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February
28, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020228-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
The J-F-K
legend is "Camelot"; the sequel by Teddie is "Scamp-A-Lot.".
The diary that Teddie's been keeping
on decades of actions and meetings
was copied, of course,
by our secret source--
--stay tuned1
for the parts we'll be leaking.
The J-F-K
legend is "Camelot,"
but diaries by Ted are called "Scamp-A-Lot"--
A history of mystery
comprising a trilogy
called "Parked-A-Lot, Drank-A-Lot, Tanked-A-Lot."
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Direct link for this Feb. 28, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020228-01.©.2002.
Inspired by
a Feb. 28, 2002,
report2
in Roll Call that Ted Kennedy says he's been keeping a diary throughout his
career to be the basis for his memoirs.
1
We will, from time to time,
be publishing excerpts from the Ted Kennedy Diaries aka Scamp-A-Lot,
Drank-A-Lot, Parked-A-Lot, Tanked-A-Lot, Swam-A-Lot, Damp-A-Lot,
Rank-A-Lot, Pranked-A-Lot, Sank-A-Lot, Scandal-Lot, Sample-Lot,
Tramps-A-Lot, Banged-A-Lot, Scammed-A-Lot, Rants-A-Lot, Ham-A-Lot, etc.
2
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/02/news0228e.html.
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February
27, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020227-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
Goodwin remained
'til she sunk a lot deeper,
but Taylor's removal for less was much fleeter.
It wasn't 'til Goodwin had sunk a lot deeper
in scandal for hiding her quotes from her readers
that she was removed
from P-B-S News,
though Taylor's removal for less was much fleeter.
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Direct link for this Feb. 27, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020227-01.©.2002.
Inspired by
the News Hour's having finally severed its relationship with Doris Kearns
Goodwin.1
My recollection is that several years ago, the News Hour severed its
relationship with Stuart Taylor merely because he had failed to immediately
disclose that he had briefly entertained, but promptly rejected, an offer to
serve as public spokesman for Ken Starr's office-- yet the News Hour failed to
sever its relationship with Goodwin when, shortly thereafter, she endorsed a
political candidate in a race in California, and when, recently, she first
admitted having used other writers' material without proper attribution (even
though she had previously and harshly criticized other writers she claimed to
have use her material without proper attribution). Could there have been a
double standard? Taylor's offense seems to have been that as a classical
liberal, he had committed the unpardonable sin of briefly contemplating a
proposal from the demon, Ken Starr.
1
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8005-2002Feb26.html]
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February
26, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020226-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
From Egypt most
Muslims live thousands of miles,
but most of 'em manage to swim in denial.
A nine-country poll for the C-N-N
files
shows most of the Muslims call 9-1-1
vile,
but all but a few
would blame it on Jews--
How is it so many can swim in denial?
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Direct link for this Feb. 26, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020226-01.©.2002.
Inspired by
reports of a Gallup Poll1
in nine Muslim countries for USA-Today & CNN
showing that even though an overwhelming majority of Muslims view the 9-11
attack on the World Trade Center was morally reprehensible, only a small
percentage believe the terrorists were Arabs and that the U.S. actions in
Afghanistan were justifiable responses. The only "good" news in
such patently bad news is the slim hope that if there were a way to convey to
them the truth of what happened, it might diminish their tendency to view the
U.S. response as unjustified.
1
[http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/02/26/gallup.muslims/index.html].
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February
25, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020225-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
The New-Age
physicians write "No-gun" prescriptions.
The A-M-A
issued a new-practice tome
instructing its members in practicing Boehm1
to treat patients' health
with mystical stealth
prescribing removal of guns from their homes.
This practice becomes its own downfall
when doctors discover its pratfalls:
To cure patients' frights
from "bumps in the night,"
physicians must promptly make house-calls.
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Direct link for this Feb. 25, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020225-01.©.2002.
Inspired by
the AMA's recommendations that physicians should counsel their patients against
keeping guns in their homes.
