Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Confucious say: If we all had Tivo's, we would never see  political ads again! TSP approved this proverb! 11:30:27 PM    comment []

Let's see them spin this one: Former GOP Sen. Hecht owes life to Democratic candidate Kerry Former U.S. Sen. Chic Hecht of Nevada is a staunch Republican, but he thanks his lucky stars for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts. On July 12, 1988, Hecht was attending a weekly Republican luncheon when a piece of apple lodged firmly in his throat. Hecht stumbled out of the room, thinking he might vomit but not wanting to do it in front of his colleagues. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., thumped his back, but Hecht quickly passed out in the hallway Just then, Kerry stepped off an elevator, rushed to Hecht's side and gave him the Heimlich maneuver -- four times. The lifesaving incident made international news, and Dr. Henry Heimlich, who invented the maneuver in 1974, called Hecht to say that had Kerry intervened just 30 seconds later Hecht might have been in a vegetative state for life. "This man gave me my life," the 75-year-old Hecht said Thursday. Hecht said he was amazed that Kerry acted so quickly -- some people were assuming that he was having a heart attack. "He knew exactly what to do," he said. "But a lot of people know what to do. They just don't size up the situation immediately." Hecht, who prides himself on having one of the most conservative records on the books during his six years in the Senate, said he and his wife, Gail, see politics as "a secondary issue" when it comes to Kerry.Every year the Hechts call Kerry's longtime personal secretary, who tracks down Kerry wherever he is. http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-gov/2004/feb/06/516309920.html 2:12:43 PM    comment []

Varsity mendacity?: With all the controversy about John Kerry's Vietnam medals and ribbons, who'd have thought that loyal George W. Bush aide Karen Hughes would be the one to catch the President fibbing about a supposed varsity letter? In her new book, "Ten Minutes From Normal," Hughes recounts a conversation with Bush after Russian President Vladimir Putin grilled him on his Yale days. "President Putin knew you had played rugby, but he didn't have the context. I mean, you just played for one semester in college, right?" Hughes said. Bush corrected: "I played for a year, and it was the varsity." Yesterday, a Yale spokeswoman confirmed that there's no such thing as varsity rugby at Yale - not when Bush was an undergrad in the 1960s and not today. 10:02:51 AM    comment []

SPE ALERT(Smoking Pen Alert) A new memo that was intercepted from Fox News chief John Moody that came from the RNC: Blame Michael Moore for everything! Here is an excerpt from Fox News and NY Post political analyst, (the former advisor to Bill Clinton, who was fired because of an affair with call girl Sherry Rowlands) just one day after Stanley Crouch of the NY Daily News  said he believes that because of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11," the Bush administration will do nothing about Sudan. Morris had this to say in his article called:THE PARTISAN PERIL Why did the Bush administration feel obliged to reveal the source of the intelligence that impelled it to ratchet up the terror alert? Because the Michael Moores of the world would not respect the terror warning without proof — even if this evidence compromised efforts to get more intelligence. You see we had to blow the cover because MIchael Moore made us! It's laughable. Not as laughable as some of these "politcal advisors" Rupert Murdock hires.   http://nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/26632.htm 8:28:15 AM    comment []

Forget politics for a minute.  I think the biggest news of the day is that Captain Kirk might be back. REPORTS of Captain Kirk beaming back up onto "Star Trek" again are getting stronger. A trailer for the new season of UPN's "Enterprise" showing William Shatner reprising his famous role as the maverick starship captain was shown to a select few at the CBS Television City Research Center in Las Vegas last week, according to sources. In several interviews, the producers have made no secret of their zeal to land Shatner for next season. Shatner himself is said to have come up with a Kirk storyline and approached Berman and Braga with it. http://nypost.com/entertainment/26638.htm 7:58:02 AM    comment []