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Posted on 01/20/2003 5:01:36 PM PST by Libloather
Today in History - Jan. 21
52 minutes ago
By The Associated Press
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2003. There are 344 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 21, 1793, during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed on the guillotine.
On this date:
In 1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and four other Southerners resigned from the U.S. Senate.
In 1915, the first Kiwanis Club was founded, in Detroit.
In 1924, Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died at age 54.
In 1942, Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded "One O'Clock Jump" in New York for Okeh Records.
In 1950, former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring, was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury. (Hiss, who always maintained his innocence, served less than four years in prison.)
In 1950, George Orwell, author of "1984," died in London.
In 1954, the first atomic submarine, the USS "Nautilus," was launched at Groton, Conn.
In 1976, the supersonic Concorde jet was put into service by Britain and France.
In 1977, President Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders.
In 1997, Speaker Newt Gingrich was reprimanded and fined as the House voted for first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct.
Ten years ago: Two U.S. warplanes fired on and bombed an Iraqi air defense radar site in northern Iraq after radar was turned on them — Iraq denied provoking the attack.
Five years ago: President Clinton angrily denied reports he'd had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and tried to get her to lie about it. Pope John Paul II began a historic pilgrimage to Cuba. Actor Jack Lord of "Hawaii Five-O" fame died in Honolulu at age 77.
One year ago: Sultry singer Peggy Lee died in Bel Air, Calif., at age 81.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Paul Scofield is 81. Actress Ann Wedgeworth is 68. Blues singer-musician Snooks Eaglin is 67. Golfer Jack Nicklaus is 63. Opera singer Placido Domingo is 62. Singer Richie Havens is 62. Singer Mac Davis is 61. Singer Edwin Starr is 61. Actress Jill Eikenberry is 56. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 53. Actor Robby Benson is 47. Actress Geena Davis is 46. Basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon is 40. Actress Charlotte Ross is 35. Actor John Ducey is 34. Actress Karina Lombard is 34. Rapper Levirt (B-Rock and the Bizz) is 33. Rock DJ Chris Kilmore (Incubus) is 30. Singer Emma Bunton (Spice Girls) is 27. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nokio (Dru Hill) is 24.
Thought for Today: "The road to ruin is always kept in good repair." — Anonymous.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Bob Weiner, Ken Starr's Clinton Grand Jury witness, is telling us on the fifth anniversary of the "parade of witnesses" that "we must not forget" Starr's "excessive control of the national agenda and overreach into privacy."
In a statement, Weiner, former director of public affairs for the White House Drug Policy Office, reminds us of the over 100 witnesses Starr called over the course of 1998 and says, "Neither our Capital nor the Nation wants anything like that personal harassment again. Starr went way too far. He put Washington and the country through public torture. Prosecutors were nearly universal in stating that he was exceeding prosecutorial discretion in a case of consensual private activities with no one claiming harm" -- and, says Weiner, despite the "imperious" arguments Starr and many congressional Republicans used, "the American people understood that fact. The more Starr victimized Clinton, the higher was Clinton's popularity, reaching 70 percent, while Starr's descended into single digits."
Weiner says, "Starr caused the Justice Department to be seen as a peeping Tom organization" and contends that Starr's actions "were far more damaging to the country than Clinton's." Weiner asserts that it is "bothersome" that Starr is teaching constitutional law and ethics at area high schools and colleges -- "kids should not be led to believe his model is the right one." Weiner is especially chagrined over recent press reports that Starr is a leading Bush candidate for Supreme Court. "Picture Hillary Clinton and others' colloquies on the Senate floor. Even if some make the case that aside from the Clinton investigation Starr has a respectable record -- I won't even get into the controversies of his other cases -- it would still be like saying, 'Aside from that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?'"
Jan. 26, 2003 is the fifth anniversary of the subpoena Weiner received from Ken Starr in 1998, and this week also marks the fifth anniversary of the entire Grand Jury testimony phase of the Clinton-Lewinsky investigation. Betty Currie was the first witness forced to testify, on Jan. 27, 1998; Weiner testified on Jan. 30. Weiner's subpoena was for personal home phone calls by his wife and him to friends on a local Democratic club -- an intrusion by Starr that the couple called "Big Brother at its worst." More than 100 Clinton staffers, Secret Service agents, friends, and associates were victimized by Starr's subpoenas and demands to testify before the Grand Jury.
Weiner was director of public affairs for the White House Drug Policy Office May 1995-August 2001 under Drug Czars Lee Brown and Barry McCaffrey. He now is president of a public affairs and issues strategy company (Robert Weiner Associates).
IMHO Bill and Hillary Clinton have done more damage to this country than any other Americans who have ever lived.
Maybe someone could complete the transformation and paste the Hillary face onto Golum's body in that shot...
Well, it's true that he didn't have an affair JUST with Monika...
You are absolutely correct!
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