Monday, November 17, 2003

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>