Beeman must want to be on the short list for the next Jayson Blair Award...
Posted on 06/12/2003 6:43:13 PM PDT by ArcLight
"Bush is in trouble," he said.
This was neither a columnist nor a politician. It was my barber, Phil. And when Phil says that Bush is in trouble, he is.
Phil was born in the United States, but his parents are from Mexico. His Spanish is fluent. His intimate barbershop in San Jose reflects much of contemporary American society. His customers are U.S. citizens, but born everywhere: California, the Midwest, Latin America, East and Southeast Asia -- they all come through. The TV is tuned to CNN, when there are no sports to watch.
"We knew that Saddam was a bad guy, but how many bad guys are there in the world? Are we going to go after them all?" Phil asks. "And where are all those weapons?"
I expect that Phil's words are being echoed in many barber shops, beauty salons, taverns, ball fields, golf courses and around a lot of kitchen tables this month as Americans begin to ruminate on the Bush administration's actions in Iraq.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.pacificnews.org ...
Beeman must want to be on the short list for the next Jayson Blair Award...
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Great one!
Oh, sure. A writer for Pacific News Service, a left wing house organ, is going to quote his brother that Bush is in trouble. We're supposed to accept that as scientific wisdom.
Try again. Next time, cut my hair above my ears.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
This ol'gal has some C.O. Jones' 'fur shur'!
Ramparts light (headed).
yitbos
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/nyc-3r0320,0,6305134.photo?coll=ny-nynews-headlines
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"First in line guy: Obsession or art form?
By Reid J. Epstein
2002-05-02
Spending a day waiting in line to meet celebrities is not unusual for Greg Packer, a 38-year-old Huntington, N.Y., native, but his position so far back in the queue was. Packer has made obsessions out of being first in line and of being in the company of celebrities.
By 8 o'clock on the coldest morning of the year, Greg Packer was already in his second hour waiting in line to go on a double-decker bus tour of Manhattan with Brandy, the R&B singer.
Spending a day waiting in line to meet celebrities is not unusual for the 38-year-old Huntington, N.Y., native, but his position so far back in the queue was. Packer has made obsessions out of being first in line and of being in the company of celebrities.
But on this day, he was 15th in line. That was good enough, for his goal was just to be among the first 50 who would make it on the Brandy bus.
If there's a global or celebrity-laden event in or near New York, odds are Packer is there, or is trying to be there. He was first in the line to see ground zero when the viewing platform opened at the World Trade Center site Dec. 30. He was the first in line in 1997 to sign the condolence book at the British consulate when Princess Diana died. He slept outside in the snow in Washington last January to be the first in line to greet President George W. Bush after his inauguration.
"This is what I like doing," he said. "You only live once, you might as well make the most of it." "
Then, there's Greg himself at:
And I bet your barber could kick ol' Phil's patootie!
Phil? Phil McCracken?
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