News of the Week 1-17-08
Jan 17, 2008 in News of the Week
From the Folk Sessions Live! News Bureau in Clearwater Florida
CIA News: Officials say they destroyed interrogation tapes to protect the identities of the interrogators. This administration is gung-ho about protecting the identity of CIA agents. Just ask Valerie Plame.
Health News: A new study confirms that exercise increases the production of neurons in the brain making people smarter. Can you imagine if President Bush didn’t work out every day?
Philatelic News: A rare “Inverted Jenny” stamp sold for $825,000. Coincidently, “Inverted Jenny” was also the Secret Service code name for Gennifer Flowers during the Clinton administration.
Business News: Bank of America is buying troubled mortgage giant Countrywide Financial. To make the deal, B. of A. is borrowing $4 billion at 4.25% for the first three years, but then it adjusts higher every year after that.
Sports News: Former Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka’s charity fund for injured and retired NFL players collected more than a million dollars, but only handed out fifty thousand. No one knows the whereabouts of the rest of the cash. They don’t call Mike Ditka the honorary mayor of Chicago for nothing.
Israel News: President Bush visited Israel last week. There was one awkward moment. When President Bush arrived at the airport he was wearing a 10-gallon yarmulke.
CAMPAIGN NEWS
Clinton Update: Hillary Clinton shocked the pollsters and won the New Hampshire primary. It still is not clear what Satan is getting in return.
Huckabee Update: Mike Huckabee would not say if he agrees with Southern Baptists that women should not serve as pastors, but his presidency would have the first inaugural ball where no one is allowed to dance.
Kucinich Update: Dennis Kucinich protested ABC’s unfair requirements, which stipulate that for a presidential candidate to participate in a televised debate supporters must outnumber the candidate’s family and staff.
McCain Update: John McCain won the New Hampshire primary. He is a fascinating story. He spent 5 1/2 years in prison and then went into politics. Usually it is the other way around.
Romney Update: Mitt Romney insists his religion would never affect his policies. He compared himself to Jack Kennedy. The difference between Jack Kennedy and Mitt Romney is Mitt Romney would never support the idea of polygamy.
Reminder: If you have to ask, you can’t afford to vote.
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