Posted on 10/02/2005 10:04:56 PM PDT by smoothsailing
Dan Rather was on "Larry King" the other night and was asked about the Katrina coverage. Say what you like about Dan, but he knows his meteorological phenomena. I've always thought there was something quintessentially American about Dan's hurricane editions of the CBS news -- not the part of the show where he's reporting on the actual hurricane, but the bit where he says "And today's other headlines," as if it's the most normal thing in the world to be reading "The Dow closed 19 points down today" while wrapped around a lamppost in your sou'wester with a rusting doublewide flying over your shoulder.
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Nails it, he does!
Tahnks for the post, BTW. I purely enjoy reading Mark's essays!
I love his dry, sarcastic English wit. He's great! Mark Steyn in 2008! (I know. I know. He wasn't born in America!)
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