Clintons to lead millennium gala

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Clintons to lead millennium gala

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton will address the American people as part of a splashy outdoor millennium gala in the final minutes of New Year's Eve on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

``This will be no ordinary party for no ordinary time,'' Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday. ``This is a tremendous opportunity to really unite our nation.'' Along with the Clintons, the event will have actor Will Smith as host and will include a special film directed by Steven Spielberg.

The first lady announced the celebration, ``America's Millennium: A Celebration for the Nation,'' along with Washington Mayor Anthony Williams and George Stevens Jr., who will co-produce the show along with Quincy Jones.

In her weekly newspaper column, ``Talking It Over,'' the first lady said Clinton will speak to the nation just after Spielberg's film is shown on large screens on either side of the memorial, and before the ``Midnight Moment,'' a high-tech light display planned for the stroke of midnight.

The gala caps a national celebration on the Mall that begins New Year's Eve with the unveiling of the national time capsule and runs through the holiday weekend. All the events are free.

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Anyone care to guess what he might say ???

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), September 29, 1999

Answers

Clinton: "Well, I gotta get going now. They're about to seal up Mt. Weather and I don't wanna be left out here with all you suckers. See you in hell!"

-- CygnusXI (noburnt@toast.net), September 29, 1999.

I read this with pleasure in this morning's paper, hoping that it's true. Whatever happens in D.C. -- & you know it's gonna be ugly -- at least Billary will be right there in the middle of it, maybe with little flashlights. What a comforting thought!

-- originally (from@back.east), September 29, 1999.

They should have invited Robert Conrad to host it. It might have made up for Will Smith's mutilation of his 'James West' role. Plus, he'd be the only kick-ass individual present on the stage of a huge gathering of world renowned woosies.

-- Will continue (farming@home.com), September 29, 1999.

Don't you think the speaker will be a presidential " look alike "? He seems to be very easy to impersonate. Anyway,this party is probably just a reason to round up people in case something has to be done with them... get them all down town so you can keep an eye on them,etc.

-- Think (Think about it @ Dc.com), September 29, 1999.

They do not believe in MURPHY'S LAW.

-- no talking please (breadlines@soupkitchen.gov), September 29, 1999.


NO FLASHLIGHTS REQUIRED.

The WHOLE THING is to get power from GENERATORS! NO SH*T! The arrangements have already been made, and reported in the "media".

-- Dennis (djolson@pressenter.com), September 29, 1999.


There were at least two articles on this, and another one that had the DC mayor asking Congress for more money to fix Y2K. He thought they MIGHT get it done...and of course, he couldn't account for the money that Congress had already given the city.

Can you imagine the possibilities? Consider the stroke of midnight, the light show...and the rest of Washington going black! Metro at a halt, no traffic lights, police and troops trying to deploy as the crowd is trying desperately to go home... Perhaps as the snow and sleet starts...

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), September 29, 1999.


What a photo op! I wish I could be there (almost!).

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), September 29, 1999.

How about a theme song for this? Maybe they could use the one from the movie "Clueless."

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), September 29, 1999.

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