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Wednesday, October 17, 2001

Quote of The Day

"I was full for the first time in three years. I especially liked the small packets of salt and pepper."

— Afghan refugee Rajaballi reviewing the dropped USA food packages.


Taliban shock troops leave for the front.
(Reprinted by popular demand)

Put These Babies To Bed: For anyone weary of the keening, whining, spoiled rotten media will find aid and comfort from Mike Wendland in the Detroit Free Press this morning. (Here is the Bob Zelnick piece he mentions ) Is it too mean spirited for the public to demand that the entire White House Press corps be forced to stand nude at Ground Zero with an American flag strategically pinned to their privates? Terry Moran at ABC can go first.

Box Office Poison: It looks like singing stars are finally getting it — appearing with Michael Jackson is not a good career move. Most of them have decided to pass on his planned "Tribute" to the 9-11 dead that was supposed to make up for his being snubbed at the first big Star roundup last month. Maybe the fact that he still hangs out with 12 year old boys and is backed by one of the several thousand Saudi princes has finally produced a chill.

Replacing Rudy: New Yorkers haven't suffered enough. Now comes the very good chance that Democrat cypher and terminal lightweight Mark Green may attempt to fill the very large shoes of term limited Rudy Giuliani. Word this morning is that the Couple From Hell, Bill and Hill, may throw a fund raiser for him. Dimpling prettily, Green responded with this curl-shaking quote: "We have a ton of friends and supporters in common, whenever we're together, we're giggly and positive." Why us? Oh, Lord. Why us?

My JAG's Bigger Than Your JAG: If this little item from Sy Hersh's New Yorker piece hasn't caught up with you yet, get another cup of coffee. Seems the Judge Advocate General's office (read Army lawyers) are running the war and calling the shots - or no shots as this case may be. This has to be one of the most infuriating developments of the war so far.

Gun Buffs, Lock and Load: Here's a cheering bit of news for all you folks who recently blew the dust off your weapons of choice. "A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the Constitution guarantees individuals the right to have a gun, the first time in recent history that such a high-level legal authority has explicitly endorsed such a view." This isn't everything but it's a damn fine war-time start.

Your Comfortably Armed and Cipro Free LComStaff

-- Anonymous, October 17, 2001


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