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From THE GREAT STATE OF MAINE...
Cheers and Jeers for Thursday, January 22, 2004
CHEERS to a Happy Chinese New Year! With Bush looking hard to beat, the Year of the Monkey appears to be pretty doggone prophetic.
JEERS to the Beagle worm. Newest virus collects millions of email addresses, and may even turn your PC into a spam transmitter. It's great news for the two people waiting for Bi.g Sa.v.ing.s on Gen.e.ri.c Vi.a.gr.a to pop into their inbox.
CHEERS to "Activist judges" (read: judges who don't grovel before the Bush agenda). They're about the only brave souls (besides librarians) saving the country from imperial rule. A role formerly filled by the Democratic party.
CHEERS to Howard Dean. Zogby says Guv's post-caucus tirade didn't have a negative impact "at all" on young voters in New Hampshire, and campaign brought in $600,000 in last three days. Will tonight's debate and Primetime Sawyer interview bring his campaign back to life? Yeaahhhhhhwellmaybe.
JEERS to saying "Cheese" the old-fashioned way. Kodak, failing to keep up with the times, will fire 15,000 employees. And the jobless recovery rolls on...
JEERS to Cardinal Gustaaf Joos. Top Belgian Catholic says that 90 percent of gays are "perverts" and---I kid you not---"Real homosexuals don't wander in the streets in colorful suits." Is your miter screwed on a little tight today, your Holy Wackiness?
CHEERS to NY Times letter writer Randall Hensley. Points out that State of the Union was missing a few odds `n ends: "Osama bin Laden"; "Israel"; "Palestine"; "fiscal responsibility"; "balanced" or "balanced budget"; "debt"; or "environment." Also no reference to the 503 (now 505) dead U.S. soldiers. C'mon...how can we deal with that minor stuff when we've got a war on steroids to fight?
JEERS to Trail Magazine. Latest issue of British hiking magazine gives readers "safe descent" directions down Britain's tallest mountain. Unfortunately, route leads hikers off edge of a cliff. Wow...similar thing happened in latest issue of Howard Dean Digest.
CHEERS to James Cameron. Genius behind `Aliens' and `Terminator 2' (not to mention that little Love Boat flick) set to direct a "major" sci-fi epic with a "pile of special effects." Like throwing slabs of red meat to the lions. All hail the King of the World.
What are you cheering and jeering about today?
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