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From The Archives: September 22, 2004

"Axis Of Easy Listening"

I'm sure you've all heard by now that Yusef Islam, nèe Cat Stevens, has been denied entry to the US after being placed on a "watch list" of possible terrorism suspects. Naturally, as both a fan and friend of Yusef's, I found this incident shocking. Can you believe people still remember Cat Stevens?! Last time I was in an airport, I couldn't even place which member of the Thompson Twins was handling my luggage!

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From The Archives: August 30, 2004

"LF At The RNC"

Well, here I am, live from New York, New York - the city so nice, they fortified it twice. Yes, fresh from Athens, I've arrived at the Republican National Convention, a place where the jockeying for position is even more cut-throat and the winners equally dependent on biased judging.

So far, the heavy security and large protests have been the big story. The extra law enforcement presence is certainly understandable; an awful lot of precautions have to be taken to protect the female delegates from Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Even before hitting town, the Republican nominee-to-be is making news. Yesterday, he said that the Iraq war has been "a catastrophic success". Continuing this theme, the president will tell delegates on Thursday that they can look forward to "a disastrous victory" this November, followed by "a failed triumph" of a second term, in which America will continue to get "nightmarishly better". I know there's a lot of partisan division out there, but can we not agree that George W. Bush is the most horribly great leader this nation has ever had? Truly, whether you're a conservative mega-leftist or a liberal ultra-rightist, you must admit his absent service has been a dishonorable privilege during this time of peaceful war and prosperous recession. Four less years!

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From The Archives: August 18, 2004

"LF's Olympic Update"

...the plucky underdogs probably everyone has taken to heart is the Iraqi soccer team. These guys have shown more fancy footwork than Paul Bremer leaving Baghdad, and made a lot more progress too; I don't care what anyone says, that $7 billion we spent training Kurdish goalies has really paid off. If they take home gold, silver or bronze, we can be sure of two things: 1) these medals will be the most valuable commodities in Iraq that haven't been looted and 2) it'll be the biggest Olympic "miracle" since 1980, though perhaps not as miraculous as finding WMD in the players' homeland. Good luck, team - bend it like B'aathists!

Lomblog Anniversary

As mentioned in a previous post, this week marks Lomblog's one-year anniversary on Blogger. Yes, on April 13, 2004, Lomblog debuted and created such a sensation that virtually no other blogger would link to it for fear their own work would pale in comparison. But despite this, LF himself has always been remarkably gracious to his colleages and competitors. Recall these words from a post on the Dan Rather memogate controversy:

The kudos for breaking this story go to the many conservative bloggers who questioned the memos' authenticity just seconds after the original program aired. No one's scoped out a fake that fast since my exclusive "BRITNEY SPEARS: BREASTS NOT REAL" post immediately after the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards. Nice going, right-wing Internet guys; have another assault weapon on me!

- Rather Duped September 20, 2004

For the rest of the month, particularly when inspiration is running low, we'll look back at other highlights. Unfortunately, most of the April 1974 to April 2004 archives are unavailable except on grainy kinescopes that fetch nearly $10 on e-bay. Moments like the Willie Aames tomahawk incident or the time Drew Barrymore jumped on LF's desk and flashed her penicillin shots are, alas, gone forever - lost in a fire that helped LF finance a new condo. But the memories remain...

To commemorate, vote in this web poll: