Posted on 09/08/2002 10:06:04 AM PDT by Apolitical
WHO'S HOT.... 2. NORMAN MAILER
1. THE NFL
Hey, after Bud Selig and baseball, any sport looks good!
Gosh. It's been a long time since the cultural cognoscenti have been so excited by anything emanating from the pen of former novelist/essayist extraordinaire and drunken boor, Norman Mailer. However, old maniacal mouth has just authored an 8,000-word anti-American diatribe in the pages of London's Sunday Times. And in words which could have just as aptly summed up the evolution of his career and personality, Mr. Mailer opines: "Culturally, emotionally America is growing more loutish, arrogant, and vain."
Irrational, biased and patriotically self-loathing, this article sounds like a definite 'must' read for America's cultural elite.
3. SHAQUILLE O'NEAL
Watch out Floridians, here comes Sheriff Shaq. According to the National Enquirer, the massive NBA great is set to become sheriff of a southern Florida town upon retiring from basketball.......
(Excerpt) Read more at iconoclast.ca ...
Yes, yes, ouch!
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