1
A form of mysticism (http://dictionary.com/search?q=boehm)
aka "theosophy"(http://bartleby.com/61/22/T0152200.html)
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February
24, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020224-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
The West-Wing
producer named Sorkin... has shown his best skill is in dorkin'.
The West-Wing producer named Sorkin
says Bush excels only in dorkin'*
*[dorkin'=
acting like a "dork"-- i.e., an "inept or foolish person"1]
but Sorkin, et al,
the Left-Wing cabal,
display number-two types of dorkin'. 2
.
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Direct link for this Feb. 24, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020224-01.©.2002.
Inspired by
a Drudge Report3
late in the evening on Feb. 24, 2002, previewing comments by Aaron Sorkin,
producer of Left Wing, aka West Wing, in a
soon-to-be-published article in the New Yorker, in which Sorkin displays the
vacuous intellect and boilerplate viewpoints that seem to be standard equipment
for social acceptance in the entertainment industry. See, eg., http://polisat.com/du2002/du020131.htm#20020122-01.
1
Dorkin'= dorking= acting like a dork-- i.e., an "inept or foolish
person"-- See http://www.bartleby.com/61/54/D0345450.html.
2
Verb-form of the secondary slang meaning of "dork"-- See http://www.bartleby.com/61/54/D0345450.html.
3
http://www.drudgereportArchives.com/data/2002/02/24/20020224_164018_matt.htm.
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February
23, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020223-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
"Call
evil its name" is what Gore says he favors,
but speaking so bluntly gives Carter the vapors.
When Bush said the Axis of Evil's to
blame
for terror that's stalking our civilized lanes,
't'was Gore who concurred
in eloquent words:
"There's value that evil be called
by its name."1
But ex-POTUS Carter's reaction was shrill
--
Adopting the tone of the North's Kim-Jong
Il,
(the tyranny-phile,2
who called Bush a "child"),
"Simplistic," said Carter, "he's causing
ill-will."3
Remember when Carter et al became febrile
when Ron said the Soviet Empire was "evil"?
They labeled his speech
a setback for peace--
instead, what occurred was reform that was peaceful.
.
Direct link for this Feb. 23, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020223-01.©.2002.
Inspired by
reactions to Bush's "Axis of Evil" speech by Gore, Carter and North
Korea.
1
This paraphrases Al Gore's February 13, 2002, statement to the Council on Foreign Relations about
Bush's description of Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "Axis of Evil," in reference to which Gore
said: ''There is value in calling evil by its name.''
--See..http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20020213/pl_usatoday/3852170.
2
According to the AP, North Korea responded to Bush's "Axis of Evil"
speech by describing him as "a politically backward child." --See..http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020222/ap_to_po/bush_asia_215&printer=1.
3
According to the AP, Carter described Bush's "Axis of Evil" comments
as "overly simplistic and counterproductive" and, reprising his
years-ago statements mocking Reagan's "Evil Empire" speech, Carter
predicted that " it will take years before we can repair the damage done by that
statement." --See..http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020222/ap_on_re_us/brf_terrorism_conference_1.
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February
22, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020222-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
A contest between
"Rev'rend" Robertson and N-P-R News' David Kesterbaum. .
Pat Robertson's claim that Islam is a vision
that matches the views of fanatics on missions
is fostering hate
like those who equate
all Christians with killing abortion physicians.
However, we know that the "Rev'rend" Pat Robertson
ain't got no monop'ly on prejudiced lexicon--
His close competition
on "Morning Edition"
is N-P-R's
prejudiced newscaster, Kesterbaum.
.
Direct link for this Feb. 22, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020222-01.©.2002.
