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Posted on 02/07/2003 5:36:39 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
That was some Thursday night! Two freak shows in one four hour period.
First up was Michael Jackson, very, very disturbing. If you were fortunate enough to miss it you can read what you missed on Hillary's Lovely Legs Live Michael Jackson thread.
Then later on Larry King Alive we were treated to the other king o' the freaks, William Jefferson Clinton. Read the transcript here.
As usual it was all about him. Me, me, me, I, I, I. Particularly amusing was this quote concerning North Korea:
We had a tough time with them, but we got them to end that program and they kept it ended until apparently today they started again.
Uh no bill, they never shut down their nuke program you unbelievably stupid worm.
Here's one about The Liebary that went right over stupid's head:
KING: We have a little advance here to show you. Kind of a virtual tour, a quick virtual tour of what will be the William Jefferson Clinton Library. Watch.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CLINTON: Our of Democracy must be not only the envy of the world, but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
A leader who guided America through a period of great transition. This presidency will forever be captured at the 12th presidential library. The William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center and Park.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KING: Kind of cooky.
CLINTON: That's easy. That's my DVD. [Whoooosh! Didn't catch that kind of cooky (should be spelled kooky ya stupid CNN kooks!)comment eh bill? Bill was too busy being proud of himself.]
KING: Where's it going to be?
CLINTON: In Little Rock. Right on the Arkansas River.
A night of freaks, that's what Thursday night was!
Was going to do loads of yard work today but it's raining buckets. What a horrible, horrible shame!
We're going to need lots of weed killer for the 2004 election looks like. Kerry has hired on some on algore's slimiest people.
Democratic activist Michael Whouley yesterday denied organizing a traffic jam in Bedford three years ago to help former Vice President Al Gore win the 2000 Presidential primary over party challenger Bill Bradley.
Boston Phoenix reported this week that Whouley, who ran Gore’s campaign in New Hampshire in 2000, had recounted the story of a manufactured traffic jam at a Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics symposium.
Phoenix reported Whouley, who is now a top aide to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry’s presidential campaign, told the symposium that the Gore team organized a caravan to clog Interstate 93 with traffic to discourage potential Bradley voters from getting to the polls. More
Oh alright, I'll be a Kerry, grumble, grumble.
WASHINGTON (AP) Teresa Heinz is getting a new name to go along with her husband's presidential campaign.
The wife of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, a candidate for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, will be introduced as ''Teresa Heinz Kerry'' at campaign events. The name will also appear on campaign literature.
Some of his political advisers were concerned that her having a different name was causing confusion,'' said Chris Black, Heinz' spokeswoman. ''As the senator goes out of Massachusetts and introduces himself to the rest of the country, there was concern people would not realize she was married to him.'' More
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Today's good news:
ENVIRONMENTAL activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., meat-hating musician Moby and PETA pooh-bah Ingrid Newkirk are among the unlucky winners of the "Tarnished Halo Awards." A pro-business group called the Center for Consumer Freedom has named what it calls "America's most notorious animal-rights zealots, environmental scaremongers, celebrity busybodies, self-anointed 'public interest' advocates, trial lawyers, and other food and beverage activists who claim to 'know what's best for you.' "
And the winners are:
* Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the "Most Callous Exploitation of a Tragedy." The founder of the greener-than-thou Waterkeeper Alliance declared that U.S. pork farmers are "a greater threat than Osama bin Laden." The CCF snipes that Kennedy's group "has waged its own jihad against those who bring America's little piggies to market."
* Moby takes the "Nobody Listens to Techno-Vegans" category. The downtown dynamo called on his fans to sabotage a popular Thanksgiving hot line that provides free advice about cooking turkeys.
* Lawyers Samuel Hirsch and John Banzhaf for the "Billions and Billions Sought" category. With straight faces, the opportunistic attorneys sued fast-food restaurants on behalf of their corpulent clients, who blamed McDonald's for their addiction to Big Macs and french fries.
