balance, definition 8a: "weight or force of one side in excess of another."
this morning, on my way to work, i wanted to see if i could pick up the Los Angeles station for Air America Radio. i had written it down on a little piece of paper at home, but thought i could remember the station number. 1170. i tuned to 1170, and i caught someone in mid-sentence, saying that france likes having alliances with dictators. i thought, "oh, sweet, it's a parody."

man, they were GOOD. ...talking about how french people say that american soldiers are cowboys and not only shoot everything in sight, but also kill cows. then they mentioned that france used to be a huge help to us in the cold war, revealing soviet espionage secrets, etc. but since they're saddam lovers these days, they're not only useless to us, they're betraying us.

i started to feel like they were taking the parody too far. nobody thinks like this! where's al franken to change the subject?!? i expected him to butt in and say, "enough about france! you know who i hate? ann coulter."

they paused for a traffic segment, saying they'd be back to discuss the french economic problems, what with them not wanting to work a full work-week and sucking up government hand outs and all. after the traffic segment, they did a radio call sign.

Fox News.