One of the most popular web activities these days is to view video of Barney Bush in action. No, I'm not talking about porn. Barney is one of two dogs — Spotty being the other — who roam the White House and pee on Ari Fleischer's leg.
The misconception of this warm holiday video is that a camera was affixed to Barney. In reality, the biggest lackey in all of the U.S. goverment (pictured) ran around in the snow, dressed in a suit, closely filming a dog's rear end. Now that's public service. Hope he enjoys his compensation — lunch with the assistant to the assistant secretary of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee's vice chairman.
Other Interesting Links Today
• You've Got Sex ... Almost — Michael Wolff argues in New York magazine that AOL blew it by not capitalizing on what it did best — facilitate sex between its users.
• Despair Inc.'s Demotivational Art — Includes such gems as "Get to Work: You aren't being paid to believe in the power of your dreams."
• New Tool Makes DVD Copying Easy — Um, yeah, I'm just "backing up" that Spider-Man DVD in case one day I spill coffee on it.
• Woman Survives 33,000 Foot Drop From Exploded Plane — More than 30 years ago, Vesna Vulovic redefined the term lucky.
• View Your Home From Space — At least NASA's $15 billion budget is good for something.
