fact checking

Major party Vice Presidential candidates Dick Cheney and John Edwards went toe-to-toe the other night in what was a fairly medicore debate. Edwards was much more camera friendly and had the cojones to bring up Halliburton . Cheney tried to show his Web savvy by pointing viewers/listeners to a fact checking Web site that would prove Edwards' accusations against him incorrect. Fackcheck.com pointed users to anti Bush financier George Soros. I learned yesterday that Soros was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Insert evil laugh here. I was familiar with the Web site that he was talking about but could've sworn it was a .org site. Here's the correct site. Regrettably, that site didn't have good things to say about either one of them. However, it wasn't as harsh on Edwards as it was on Cheney.
On a fairly unrelated note, Howard Stern is going to Sirius satellite radio in 2006. No real surprise considering his Bulletin Board has Sirius advertising on it. Terrestrial radio is the pits and has been for quite some time. This will be a good move for Howard if he can keep Congress from regulating pay services such as satellite TV and products like HBO. He might be just what Sirius needs to gain subscribers. Will I subscribe? The jury is still out on that. Local radio is so bad that I might have to. I just hate the thought of adding onto my satellite, broadband, and cell phone bills. It's not that much money but still...
While searching for the above Howard Stern related links, I found a great "soundboard". If only I were a teen again...the celebrity prank phone calls page is a riot! You can listen to calls composed of soundbites or go to a celebrity's "soundboard" so you can construct your own prank. Love it! The only drawback is that Howard Stern wannabees from all over use this in an effort to be "creative". Maybe I will cough up for satellite radio...