Here are a few of the crackpot sights and ridiculous sounds that made 2005 a year to remember (many thanks to Ian Schwartz at The Political Teen for his indispensable video blogging):

Video clips…

10. Spike Lee: Tinfoil hat-wearing levee expert

9. CNBC mugs Bernie Goldberg

8. Union thugs unhinged

7. Chris Matthews unhinged

6. MoveOn.org’s homage to “American” troops

5. Liberal tolerance: “We have to exterminate white people.”

4. Liberal math: George Washington = Terrorist

3. Philosopher-rapper Kanye West’s telethon tirade: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people”

2. NBC’s Canoe Girl: Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream…

1. Al Franken: Unglued, unfunny, unhinged

And the Media Research Center presents its 2005 notable quotables from the news media. Awards include: “Barbra Streisand Political IQ Award for Celebrity Vapidity,” the “Media Millionaires for Smaller Paychecks Award,” and the ” Madness of King George Award for Bush Bashing.”