Let us all suppress the urge to make Monty Python and the Holy Grail references.

Speaking of Jimmy Carter, here's some current odd news about Jean-Daniel Lafond...
http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/canada/article.jsp?content=20060424_125623_125623
"One suggests that the Carter administration allowed agents of the Ayatollah Khomeini to arrange assassinations of his political enemies on U.S. soil in exchange for opening negotiations to free American hostages held by revolutionaries in Iran."

I can't even say it's beyond the realm of possibility. Thanks again Paul Martin!

Rabbits actually can swim. Our Mini-Schauzer jumped what I initially thought was a chipmunk and scared it so badly that it jumped right into the pool. It swam back and forth (being mercilessly chased by the barking dog) for a total of maybe 50 feet while I grabbed the skimmer net. I scoopedit up and it turned out to be a baby rabbit. Cute little feller.

Anyway, it was rescued and hopped away (ok, ran like a mad bastitch) to live another day.

Never tried to attract me, but then again I didn't have a bushel of peanuts on me at the time.

Uh, make that 'attack me'.

Kerry. No!
"He's a killer that one!"

Okay, Greg, but let's try to keep it to a dull roar so Kate doesn't have to go through 400+ comments about the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch in the morning.

"We'll not risk another frontal assault -- that rabbit's dynamite!"

I'm done. You're right; that really was too good to pass up.

Jimmy Carter? Wasn't he Billy's brother?

He sent in an air strike to kill it but the choppers broke down in the swamp, marking the beginning of our present day War on Rodentia.

Victor Hanson:

"Jimmy Carter should turn up soon, calling for sensitive understanding of Iran’s unique security needs; indeed, the closer Iran gets to the bomb, the more the Left will say that we can live with it." +

http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson042006.html

The day that Reagan took office, the rabbits released Carters dog.

LOL. Good one, richfisher.

Wish I had kept my 6 pack of Billy Beer.
Alas 5 and 1/2 cans went in a Great Falls dumpster.
Pure swill but likely worth a mint on E Bay today.

Back in the days of the Carter administration I took a holiday to Georgia to do some fishing. We were going after bluegills using crickets for bait. I was admiring the beautiful cyprus trees when I noticed a pair of small antlers comng at me through the still waters. Apparently jackalopes like crickets too and will go to any lengths to catch one of these tasty prizes.

Scared the crap out of me but once I realized what was going on I proceeded to toss crickets towards the jackalope's salivating mouth.

What an afternoon of fun.

Oh I almost forgot. Carter may not have been the best US President but he sure was a breath of fresh air after that corrupt lying dirty tricks anal pore Nixon.

Jimmy still works today on such selfless projects as Habitat for Humanity. What have you conservtives done lately to make this world a better place.

Blogwell Fray: Thanks, needed a good chuckle this morning.

Carter may not have been the best US President but he sure was a breath of fresh air after that corrupt lying dirty tricks anal pore Nixon.

Not so fast. He set back America's ability to deal with terrorists to this day with his spineless capitulation during the Tehran hostage incident. That historic perception of us as capitulating wimps is what emboldens Ahmadinejad, who was one of the original hostage takers in case you didn't know.

We had interest rates in the double digits and gas lines.

That Nixon, who by any measure but Watergate was a competent man, was replaced by an idiot wasn't exactly "a breath of fresh air".

In between Jimmy's photo ops at Habitat for Humanity, he has photo ops with the likes of Castro and Chavez.

What have you conservtives done lately to make this world a better place.

Protected the First Amendment and free market principles so that the playing field is democratic and fair.

The Census Bureau says the number of black-owned businesses in the country increased 45 percent from 1997 to 2002, more than four times the national rate for all businesses.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0419blackbiz.html

Chew on that, birdbrain?

I worked in the U.S during the early Reagan era and I can tell you that not many Americans thought of Carter as "a breath of fresh air".

What have you conservtives (sic) done lately to make this world a better place.

We've risked our capital and created millions of jobs, raised our kids to be honest, hard-working citizens with their hands in their own pockets; not someone else's, volunteered on a massive scale (check out the demograhics of service clubs and the supporters of most philanthropic organizations) and supported a variety of supposedly liberal ideas like free-speech, freedom of association, a free press, freedom of religion, etc. And ya know what, boy? We've only just begun.

Gussie

Carter was a peanut farmer and should have stayed on the farm.

But , on a more serious note , I have always used catahpuh worms and nightcrawlers for bluegill bream fishing , they last longer under duress and are a whole lot cheaper than store bought crickets.
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Censored: (snip) +

U.S. can become a hero to millions of Iranians

A free, democratic Iran remains in the best interest of the United States. The "risk"? Becoming the certified hero of millions of Iranians by bringing the freedom they have long desired. +
via nealenews

