Monday Quick Fix 6 (12/6/04)
So, when is a ha-huge snowstorm not a ha-huge snowstorm? When it's predicted by the local weather channels, at 100% probability, and doesn't happen. I waited for the Mother of All Snowstorms to hit Friday night, then Saturday day and then again Saturday night. When it finally came, it was no big deal. About 2 inches or so. It was enough to scare my mother-in-law. Then, she just moved here from sunny northern California and she's easily scared by snow. Bottom line? The local weathermen blew it. But I doubt they'll mention that on their broadcasts tonight.
Photo Fix: Kofi Annan is up to his armpits in trouble re: the Iraq oil-for-food scandal. But he sez he won't quit (See Top of the News Fix). Meanwhile, Jeff Jacoby discusses this controversial world leader (See Opinion Fix).
1. Political 'Toon Fix: Chuck Asay nails my sentiments on airport security exactly here. And you can find Henry Payne here and Kevin Tuma here.
2. Humor Fix: "San Diego’s Petco Park has announced they are going to start selling organic hot dogs. So now when you go to a baseball game, the hot dogs are clean it’s just the players that are packed with artificial fillers" -- Jay Leno.
3. My Way Fix: This Day in History here, This Day in Music here, Today's Birthdays here, and Positive Quote here.
4. Top of the News Fix: Terrorists attack U.S. consulate here, Lawmakers want baseball to fix steroid problem here, Annan: "I won't quit" here, Report: Tillman's final words a horror here, and Mom flashes chest at PeeWee hockey game here.
5. Lion's Den Fix: In its cover story, World mag describes Baroness Caroline Cox this way: "Whether speaking before Parliament or sneaking supplies across militarized borders, Baroness Caroline Cox, WORLD's Daniel of the Year, has defended the persecuted poor. 'When God gives you a vacuum, you fill it.' You can see why World believes she fills the shoes left behind by the Prophet Daniel here.
6. Opinion Fix: Jeff Jacoby/Boston Globe (Kofi Annan), Tom Donnelly/Daily Standard (Importance of Fallujah), William Bennett/RealClearPolitics (Mainstream media), Ann Marlowe/New York Post (Building a civil society), and Steven Malanga/Wall Street Journal (Nothing's wrong with red-state Kansas).
