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[golden_berry]

To show that my disgust with politicians is not confined entirely to one side of the great divide, I present as evidence this link to a David Brooks column skewering the gasbags on both sides of the Senate aisle.   Normally, I don't like Brooks, who is way too Mr. Conservative for my taste, but I thoroughly enjoyed this pitch-perfect mockery of our

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[hybridutensil]

You go like this:

<**a href="http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/15/opinion/15brooks.html&OQ=hp&OP=4f9cc9d9Q2FQ3E5Q5BnQ3EFb8tQ2BbbQ7CQ24Q3EQ2499LQ3E9fQ3E)LQ3EbqHhHbhQ3E)LnQ2Bbb(tQ26DQ7C2d"**>What you want the link to say

Take out those six asterisks, and you get this:
What you want the link to say

I hope that works :)

[hybridutensil]

nope, it didn't work -- take out those 4 asterisks and type this after the word "say":

Works this time?

[golden_berry]

See, this is why I've never learned how to do it. It's too bloody complicated. But thanks for trying. I'm impressed with your computer skills, young whippersnapper. ;>D

[hybridutensil]

It's just <**a href="address of link">Name of link

Not terribly complicated -- it's just that NYTimes has long links :)

[elasg]

Grrr... you need to be logged in. I have to admit, my disgust with politicians tends to be very much confined to one side of the divide - though we have our share of 'winners' too.

[golden_berry]

Ah, the NY Times requires log-in? I'll repost using the time-honored copy-and-paste method. The column struck my funnybone because Alan and I had exactly the same sort of conversation about the Roberts hearings that very morning at breakfast. "These guys all take a half hour to ask a question because they're all so in love with the sound of their own voices" etc.

[hybridutensil]

give BugMeNot a try -- they provide usernames and passwords to sites like NYTimes so you don't have to go through the asshattery that registering entails :D

[elasg]

Oooo! Good call! Amazing what you can learn on the internet! ;)