Special Counsel Patrick Fitz - WHOA! Put that thing away! I meant that
figuratively, people. Ok, that's better - I did not need to see that.
Now, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is expected to indict some extremely high-ranking ham sandwiches tomorrow, and I, for one, am damned hungry. But waiting for the main course has dulled my appetite for other news. Miers against abortion? No kidding. Vote fraud in Iraq? Ho-hum. Out of hurricane names? Less than scintillating (actually, I'll get back to that one later).
Somehow, though, one publication cuts through the Fitzgerald fog: the Christian Science Monitor.
I mean, how good are these stories:
British troops struggle with "honor killing" culture.
Female firefighters in Iran.
Hurricanes provide new impetus for wetlands conservation.
That's three fantastic, exclusive stories on the front page today - and they do this every day. For analytical journalism, any given day's Monitor can compete with any newsweekly out there.
RE: Hurricane names -
I can't recall a more complete waste of time than this "story." Yes, we have now equalled the most hurricanes in one season on record. But this crap about Greek letters? First of all, who gives a rat's? Second of all, why? I, personally, can think of more than one name per year that starts with "A." Considering that the list stops with Wilma, I can also thing of names that begin with "X," "Y," and "Z." Really, I can! (Um, does "X-men" count?) I don't believe that there's any law that forbids adding names to the list after it has been published. Wait, check that. I live in a state where the lower chamber, in the middle of the biggest education budget crisis in its history, passed a bill against sexy cheerleading. It's quite possible that NOAA could be risking severe criminal penalties if they mess with the storm name list.
Now, BRING ME THE HEAD OF KARL ROVE, FITZIE!