Inspired by
a Feb. 21, 2002, Washington Post report1
of comments by Pat Robertson equating Islam with the views of fanatics, which
reminds me of efforts by anti-religion bigots in this country to equate the
"Christian right" with the fanatics who bomb abortion clinics and
murder obstetricians, which bigoted mindset was most recently exemplified by
NPR's David Kesterbaum's attempt to characterize the "Traditional Values
Coalition" as a likely suspect in the mailing of Anthrax to Senators
Daschle and Leahy-- see our Feb. 18, 2002, Daily Update2
about Kesterbaum's comments on NPR (Nouveau Propaganda Radio).
1
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49436-2002Feb21.html]
2
[http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020218-01]
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February
21, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020221-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
In planning
Saddam's final fate, it's better too soon than too late ! .
The leaders of Europe berate
our plans for Saddam's final fate,
but I would prefer
what Dubya prefers:
It's better too soon than too late.
.
Direct link for this Feb. 21, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020221-01.©.2002.
Inspired by
Colin Powell's use of the term "the vapors" to describe the French
leadership's shrill reaction to Dubya implying we would take action to remove
Saddam Hussein.
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February
20, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020220-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
It's Palindrome
time: Wow: 20:02-20-02 Wow! .
Here's a PoliSat.Com Palindrome to Palindromist Mark Saltveit for his expert
explanation of palindromes this morning on CNN:
Wren:* Odd news-- 20:02-20-02, handed a job, Mark? Ay, vassal-- CNN Inn, Class Av. Yak-rambo!
Jaded? Nah! 20:02-20-02's wend done! R.W.!**
*Palindromic license by dropping the second
"n" in Wrenn.
**According to the dictionary, R.W. means "right worthy."
.
Direct link for this Feb. 20, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020220-01.©.2002.
Inspired by
the appearance this morning on CNN by Mark Saltveit, publisher of Palindromist
Magazine [http://realchange.org/pal/]
and Political Palindromes [http://www.realchange.org/pal/polpals.htm]
explaining the rarity of today as a palindromic day and of the hour of 8:00 pm
tonight expressed as military time as an hour making it a palindromic date and
time: 20:02-20-02. (or 8:02pm Euro time/date 20:02:20.02.2002). See also our Campaign 2002 Palindrome
Page at [http://PoliSat.Com/Campaign2002Palindromes.htm].
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February
19, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020219-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
For safety, it's
never-- not sooner or later--
for POTUS debates with Buchannan or Nader .
To Two-Thousand-Four's F-E-C
Ralph Nader will say, "Include me,
as POTUS debater,"
but "No," they'll tell Nader,
"we can't disobey C-D-C"
"Prevention," proclaims C-D-C,
"will minimize people bereaved,
'cause Nader's orations
on radio stations
make drivers in cars fall asleep."
They'll also say "No" to Buchannan,
whose speeches, like blasts from a cannon,
would cause chain-reactions
from driver's infractions
on losing their inner-ear balance.
.
Direct link for this Feb. 19, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020219-01.©.2002.
Inspired by a
Feb. 19, 2002, Washington Times report*
that Ralph Nader will try to force the Federal Election Commission to include
him in presidential debates in 2004 and to also include other third-party
candidates such as Pat Buchannan.
*[http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020219-5962033.htm]
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February
18, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020218-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
NPR: Nouveau Propaganda Radio..
Although it's much rarer than seldom,
for me to agree with Lou Sheldon,
the slanderous mission
on Morning Edition
by Kesterbaum shows a tradition.
When Kesterbaum's news-cast rendition
implied there are grounds for suspicion
that Lou's coalition
made Anthrax its mission,
't'was in
N-P-R's
long tradition.
For those who've been trying to answer
what "N-P-R"
means, take a gander:
The "N" means "Nouveau"
and "R," "Radio"
and "P" means, of course, "Propaganda."
.
Direct link for this Feb. 18, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020218-01.©.2002.
Inspired by the continuing controversy over a newscast statement by David Kesterbaum
during NPR's Morning Edition on 01-22-02 implying that Lou Sheldon's
"Traditional Values Coalition" was a type organization potentially
under suspicion as a source of the anthrax-tainted letters sent to Daschle and
Leahy. Although NPR subsequently issued a "correction," the text
of the correction*
does not appear to accurately state what was initially stated inaccurately.
