Mark Hoback: FGAQ: PeopleThe Good, The Bad, and The Funky(Untitled)- January 24, 2004 1966 would have been right about the time that I first discovered Lenny Bruce, the Patron Saint of a good 50% of what strikes any of us as funny these days. 1966 was also the year he OD'd, having been beaten down by the man back in the days when being beaten down by the man really meant something. Today, 37 years after his death, Gov. George A. Pataki issued Bruce a posthumous gubernatorial pardon, calling it "a declaration of New York's commitment to upholding the First Amendment."..http://blogs.salon.com/0001424/categories/fgaqPeople/2004/01/24.html#a27 (Untitled)- January 24, 2004 ABCWP Poll: Jackson Still WeirdA new ABC - Washington Post poll shows that a vast majority of Americans still think that Michael Jackson is 'weird'. The poll was taken directly after his appearance on '60 Minutes', which a spokesman admitted 'didn't do a damn bit of good'. A full eighty-nine percent of those surveyed agree that they were sure that Michael "must be guilty of something", although there is widespread disagreement as to what that something is. Eighty-three per cent of...http://blogs.salon.com/0001424/categories/fgaqPeople/2004/01/24.html#a22 (Untitled)- January 24, 2004 Well, I looked at my watchI looked at my wristI punched myself in the faceWith my fistI took my potatoesDown to be mashedThen I made it on overTo that million dollar bash.- Bob Dylan From NewZimbabwe.com comes the tragic news that President Mugabe is insane.A story like this is so refreshing to read. What wouldn&146;t I give to see this same piece in a major American paper, directed to an American politician. A newzimbabwe.com poll of 2605 Zimbabweans shows that 82..http://blogs.salon.com/0001424/categories/fgaqPeople/2004/01/24.html#a21 (Untitled)- January 24, 2004 2 Cute 2 Be 4 Gotten Linda Tripp. She was one of the least polarizing figures in modern history, the Michael Jackson of politics. Left, right, center, apolitical; Clinton lovers, Clinton haters, they all agreed on one thing. This woman was a skank ho, someone you wouldn&146;t touch with a ten foot pole. Someone you wouldn&146;t want your dog to be alone with. Here is a phrase I bet you&146;ve never heard &150; &147;I sure do admire that Tripp woman.&148; And Larry King. Scary, scary,...http://blogs.salon.com/0001424/categories/fgaqPeople/2004/01/24.html#a17 (Untitled)- January 23, 2004 The Aki and Paw Paw Archives Ladies and Gentlemen It's Aki and Paw Paw! Searching for Celebrities If you want to do the crime without doing the time, you can't find a much better choice of wrongdoing than rioting. Rioting is a numbers game, the knowledge that 'they got the guns, but you got the numbers'. You have to be pretty wasted (or darn unlucky) to get busted at a mid-sized riot. Also, belonging to a group crime carries a certain social cache, a night with the neighbors..http://blogs.salon.com/0001424/categories/fgaqPeople/2004/01/23.html#a14 |