Volume 1 Issue 21
December 11, 2002
Slipping and Sliding
Bush still insane, Lott losing his grip, and fighting them crocs...
Yikes, it was a pain getting in today! Actually, it probably would have been easier if I was driving, b/c the crews had done a good job there, but walking was very dangerous...took about twice as long as usual to make it in. But, now that we're only getting rain here things should be ok at least for the evening rush, before it all freezes over again tonight! I am happy to report that yesterday evening, just hours after I had called to request it, a plow/salt truck paid my street another visit. Of course, the whole ice storm thing negated any benefit there, but the effort is noted and appreciated, AND someone from Public Works actually called me at the office to make sure the road was ok! Maybe there's hope for DC snow removal yet! Now if they would just collect the trash...
Crazzzzzy George!:
The "peaceful" President Bush today threatened to nuke Syria, Iran, North Korea, and Libya -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36819-2002Dec10.html
But in the meantime we'll continue to ignore more important threats to our national security, such as Al Queda and China -
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021211-27417625.htm
And, he wants to end universal mail delivery, so people in rural areas would have to pay more to get mail. Hey George, if you live in my house, we haven't gotten regular mail service for at least a year! -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39854-2002Dec11.html
Segregationist Southern Senators Update: Well, this story has now picked up steam. RNC Chair Marc Raciot will apparently meet with Jesse Jackson on Friday to discuss the controversy, and the Washington Post has found a small newspaper's article from 1980, in which Trent Lott, well, said the same thing he's in trouble for now...is there a pattern? -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37288-2002Dec10.html
Congressional Black Caucus Leaders are calling for Lott to give up his leadership post -
http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/10/lott.comment/index .html
But one member of the CBC suggests that if Lott were to see his way to passing some minimum wage legislation and more affordable housing, he could stay on (this is in the last paragraph here if you just want to skip to the good stuff) -
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/4712271.htm
Even Mississippi papers are attacking him -
http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0212/11/leditorial.html
The Baton Rouge, La Advocate says that Lott is a "discredit to the South"...them's fighting words -
http://www.theadvocate.com/stories/121102/opi_edi1001.shtml
Howard Kurtz summarizes some of today's other denunciations of Lott, including the Wall Street Journal editorial page! -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39305-2002Dec11.html
And Terry Neal discusses the how Lott is now losing the PR war (though as we all know, that can turn around quite quickly) -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40867-2002Dec11.html
Al Gore Watch: On Hardball, this evening, MSNBC, 9pm (up against The West Wing? Not a good choice, Al...). The resurgence continues!
Look Who's Not Running For President: California Governor Gray Davis has ruled out a run for the Democratic nomination in 2004 -
http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/10/davis.reut/index.h tml
But the LA Times thinks he may still be a veep possibility -
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-davis11dec11,0,6176484.story
Look who is running though... Al Sharpton sits down with the Washington Times -=20
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021211-84689515.htm
Disco Dick? Maureen Dowd discusses the Dick Cheney construction project -
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/11/opinion/11DOWD.html
Gentlemen, start your bicycles: Preparations continue for a transit strike next week in New York City -
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/11/nyregion/11PLAN.html
And you think you have Family Problems: The Pritzker family, heirs to the Hyatt hotel chain, are in a big fight over how to divvy up the $15 billion dollars among family members -
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/11/national/11HEIR.html
Not Exactly an apple: A 4 year old Massachusetts Girl brought her teacher pot as a gift...I guess you could say its a gift that keeps on giving... -
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Northeast/12/11/marijuana.gift.ap /index.html
Uneven progress? It's been 30 years now since man visited the Moon...
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/12/11/apollo17.anniversar y/index.html
A Dating Story:
News from a shocked Canadian on the end of romantic dating in American culture -
http://www.nationalpost.com/commentary/story.html?id={272B312C-3151-43C7-AE65-1E1C55ADF062}
What the computer doesn't know won't hurt it: Scientists are trying to make a computer test that is given and graded by computers, but that computers can't pass. It's an attempt to enhance online security, and is one of the fastest growing fields in computing -
Man-eating Crocodile story of the day: A man in Malawi fought back a crocodile by biting it in the nose (the best way to actually fend off an attack...). Two people a day are on average killed by crocs in Malawi -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2565827.stm
Vodka Martini for me, please: The New Yorker reprints an article on vodka from 1955 -
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/?021216fr_archive01
Christmas Gift of the Day: Don't buy your loved one a Lexus for the holiday, buy them the hottest car in America: they Hybrid-engine Toyota Puris! -
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/11/business/11PRIU.html
Fact of the Day: In the 4 years Daniel Snyder has owned the Washington Redskins, they have gone through 9 kickers, 6 starting quarterbacks, 4 head coaches, 4 defensive coordinators, and 4 general managers. And they wonder why they suck.
And...The last day I will bug you to vote, among the final 3 contenders for "name this e-mail!" -
1. From the Swamp
2. The World According to Greg
3. Start the Insanity!
Gregory S. Gadren