* Ingrid Newkirk, president and co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), nabs the "Excuse Me, But Your Agenda is Showing" award. Newkirk's group's tax filings disclosed a $1,500 donation to the North American Earth Liberation Front, an FBI-labeled "domestic terrorist group" whose crime spree has caused over $40 million in damage.
* Columbia University's Joseph Califano for the "Don't Drink and Number Crunch" category. Califano's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse conducted a "deeply flawed study that overestimated underage drinking by 50 percent," provoking a New York Times headline that read: "Disturbing Finding on Youth Drinkers Proves to Be Wrong."
* Finally, the "Fishing for the Truth" category goes to the National Environmental Trust for its high-profile campaign aimed at convincing America's elite chefs to stop serving the supposedly "endangered" Chilean sea bass, even though the U.S. government says the fish is not threatened. Page Six
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RFK Jr's been getting a lot of face time lately. Gee, you don't suppose he's planning to run for anything, do you? Speaking of whackos:
"FARGO" star Frances McDormand is one with nature. McDormand, a practicing pagan, [and graduate of the little liberal church-affiliated college in my little town] says she holds feasts celebrating the change of seasons, during which she's inclined to practice nudism. "I've been known to bare my breasts at winter solstice," she tells Jane magazine. "It doesn't offend anyone." She also bakes cookies honoring the sun and the moon with her son.
When she moved to Chicago with my brother, one of the cats fur got all tangled up during the move so she took it in for a line cut.
She was quite surprised when she heard the price as it was twice as much as it was down south. She confirmed with the groomer that he understood what a line cut was and he said "yes, I know what a LION cut is." It seems her accent came out sounding like LION not LINE and this is how her cat was returned to her.
She cried for a week...but not as much as the cat. It was November in Chicago and the cat needed all the fur it had.
" Gas in car to go to groomers $4.50
Cat car carrier $32.99
Grooming fee $80.00
Getting the look from one seriously ticked off cat, Priceless!
Per this morning's Page Six item reporting that Chelsea Clinton has been offered a job at "McKinney": (That's McKinsey. M-C-K-I-N-S-E-Y.) A spy reports that during the recruitment workshop, Chelsea's effort at teamwork consisted of forming a team with her boyfriend, Ian Klaus, and the partner in charge of the presentation.
Not that it matters. McKinsey interviews generally go something like this:
Question 1: Estimate the number of manhole covers in New York. Divide by the number of Texans convicted of insider trading in 1987. Assess the global economic impact of the removal of the resulting number of manhole covers and their subsequent transfer to emerging markets with significant levels of interest rate volatility. Bonus points for solving Fermat's last theorem.
Question 2: Are you willing to die/trade your grandmother/spend an extended period of time in minimum security prison for McKinsey? (If yes, ignore question 1. Automatic offer.)
Question 3: Is your father a former U.S. President? (If yes, ignore question 1.
Automatic offer.) Question 4: Does at least 90% of your work wardrobe (if female) consist of Blass and Manolos? (If no, please explain.)
Question 5: With how many CEOs of potential client companies does your father play racquetball? (If none, please explain.)
We're guessing Chelsea got in on Question 1.
[From gawker, a NYC gossip site I've just discovered.]
What a beautiful machine.
If MJ gets a look at that artificially "aged" image, he just might throw himself over a balcony.
You can tell Spring is on the way around here because the leaves are falling like crazy to make way for the new growth. I just love that new Spring green!
Off subject: While watching The Chris Matthews shows (comes on after MTP) Chris flashed a pic of GWB and Laura he said came from the Washington Times. It was the sweetest picture. Laura is looking straight ahead and GWB is looking at her with such love in his eyes, even Chris remarked about GWB sincere love for his wife.
I have looked EVERYWHERE and cannot find this picture. If one of you can find it I'll be your best friend!
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