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I heard this evening on Laura Ingraham's radio show that she is going to be on ABC"s "The View" on Wednesday, January 22, 2003. This ought to be interesting. I work graveyard shifts and sleep during the daytime, so I may miss it. I thought fans of Laura, of which she has on here, would like to know. No, I do not have a picture of her to post, but someone else can if they want. The time is 10 am Central Time here in Houston, so you can adjust the time according to where you live. Brad

In his own unique style, Bush told voters in Bentonville, Ark., that he'd been "misunderestimated." (ABCNEWS.com) Bushisms ‘Resignate’ The President’s Gift of Gab Pays Off By Buck Wolf Jan. 21 — Don't "misunderestimate" President Bush's "embettered" English. Bushisms are big business and worthy of "analyzation." A talking Bush doll, a Bushisms calendar and several best-selling books celebrate the president's unique gift of gab. Whether it's pronouncing nuclear as "NOO-kyuh-luhr," botching speeches, or coining new words like "Hispanically," Bush just seems to "resignate" with Americans. President Rivals Dilbert The 2003 George W. Bush Quote Calendar has became a national sensation, selling...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE JAN 21, 2003 13:52:09 ET XXXXX ABC NEWS WARNS: DON'T LET DRUDGE BECOME OUR ASSIGNMENT EDITOR A new warning has been issued by a credentialed corporate journalist! Beware the DRUDGE REPORT! "Can't we all agree that we will check stuff out before we let Drudge become our assignment editor this cycle?" begged ABC NEWS political chief Mark Halperin Tuesday morning in The Note. Halperin's lecture ["Reporters should know better...be more careful"] comes as political news moves from flatline to pulse in the coming seasons, and the race to be first and fresh with information voters...

Says to Allow Practice to Continue Would Be 'Insensitive' Toward Other Religions AgapePress) - Disney World in Florida says it is canceling its long tradition of offering a place for Christian visitors to worship. Cybercast News quotes Disney officials who say the theme park can no longer accommodate 1,500 Catholic and Protestant families who want to use the facility for Sunday services. Disney spokesman, Rena Callahan, said it does not seem right to offer only two types of services when there are "so many religions out there." To continue that, she said, would be "insensitive" to the resort's non-Christian clientele....

LAKE BUENA VISTS, Fla. - Walt Disney World is scaling back its Roman Catholic and Protestant services. After Christmas Day worship this yaer, the theme park said it will no longer hold weekly services, although Christmas and Easter worship will continue. Disney officials said space problems were partly to blame. But the resort's executive also said it no longer seemed fair to hold services for only two faiths when religious diversity in the United States is increasing. Houses of worship surrouding the resort can meet visitors' religious needs, a Disney spokeswoman said. Two Catholic Masses and one nondenominational Protestant service...

<p>LOS ANGELES - Walt Disney Co. has settled a $20-million "whistle-blower" lawsuit brought by a former executive who says she was fired for refusing to help the company allegedly cheat the IRS. The case, scheduled to go to trial Jan. 27, was settled late last week, the Los Angeles Times reported. The terms were not disclosed.</p>

After the copyright smackdown: What next?Don't despair at the Supreme Court's gift to Disney, says one expert. The fight has really only just begun. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Congress was within its constitutional bounds to extend the duration of all copyrights by 20 years -- up to 70 years beyond the life of the author and potentially infinitely -- many saw the ruling as a knockout blow to the movement to reform copyright. Some on the public interest side are tempted to lament what could be called the "Dred Scott case for culture," unjustifiably locking up...

Hollywood star stands up for decency Patricia Heaton walks out of music awards because of lewd tone For "Everybody Loves Raymond" star Patricia Heaton, the last straw came when a performer at the 30th annual American Music Awards made graphic references to three-way sex. That, and, perhaps, Sharon Osbourne's joke about what she called Mariah Carey's "fake" endowments. Patricia Heaton Though the actress was at the awards show to introduce a pre-recorded retrospective of executive producer Dick Clark's annual music show, enough was enough. She walked out of the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, disgusted by what she called "an...