Friday, April 19, 2002
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A Caribou In Every Garage: The wacko greenie-weenies had their way
yesterday
and voted down the possibility of drilling in ANWR. Somewhere someone is
conducting a survey on how
many of them own SUVs and summer homes
. Cool heads
counsel calm however, this fight isn't over yet.
Bad News Comes in Bunches: Here is the latest on
the Amtrak train that derailed
killing 6 people late yesterday.
Is This A Trend? There is a
subscriber rebellion underway today
against the
L.A. Times' biased anti-Israeli reporting that may leap the fly over and
bite
the Washington Post. Now if there is a way to extend this to advertisers
we might see some action. Here's an excellent Joel Mowbray column on the
Post's
"problem."
When Smart People Listen to Dumb People: The Jewish Press pays close
attention to who says what and here begins to
list the dumbest media commentary
. This could be a long and comprehensive list as the coverage of
the Mideast contest is fraught with emotional misinformation and near
deliberate ignorance. This editorial from the Jerusalem Post adds
to the record.
Slip Sliding Around: This is the game New Yorkers hoped they could
play when
they learned Clinton would be among them. Page Six adds a question mark to
news of his most recent tryst but those in the know have been aware of this
liaison for weeks. Such idle fun.......watching
an ex-President make a total fool of himself
and those who believed in him.
More Men Behaving Badly: On the Hollywood front we have a 79 year old
Marlon Brando's being sued by his live-in maid and mother of three of his
many
children.
Her suit says she had given up her "life's dreams and goals" to
wash his socks
. Sounds like an even trade. She had 13 years with him to work something
out and didn't.
TV Notes: All three news channels dropped their nine o'clock schedule
to
cover the LAPD arresting Robert Blake (remember him? He replaced Chandra as
news last summer) for the bizarre killing of his equally bizarre wife. That
meant leaving Ashleigh Banfield with her helmet hanging out, Larry King's
guests cabbing back to the hotel in a snit and Hannity and Colmes, who
evidently had Geraldo on deck anyway, getting their War Correspondent to add
dish and chatter to the O.J. freeway run footage they all played. We were
most amused by his comments on the relationship between a man and his
driver.
It sounded like he knew what he was talking about. Fox also included Greta
van Susteren with some solid legal information. We have been somewhat harsh
on the subject of Greta, her liberal politics and Scientology connections
not
to mention her plastic work but, we have to say, she has settled in in a
very
professional way and is really quite easy to take, new eyes and all.
-Your Friday Loving LComStaff
Then we had
the bizarre incident in Milan
where a private plane smacked into
the city's highest building sending terrorist fears around the world until
it
got sorted out. Here's a New York Post reminder on this reminder.