Wednesday, January 14, 2004
My Cold Black Heart Weeps
Not bloody likely…
Yasser Arafat is rich, but his Palestinian Authority is going broke. And with foreign aid drying up, his economy chief has had to take out a bank loan to pay 125,000 workers.
While the Palestinians have grown poorer, Arafat has amassed a fortune estimated by Forbes at $300 million, putting him in sixth place on the list of richest world leaders. Israel says his real net worth exceeds $1 billion.
Ironic, since if he did what he’s asked all his bomb-strapping supporters to do, we’d never see the words Yasser Arafat and Millions in the same sentence. He would’ve been blown into chunky Yasser Ara-bits.
He must think we’ve forgotten
A few months ago, when we were chortling about that 8.2% growth rate - the highest rate in 20 years, we had a strolling troll (who goes by the nom de slime of “JadeGold") who said that he hoped that Bush ran on the economy.
I said at the time that I hoped so, too.
Hey, Jade! Do you still hope for that? Because I sure do!!!
Go drive off another bridge Teddy
I’ve had it with Ted Kennedy...he’s on TV right now bloviating about Bush and not giving him a 2nd term...blah-blah-blah.
Not making us safer.
We did not have to go to war. We had other alternatives.
He’s on message.
One of the BlogRoll
There are reasons why I have chosen every single site on my Blog-Roll, varying from their sense of humor (such as Scrappleface) to their in-depth knowledge of many technical and scientific topics (such as USS Clueless).
But one site is a mixture of two, from the daily comics they have to their essay entries (the kind that make you say “Wow"). Today, they have two such essays. Go and read. And check out the comics while you’re at it.
Stuart saves liberal talk-radio
I think everyone can breathe a big sigh of relief....Al Franken has signed on to host his own show for a yet to be named liberal talk radio network.
Last November the company was bought by an investment group led by Mark Walsh, a former America Online executive and adviser to the Democratic National Committee, from the venture capitalists Sheldon and Anita Drobny.
Walsh, who serves as CEO of Progress Media, also said the new network had reached its first major distribution agreement, with the Chicago AM station WNTD. He said he expects to announce at least three other distribution deals in the coming weeks.
Walsh acknowledged that much work remains to be done on the network before it becomes a viable business, including lining up technical arrangements and setting up offices and studios.
He said that about 65 percent of the network’s programming has been decided, but he declined to elaborate beyond disclosing another new show to be co-hosted by the environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called “Champions of Justice.”
Oh joy, another venue for the Kennedy’s to be in the spotlight.
Oh those wacky Argentinians
Lucas Tomas was lucky Quique didn’t tear his guts out.
The would-be matador was being examined by a psychiatrist.
Understatement of the year…
Let them in….
I know I kid Canada from time to time. Whether it’s making fun of their laid-back, pot-smoking slacker attitude towards the world. Or whether I’m campaigning to invade and annexing Alberta and British Columbia and having access to the oil there. Or that I think the pinnacle of Canadian grace comes from Strange Brew.
But if they want to bid on the Iraq reconstruction contracts...so be it.