Volume 2 Issue 75
May 20, 2003
On Alert
The traffic light changes again, the President's spokeman heads into the sunset, and Haley Barbour and Whorehouses
Short and late today...was on the Hill most of the day. Enjoy...
Terror: The Homeland Security Traffic Light has changed again, upping the alert status to Orange -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15503-2003May20.html?nav=hptop_tb
The US has closed it's diplomatic posts in Saudi Arabia temporarily due to the increased terror threat.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Saudi-Attacks.html
Torture? After reports that the US was forcing prisoners to listen to Barney and Heavy Metal, some have accused the US of torturing the prisoners. I don't know...listening to Barney for 10 hours? -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3042907.stm
Stupid Republicans: Former RNC Chair and candidate for Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour is standing by his remark that children are better off playing the piano in a whorehouse than in school -
http://www.thejacksonchannel.com/education/2215667/detail.ht ml
It's a Small World: British educators are pissed off about standardized tests too -
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-686451,00.html
No Shame: Jayson Blair, after lying his way to the top at the New York Times, wants to write a book about his experience, so he can get rich off of you once again -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/05/19/blair/
Look Who's Running for President: More on Kerry's poorly designed public service program...making the poor indentured servants. Oh, and it apparently took him 5 years to graduate high school -
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/140/nation/Kerry_pitches_p ublic_service_program+.shtml
Look Who's Running for President 2: Is Howard Dean as liberal as people have made him out to be? Not according to his record -
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/139/region/Those_who_know_De an_says_he_s_:.shtml
Look Who's Running for President 3: The Democratic Ballclub has agreed to a series of debates, in order to prevent having like 30 "forums" a month. Details should be worked out by the end of the week. You do have to wonder about this passage in the story though -
"Some progress was apparently made at tonight's meeting, called by Mr. McAuliffe. Three campaign managers said in a joint telephone call from a bar near the White House, where they had retired for drinks, that Mr. McAuliffe would draft a proposal for a limited schedule of officially sanctioned events, which would presumably be televised nationally. "
Glad that Democratic policy is being made in good environments -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/20/politics/20TALK.html
Look Who's Running for President 4: Here's some analysis from the last Democratic debate in Iowa over the weekend. Scary...Sharpton again has the best points: "We're saying that Bush is cutting taxes. He's shifting taxes. Because when you have to pay more money for mass transit, when you have to pay more money for sales tax, that's a tax on working-class people. … Taxes have gone up all over this country." " If only he were electable...but he may actually still put a scare into some of the other candidates. Bill Slatean has a great analysis -
http://slate.msn.com/id/2083126/
Goodbye, Ari: As Ari Fleisher leaves his post in a few weeks, here are some of his best quotes, courtesy of the Washington Post -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12807-2003May19.html
They should sit in the cabin sometime: Two British pilots were shocked when their messages to air traffic control were met only with the sound of a crying baby -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/05/19/offbeat.baby.airp ort.reut/index.html
The BBC comments on what one famous British citizen has to say about arming pilots...James Bond speaks -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3039583.stm
Have a great day!
