Or maybe I’m the one who’s unclear.
Given the problems the Bush Administration has had recently from betting on the wrong horse, one would think that today’s indictment of former House majority leader Tom DeLay would warrant only a lukewarm reaction from the White House.
Mondo Bizzarro
Check out this story in the Boston Globe.
Food For Thought
It’s Fall
Geese overhead, first acorns on the ground, goldenrod everywhere, farmstands beautifully decorated with pumpkins, cornstalks and mums – we made it through summer, to the season we love the best.
“Her” Life, Her Card
Kate Winslet’s AMEX commercial is one of the cleverest celebrity endorsements ever, a recounting of melodramatic episodes from her various films. Her fans figured out which films she’s referring to:
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
It was inevitable, I guess: you and me, the taxpayers, are being sued by one of the Louisiana evacuees who we have housed, fed and clothed this past month at Camp Edwards.
Telling It LIke It Is
Good for Joe Scarborough of MSNBC for ripping off the sanctimonious shrouds of FEMA and the Red Cross.
Mr. Scarborough’s September 13 column recounts two incidents in which civilians like himself were turned away by so-called relief agencies when they tried to help some of the Katrina evacuees.
Time to Fire the Federal Reserve?
Characterizing the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the economy as “short-lived”, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (the Fed) voted yesterday to raise the federal funds rate once again, to 3.75 percent.
Top Ten
Weather person Mich Michaels sometimes talks about the “Top Ten”, the ten days of the year with the best weather conditions.
Yesterday had to have been one of them, and serendipity lead me to the perfect way to enjoy it.
Not a Good Thing
I tried to watch the first episode of Martha Stewart’s Apprentice last night, but in short order, switched to a superb show on PBS about the Tango, with top-notch performances by dancers and musicians from Buenos Aires but, unfortunately, some horrible camera work (there ought to be a law that when you film a dance performance, you must at all times SHOW THE DANCERS’ FEET, for heavens sake, and not their faces.)