I would just like to say that I for one, really don't care a whole heck of
a lot about Bill Clinton's philandering, nor whether he lied about it. Ask a
stupid question, get a stupid answer. Or, as computer people say, garbage
in, garbage out.
I heard someone exalting that if only he'd told the truth months ago, then Starr wouldn't have had to waste millions in taxpayer money to find out. Well, this is a big bunch of crap - Starr's gonna investigate him anyway, and I think that a very small minority of the American people want to spend several million just to discover the rather intuitive conclusion that President Clinton is, in fact, a pervert.
Bombing Sudan and Afghanistan however, whether for political motives or not, that's a stretch. I'll have to hear more about the strategic reasoning before I could look on that action approvingly. I'll say politically, that I heard that Congressional leaders were consulted last Friday, and that Republic leaders have spoken in support of the military action. Politically, it is an effective distraction from the Lewinsky mess, of which I could care less, and probably timed perfectly - I believe that the weeklies prepare for print near week's end, so the Thursday military strike will come ahead of the Monday confession.
And the reason, of course, that Republican leaders would just as soon help distract the public is because they don't want their lunatic fringe leading a vain impeachment effort against a popular president renowned for his political comebacks. It would just make them look like politically motivated weenies. And Clinton, for himself, is certainly glad to spare himself any further embarrassment.
Embarrass the President, and people halfway around the world get killed. I sincerely hope that those killed are indeed those who had it coming to them for blowing up our embassies. That, and the bomb in Ireland are just sickening. It seems extraordinarily audacious to fly bombs into a foreign country that we are not at war with, not that my heart is bleeding for the leaders of either country ...
Had to get that off my chest.
Well, after spending some weeks in loner mode, I'm getting back in touch with a few people. Before that, how about mom's birthday? That was Monday, the seventeenth. We went to Angus, a steakhouse just down the street. I had chicken, and I carried the bill, which amounted to more than eighty dollars. I tossed it on my credit card - mom's worth it, after all. Linda's boyfriend Tom, made a very great financial contribution as we walked home. I mention that only because if I ever forget that I owe him a favor, someone can remind me.
Uncle John couldn't make dinner, on account of he was up at five for some work, I would presume at Ron Gard. Uncle isn't a morning person.
Anyway, that got me talking to the family about a car I'm considering a purchase of - a 1972 blue Volkswagen Super Beetle. Now, it's a good deal, and I can afford it immediately. However, I don't particularly need such a beasty, though it wouldn't hurt in comparison to the van's guzzling abilities.
The tackiest bit of the equation is that it's out in Naperville, and I don't drive stick. Maybe I can call up Sean, who drives a blue 1996 Geo Metro, to drive me out there and test it out. I think it's the sort of car that he too, would dig. I would then owe him a favor as well, but a cool favor it would be on his part.
I've also exchanged email with Linda - she's going to be doing nursing school at Loyola, and has promised to call me to catch a meal together when she's in the city, and that she'll invite along any cool ladies she finds, as my life is more barren than it was in school.
I also got in contact with Kate Fukawa, who's doing school in Ohio now. You see, I was cleaning out my addressbook, and so also got in contact with My Phuong, another gal from High School, who I shared lunch with some weeks ago, and who sounds amenable to hanging out again sometime.
Tuesday night, I saw Jeongie, which I haven't done in awhile. We caught
the movie Lethal Weapon 4
, which was fairly entertaining. I'm looking
forward to Rush Hour
myself, which will star that loud-mouthed black
guy and ... Jackie Chan. I remember watching Saving Private Ryan
, the
most over-hyped movie of the year, and catching a preview for Rush Hour
and remarking that this movie could be cool if it had Jackie Chan
in it.
Two seconds later, the preview agreed with my pronouncement, which
I found pleasing.
One thing I've learned in my years is that it's okay to babble incessantly during the previews, but when the film starts - shut up. Of course, if it's a bad film, or a film or and audience into making noise, this rule needn't be observed. I've noticed that black audiences tend to be noisier, which for light-hearted movies, is entirely called for.
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