QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND
There's no fun in medicine, but there's a lot of medicine in fun.
- - Anonymous
THIS WEEKEND IN HISTORY
May 29, 1892 -- Palestine: Death of Baha'u'llah, founder of Baha'i faith.
May 29, 1997 -- Amnesty International says Texas approaching Iran, Iraq & Saudi Arabia's execution rate.
May 30, 1868 -- Memorial Day first observed as two women in Columbus, Mississippi place flowers on both Confederate & Union graves.
May 30, 1922 -- Lincoln Memorial dedicated. Black officials at the ceremony segregated from whites.
WEB SITE OF THE WEEK: The Route 66 Challenge
The Route 66 Challenge is a fundraising tour, for Jazzmasters, a free jazz mentoring program for kids (now in six cities, utilizing some of the best players in the Nation giving free lessons). Jazzmasters founder, Bruce Forman has flown to Chicago with wife Pam and two pals with only $100 and a van donated by Ford. They're attempting to play their way home to LA. No gigs have been set up in advance. They're taking pledges per mile to support Jazzmasters. Visit the web-site and hear the music. It'll blow you away. If you love it, make a pledge.
http://www.wayoutwestmusic.com
Also, go to the Jazzmasters web-site and see what Bruce has concocted out of thin air in the last several years.
http://www.jazzmastersworkshop.org
RHINO PRESENTS, The Weekend Lite Side:
Doonesbury at War
Garry Trudeau has been upsetting the White House and rightwing America for more than 30 years. Yet even he was rocked by the reaction when one of his main characters lost a leg fighting in Iraq. But, as Dan Glaister reports, not only is the cartoonist unrepentant, he plans an even more controversial strip for this weekend
...Trudeau may rile the politicians, but it is a different matter with the military. According to his website, during the first Gulf war he drew more than 200 consecutive strips about Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Army chief of staff General Gordon Sullivan asked the Pentagon to put together a show of the strips to tour in the war zone. Then Trudeau was invited to Kuwait by a commander who had first read Doonesbury in the US army newspaper Stars & Stripes in Vietnam, and thought the cartoonist should meet his men. When he got there, Trudeau received two medals of commendation from US army units in Kuwait.
MORE: http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1225702,00.html
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON D.C.
Mr. John Hinckley
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington, DC
Dear John:
Laura and I hope that you are continuing your excellent progress in recovery from your mental problems. We were pleased to hear that you are now able to have unsupervised visits with your parents. The staff at the hospital reports that you are doing fine. I have decided to seek a second term in office as your president and I would appreciate your support and the support of your fine parents. I would hope that if there is anything that you need at the hospital, you would let us know.
By the way, are you aware that John Kerry is screwing Jody Foster?
Sincerely,
George W. Bush, President
How many members of the Bush Administration are needed to replace a light bulb?
The Answer is SEVEN:
- One to deny that a light bulb needs to be replaced;
- One to attack and question the patriotism of anyone who has questions about the light bulb;
- One to blame the previous administration for the need of a new light bulb;
- One to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have a secret stockpile of light bulbs;
- One to get together with Vice President Cheney and figure out how to pay Halliburton $63 million for a light bulb;
- One to arrange a photo-op session showing Bush changing the light bulb while dressed in a flight suit and wrapped in an American flag; and finally
- One to explain to Bush the difference between screwing a light bulb and screwing the country
Beltway Buzz
Reports are circulating that Pentagon officials have discovered that Osama Bin Laden has found a place to hide out where:
(1) It is easy to get in if you have money and name recognition; once in,
(2) There will be no records of your comings and goings; so that
(3) No one will realize that you have disappeared.
(4) No one will even remember you; and furthermore
(5) You apparently have no obligations or responsibilities, and
(6) Therefore can leave whenever the spirit moves you.
(7) In short he‚s found the perfect hideout.
What really has Pentagon analysts puzzled, however, is how Bin Laden ever learned about the Texas Air National Guard.
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