*[http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=01%2F22%2F2002&PrgID=3]
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February
17, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020217-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
We
all know the man, Louie Farrakhan, whose speeches comprise an Ameri-Con..
We all know the man, Louie Farrakhan,
whose speeches comprise an Ameri-Con
contending that oil's
the reason we toil
against terror's base in Afghanistan.
It seems not enough for Lou Farrakhan
that airplanes were used as Al-Qaeda-bombs.
He seems to prefer
that war be deferred
until we're attacked by atomic-bombs.
.
Direct link for this Feb. 17, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020217-01.©.2002.
Inspired by a Feb. 17, 2002, Sacramento Bee report*
that in a speech in California on Feb. 17, 2002, celebrating the birthday of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad,
Louis Farrakhan condemned our war against terror as "U.S. oil
politics."
*[http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/1640946p-1716650c.html]
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February
16, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020216-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
We need quite
a lot of reform so good 'stead
of evil's the norm..
Since wise politicians have warned:
"We need quite a lot of reform,"
we ought to ordain
that new laws contain
a title that ends with "reform."
.
Direct link for this Feb. 16, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020216-01.©.2002.
Inspired by the currently pandemic obsession of politicians with the word
"reform."
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February
15, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020215-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
"Reform"
is a train at full throttle unless it is stopped by McConnell..
[Or: Can
Dudley McConnell save Nelly Speech tied on the railroad track by Snidely
McCain??]
The media's counting their chips
and Hollywood's licking its lips
'cause campaign "reform"
makes their views the norm--
and spares us from viewpoints of hicks.
Reform's like a train at full throttle.
Ahead on the track tied-and-hobbled,
Miss Speech in distress
is done-for unless
this train can be stopped by McConnell.
.
Direct link for this Feb. 15, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020215-01.©.2002.
Inspired by the fanatical fervor now infecting many politicians who, until
recently, had the courage to call campaign finance "reform" what it
really is: Censorship. For more limericks about the anti-free-speech
mentality of campaign "reform" and its primary sponsors, see the links
below:
McCain/Feingold rules & Shays/Meehan
tools view speech as a rite for political fools:
[http://polisat.com/du2002/du020131.htm#20020125-01]
The campaign "reform" would delineate... with whom, when and why we associate:
[http://polisat.com/du2001/du010630.htm#20010626-01]
Reform rope-a-dope-- Free-speech on the ropes
[http://polisat.com/rhymes/r_campfinref.htm#20000611-01]
What if McCain/Feingold were already the law?
[http://polisat.com/rhymes/r_campfinref.htm#20000316-01]
Campaigning reforms... ignore all the
norms. [http://polisat.com/rhymes/r_campfinref.htm#20000802-01]
Campaigning reform-- Don't make it the norm.
[http://polisat.com/rhymes/r_campfinref.htm#20000913-01]
Hey, Dubya--Read the First Amendment--Please!
[http://polisat.com/rhymes/r_campfinref.htm#20000420-01]
We just want the facts without government
hacks. [http://polisat.com/rhymes/r_campfinref.htm#20000904-01]
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February
14, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020214-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
Today,
once again Bush offended The Faith...
of Greenhouse Believers, the Priests of Dismay..
Today, once again Bush offended The Faith
of Greenhouse Believers, the Priests of Dismay.
Denouncing his plans to exceed
their Psalter, Kyoto Decrees,
they'll brand him a heretic; a threat to The Faith.
They claim there's no doubt in the evidence
that Earth faces warming and pestilence.
The most intense source
of hot-air, of course,
is their intellectual flatulence.1
1[http://wrenncom.com/focus2001/0619-01.asp].
.
Direct link for this Feb. 14, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020214-01.©.2002.
