Dear Editor:
Please sing the following to the tune “Gimme that old time Rock and Roll”…and a one and a two and a Gimme that old time Republican…the kind of politics that understand…the importance of another Cold War…don’t blame me why don’t you go and blame Gore…
So Clinton pardoned a couple of felons (who else do Presidents pardon). Oh yeah, scapegoats that bail them out (remember Iran/Contra Ollie) or the President you just served under (President Nixon, who tried to undermine our whole system of Government.)
Hillary’s brother gets money, or the DNC gets a big donation from Rich. Come on people, the man in charge of the “Energy Committee” received what, $4-5 million from one of the top Oil Drilling Co. as a resigning bonus. That’s right, Mr. Cheney. The whole government is bought and paid for. It was here with Reagan, and Clinton brought it to the next level. Stop Presidential pardons all together, if you ask me, along with soft and PAC money. Let’s have publicly funded elections with Free air time given by the “networks” to any candidate who is on enough ballots to achieve an Electoral victory.
But back to the news, the Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! A spy is found, but I mean really, the Russians could use all the help they can get. They are not as big of a threat as they are being made out to be. Now they, along with China, are pissed at us for bombing Iraq. Yes, we bombed them again. Two air raids in a week. Making Daddy proud.
Bush gave a press conference, his first in the White House. He didn’t say much from what I hear. You know, he gave pat answers, plugged his plans and called out nicknames. Only a couple of missed statements “bomb assessment damage” instead of “bomb damage assessment” and when talking about Columbia, the President was “concerned about the amount of acreage in cultivation for the growth of cocoa leaves.” Uh, Mr. President, coca leaves are used to make cocaine. Cocoa leaves are used in chocolate.
There was some good news this week. Secretary Gale Norton and the rest of the Administration have said they will not attempt to reverse Ex-President Clinton’s National Monuments. I guess they looked into it and realized they couldn’t.
And lastly congratulations Steely Dan, Macy Gray, Rage Against the Machine, Johnny Cash, Brian Setzer, Dr. Dre, Bela Fleck, BB King, Taj Mahal, Sidney Poitier and everybody else that won a Grammy.
David Calamoneri