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Thursday, April 11, 2002

 

Arafat speaks to mass church gathering in Cairo Denounces Israeli attacks on holy sites as a "crime" New JFK Jr. book comes under fire This had to happen U.S. journalists say they feel unready Well, get ready. It's going to be a lifetime war Defiant Sharon Losing Support in White House Not a good look for Bush Bush Backs Overhaul of Military's Top Ranks High time PLO Evicted from Washington Office Maybe liberals could each take one home

Quote of the day: "On a more basic level, people dislike(d) Clinton for the same reason that dogs, knowing nothing, instinctively bark at a snake until somebody either gets bitten, killed or disappears, usually the snake. .......And dogs, though they stop barking after a serpent slithers away, continue to despise snakes, biliously."

-Kathleen Parker, columnist, Orlando Sentinel

 

Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah. You've got a friend.

They Are Not Worthy - or Ready, Either: The annual spring rumble of America's newspaper editors in Washington, D.C. opened this week with a note of discontent. Editors complained that American reporters are not very confident of their reporting abilities. Well, guess what, guys. The reading public isn't, either. From just TV reporting alone the "pity me" whine is deafening. At least once a day some reporter tells us what a tough job it is. We don't care. Give us the facts. Lose the liberal spin and stop whining . Too bad there is no more draft. A couple years with a 90 pound pack and hip deep mud improves writing skills immensely.

Lounge Lizard Bingo: Ever since Clinton started sneaking into every private club entrance in town, New Yorkers have asked each other, "I wonder who's boinking him now?" Fortunately for us Page Six is fearless and it seems to have this month's winner . A picture of the two together ran in that Newsweek interview Jonathan Alter did from under Clinton's desk last week. Alter, when asked, said he knew nothing about the relationship. Of course not.

Where Have All The Whiners Gone? Remember when going to Vieques to get arrested was chic? That sure didn't last long. Tough Puerto Rican judges didn't think it was cute and yesterday one threw another handful in jail for a month.

Wearing Thin: Remember when going to an AIDs benefit was chic? Here's the AP music critic's coverage of the latest fund raising featuring full frontal rap star promotion, condoms in the lobby and Bill Clinton on video giving young people sex advice. The "cause" is so out of steam, ordinary folk have even stopped asking, "Where's the money?"

This Is Just Perverse: An air traveler who clearly didn't get the message about not flying with funny shoes was detained at San Francisco airport because his shoes had batteries and wires hanging out of them. They were just foot warmers and knowing that, the police blew them up anyway. Now that is harsh.

-Your Shoe Friendly LComStaff

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