Tidbits & Outrages.LESSONS IN PUBLIC SPEAKING, PART ONE At a meeting of students in Fairbanks, Alaska, Rep. Don Young argued against federal funding for the arts. Young said the government had funded "photographs of people doing offensive things." Asked for an example, he answered "buttfucking," The congressman said he was "trying to educate" the students. LESSONS IN PUBLIC SPEAKING, PART TWO Doris Allen recently retired as speaker of the California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members to the Assembly, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies, with each district having a population of at least 420,000 citizens. , but not before labeling her critics "power-mongering men with short penises." THOSE DAMN LIBERAL REDNECKS In a September installment of "Larry King Live Larry King Live is a nightly CNN interview program hosted by broadcaster and writer Larry King. The show premiered in 1985, and is CNN's most watched program, with over one million viewers nightly. " (guest-hosted by Robert Novak), Senator Jesse Helms took a call from Tilk, Alabama. "I just think that you should get a Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. for everything you've done to help keep down the niggers," the caller said. "Thank you, I think," Helms replied. He later added, "I think it was a set up--one of the liberals." BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WILL STAND ON STAGE SWEATING, WITH A FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW A five o'clock shadow is beard growth visible late in the day on a man whose face was clean-shaven in the morning. The term comes from the traditional nine-to-five workday hours. , AND LIE The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace is staging a musical extravaganza in Yorba Linda, California Yorba Linda is a community in Orange County, California, approximately 13 miles northeast of Downtown Santa Ana, and 40 miles southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,918. , to be called Nixonpalooza. THE HUNT FOR BREAD IN OCTOBER The Russian Navy is using decommissioned nuclear subs to deliver supplies to remote Arctic regions of the country. |
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