Either CNN is having a slow news day, or they just are too lazy to make a decent headline that doesn't shove down our throats what we already are dreading. C'mon, it's Friday! Give us an incentive to click on those links.
Bush: We're in a slowdown
Bush on $4 gas: I hadn't heard that (this was the headline on the front page of CNN.com yesterday)
I don't know how clearer it can get: we KNOW the economy's in trouble. I don't bat an eye when I pay $3.50 a gallon for gas. My parents sigh heavily every time they look at their portfolio. But instead of publishing this kind of gloom and doom for the masses, how about reading this instead?
Glenn Beck: Don't follow the herd on economy
When it comes to American news outlets, I find that you have to wade through the muck before getting to the good stuff. Enjoy and happy Friday/Leap Year, folks!
2 comments:
Back when Al Capp ruled the cartoon world, February 29th was an important day for the ladies of Dogpatch, U.S.A.
It was the day of the "SADIE HAWKINS RACE" when the single men of the village started running when the gun was fired and all the single gals got to chase them. If the gal managed to catch her guy, he was hers. "Marryin' Sam" offered a special wedding package that day right after the race. (For another 50 cents he would wrestle all the grandmothers.) Ladies' choice one day every 4 years! "Yahoo, you go girl" would have been appropriate back in the 1940's and 1950's, but those words hadn't yet been put together. In those days, "Lil' Abner" ruled every day--7/365--in the daily news "funnies." Al Capp was a great cartoonist, but most of his material wouldn't fly in 2008. Abner's girl, Daisy Mae, and all the young gals of Dogpatch had builds like Dolly Parton. When asked by Jack Paar on the Tonite Show why he draws all his women with large busts, Capp commented: "...Wellll, when I have a choice!?!" So much for the important events of February 29th in trivia history's golden days!
Leap year certainly has its share of interesting history. Although leap year (incidentally) falls other years of historic importance in American culture (the summer Olympics and Presidential elections, for example), its origin is truly meant for keeping the astronomical and calendar years in sync. Al Capp is surely a cartoonist to be remembered, however - thanks for your input.
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