Inspired by the predictable re-emergence of the intellectual jihad by the
Priests of Global Warming against Bush's stated intention to exceed their Holy
of Holies, the Kyoto Accords.2
To get a flavor of how much the driving force of the Global Warming Fervor stems
from pantheopian3
theories rather than scientific evidence, see "Global Warming or Scientific
Flatulence?"4.
See also our January 10, 2002, update5
about the folly of wasting billions in coerced compliance with the
global-warming articles of faith while virtually ignoring a recent close-call6
with a genuinely deadly threat7
to civilization itself.
2[http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020214-3498038.htm]
3[http://polisat.com/rhymes/r_pantheopians.htm#20000909-01];
[http://polisat.com/du2001/du010430.htm#20010423-01]
4[http://wrenncom.com/focus2001/0619-01.asp]
5[http://polisat.com/du2002/du020131.htm#20020110-01]
6[http://space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/aussie_asteroid_020201-1.html]
7[http://space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/deflection_asteroids_020214.html]
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February
13, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020213-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
The A-L-F
/
E-L-F hack from under a
rock should crawl back.
The A-L-F
/
E-L-F1
ploy,
1
[Animal
Liberation Front / Earth Liberation Front;]
like PeTA's,2
contends they employ
2[peeta
("People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals")]
acceptable tactics
because it's their practice
that property's "all" they destroy.
In claiming such conduct is morally "right,"
they clearly display intellectual blight
proclaiming, to further their scheme,
that property's merely a "thing"
instead of a term to describe human rights.
To those who would doubt I'm correct to recite
that property's not just a "thing"-- it's a right,
my essay3
on
"Life
3[http://wrenncom.com/focus2001/0704-01.asp]
[and] Liberty" rights
explains the foundation of property rights.
.
Direct link for this Feb. 13, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020213-01.©.2002.
Inspired by a Feb. 13, 2002, report*
about the assertion of the Fifth Amedment before Congress by Craig Rosebraugh,
the infamous "spokesman" for the "Earth Liberation Front"
and the "Animal Liberation Front," who contend that their terrorism
isn't really "terrorism" because they "only" target
"property" rather than people. *http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/101360497429282229.xml.
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February
12, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020212-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
It's rare that the
views of Ted Turner contain enough truth for a kernel..
So often the views of Ted Turner
don't hold enough truth for a kernel--
like claiming that terror's
a fruit of our errors--
he ought to be known as "Dread Murmur."
.
Direct link for this Feb. 12, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020212-01.©.2002.
Inspired by the Feb. 12, 2002, Yahoo/AP report*
of a speech at Brown University by Ted Turner implying that the failure of the
West to do enough to end poverty was part of the motivation of the terrorists
who demolished the World Trade Centers-- never mind the inconvenient fact that
they were well-educated, reasonably affluent fanatics motivated by their hatred
for Western Civilization's rejection of medieval theocratic tyranny in favor of
religious tolerance, free speech, liberty, equality and due process. *[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020212/ap_on_re_us/attacks_ted_turner_2]
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February
11, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020211-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
Do fossils revealed
on a beach show dinosaurs knew how to speak?.
From vomit we found on Jurassic-Age beaches
we learned the extinction of dinosaur species
was caused not by comets
but rather by vomits
induced by Jurassic political speeches.
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Direct link for this Feb. 11, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020211-01.©.2002.
Inspired by February 11, 2002, Reuters/Yahoo report*
of the discovery of fossilized vomit in areas that once were Jurassic Age
beaches. *[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&u=/nm/20020211/sc_nm/science_vomit_dc_1]
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February
10, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020210-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
What smug Europeans
ignore: That they started both the World Wars.
In London's Observer, a tome
says leaders in Europe bemoan
the reach of our forces
as threat'ning their choices
far more than the Empire of Rome.
Their current belief in such lore
ignores all the lessons of yore--
When we stayed at home
and left them alone,
we twice had to save them in war
.
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Direct link for this Feb. 10, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020210-01.©.2002.
