Monday, November 17

Politicians in the Spotlight

   1. Tony B'Liar and wife Cherie
   a. "Blair 'not potty' says official spokesman"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_800762.html >
   b. "Campbell the hairdresser advises Blair on speech"
      < http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters11-14-133210.asp?reg=EUROPE >
   c. "Blair a head-banging strummer?"
      < http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031114/80/edy1r.html >
   d. "Cherie serenades Chinese students with Beatles song"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_802144.html >

   2. "Italian PM Berlusconi now writing love songs"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s939380.htm >

   3. Sheriff George W. Bush and Deputy Sheriff John Howard
   a. "Love brings out the Bush poet"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s959909.htm >
         "Dear Laura,
          Roses are red, violets are blue,
          oh my lump in the bed, I miss you.
          The distance, my dear, has been such a barrier,
          next time you want an adventure, just land on a carrier."
   b. "Bush revels in cowboy speak"
      < http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2968176.stm >
   c. "Bush lauds Howard as 'man of steel'"
      < http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/04/1051987592763.html >
   d. "Man of steel, heart of stone"
      < http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/04/1046540186583.html >
         About the original 'man of steel', Joseph Stalin.  I'm sure John Howard
         appreciates the association.
   e. "John Howard's Aliases"
      < http://members.optushome.com.au/hark/s8.jhnames.htm >

   4. "Mandela: 'Bush can't think properly'"
      < http://www.afrol.com/News2003/index_sa007.htm >

   5. "The Poetry of D.H. Rumsfeld - Recent works by the secretary of defense"
      < http://slate.msn.com/id/2081042/ >
   Technically he's not a politician, but he speaks like one.

   6. "Politicians say the dumbest things"
      < http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/03/30/editorial_wwwedit1a30.html >

   7. "When in Italy, Canadian PM likes to roam"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s989016.htm >