends who
enjoy highly literate girlie mags...and my mother.

Doc sent in the following, which should be of great interest to all
Phantoms fans and students of Veterinary medicine:

(PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15, 2004) - The Philadelphia Phantoms of the
American Hockey League today announced that former head coach Bill Barber
and legendary tough guy Frank "The Animal" Bialowas have been selected as
the first two members of the team's Hall of Fame. The Phantoms will hold
a special Hall of Fame induction ceremony prior to their game on Sunday,
Jan. 9 at 5:05 p.m. vs. the Albany River Rats at the Wachovia Spectrum.

And, finally, reader Andor sent in this pic of a gingerbread house that his
wife made from a recipe found in a Xmas book by criminal mastermind Martha
Stewart, which means that there must be a hacksaw baked in there somewhere.

Replies: 4 Comments

on Wednesday, December 22nd, SirAtededge said

Perhaps Michele can broaden her scope, linking the internment of the Japanese, the neocon plot to loot Iraq outlined in the Harper's "Baghdad Year Zero" article, Hitler's Final Solution, and Spain's expulsion of the Moores and later bogus Inquisition (to get them sneaky back-sliders) into an essay on the beauty of using a perceived national emergency as an excuse to STEAL OTHER PEOPLE'S STUFF.

Sure, it's not as subtle as the usual grand, overarching themes David Brooks wipes onto the NY Times op-ed page twice a week, but it certainly something we can all appreciate and take comfort in, as long you're a "we".

on Thursday, December 23rd, briannirvana said

Ive read this thoughtless 24 times and ive had too much to drink.
I just wanna know if you hear Elton John like me?
seriously, Rodney is sweet on Michelle, she's hot too, but im joshin, I just feel the sexual tension between these two kids. Like Dave Letterman and Madonna Ciccone.
But what a show.
Happy holidays again guys.

on Thursday, December 23rd, Rodney said

I sat on the roof
and kicked of the moss
Well a few of the...

Wait. Why the @#$% is there moss on my roof?

on Friday, December 24th, the drunk mailman said

gingerbread looks like baked poo...