Quick Fix 6 (12/13/04)

Well, H-Rex & Co. will present their plans to take over 3 downtown street blocks today at the Kootenai County Courthouse meeting room. The public won’t have a chance to speak in this opening round as Svengali casts his spell. Allegedly, the public will get a chance to speak next month. We’ll see.

1. Political ‘Toon Fix: Paul Nowak ( Jihadists ), Chuck Asay ( United Nations ), and Henry Payne ( Humvees ).

2. Humor Fix: “Mike Tyson was arrested this week in Scottsdale, Arizona, after punching out some guy’s car. For no reason, Tyson jumped on the hood and just started punching the car. The guy said having Mike Tyson punching his car wasn’t so bad. But when he bit off the side mirror….not good” — Jay Leno .

3. My Way Fix: This Day in History here , This Day in Music here , Today’s Birthdays here , and Positive Quote here .

4. Top of the News Fix: Projection: 15,500-plus murders for USA in ‘04 here , Report leans toward women in combat here , S.F. mayor tops Heinz-Kerry for ‘gay’ award here , Marine sacrifices finger to save wedding ring here , and Hillary goes conservative on illegal immigration here .

5. Blogging Fix: You should know by now that bloggers are the ones responsible for Memogate: Dan Rather’s attempt to smear Dubya with fake memos. But do you know the role bloggers played in bringing down U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle ? John Fund /Wall Street Journal tells ya all about it here .

6. Opinion Fix: William Safire /N.Y. Times ( Judicial repression ), James F. Robbins /National Review ( Afghanistan moves ahead ), Chuck Colson /BreakPoint ( Author Tom Wolfe ), John Leo /U.S. News & World Report ( Christmas censors ) and Bruce Mandelblit /NewsMax ( Keeping your kids safe on-line ).