The Shock of the Known: The hysteria coming from the democrat spinners over Enron has taken on a tone of what amounts to blasphemy in Texas. So desperate to get a Republican scandal started, they are dangerously close to having to reveal to the world that Texans like to make money. Wes Pruden nails the current situation nicely.

What's the Point? Florida authorities are taking seriously the ravings of a prison inmate who claims some Arabs were plotting to blow up Jeb Bush. You can't blame them for not taking him seriously until they found a van with trace explosives but, come on now. What would doing that to a sweet guy like Jebbie accomplish? We bet they find out the con was just teasing.

Headlines That Make You Smile: The Washington Times wins the Smiley prize this morning with: Poll Finds Bush Popular In Maryland. We're sorry but we're going to have to have to see a lot more polling to believe that the People's Republic of Maryland even acknowledges that Bush is the real president.

More Twisty Knickers: Michael Kinsley is clearly suffering from a bad case of Snit Envy. A few days ago Washington Post's TV critic, Tom Shales, got hysterical about Bernie Goldberg's book expose of CBS's liberal bent. Here Kinsley tries to outdo Shales. The buzz around Washington is that Shales' long time fluff and puff of all things CBS is fueled by a close relationship with a network executive. To our knowledge, Kinsley has no such motivation.

Wishing Won't Make It So: The dems are such neophytes at whipping up public frenzy to tie Bush to the Enron collapse they have started an E mail campaign pleading with (some would say threatening) journalists to dig harder. Don VanAtta, Jr. the New York Times' go-to guy for scandal connect-the-dot stories must have been on their list. He's on the case already but is still forced to add the following sentence: "Although no one has suggested that Mr. Bush has done anything wrong." Stay tuned. Enron boredom looms.

Teeny Tiny Observations That Illuminate Our Lives: Dick Morris told Andrew Sullivan over lunch in D.C. yesterday that Morris had never seen Clinton so much as touch a dog in private. Note, please that he did not say "in the privates" so don't start anything.

-Your Never Bored LComStaff