Tuesday, July 23, 2002

Today's Pony: It took some looking to find something upbeat under the pile of bad stock market news this a.m. but this Gallup Poll isn't bad. Perhaps those who planned to cut have already run and today may be a great day to go shopping.

A Fitting Memorial: Last week we learned that the Clinton Library will house a tomb for the former president. There was no word if there was room for his wife. This week, the young Makabees over at NRO figured out what looked so familiar about this $100 million hymn to one man's ego - the thing looks like nothing so much as a big 'ol Double Wide motor home. See for yourself.

You Can't Go Home Again: Hamas terrorist wing head man Sheik Salah Shehada, the mastermind behind the homicide bombings, had eluded the Israeli intelligence for years. Only his need to visit his family did him in yesterday as Israeli F-16s tracked him down. Maybe this will change something for the better.

Fat Men Arise! Howard Rosenberg, the prissy TV critic at the L.A. Times went all "lookist" over MSNBC's Jerry Nachman - saying he should be behind the camera not in front. We like round, bald men. Particularly when they are smart, funny and literate. So he can't interview very well and phumpfers his TelePrompTer script a lot. Who cares? He's fresh, comforting and impossible to mousse and blow dry. Besides, he looks like the kind of friend who'd run over and help you move - a body.

Car Alarmed, Driver Armed: Here's a little story that will anger the blood this morning (as though we needed it.) Anyone still wonder how New York got Hillary as a senator?

-Your Still Bullish LComStaff