There Ought To Be A Law! Speaking of money, with first year lawyers in the Big Apple finding $145,000 in their annual pay envelopes, pro bono work, and that includes politics, is looking a lot less attractive.
Bond, James Bond. I, for one, am glad that Ford is selling Aston Martin. The panache of James with the latest busty Bond babe whipping down a treacherous mountain road in a Ford just didn't cut it.
Rich Man, Poor Man. Well hardly poor, but on the heels of lopping $40 billion off his estate and giving the proceeds to Bill and Melinda Gates charitable foundations , Berkshire Hathaway's septuagenarian Warren Buffet this past Wednesday said "I do" to his twenty-year companion who, at sixty, is sixteen years his junior. If you own BH stock, you'll be happy to know it closed at $96,097 per share (yes, you read it right) yesterday, no doubt because it was an intimate, inexpensive wedding.
Village Voice, How Come You is Talking Funny? Since the October 2005 merger with Phoenix-based New Times Media, Village Voice, the epitome of alternative media, is losing a lot of the great artistic people who made it what it was. Some are being pink-slipped, and others are leaving amid distrust, disgust, and dismay. How long will it take for the once great Voice to become nothing but another plastic peep?
Who’s Sorry Now? Politicians, racing like lemmings at light speed toward November elections, are falling all over themselves to tell us how sorry they are for past sins, and a lot, like lemmings, will not be back. We don't want sorry; we want honest representation that won't be squashed under the big fat thumbs of big fat lobbyists.
Marx My Words! For shame! China is rewriting its high school history books, eliminating a lot of Marxist references that aren't complicit with present economic and political objectives. We can be proud that we would never tolerate history revisionism for political and economic reasons in this country.
FOK? (Friend of Karl) So Kenneth Y. (what does the Y stand for?) Tomlinson, a Bushie buddy in charge of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, who last year got booted out of Corporation for Public Broadcasting for trying to politicize programming, is running a horse racing operation from his office and has improperly put a friend on the government payroll. And Bush still supports his nomination for another term as Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors? FOK!O Canada, We Stand On Armed Guard For Thee… If you plan on crashing the Canadian border, you had better do so before September 2007. That's when Canada will begin arming its border guards, another example of how the NRA and like associations and arms dealers are helping win the war against terrorists and making us feel all warm and cozy. Take heart, though, because only 150 Canadian border guards will get their Rambo badges the first year.
Nuclear Iran or Nuke Iran; That is the Question. Next to Iran, Iraq's WMD (remember them) capability is laughable. But is Iran intent on making nuclear weapons? Some parts of the world, notably the part we live in, think so. Enola Gay, I ask you, how will this dilemma be resolved?
The Terminator! Big Arnold took a swipe at greenhouse gasses, demanding mandatory rather than the Bush favored voluntary caps. Let's see: Bush plan – big business self-regulates for the good of the people; Arnold's plan, government forces big business to obey the laws for the good of the people. Tough one, eh?
Birds of a Feather? Isn't it interesting that Kenneth G. Langone, co-founder and director of Home Depot who served on the committee governing stock options, and who is being pushed to resign for stock option grant improprieties at Home Depot, is one of ex-NYSE head greedy Grasso's biggest defenders. Langone led Grasso's hand-picked compensation committee. Hmmm!
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006. Superman's father and a lot of other great stuff. Thanks! Good job! Well done!
