The Guild 3-17-2004 A Merry St. Patrick's Day to ya!

[mountaineer]

Zsa-Zsa & Thursten Howell

Exactly!

[lodwick]

Beans are going to the moon...10451/2 as I type.

[Timeout]

Rush will have Dick Cheney for 1/2 an hour! Tune in.

[Endeavor]

"Will John Kerry look even dorkier and more out of touch than he does on a snowboard? Enquiring minds want to know."

I certainly hope so.

[mountaineer]

Strange article I found in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Some women insist gays make great boyfriends.

[lodwick]

Interesting enough, I guess.

Is there a shopping gene?

[mountaineer]

If there isn't a shopping gene, then it probably cannot be said of someone that he or she was "born to shop." Nature or nuture - you be the judge!

[daisyscarlett]

More on Kerry's homes...all of these were Teresa's except for the Boston home. Teresa also has a "farm" in PA.

From a sailing mecca to a ski resort, presumptive Democratic nominee John Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, enjoy the trappings of their wealth in at least five homes and vacation getaways across the country valued at nearly $33 million.

Georgetown Home

Nantucket Home

Boston

[daisyscarlett]

KERRY AND WIFE ENJOY MANY EXPENSIVE HOMES

[Endeavor]

Here's a thoughtful article: http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak221.html

[daisyscarlett]

Thanks for the Novak column. I hope he is right about this:Spaniards bowed to terrorism when they voted. Americans are considerably less likely to make that choice.

The American Spectator Prowler has a good column for 3/23/04 LINK

So much for Kerry Catholicism. On Sunday, John Kerry showed up for the 10:30 Mass at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church at 10:41 a.m. (The church had roped off two pews for the VIP.) Adding further insult, Kerry arrived noisily, fully outfitted for skiing, not dressed for a religious service. Compounding the insult -- this time to all Catholics in good standings -- Kerry received the sacrament of Holy Eucharist, even though he's not considered to be a Catholic in good standing."

"It was just a media-op," says a Kerry advance staffer. "We set it up with some reporters that we knew were going to be there."

Kerry, who claims to be a practicing Roman Catholic (though lately he's been playing up his partial Jewishness), has consistently voted in support of abortion as both a state politician in Massachusetts and in his time in Washington. He has also spoken in support of euthanasia. He has stated that he disagrees with the Catholic position in both areas.

Under church law, Kerry's very public support of abortion disqualifies him from the sacraments. He is not known to be a regular Mass attendee. In fact, some Roman Catholics in Boston have in the past pressed for the bishops there to excommunicate Kerry for his refusal to accept Catholic doctrine and canon law.

Sen. Tom Daschle is finding himself in a similar position in South Dakota, where the bishop there has been rumored for months to be mulling excommunicating Daschle for his liberal positions on abortion.

[Timeout]

Check out this wierd Dana Milbank "article" in today's WashPost:

White House Notebook
GOP Exposé: Kerry, Closet Frenchman

I don't know what to make of it. My initial reaction was that Milbank is trying to resurrect Michael Kelly's writing style. I'd like your professional opinion.

[BigWaveBetty]

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