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You've been counting down the days...Marking up your calender...Bugging your friends
and neighbors...It's only a matter of hours now...The biggest event in cable
television this year since the premiere of the Soprano's fourth season has
arrived...The Hardball College Tour is back in action with the BIG kickoff
tonight...Chris goes one on one for the full hour with Jesse "The Body" Ventura...Or
as he prefers to be called "The Mind"... I can't keep up with the name changes either
folks...It's like "Puff" or "P. Diddy"? "Prince" or "The Sign"? Go figure...
Anyway, back to the lecture at hand...Here's what you need to know before you break
out the TV tray tonight and gather the family..
Who: Chris and Jesse
What: Inaugural College Tour
Time: 9 pm et/8 cst live
Place: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, Northrop Auditorium
Our friends at the University put out this helpful link for more info
http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/newsservice/newsreleases/02_08hardball.html
The Program is FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC...Doors open 6:30 pm local time...First come,
first serve seating...Audience participation is welcome and we'll do Q & A as well...
On Television: Exclusive Broadcast on America's NewsChannel, MSNBC...We don't take
orders from anyone, and neither does Jesse or Chris...I suspect you don't either...NO
topic will be off limits tonight....
Where's MSNBC on my dial? Click here http://msnbc.com/tools/newstools/n/msnbc_tv.asp
The, as yet award winning, website (I just talked to some folks and we're working on
getting some "behind the scenes" pics of the tour!)
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/tvnews/Hardball_CollegeTour/
Those hotshots in Secaucus are at it again...Dig the cool "crawl" they put atop this
site...It simply blew me away http://tv.msnbc.com
And here's another little tidbit for the locals you won't see anywhere else...Chris
will be doing a book signing on campus 4-4:30 pm at the East Bank Bookstore,
Williamson Hall...I'm told if you know the campus, you'll know how to get to the
bookstore...And make sure when you meet him to give a shout out for The Briefing....
And if that's not enough, I'm gonna sweeten up the deal right now: The simple,
three-color spectrum of chocolate -- milk, semisweet and bittersweet -- has been
transformed dramatically in the last three years. Some manufacturers are making milk
chocolate stronger, beefing it up with more cocoa and less sugar. (Post Food lede)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28414-2002Sep17.html
Folks, I gotta jam but make sure you check out the show...I even set my VCR this
morning before I left the pad...There's fun, gossipy stuff below...Lloyd Grove had an
interesting interview with actor/activist Tim Robbins...Rummy's on the Hill and got
heckled..and more information about what the government knew before 9/11....
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Brownstein: Sources close to former Vice President Al Gore, the 2000 Democratic
presidential nominee, say he will shortly endorse the prospect of military action
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-prez18sep18.story
Congress must authorize the use of military force against Iraq before the U.N.
Security Council votes on the issue, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told
Congress Wednesday. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020918/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq
Watch out McCain, there may be a new media darling ascending....Broder: The Hagel
Doctrine http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31681-2002Sep17.html
News of the weird: House rules forbid representatives from uttering the word "Senate"
or addressing the other chamber's activities, and there is no rule forbidding them
from dating their interns....But an unusual combination of Republicans and Democrats
has joined forces in hopes of reversing the situation. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020918-46921296.htm
WashPost: 9/11 report documents credible clues...The U.S. intelligence community
received a surprising number of credible reports of a likely terrorist attack prior to
Sept. 11, including some threats to domestic targets, according to a congressional
report to be unveiled Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/809370.asp
An intelligence briefing two months before the Sept. 11 attack warned that Osama bin
Laden would launch a spectacular terrorist attack against U.S. or Israeli interests,
congressional investigators said Wednesday. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20020918/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/attacks_intelligence
U.S. faces off over Iraq resolution...The United States, its momentum for a new U.N.
