"I will not wait on events while dangers gather. I will not stand by as peril draws closer and closer."
Wednesday, January 30, 2002
"So trust me on this one. If you skinny little whitebread college kids, with
your “coalitions” for this and your “actions” against that, think you’re
going to come into our town and mess things up again just for kicks—right
when we were getting it cleaned up, too!—I think you’re going to be in for a
rude awakening. We’re feeling a little cranky, and are in no mood for your
shenanigans right now. "
-Jim Knipfel, New York Press on the planned demonstrations for midtown New
York during the
World Economic Forum meeting this week.
A Call to "ROLL!" - W's superb speech (amazing what a man can do
when he
knows who he is) last night is covered in many columns on the site today so
let's look at the Gallup Poll for the big picture.
Not too shabby.
There's Still Time: As we read about the efforts to rescue Wall
Street
Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl from his
terrorist captors, we can see Geraldo interview the head of Hamas on
afternoon TV. Maybe some sort of trade could be worked out?
Keep hope alive.
Loopy, Loony and Just A Bit Sick: Alan Dershowitz continues his
Torture Tour,
turning up on the Today Show yesterday to push for getting a license to
stick needles under terrorists' fingernails. He, however, maintains his
do-good liberal feelings. He wants to needle to be sterile. We think he's
secretly getting off on all this sick stuff.
Clinton Groupie Nearly Finds Work: Jeffrey Toobin,
wanted to defend a lady friend who jumped a New York subway turnstile but
both found he was too famous so she copped a plea even though he says she
had
a perfect defense.
Interesting.
Female turnstile jumpers are a rarity.
The Lay's Liquidity: Felicity Barringer takes NBC's Lisa Myers to
task over
yesterday's head-scratching interview with Mrs. Ken Lay in which Linda Lay
says things like "we are fighting for liquidity,"
"we are broke"
and that
everything they have except their house is for sale. Another case where the
seams of a network's deal with a hot "get" are showing?
Who's Asleep, Them or Us? The number-crunching editors over at the
New York
Post have done the math for you and even provide a map. Check it out and see
if it leaves any doubt that - as W told us last night -
we have just begun.
Maybe we should all wear a sign saying, "No profiling please, we're
suckers."
End Note: LComHeadquarters will be frozen in place today. The wackos
are
headed through the tunnels and the NYPD has sealed off midtown. We don't
know
what genius decided to put the World Economic Forum at the Waldorf Astoria
but we will let them deal with it and sit here with our Thousand Pints of
Lite until its over.
-Your Unmoving LComStaff