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Zing Went the Springs of My Pants

One of the dangerous side effects of Viagra is that an overzealous popper of le pill bleu may begin thinking with his penis, letting it lead him into many a sideshow tent and down strange alleys where every sin has its cheap price. I fear this may have happened to midday radio legend Rush Limbaugh, still a touch damp from his recent bachelor safari in the Dominican Republic. I worry that the bawdy hand of the dial is on the prick of noon.* Pammycakes at Atlas Barfed filed a live report on Rush's show this week from the pro-Israel rally, and is all aglow after being called a "babe" by the three-time marital loser. Then comes word today that Rush read on the air a dubious blog claim by Debbie Schlussel that most of the Americans fleeing Lebanon are Hezbollah supporters, and don't deserve having their exodus taxpayer funded. Having read the post in question, there's a strong hint that she's pulling facts and particularly numbers (i.e., that at least 7,000 evacuees are from Islamic hotbed Dearborn, Michigan) out of her anal cavity with the voila flourish of a fine magician.

I'm not going to link to either one of these Hooters honeys, but I can't help fretting that Rush's paying on-air tribute in rapid succession to Pam and Deb indicates that he may be bringing his Viagra-fueled boners into the studio, and letting them cloud his judgment with a eyelid-flickering bliss often associated with the Romantic poets, or porn junkies at the peak moment of personal transport. I just hope he doesn't start lusting after the Anchoress from his lower forty, if you know what I mean--it would be just too too defiling.

*Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene IV, for those of you studying at home

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July 19, 2006, 2:57 AM

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