Volume 2 Issue 126
August 21, 2003
Falling Bush
The Iraqi quagmire deepens, California goes taco-crazy, and Bush's numbers fall through the floor
Quagmire in Iraq: The US finally will ask the UN and other nations to send troops to Iraq, even if it means less contracts for Haliburton -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/21/international/worldspecial /21CND-DIPLO.html
"Chemical Ali" was captured today by US forces...though I thought we killed him months ago -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/21/international/worldspecial /21CND-IRAQ.html?hp
Circle of Violence: After Israel's responded to the bus bombing by killing a Hammas leader, the cease fire appears to be off -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/21/international/middleeast/2 1CND-MIDE.html?hp=&pagewanted=all&position
Third World Infrastructure: The gas shortage in Phoenix continues -
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gaslines21aug21,1,3170992.story?coll=la-home-leftrail
Why did the lights go out? In studying why the blackout occurred, officials are also looking at New Jersey to see what went right when the state's utilities were able to stop the outage from spreading South -
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-10/106144748929110.xml
That Big Whooshing Sound is the Bush Presidency: Actually, its just the air in my water pipes from when they were fixing the hot water this morning. But, Zogby says Bush is at his lowest approval rating since 9/11, and a plurality want to vote for someone else in 2004 -
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=728
Crazy California: Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced his economic "plan" yesterday, which basically said, "elect me, and then I'll tell you" -
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-arnold21aug21,1,7461967.story?coll=la-home-headlines
And Taco Bell is getting in on the action -
http://www.tacobell.com/2003recall/
In an unrelated development, rain in the desert between LA and Las Vegas is causing chaos -
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rain21aug21,1,1162313.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Bad John Edwards Photo of the Day:
No, we can't afford a podium, so we improvise...
Coming soon to TV Sweeps: The family of Elizabeth Smart has finalized a book and TV deal -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A23883-2003Aug21
Bad for Baseball: So Major League Baseball is close to a decision on the Pete Rose matter. What is even more disturbing then allowing him in the Hall of Fame is allowing him to participate in MLB again -
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/baseball/mlb/6579980 .htm
Wedding Joy: A bride in Connecticut didn't like it very much when the bar closed early at her wedding reception. But it's nice to know they went on the honeymoon after she was bailed out of jail -
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/GoodMorningAmerica/bride03 0819.html
Flashing: "Flash Mobs" have made it to the nation's capitol -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23200-2003Aug20.html
What happened on my summer vacation: A British family were stunned when a humpback whale jumped onto their boat -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/08/20/holiday.whale.reu t/index.html
