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Monday thoughts:

The CIA agent-outing, Bush White House leaking, would-be Karl Rove scandal is decidely unsexy as far as White House scandals go. The investigation will be pretty interesting for its insight into Washington insider politics, but I’m sure it’ll be a pretty small blip on the radar screens of most Americans. Especially with that new David E. Kelley show on.

Wow. Joe Bob Briggs has a fantastic column about Jose Padilla on his web site. Check it out. And while you’re there, enjoy some of the drive-in columns.

I’ve decided: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH with the Calvin pissing sticker on cars and trucks! Calvin would not piss on Chevy or Ford or “Ex-Wife” or the Oakland Raiders or anything. Today I saw a sticker of Calvin PRAYING to a giant drop-shadow cross. This is it. For the sake of the integrity of the original, thoughtful, brilliant Calvin and Hobbes, I am going to start pasting stickers of “Family Circus” on cars bearing such inane Calvin stickers. That’ll show ‘em.

Finally, I was about to express my total relief that this is the last season of ‘Friends,’ but I’ve realized that I just watched a group of people eat African cave-dwelling spiders on ‘Fear Factor.’ I have no room to speak. By all means, enjoy ‘Friends.’

Here’s a good look at what compassionate conservatism has earned poor countries around the world. And, believe me, this administration won’t stop until it’s closing the clinic down the street and eliminating sex education in local schools. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want some moronic, bible-thumping, oil-company bootlicker telling me what to do with my body.

It’s time to get this administration the hell out of power.

Celebrate your freedom to read! It’s Banned Books Week.

Also, Happy Anniversary to Chris and Megan! Congratulations on another wonderful year of marriage!

For your Monday, here are some facts about the tomato - care of the California Tomato Commission. I especially like the Tito the Tomato coloring sheets. Print out and enjoy!

Yours truly visited the local gigaplex this past week and saw ‘Cabin Fever,’ the latest no-budget horror film made by a bunch of smarmy nobodies. I loved it.

The plot is more than just spam-in-a-cabin slasher fare; it’s more like ‘Evil Dead’ crossed with ‘Deliverance’ and ‘Outbreak.’ A bunch of horny students head up to a remote cabin for a party weekend when a strange local shows up, goes Ebola all over their campfire and all hell breaks loose. And then the locals get involved… Along the way, there’s plenty of nods to other horror movies – and even a subtle reference to ‘Donnie Darko’ that’s sure to excite film geeks. But mostly this movie is just good old seventies style humorous horror. It’s pretty bloody, too, and chock full of good gore effects. My main complaint is that the middle of the film isn’t paced very well, and as a result the film is neither as scary nor as funny as it could be. But then, hey, what else to do with a film that features a country boy doing high-falutin’ karate kicks in slow motion while muttering “PANCAKES…PANCAKES!!!!” (And yes, this happens to be critical to the plot.) Oh yeah, that guy from ‘Boy Meets World’ is in it, too.

It’s also the most quotable film I’ve seen lately. My favorite: “Paul, that guy asked us for our help and WE LIT HIM ON FIRE.” Classic.

But don’t take my word for it.