Saturday, December 14, 2002

Political Dot-Comedy QUOTE OF THE DAY "Slang is language that takes off its coat, spits on its hands, and goes to work." - - Carl Sandberg ARTHOUSE MOVIE OF THE WEEK - "Frida" The life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo; chronicles her lifelong relationship with Diego Rivera. Director Julie Taymor moves from the stage (The Lion King) to celluloid, animating the paintings of both artists. http://www.fridamovie.com http://www.miramax.com/frida/ RHINO HERE: Then there's "Gulf Wars Episode 2", billed as a gripping, visually spectacular sequel. http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blbushgulfwars2.htm In the funny but not funny department, shrub & company has chosen John W. Snow as nominee for Secretary of the Treasury. Snow is CEO of CSX Corporation, whose 2001 annual report states: "CSX will pursue all available opportunities to pay the lowest federal, state and foreign taxes." As a result, CSX reports that: - - In three of the past four years, CSX paid no federal income tax at all. - - In fact, instead of paying taxes, CSX supplemented its $934 million in pretax U.S. profits over the four years with a total of $164 million in tax rebate checks from the federal government. http://www.ctj.org/html/jwsnow.htm You can surf the world of cyber sarcasm and cast your votes in About.com's 3rd annual "Political Dot-Comedy Awards" which salutes the best political humor on the Web. Ballots are in the following categories: Overall Humor | Cartoons | Satirical News | Parody Bush Humor | Partisan Warfare | News & Commentary http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bldotcomedy2002.htm One of the political schtick web sites you'll find surfing the nominees gives an intelligent take off on the Dr. Seuss classic, "The Grinch That Stole Christmas", entitled, "The Bush That Stole The Election". http://politicalhumor.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com And the ENRON 2002 Voice Mail System, a nominee for Best Parody (Individual Achievement): http://politicalhumor.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.witcity.com/enron/index.htm Hours o' fun and distraction for the weekend should you not have better things to do. Enjoy, whatever. Reprinted under the Fair Use doctrine of international copyright law ( http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html ). All copyrights belong to original publisher. - COMMENT ON TODAYS BLOG - SEARCH BLOG ARCHIVES - SURF RHINO'S LINKS http://www.rhinosblog.info "RHINO'S BLOG" is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. (rhino@kifaru.com) Feedback, and requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. RHINO'S WEB SITES: http://www.rhinosblog.info (RHINO'S WEBLOG - PRESENT & PAST) http://www.dreamcatchers.org (INDIGENOUS ASSISTANCE & INTERCULTURAL DIALOG) http://www.kifaru.com (NATIVE AMERICAN RELATIONS VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES) Tell a friend about this weblog, or if you know someone who'd like to join the Rhino's Blog mailing list, drop a line to rhino@kifaru.com. 9:30:48 AM    comment

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