Inspired by a Feb. 10, 2002, article* in the Observer, "Armed to the
Teeth," describing the view of European leaders that the United States
today is intoxicated with power like a modern-day Roman Empire.
Excuse me, but I think history shows that it was their "wisdom" during
times of our non-engagement that led to the two most calamitous wars in all of
human history and that the time since we maintained and expanded our engagement
after World War II has marked the greatest expansion of human rights in all of
human history. *[http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,648112,00.html].
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February
9, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020209-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
To help the
disabled succeed, change not the whole world but their needs..
Some well-meaning people believe
to help the disabled succeed
we have to spend billions
on costly inventions
conforming the world to their needs.
But that's the wrong flag to unfurl.
We ought to change them, not the world,
with millions, not billions,
for better inventions
so they can conform to the world.
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Direct Link for this Feb. 9, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020209-01.©.2002.
Inspired by the absurdity of proposals to require all new houses to be
constructed in conformity with all handicap-access requirements applicable to
buildings open to the public-- See Feb. 9, 2002, Fox News report*
on such proposals having recently been made in at least two cities. Rather
than spending billions adapting the world to their disabilities as though they
were permanent conditions, we could more effectively help the disabled be more
independent by spending far less on inventions to enable disabled people to
"conform to the world" -- i.e., to function in the world as it
is. For example, rather than requiring billions to be spent to redesign
buildings to provide access by ramps, we could have provided disabled people
with far greater mobility at a far lower cost by providing them with
stair-climbing wheelchairs. *[http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,45146,00.html].
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February
8, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020208-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
The Capital
Hillbillies.
(Sing to the tune of the "Beverly Hillbillies" theme.)
Now listen to my story 'bout O'Neill 'n' Byrd.
Poor, they'd been--just the poorest ever heard,
Then one day they were arguin' some rules
and out from their mouths they were talkin' like fools.
Hack's goal. Taxes thee. Roil, that is.
First, Robert calls O'Neill "a millionaire,"
then O'Neill says, "Stay away from there"
proclaiming that his fam'ly was as poor as they could be,
but Byrd replied, "You were never poor as me."
Out-house. Corn cobs. Catalogues.
But list'nin' to the story made O'Neill get mad
He said, "Hard work got me ev'rything I've had--
At least I never ever thought the way to get ahead
was wearin' a sheet to cover my head."
White sheet. Eye-holes. Tall hood.
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Direct Link for this Feb. 8, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020208-01.©.2002.
Inspired by the Feb. 8, 2002, Senate hearing-room debate between Treasury
Secretary Paul O'Neill and Senator Robert Byrd over whose family was the
poorest..
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February
7, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020207-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
Rejection of
stimulus packages eclipsed by Olympian packages.
Since bills for the stimulus packages
succumbed to political ravages,
Olympic officials
decided to issue
Olympian stimulus packages.
For needs they perceive to be common
throughout a diverse social stratum,
they proudly proclaim
each package contains
some hand-warmers, lip-balm and condoms.
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Direct Link for this Feb. 7, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020207-01.©.2002.
Inspired by a Feb. 6, 2002, Reuters/Yahoo news report*
that following
the Senate's failure to enact proposals for stimulus packages, the Olympics
Committee decided to provide stimulus packages to visitors attending the 2002
Winter Olympics (but not to natives of Utah, whose prior tradition of polygamy
demonstrates that they don't need stimulus packages.
*[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&u=/nm/20020206/od_nm/condoms_dc_1].
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February
6, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020206-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
The Gipper has
medical Alzheimer's, but some have political Alzheimer's.
Though Reagan is suff'ring from Alzheimer's,
his birthday's a day for his one-liners:
On Gorby he called
to "tear down this wall"--
a line that belongs with the all-timers.
His critics still claim that his one-liners
expressed backward views of an old-timer,
but hist'ry has shown
their minds haven't grown--
they suffer political Alzheimer's.
.
Direct Link for this Feb. 6, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020206-01.©.2002.
