Well, Tuesday night was a blast -- I spent it with the two most significant guys named George who currently live in Texas.

I mean, there I was -- with former President George H.W. Bush, and country musinc superstar George Strait, hanging out together in the same room.

With over 65,000 of our closest friends.

Uh... did I mention that the room was Reliant Stadium, and we were there for Rodeo Houston?

The musically-inclined George put on a great concert than lasted nearly 90 minutes after the battles between grown men and farm animals. The father of our current president was honored for his work with Hurricane Katrina, and dropped the hat to start the calf scramble.

And a good time was had by all, for the cause of raising scholarship money for deserving children.

One night of Rodeo amd Livestock Show down, nineteen to go.

And my darling bride and I will be at a number of them.

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This is, of course, my usual Wednesday linkfest post.

You know how it works -- you link to this post and send a trackback, and your post will display here. So link away -- I won't set a maximum number of items you can link with here, but I would hope that you would consider exercising prudent judgement on the matter. No porn, please, and no advertising -- just interesting stuff.

OTHER OPEN TRACKBACKS: Adam's Blog, Outside The Beltway, Conservative Cat, Stuck On Stupid, TMH's Bacon Bits

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Bob Owens, one of my favorite bloggers, got interviewed by the Washington Post. The piece is short, but well worth the read.

HereÂ’s my favorite snippet.

Please ask yourself a question that wasn't listed above and provide an answer.

Question: What makes your thoughts and opinions more correct or valuable than mine or someone else's?

Answer: Thoughts and opinions only have the value a reader assigns to it. On matters of fact, I try to establish credibility by doing research the reader may not have time to conduct on his own, and in matters of opinion, I try to offer a reasonable level of support for my position. Whether you are a Pulitzer-winning journalist or a Weblog Award nominee, your value comes from your credibility and your ability to substantiate what you say, and your ability to admit and correct mistakes.

So, Hal Straus, when is it my turn?

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Gee -- I made one snide comment in response to Death Threat Dude and folks were terrible amused -- so amused that I feel i need a graphic to go along with the mean-spirited rip at someone who indicated i should be killed for rudeness.

I wonder what his reaction will be to this.

I wonder -- could I get and NEA grant for that?

And will I be praised for obscuring Mohammad's face, or damned for my method of doing so?

This is, of course, my regular Wednesday Open Trackback/Linkfest post. here's your chance to participate.

You know how it works -- you link to this post and send a trackback, and your post will display here. So link away -- I won't set a maximum number of items you can link with here, but I would hope that you would consider exercising prudent judgement on the matter. No porn, please, and no advertising -- just interesting stuff.

So get with the program, folks -- link away before the fatwas fly!

OPEN TRACKBACKS: Adam's Blog, Freedom Watch, Blue Star, Conservative Cat, third world country, Bacon Bits, Don Surber, Jo's Cafe, Basil's Blog, Stuck On Stupid, Everyman's Chronicles, Is It Just Me?

MORE AT Jawa Report, Howie's Moisture Farm, This Blog Is Full Of Crap, Darth Apathy

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I drove downtown to teach my night class tonight. Wll, trafic was a mess. Why? The festivities have already begun for this year's NBA All-Star Game, taking place over the weekend. This means that I'll get some good blogging in this weekend, as I don't want to go anywhere that is being touched by that madness.

So I'm opening the floodgates and telling you, faithful readers and linkers, to join into my second attempt at a weekend linkfest.

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Well, the trackback system here at Rhymes With Right was down most of the weekend, so my first try at open trackbacks didn't have any links appear until Sunday night around 7:00 PM, Houston time. But they did show up -- and so I'm giving the linkfest thing a try again today.

You know how it works -- you link to this post and send a trackback, and your post will display here. I think I've worked out the issues of displaying trackbacks -- if the Munuvian gods will allow the trackbacks through (I had a problem there for a bit).

So link away -- I won't set a maximum number of items you can link with here, but I would hope that you would consider exercising prudent judgement on the matter. No porn, please, and no advertising -- just interesting stuff.

So get with the program, folks -- link away!

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There are lots of ways to have fun on the internet, especially when you ar blogging. Some time back, a fellow who goes by the handle of Madfish Willie started a little game on his site -- it involves seeking the world's longest comment thread, composed of people taking movie titles and substituting the word "penis" for one of the words -- resulting in some hillarious (if juvenile) titles.

Well, inspired by that, Beth from My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has decided to do something similar -- only inserting the word "Mohhamad" instead. Call it an act of solidarity with the Danish cartoonists, and a little bit of nose-thumbing at the followers of the Religion of Barbarism who are running amok in response.

My entries have been all the possible variations on the Raders of the Lost Ark/Indiana Jones series -- my personal favorite being "Indiana Jones and the Last Mohammad".

And then there is this little gem over at Jawa Report, taking a popular quote from a Michelle Malkin reader and turning it into the stem for a humorous contest -- I'd rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than. . . " (the original was "go driving with Ted Kennedy."). My best entry is "watch Helen Thomas pole-dancing."

Drop by all of these, and add to the humor/insanity.

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I've been linking to Open Trackback posts a lot lately, in the hope that folks will come here and read more than just the linked post. But as I have thought about it, I have come to the conclusion that I need to reciprocate. I am therefore introducing my very own Open Trackback thread.

You know how it works -- you link to this post and send a trackback, and your post will display here. I think I've worked out the issues of displaying trackbacks -- if the Munuvian gods will allow the trackbacks through (I had a problem there for a bit).

So link away -- I won't set a maximum number of items you can link with here, but I would hope that you would consider exercising prudent judgement on the matter. No porn, please, and no advertising -- just interesting stuff.

So let the games begin!

OTHER LINKFESTS: Stuck On Stupid, Adam's Blog, Conservative Cat, Bacon Bits, Jo's Cafe, third world country, Everyman Chronicles, Liberal Wrong Wing, Bullwinkle Blog, Stop the ACLU

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I got the following in my email tonight.

Congratulations! Just a brief note to let you know we named Rhymes with Right as our "Site of the Day" on Politics1.com.

In the course of publishing Politics1, we regularly visit LOTS of campaign and politically-related websites. Some candidates, campaigns and groups truly get the concept of using the Internet as a tool to effectively convey messages, promote increased citizen involvement, enhance voter education, and effectively and innovatively use technology to advance their causes. We created this award to recognize deserving sites from all states, and at all levels of campaigns, ranging across the ideological spectrum. The criteria is certainly subjective ("I'll know it when I see it," to quote the late Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart), as we look for any one or a combination of the following: good content, sharp design, clever humor, creativity, innovation in organizing, use of new online tools, etc. The award is not about endorsing candidates or causes -- but rather about simply recognizing those campaigns and entities that effectively use the Internet as a political tool. This is why we selected your site for recognition.

In addition to being featured today on our homepage -- and we currently draw approximately 250,000 page views per week -- you'll also be permanently enshrined on our Site of the Day page at http://www.politics1.com/sotd.htm (and in our blog archives).

Warmest regards,
Ron Gunzburger
Publisher, Politics1.com

I'm speechless -- or at least as close as this short, fat, balding, middle-aged, white guy ever gets.

I really didn't expect this honor, and I appreciate the compliment. I guess this means I must be doing SOMETHING right.

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