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Do I Remember?

Either I’m sure I remember or I’m not sure I actually remember.

John McCain said he would veto earmarked, pork-barrel bills.
John McCain recently voted for the earmarked $700 billion bailout bill.
Barack Obama said he wouldn’t do something or other regarding financing for his Presidential campaign.
Barack Obama did indeed do that something or other.
Barack Obama flunked “tests” that Dan Quayle was hounded and mocked about.
Bob Dole resigned from the Senate to run for President.
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, and Joe Biden didn’t resign from the Senate though they ran (or are yet running) for President or VP.
Hillary said repeatedly she wouldn’t run for President.
The media was very supportive of John McCain during the primary season.
Joe Biden declared Obama someone who shouldn’t get on-the-job training in the Oval Office.
Al Gore’s poll numbers in 2000 were pre-reminiscent of McCain’s in 2008.
A Gerald Ford foreign-policy-type observation cinched the noose around his campaign.
We were warned years ago about fluoride being put in water with the intent of making the American populace meek, mellow, gullible, and ripe for overthrow.

Do you think I remember? Or not?

PS: This list has been in Expansion Mode for several days. Time to post it.

With some overly friendly comments to Gov. Sarah Palin at the United Nations, Asif Ali Zardari has succeeded in uniting one of Pakistan’s hard-line mosques and its feminists after a few weeks in office.

A radical Muslim prayer leader said the president shamed the nation for “indecent gestures, filthy remarks, and repeated praise of a non-Muslim lady wearing a short skirt.”

Feminists charged that once again a male Pakistani leader has embarrassed the country with sexist remarks. And across the board, the Pakistani press has shown disapproval.

Muslims and feminists and the press — I wonder how often that axis teams up!

Oh, what did he say to her?

“The whole of America is crazy” — actually, he said more. 🙄

Better Than Being There

If it looks too good to be true … – 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

It turns out that amazing line of fireworks footprints marching from Tiananmen Square to the Bird’s Nest stadium during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was computer-generated and inserted into television coverage to look like the real thing.

It was fake.

It didn’t go down like that.

Of course, this is a case of good news-bad news.

I was in Tiananmen Square on Friday evening, reporting and writing a column on the tens of thousands of jubilant Chinese citizens who gravitated there to celebrate. Those people saw two tiny flarelike blasts pop in the sky, followed by a lot of nothing, and they were probably baffled by the widespread reports of the lit-up sky, exploding footprints and brilliant fireworks. And today, I’m thinking those people are relieved to learn they’re not losing their marbles.

That’s the good news.