Speed Reading

> The Ron Paul Internet phenomenon is being dismissed as (1) just a lot of spam [AC], and (2) just a lot of non-Republicans [Ace of Spades].


> Wow. After you read about shady "auctions" of domain names that aren't for sale, go all the way down and read reason to speculate about domestic spying of the Web. [Uptime]

> The federal government's bizarre refusal to allow any cattle operation to test all its cattle for mad cow disease is more evidence "that this venal administration's declarations about their love of the 'free market' appears to be the utter bullshit we already knew they were." [Anything They Say]

> Bush wants to cut " the only large-scale measurement of the impact of Medicaid, food stamps, school lunches, unemployment and other safety-net programs for the poor" -- with a Bushie explaining, "Life is a trade-off." (Tell that to the people on Medicaid, food stamps, and unemployment.) [WaPo]


> Fred Thompson dips toe into presidential race, turns out to be mack daddy. [Fred Thompson's Private Journal]


> Dems debated last night. [WaPo] Our verdict: Gravel brought the crazy; Kucinich sounded like an episode of Oprah featuring Marianne Williamson; Obama was unexpectedly boring.