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One sunny day in 2005 an old man approached the White House from across
Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to
the U. S. Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet
with President Bush." The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Bush
is no longer president and no longer resides here." The old man said, "Okay"
and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the
same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush." The
Marine again told the man, "Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no
longer resides here." The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.
The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very
same U. S. Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President
Bush." The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man
and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to
speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the
president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?"
The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love
hearing it." The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you
tomorrow."
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Overcast burned off around mid-afternoon. Very pleasant.
Local TV has been stuffed to the gills with coverage of the deification of St. Ronnie.
All morning the stations bleated that one must be in the parking lot of Moorpark College for the bus to the Reagan Library by 3pm.
Apparently the crowds dwindled in the early afternoon and they started braying that one must be in the parking lot by 7:45pm.
Caroline Kennedy, left, and Sarah Jessica Parker pose at a news conference to announce the launch of a citywide initiative to benefit New York public school children Tuesday, June 8, 2004 . Kennedy is the school system's chief fund-raiser.
Photo by Frank Franklin II
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Viewers More Partisan (Duh)
Cable News
The nation's political divide is increasingly being reflected in where Americans get their news: Republicans like Fox News Channel and Democrats prefer CNN.
Fox's audience has grown explosively since 2000, with most of those gains coming among viewers who describe themselves as Republican or conservative, according to a study released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
More than half of Fox's viewers describe themselves as conservative, Pew said.
Four years ago, the same percentage of Democrats (18 percent) as Republicans told Pew they watched Fox regularly. This year, 35 percent of Republicans said they watched Fox regularly and 21 percent said they watched CNN.
Meanwhile, 28 percent of Democrats described themselves as regular CNN viewers, and 19 percent of Republicans, Pew said. As recently as 1996 - the year Fox News Channel came on the air - CNN's audience was more Republican than Democratic.
Fox was the least-trusted news source among Democrats polled, Pew said.
While Fox News' Bill O'Reilly says he's not necessarily conservative on many issues, his audience is. The Pew survey found 72 percent of "The O'Reilly Factor" viewers described themselves as conservative, and 4 percent said they were liberal.
Cable News
Theodora Richards, left, and Alexandra Richards, daughters of Keith Richards arrive at the 2004 Council of Fashion Designers of America Fashion Awards, Monday, June 7, 2004, in New York.
Photo by Louis Lanzano
'Running' for President
Chrissy Gephardt
Chrissy Gephardt, daughter of former candidate Dick Gephardt, is one of 12 faux candidates vying to be the last one standing in Showtime's "American Candidate," a program based on the reality TV phenomenon of CBS' "Survivor."
Gephardt, a mental health worker who campaigned for her father, planned to "announce" her candidacy Tuesday.
Showtime has described the program as a look at the decision-making process and strains of political campaigns. Each week, candidates will plot campaign strategy, campaign for support, respond to e-mails from viewers and make statements aimed at getting public support.
Chrissy Gephardt
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Sub for M&Ms at White House
Jellybeans
In honor of President Reagan, the Bush White House switched from M&Ms to jelly beans as the office candy staple for the week.
The San Francisco Bay-area maker of jelly beans started supplying Reagan to help him quit smoking during his first term as California governor, and jelly beans became a favorite at Reagan's White House Cabinet meetings.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist also has made the switch for this week.
A bowl of M&Ms has long been kept just outside the White House mess where staff and guests eat. Frist keeps dishes in his office reception area on Capitol Hill.
Jellybeans
Britain's Queen Elizabeth (L) stands with Lord Richard Attenborough, the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at a luncheon at Mansion House to celebrate the world famous drama school's centenary year, June 8, 2004 in London.
Photo by Stefan Rousseau
Won't Confirm Marriage to J.Lo
Marc Anthony
Saying his personal life is off-limits, singer Marc Anthony refused to confirm Tuesday whether he's married to Jennifer Lopez.
During an appearance on NBC's "Today" show, co-host Matt Lauer asked the Latin singer how he'd spent his weekend.