http://www.superseventies.com/commrcls.html

TV affected us growing up more than our parents did (unless your parents
didn't allow you to watch TV). We learned how to spell relief, what to do to
stains, what to like and dislike, and what we wanted to buy. We innocently
sang and mimicked the tunes of Dr Pepper, Oscar Mayer, and meow meow meow meow
Meow Mix. Even if you try to avoid mainstream culture, advertising always makes
its evil way into the brain and replays itself anytime you need to use the
product, or during just about any moments of possible silence, through the use
of rhymes, reason, and bad show tunes. A few of these may seem as if they were
only yesterday: Morris the Cat (9-Lives cat food); I love my calendar cat;
Lauren Hutton and the Nestea Ice Tea plunge; "You've Got Ring Around the
Collar (Wisk); Herb Albert music; "He likes it! Hey, Mikey!" (Life cereal);
"AIMs Home Loan to the rescue"; "And like a good neighbor, State Farm is
there"; "Do you know me?" (American Express); "Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie,
and Chevrolet"; "Beef, it's what's for dinner"; little Rodney Allen Rippy
trying to take a bite out of the big burger (Jack in the Box); "You deserve a
break today"/"Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles,
onions, on a sesame seed bun" (McD's); "Connect Four! Where?! Here, diagonally.
Pretty sneaky, Sis!" (game); "When you play Perfection, you gotta move on fast,
move on fast, before the pieces pop-up, before you put in the last, and that's
Perfection!" (game); "You sank my battleship!" (game); "I'm the Sole Survivor"
(game); battery on the shoulder of Robert Conrad, who dared you to knock it
off; O.J. jumping turnstiles in the airport (Hertz rental car); "Sorry,
Charlie!" (Star-kist tuna); margarine commercial where a crown suddenly
appears on someone's head (Imperial margarine); "It's not nice to fool Mother
Nature" (Parkay margarine -- "Butter!"); "You think it's butter, but it's not,
it's Chiffon"; "Pepto biiisssmmmoool"; "One spicy meatball"/"I can't believe
I ate the whole thing"/"Plop plop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is fast
fast _fast_" (Alka-Seltzer); "How do YOU spell relief? R.O.L A.I.D.S."; "You
get a big delight in every bite..."/Fruit Pie the Magician and Twinkie the
Kid (Hostess); "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie
Pop?"; "If you believe in peanut butter, clap your hands" (Peter Pan); "Choosy
mothers choose Jif"; "Leggo my Eggo" (Eggo waffles); "When it rains, it pours"
(Morton salt); "4 out of 5 doctors recommend chewing Trident"; "pick a pack of
Juicy Fruit -- off the Juicy Fruit tree"; "Who wears short shorts?" (Nair hair
removal cream); "I'm gonna wash that gray right outta my hair"; "Gee, Your
Hair Smells Terrific!" (shampoo); Mom... do you ever get that... not-so-fresh
feeling? (Massengil); pretty girls washing off a face full of cold cream
(Noxema); "Calgon. take me away!" (bubble bath); scrubbing bubbles; Mr. Clean;
Old Spice; Irish Spring; lots of Jay Ward; "Look left, right, and left again"
(public service announcement); "Ancient Chinese secret. huh?"; "You're soaking
in it" (Palmolive); "Adee-do" (plumbing and heating); "Hi, Emma! Hi yourselves,
cuties! Whatcha doin' in my laundry basket?"/"Hey, it's the Fruit of the Loom
guys!"; "Attention, shoppers, this is a stick-up... no, _this_ is a Stick Up"
(air freshener); Chiquita banana with dancing banana lady; stewardess offers
"Coffee, tea... or a flick of my Bic"; Jane Russell with the eight hour
girdles; fast-talker John Moschitta (Federal Express); "It's Cal Worthington
and his dog, Spot" (car dealerships); "You call that kid a Cracker Jack";
Uncle Sam offering the world a good car for only a buck (Matchbox);
Frankenberry and Count Chocula argue about who is scarier and a cat scares
them (cereal); the Quaker Oats guy; "I coulda had a V8"; "Hey, Kool-Aid!";
"A&W root beer's got that frosty mug taste"; "Doin' it Mountain Dew"; "I'm
picking up good vibrations" (Sunkist); "I believe in Crystal Light, and I
believe in me"; "I'd like to teach the world to sing" (Coca-Cola); Mean Joe
Green "Tab for beautiful people"; "From the land of sky blue water" (Hamms
beer); Spuds Mackenzie (Budweiser); "Thanks for your support" (Bartles &
Jaymes); "Libbys Libbys Libbys on your label label label, you will like it
like it like it on the table table table"; silver cleaners; Ginsu knives;
Ronco; Donna Dixon on that Beautyrest bed; "When E. F. Hutton talks, people
listen"; Please don't squeeze the Charmin" (with Mr. Whipple); "You asked for
it, you got it, Toyota" (with people jumping in the air); "If you want to be a
model, or just look like one" (Barbizon); "Double A (honk, honk) M.C.O."
(transmission shop); "Who's sorry now, so sorry now" and "Lipstick on your
collar..." (before infomercials, one of the longest commercials of its day was
for this stinkin' Connie Francis Collection); Chun King; "Muncha buncha
Frito's go with lunch" (Frito's corn chips); "Here, kid, have a Life Saver"
(dad tries to make it up to his son by offering this candy); "Take a bite
outta crime" (McGruff, the creepy raincoated beagle); "Only you can prevent
forest fires" (Smokey Bear); "Anytime is the right time for milk"; "Riunite on
ice... so nice"; "Sugar in the evening! Sugar in your -- vitamins?"; "Nothing
comes between me and my Calvins"; "Heard it through the grapevine" (California
Raisins); Wheat Thins with Sandy Duncan in fields of wheat; "I don't have a lot
of time, I don't want to spend a lot of money" (Sizzler); "Kibbles and Bits!
Kibbles and Bits! I'm gonna get me some Kibbles and Bits!"; "Healthy is the
High Pro Glow" (dog food); Toss Across with the dog; "My Buddy, My Buddy, My
Buddy and me!" (My Buddy doll); "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down";
commercials brought to you by the Church of Latter-Day Saints; "I got it from
Sandy, who got it from Paul. Paul got it from Ernestine who could've got it
anywhere at all. And with my love, I gave it to you. Now that we've got it,
what're we gonna do? VD is for everybody" (public service announcement).
(darby/lorraine/jessica g.)

- from "Retro Hell" (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1997).