During some better times, President Bush and Secretary of State,Colin Powell return to the White House after interviewing Condoleezza Rice for Powel's, soon to be vacant, cabinet position.


IN THE NEWS

Live from New York, it's time to mock the disabled!

With Sarah Palin out of the national eye, "Saturday Night Live" turned its satirical guns toward another governor, New York's David Paterson. SNL's Fred Armisen portrayed Paterson as a bumbling man who is completely unqualified for the position. The National Federation of the Blind issued a statement calling the characterization "absolutely wrong". SNL creator Lorne Michaels refused to comment other than to say that "The Three Blind Mice Skit", which was to feature three blind homeless men dressed up as mice - fighting each other for a tasty hunk of government cheese, has been postponed indefinitely.

Playboy Mexico Mocks Virgin Mary

You would think even Playboy magazine had limits. It doesn't.
The famous skin magazine found a way to attack Christians and push porn at the same time. The magazine's Mexican copy featured "a model wearing nothing but a white cloth over her head and breasts," Raul Sayrols, publisher of Playboy Mexico, said in a statement, "The image is not and never was intended to portray the Virgin. The intent was to reflect a Renaissance-like mood on the cover." Mr. Sayols also explained that next month's cover featuring the same woman flashing a bearded man in a robe, an angry old man in a turban, and a chubby china man is meant to reflect a spring break-like atmosphere.

Sir Paul McCartney’s advice to the Dalai Lama

Sir Paul McCartney is in the news again revealing now that he once wrote to the Dalai Lama to criticise him for eating meat. The Dalai Lama replied saying that he went to see his doctor, after some small skin lesions broke out on his arms and legs. His doctors advised the lesions were little vaginas and if he didn't start eating meat soon he was going to turn into a giant pussy like Paul McCartney.


ON THIS DATE:


1773 The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes. The British reacted swiftly, diving into the water with cups and crumpets then treading water till teatime was over.


1809 Napoleon Bonaparte was divorced from the Empress Josephine by an act of the French Senate. Although details are sketchy, it is believed that act was cowardice.

2000 -President-elect George W. Bush selected Colin Powell to become the first African-American secretary of state, not because he was black but because he had a funny first name.

TODAY'S QUOTE:

OK, I admit it. I was the man in the grassy knoll but I swear I was aiming at Jackie's gaudy pink hat. - Mr. Blackwell