Short Cuts

Tuesday, March 11, 2003

Something Else To Buy: We've got the bottled water. We've got a case of duct tape and several rolls of plastic sheeting. We've got a stash of Yoo Hoos, Twinkies and boxes of batteries. Now comes this report that having a canary around the place is a good idea. We never got the canary thing. Wouldn't you think by the time the canary keeled over, you're in bad shape yourself? This is just one of the "scary" stories on the site this morning. Read them with caution and not a tiny bit of good natured skepticism.

Let's All Get Nekkid: Clinton's former crony, the vertically challenged Robert Reich, took off his clothes for some charity event in Boston recently and joined what seems to be a trend - taking one's clothes off. Several women did just that in Central Park last month. They tried to spell out B-U-S-H with their bodies in the snow but two girls didn't show so they spelled BUS. Al Gore flashed cleavage hair on SNL and some men on the West coast protested the war wearing their Fruit of the Looms and socks. Word is that Janet Reno may have something repulsive in the works. The Smoking Gun has a picture of Reich with an erect baguette - if that's what you want to look at with your coffee - click on over.

30 BRMS; NO RIV VU: It seems a fleet of German workmen were brought in to build what the London Sun inelegantly calls a "bolthole" for Saddam to ride out the 72 hour war. His demands were heavy, the best porcelain, gold fixtures etc. It's amazing how world class murderers from scruffy villages the color of camel dung come by their exquisite decorating taste. Scroll down in the piece for probably the prettiest toilet ever built. From what Tommy Franks seems to have planned for him, he'll be spending some quality time there.

If You Don't Have Speakers, Buy Some: The first anthem of the War-That-Won't Start is about to explode. Country singer Darryl Worley's "Have You Forgotten" is climbing the charts and he's out touring to promote it. It's catchy, bittersweet and the first song out that not only uses the name "bin Laden" but makes it rhyme. As a special Ldot thanks for all your anniversary good wishes, here's the link. Turn up your speakers to bleeding ears level, point them at the next person who mentions a "rush to war" and let 'er rip.

-Your Getting Nudgier By The Day LComStaff