Quick Fix 6 — 1/30/06
1. APhoto Fix: An Exxon station is shown in Dallas, Monday. Exxon Mobil Corp. on Monday posted a record profit for a U.S. company of $10.71 billion in the fourth quarter, as the world’s biggest publicly-traded oil company benefited from high oil and gas prices and demand for refined products here . (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)
2. Cartoon Fix: Henry Payne ( Mining jobs ), Rob Rogers ( Oprah’s book club ), and Ed Stein ( Hamas ).
3. Humor Fix: Daniel Kurtzman’s “PoliticalHumor.com” site offers a spoof of past State of the Union speeches by Dubya here . (Warning: Republicans with weak hearts should pass on this one.)
4. My Way Fix: This Day In History here , Today’s Birthdays here , Positive Quote here , and Word of the Day here .
5. Top of the News Fix: Study: Bush backersd more biased against blacks here , ‘Brokeback’ shut out at SAG awards here , Rescuers save all 72 Canadian miners here , World’s first face transplant recipient revealed here , and Protests over Muhammad cartoon grow here .
6. Opinion Fix: Debra Burlingame /Wall Street Journal ( Our right to survival ), Leonard Pitts /San Diego Union-Tribune ( The Wal*Martification of America ), William Rees-Moog /London Times ( Grow up, Google ), Michael J. New /National Review ( Pro-life laws saving lives ), and John Leo /US News & World Report ( Left joins right in attacking Big Media ).
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