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Masters Refuse to Eavesdrop Imams Approval Ratings
posted Friday, 7 April 2006
This is what found me on Yahoo today::
• Bush, GOP approval ratings hit new lows
• Iraq PM says he will seek second term
• Palestinian PM refuses to recognize Israel
• Bush defends gov't eavesdropping policy
• European Imams focus on issue of identity
• Star explodes inside atmosphere of another
• Duke lacrosse team's reputation probed
• Masters · MLB · NBA · NHL · NFL · Soccer
This list of headlines has a certain lyrical poetry, don't you think? I've been out of touch, so i don't know the events Bush's current drop in approval might reflect, outside of the old suspects. But it's not that surprising, to put it delicately. So the poem starts with an "Oh god, not this again," cadence.
But then we have some vaguely positive-sounding news from the Iraqi Theatre of Non-Civil-War. Things are looking up. But now the Palestinian Prime Minister refuses to recognize Israel. Oh, well, should we be upset, or rightious, or should we turn the channel? The cadence hangs, suspended.
But then Buch defends his eavesdropping again, and the recitation quickens, as we follow the familiar path. And then, because we can't avoid the rest of the world entirely, we visit Europe's Imams for a brief instant before exploding inside the atmosphere of a star, for a Metro-Grand, can't-be-beat, over-the-top, that is to say American, finish.
Of course after the poem ends, there's some other stuff about the Duke lacrosse team's reputation, and the Masters and such, but this is the first draft anyway, and the final version won't have all this messiness. In fifteen years, every teenager will know what kind of president Dubya was, but you'll have to watch Jeopardy, to find out what sort of trouble the Duke lacross team was in, in 2006.
But what a lucky guy (girls are guys, too), to get to write and actually publish a line like "Star explodes inside atmosphere of another". I hope they got it hardcopy. You go, girl!
• Bush, GOP approval ratings hit new lows
• Iraq PM says he will seek second term
• Palestinian PM refuses to recognize Israel
• Bush defends gov't eavesdropping policy
• European Imams focus on issue of identity
• Star explodes inside atmosphere of another
• Duke lacrosse team's reputation probed
• Masters · MLB · NBA · NHL · NFL · Soccer
This list of headlines has a certain lyrical poetry, don't you think? I've been out of touch, so i don't know the events Bush's current drop in approval might reflect, outside of the old suspects. But it's not that surprising, to put it delicately. So the poem starts with an "Oh god, not this again," cadence.
But then we have some vaguely positive-sounding news from the Iraqi Theatre of Non-Civil-War. Things are looking up. But now the Palestinian Prime Minister refuses to recognize Israel. Oh, well, should we be upset, or rightious, or should we turn the channel? The cadence hangs, suspended.
But then Buch defends his eavesdropping again, and the recitation quickens, as we follow the familiar path. And then, because we can't avoid the rest of the world entirely, we visit Europe's Imams for a brief instant before exploding inside the atmosphere of a star, for a Metro-Grand, can't-be-beat, over-the-top, that is to say American, finish.
Of course after the poem ends, there's some other stuff about the Duke lacrosse team's reputation, and the Masters and such, but this is the first draft anyway, and the final version won't have all this messiness. In fifteen years, every teenager will know what kind of president Dubya was, but you'll have to watch Jeopardy, to find out what sort of trouble the Duke lacross team was in, in 2006.
But what a lucky guy (girls are guys, too), to get to write and actually publish a line like "Star explodes inside atmosphere of another". I hope they got it hardcopy. You go, girl!
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