Inspired by the fact that some highly intelligent people are incapable of
appreciating the power of simple truths candidly spoken.
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February
5, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020205-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
For some, in
a war against evil, their weapon of choice is to wheedle..
Those "allies" whom Bush has made febrile
by naming the "Axis of Evil"
expressed their disdain
when Reagan proclaimed
the Soviet Empire was "evil."
And though it collapsed from upheaval
produced by the weight of its evil,
we still hear them whine
as though it's a crime
to dare to say evil is "evil."
.
Direct Link for this Feb. 5, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020205-01.©.2002.
Inspired by some of our "allies" knee-jerk reactions to Bush's
description of Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "Axis of Evil" in his
State of the Union speech. In the 1980's those same
"allies" seemed to think that Reagan's description of the Soviet Union
as an "Evil Empire" was a greater evil than
totalitarianism. See also http://polisat.com/du2001/du011231.htm#20011215-01]
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February
4, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020204-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
Accountancy rules
were the tools... to make the best analysts fools..
Three decades ago, S-E-C
deferred to the
F-A-S-B
[FASB= Financial
Accounting Standards Board--See "Inspired
by" notes below]
adopting its rules
for auditing tools
prescribed in its G-A-A-P.
[GAAP= Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles--See "Inspired
by" notes below]
The G-A-A-P
made amenities
to hide Special-Purposes Entities,
and use of this tool
made analysts fools
for Enron's financial obscenities.
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Inspired by
realization that if Generally Accepted Accounting Principles accepted by the SEC
were NOT to have allowed a corporation to exclude from its balance-sheets and
audit reports the status of "Special Purpose Entities," it would have
been far more difficult for Enron to mislead so many experts about its
financial status. The SEC long ago recognized the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB) established in 1972 to promulgate Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (GAAP) to govern auditing and accounting rules applicable
to disclosures by corporations subject to regulation by the Securities &
Exchange Commission, and Enron's use of GAAP rules pertaining to "Special
Purpose Entities" was part of the methodology Enron employed to conceal its
liabilities-- See the following links: [http://raw.rutgers.edu/raw/fasb/index.html]
and [http://www.sec.gov/news/testimony/121201tsrkh.htm]
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February
3, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020203-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
A modern conclusion
on man's evolution..
Though experts proclaim evolution
in humans has reached a conclusion,
bin Laden disciples
are terror archetypals
achieving instead devolution.
.
Direct Link for this Feb. 3, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020203-01.©.2002.
Inspired by a Feb. 3, 2002, London Observer article reporting that a prominent
expert on human evolution claims it's now reached a conclusion in Western
societies: http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,644002,00.html.
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February
2, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020202-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
Polluting ain't
fair ... except when it's fare..
Devices to make us aware
our cars are polluting the air
could better be used
to measure pee-yews
in speech called political fare.
.
Direct Link for this Feb. 2, 2002, Political-Satire Daily Update: http://polisat.com/du2002/du020228.htm#20020202-01.©.2002.
Inspired by a Feb. 2, 2002, Fox News report that Virginia is installing
experimental roadside sensors to detect noxious emissions by motor vehicles and
take photographic images of the offending vehicles' license plates.
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February
1, 2002--PoliSat.Com's
Political Satire Daily
Update 20020201-01
© 2002 Jim
Wrenn, editor@polisat.com.
The best way for
cops to cut crime requires them to change with the times. .
The top-cop in Austria's system of justice
has failed to discern what the best type of bust is.
It's not hard to guess--
The type that is best
will motivate crooks to surrender to justice.
For crooks to conclude that surrender they
must
requires the employment of cops they will trust,
but Austria fired
the best they had hired:
the women- police who were baring their busts.
.
Inspired by a February 1, 2002, Reuters/Yahoo report*
that Austrian police dismissed female police officers pictured on calendars in
the nude with their weapons (and firearms as well). Direct URL for this
February 1, 2002, Daily Update:
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