April 24, 2001.
Have you noticed how bad everything's gotten after only about 100 days
of George W. at the helm? Everything was
going so great. The economy was fine, the Chinese were our best buddies,
and you could stay up all night long in California
watching TV and running your home appliances. Now we've got arsenic in
our drinking water, our subs are sinking boatloads of teenagers, and the
CIA is masterminding the murder of helpless moms and babies in Peru.
And has anybody else heard that all might not be well with the economy
and our friendship with China? If not, don't
worry: Barbra Streisand is on
the case and she'll knows what to do about it--as long as Pacific Edison
doesn't pull the plug on that fancy synthetic brain she bought from Bill
Gates. Oh well. At least we still have a few Clinton
scandals to amuse us. But what are we going to do when the last of those
have been swept under the proverbial rug, which--by the way--is going to
be the size of Mr. Everest pretty soon. Sounds like a plan for a theme
park to us: "Yes, bring the whole family and follow our trusty Sherpa guides
to Camp Whitewater at 5000 ft...
then get ready for the dizzying ascent to the Campaign
Finance escarpment... and finally, if you dare, the push for the summit
of Pardongate...!" No wonder
Jesse is mounting his own bid
to claim the top spot in the scandal sweepstakes. Plus ca change, plus
c'est la meme chose. (Yes, that's a roundabout acknowledgment
of our long absence from the arena of current events. Sorry. But we're
back now, and we'll be updating things as we go, so please drop by whenever
your busy schedule permits.)
Your readings for today
are:
Past Testament, Book of Chinks: Ch.19.1-6 (In honor of the spy plane
crisis)
Present Testament, Broad Streeters: Ch.22.1-34 (In honor of Jesse Jackson)
