Carnival of the Vanities #20
The Carnival turns 20 this week. One more week, and it's old enough to drink. It will be celebrating its coming of age at Dissecting Leftism, so be sure to send John Ray your entries.
We start out this week with a section devoted to the Columbia tragedy.
Columbia the Gem of the Sky
Acidman ponders how people die.
Xanga mfinley wonders if Americans understand anything other than bright flashes and booms .
Dietz Smith remembers the moon walk and celebrates astronauts as ambassadors to the cosmos.
Seth the talking dog says we should do it right or not do it at all.
Meryl Yourish offers her Requiem for Columbia.
Madeleine Begun Kane discusses unheeded warnings about the shuttle program and a byproduct of the tragedy.
David Melle informs us that artist Barry Mundsen has created a painting in memory of Ilan Ramon and Petr Ginz.
Chuck Simmins wants NASA to get back on track and boldly go where no man has gone before.
Barry wants kids to have a dream.
Solonor believes we're better than proclaiming that G_d is punishing other nations, unlike some countries who shall remain nameless but whose initials are I and Q.
James DiBenedetto looks ahead to The Future.
David Russell ruminates and collects blogger reactions to the tragedy.
Blog, Blog Baby
Diane L. disses us wimpy M.T. users in Customer service is a crutch for people who can't handle Blogger....
Oh my G_d, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo goes like totally Valley. Just blog him with a spoon!
Steve H. quits the blogging biz!
Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies
Michele wants you to be honest.
Chris Ruzin wants people to dare greatly.
Alex Knapp tells us why the 9/11 Commission is still in formation, but there's already a Columbia Commission.
James DiBenedetto points to high school sports hypocrites.
Fuze asks you who is violating your civil rights?
Oh The (in)Humanity!
Laurence Simon ponders what would have happened If Rosa Parks Had Been Palestinian?
Seth the talking dog asks the timely question What Could Be Funnier than Colonel Qaddafi as Head of the Human Rights Commission?
C.G. Hill knows somebody who knew McCarthy, and you, sir, are no McCarthy!
People Are Strange
Blogger Rabbit visits Captain Kirk in a politically correct universe.
C.G. Hill refuses to get a bikini wax. C.G., honestly, they're not that bad after the first dozen or so times.
Left, Right, Left, Right, Left
John Ray says the young are out of their heads.
Dave follows the ketchup money trail to Mexico. No blood for ketchup!
Bigwig gets all Irma La Douce on the Republicans.
War, War, War, How Do You Like It
Peter wonders why some people are so anxious to get their war on.
Dietz Smith talks turkey about Korea.
James DiBenedetto says he's not a warmonger.
Button tells us Saddam doesn't like surfers.
Frank J. wants to free Nelson Mandela. Permanently.
It's point-counterpoint on Iraq with NZ Bear taking up the pro position and Stand Down taking up the con.
Ball of Confusion
Seth the talking dog talks some more and gives his state of the State of the Union.
Wylie in Norman liked the State of the Union, but wishes Bush had said Saddam - All Your Base Are Belong To Us!
Rick DeMent has a message from the clue fairy.
Chuck Simmins fisks The New Yorker.
Talk Like the Animals
Northstar tries to heal with bunny power, and then shows us how Murphy's law applies to bunnies. This man has a serious bunny fixation.
Feste tells us about our own home-grown cheese-eating surrender monkeys.
Steve H. wishes he were only dreaming about a farting dog.
Lesley is grateful that someone is worried about the rights of pigs.
What's Race Got To Do With It
John Rosenberg wonders what the Constitution might look like if the founding fathers had thought of the nation as a confederacy of racial, ethnic, and religious groups.
David Sims disaffirms affirmative action, turns the tables on Al Sharpton, and pens the saga of Miriam Oliphant. He's been a busy boy.
Steve H. wants to be a profiler.
Change the Channel!
Nostradumbass channels Allah and the families of the 9/11 victims.
Mr. Cleo gets all Red Riding Hood and pays a visit to Grammy's house, and then he gets Rael.
Alan Dale channels Gene Siskel.
This Is The End
Jarl Mousebender celebrates not having to buy any more books.
Tim Hall lays some track.
Dave discovers that contrary to European popular belief, Americans do have taste.
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