"I see where you're going with this, and I'm going to preface it with just saying - y'all know I don't talk about my personal life," Anthony said.
Lauer replied: "So, I - do I need to congratulate you?"
"Yeah, I have two albums coming out, man. Absolutely. And I would appreciate it," the 34-year-old singer said.
Marc Anthony
Hospitalized In Switzerland
Lars Ulrich
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has reportedly been hospitalized in Zurich, Switzerland, with an undisclosed ailment, forcing him to miss the band's performance Sunday (June 6) at the Download Festival in England. Slipknot's Joey Jordison and Slayer's Dave Lombardo filled in for Ulrich, literally at the last minute, as Metallica reportedly sought volunteers from other bands backstage. No other information was available at press time about Ulrich's condition.
According to reports online, Metallica arrived onstage a half hour late. Frontman James Hetfield, guitarist Kirk Hammett, and bassist Robert Trujillo came to the front of the stage, where Hetfield announced, "Unfortunately our drummer, Lars, is in the hospital. We don't know what's wrong, but we wish him all the best. Some friends of ours are gonna help us out, so we're going to make rock history tonight!"
Lars Ulrich
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Releasing $elling WWII POW InformationVatican
The Vatican is releasing more than 2 million files on prisoners of war and other missing persons from its secret archives, part of efforts to emphasize the humanitarian aspects of the World War II papacy of Pope Pius XII, officials announced Tuesday.
The prisoner files date from 1939-1946, covering inquiries from across Europe on the fate of servicemen from the various armies that fought in the war and other missing persons. The Vatican set up offices during World War II to help relatives trace family members.
The information will be contained in a two-volume work that will be available for $90.
In addition, there are eight DVDs containing the image of the original files in the archives and the names of 2.1 million prisoners about whom information had been requested. A DVD kit will be sold for $490.
Mel Gibson's Icon Distribution
An assistant fixes the gown made of fresh green cabbage leaves worn by Filipina model Isabel Roces as she poses for an ad commissioned by an animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to promote vegetarianism on Tuesday June 8, 2004 in Manila. The new PETA ad, to be launched this autumn, is to encourage Filipinos to embrace vegetarianism which they claim to be increasing in popularity around the world.
Photo by Bullit Marquez
$ues Over 'Pa$$ion' Box Office
Mel Gibson's Icon Distribution
Actor/director Mel Gibson's Icon Distribution Inc. has sued No. 1 movie theater chain Regal Entertainment Group for more than $40 million, claiming Regal failed to pay Icon its fair share of box office receipts for "The Passion of the Christ."
In the suit, filed on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Icon said its agreement with Regal called for the companies to share receipts on "studio terms," which Icon defined as 55 percent of gross ticket sales paid to it and 45 percent retained by Regal.
Icon claims Regal has reneged on that deal and offered to pay Icon only 34 percent, instead.
The suit did not stipulate how much of those receipts came from Regal theaters, but Icon claims it is owed actual damages in excess of $40 million. Icon also seeks punitive damages.
Mel Gibson's Icon Distribution
'Lost Dauphin' Finally Buried
Louis XVII
French royalists staged a pageant-filled funeral Tuesday for a tiny, rock-hard relic they hailed as the heart cut from Louis XVII, who died at age 10 in a filthy revolutionary prison.
A hearse brimming with lilies - the symbol of the French crown - delivered a crystal vase containing the heart to the Saint-Denis Basilica. There, it was placed in a royal crypt containing the remains of Louis XVII's parents, Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI.
After two centuries of mystery surrounding the boy's fate, DNA tests have convinced many historians that the relic passed secretly from person to person was truly the royal heart.
The Mass recognizing the royal heart attempted to end 209 years of legend and uncertainty about Louis XVII's death. Yet some skeptics insist the mystery remains unsolved.
For more, Louis XVII
Das kleine Wombat-Baby Cherry überlebte im Beutel seiner toten Mutter, die überfahren wurde.
Photo by Greg Wood
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