Here's one for both cat and dog lovers. (I did not pose this, they figured it out themselves.)
Posted on 11/18/2002 3:03:17 AM PST by lysie
Good morning ALL you wonderful people.
Police in Turkey question an Arab-Israeli who tried to hijack an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul.
U.N. inspectors took off for Iraq on Monday to resume.
Storms with a mix of snow and freezing rain has left thousands of people throughout the New England without power.
Certification of senator-elect Jim Talent is this week with swearing , hopefully, soon to follow.
Dems are at it again and will continue to try to block another Bush nominee, appeals court nominee of U.S. District Judge Dennis Shedd.
The former president Carter returns to the White House as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and guest of President Bush. I hope he brings his manners with him
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail! [President Bush]
I guess it's Monday, isn't it?
By breaking the story of Carl Rove's supposed "nazi rally" remark and the Bush taped interviews, Drudge has provided an enormous service. That dog is out, so there's nothing left to discuss (very Clintonian, the strategy; don't think Drudge's copy came from the Wh--.... ah, forget it). The Washington Post has downplayed this aspect in its serial presentation of the story. Yes, Drudge broke that embargo, and the ship arrived safely to port.
This is important because it represents one of the great accomplishments of the political right over the past ten years. Along with the great service to the nation by the Washington Times and talk radio, for example, Drudge has broken the media monopoly on the news. What was missing before was competition.
No great or new insight here. I'm only thinking of it today as I re-read my manuscript for the umpteenth time, before resubmitting it for final editing. I have before me a Taft speech from 1912. It was perhaps the first broadcast presidential speech, as he read it over the phone from Boston to a newspaper banquet in New York (Taft made great and concerted use of new technologies, such as the automobile, moving pictures, radio and telephone). He told the reporters:
I shall not weight my message to you with an expression of my respect for the concentrated power in this country that you gentlemen represent. The safety of the country lies in the fact that you neutralize each other, and in the growing conviction of the country that the truth is not in you, but that it lies between you... I am not thereby consigning you all to an Ananias club, however strong your desire for close association under some banner, but I am explaining to you how each one of you saves the country from the rest.[Note that in Taft's day the newspapers and magazines were Big Media, there being no television or radio at the time]
FR is one of these, having an effect far beyond its membership that... saves the country from the rest.
cc: JimRob
Here's one for both cat and dog lovers. (I did not pose this, they figured it out themselves.)
I learned it from my brother-in-law, the one from Door County.
but I am explaining to you how each one of you saves the country from the rest.
Excellent.
Overcast here now, and thru til midnight, probably.
Have to check after that for visibility.....
/john
My family is lucky if I use chocolate sprinkles for decoration. Edible foil? HAR!
In public Luke is a big pussycat. If you come to my door, well, you'd have to be suicidal to try to come in uninvited.
/john
Don't poison the boss John...:-)
/john
/john
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