It's A "Get No Respect" Kind of Day....

First, a tip of our "Caddyshack" golf hats to the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield, whose death this week generated numerous mentions and remembrances among bloggers. I saw him only once in person, when he christened Cincinnati's Riverbend Music Center, and my stomach muscles literally ached for days afterwards. He might not have gotten any respect, but he sure got the laughs

In a similar vein, what some people don't get, apparently, are the correct domain names of certain web sites. When Veep Dick Cheney told debate listeners Thursday night to indepently verify Sen. John Edwards' charges about Halliburton, he told them to visit FactCheck.com, which defaulted for some reason to George Soros' anti-Bush site. In actuality, Cheney meant to direct listeners to FactCheck.org. Traffic at both sites has been, let's just say, heavy the past few days. (In fact, FactCheck.org might not load because of the volume of traffic it's been receiving).

Other debate tidbits? Remember when Cheney said he'd never met Edwards before? They'd met, on several occasions. The Kerry-Edwards blog quickly posted at least one photo. In post-debate days, Cheney moved into the top position of BlogPulse's key people, while Edwards is second.

He's baaaaaack, in more ways that one. Whether you love him or detest him, filmmaker/loudmouth Michael Moore is one presence who won't go away. This week's release of "Fahrenheit 9/11" on DVD is one reason for his continued presence in the blogosphere. So are excerpts from an upcoming book, published recently in The Guardian. These excerpts include letters written to Moore by soldiers who are serving or have served in Iraq/Afghanistan. He's also being lambasted by Michigan newspapers for bribing voters...with free underwear, Tostitos and Ramen noodles. Moore's on a nationwide "Slacker Tour" to drum up new voters.

Out of nowhere appears arms inspector Charles Duelfer, whose report to Congressional officials this week said Saddam Hussein had the "intent" to build weapons of mass destruction but none of the materials that the Bush Administration claimed existed as their excuse for the corporate takeov..., excuse me, the invasion of Iraq.

TREND GRAPH OF THE DAY: They found him in a spidey hole. He's still in prison. He was interrogated for information included in the most recent arms inspector's report. He won't go away. Deposed bad-guy Saddam Hussein continues to get talked about more than his active Iraqi replacements.