Thank you, AG! I'm still wiping the tears.

The thing Arnold has over Shirley MacLaine's little bro is that he actually worked for everything his has. Inspite of the fact that many people hear "funny accent" and believe that means low IQ, Arnold is a very shrewd businessman. He also can take the lumps that were dished out by the CTA, Unions and state Socialists, learn from them, and move on.

Beatty was little more than a pretty, priapic shell. Looks like "shell" is all that's left.

Furthermore, he's really vain ;)

Furthermore, he's really vain ;)

That song wasn't about him.

Now, if the CA Republicans can just overcome their "Death Before Election Victory!" self-destructive tendencies. I mean, precisely how stupid does a political party have to be to take Gray Davis' advice on who to run against him?

Mark Steyn's on a short, short list of essayists who just about never miss. Hitchens, Krauthammer, and a few others are that good. Not many, though.

No, Christophe, that song isn't about Warren Beatty. But he probably thought the song was about him. Which is kind of the point.

No, Christophe, that song isn't about Warren Beatty. But he probably thought the song was about him. Which is kind of the point.

Christophe make little yok, ya?

All over California, women are going: "Warren Beatty? Oh, yeah, right, now I remember. That guy I had sex with in the late '60s."

We like to call that "energizing the base."

Fake Eastern European accents are so enchanting. ;)

I have to go now: I want to watch Shampoo again, and verify that its premises about female sexuality are just a teensy bit male-stereotypical. But in that charming, sleazy 70s way.

Actually, Utron, the thing that amazes me about Steyn is his ability to keep utterly up-to-date on what's happening in the U.S., Canada, Britain, and the Continent all at the same time.

An ex-boyfriend of mine used to refer to Isaac Asimov as "the Asimov brothers." I feel that way about Steyn.