ultimatum on Iraq halted, was headed for a diplomatic standoff with fellow Security
Council members on Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/805226.asp
WashPost: Months needed for Iraq inspections...Under existing U.N. Security Council
resolutions, returning weapons inspectors to Iraq would take at least five months, and
up to a year to preliminarily assess whether Baghdad still possesses weapons of mass
destruction or the capability to produce them.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/809368.asp
Daschle: Hill Vote on Iraq Likely...Top Democrats and Republicans said Tuesday that
Congress will likely vote before the November elections on a resolution authorizing
the use of force against Saddam Hussein if he does not disprove current concerns. (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31597-2002Sep17.html
Top congressional Democrats yesterday backed off objections to voting before the
midterm elections on a resolution on Iraq, saying President Bush had made a compelling
case at home and abroad for the use of force. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020918-362360.htm
In Congress, quiet questions on war...Democrats in awkward role as Bush team heads to
Hill. (Christian Science Monitor) http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0917/p01s04-uspo.html
Diplomats trying to stop the fighting between Israel and the Palestinians are trying
to forge a deal under which there would be a provisional Palestinian state next year
and a final settlement of the conflict by 2005. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=536&ncid=536&e=9&u=/ap/20020918/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_mideast
Criticism of War Game Rejected...The four-star general responsible for the largest
combat experiment ever held defended the management and validity of the operation
Tuesday, rejecting criticisms from a retired general who played a prominent part in
the war game that events were scripted to ensure certain outcomes. (The Washington
Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30964-2002Sep17.html?referer=email
Hundreds of protesters brought some of the furor of the Middle East conflict to
Colorado yesterday as Hanan Ashrawi delivered the keynote address at a symposium on
the September 11 terrorist attacks. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020913-24232084.htm
State Treasurer Shannon O'Brien easily beat a former U.S. Labor secretary and two
state politicians in the Democratic primary for governor to take on former Olympics
chief Mitt Romney in November. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=536&ncid=536&e=3&u=/ap/20020918/ap_on_el_ge/primary_rdp
Former Gov. David Walters won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat
Tuesday, defeating Tulsa attorney Tom Boettcher in a bitter runoff contest that cost
Walters resources he had hoped to save for the general election fight against Sen. Jim
Inhofe (The Oklahoman)
http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=919067&TP=getelection
Gov. Paul Patton denied having ''inappropriate contact'' with a Western Kentucky
businesswoman who alleged in a television broadcast yesterday that Patton sexually
harassed her and retaliated against her business after she ended their two-year sexual
relationship. (Louisville Courier Journal)
http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2002/09/18/ke091802s278848.htm
Illinios Gubernatorial Pot Smoking update: Libertarian hopeful used pot too, but never
inhaled the brownies (Sun Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-pot18.html
Barely able to contain his glee, Mayor Daley turned the tables on the news media
Tuesday on two sensitive subjects: the sex scandal that brought down a prominent
newspaper columnist and the "gotcha" questioning that puts politicians on the spot
about past marijuana use. (Chicago Sun Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-daley18.html
Santa Cruz Defies U.S. On Marijuana...City Officials Vow to Defend Medical Uses (The
Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31299-2002Sep17.html?referer=email
Actor Tim Robbins on Clinton: "I hear he was a liberal. I hear people described as
liberals all the time that I don't tend to agree with. I think the rise of the
Southern Democrats and the Democratic Leadership Council has pushed the definition of
what's a liberal farther and farther to the right."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31412-2002Sep17.html
Zwecker: Could it be? Could Jane Fonda and Ted Turner be getting back together? Word
has it, the Oscar-winning actress and her megarich media mogul ex-hubby may be
thinking of remarrying. http://www.suntimes.com/output/zwecker/cst-ftr-zp18.html
What? No Lizzie Grubman movie?...Don't hold your breath waiting for the Lizzie Grubman
film. Jeannette Walls Delivers The Scoop.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/808652.asp
Vanity Fair Editor-in-Chief Graydon Carter has snagged an Emmy as an executive
producer of the famous French brothers' film about Sept. 11 that aired on CBS. (NY
Post) http://www.nypost.com/seven/09182002/business/kelly.htm
Starr: Sunday's season premiere of "The Sopranos" was the most-watched show in HBO's
30-year history - and whacked every network show in its time slot.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09182002/entertainment/57303.htm
Opinion/Editorial
As I promised last night, here's Friedman's column: Iraq, Upside Down
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/opinion/18FRIE.html
The Wall Street Journal: Disarming Saddam...Want "weapons inspectors"? Try the 82nd
Airborne. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002288
Will Schwarzenegger Run This Year?...Plus: Sex, rugs, and rock 'n' roll.
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2071033
Behind Saddam's words...Iraq's offer to allow U.N. inspectors back into the country is
a lesson in how to turn language upside down so that you look like you're accepting
the enemy's terms when you're really setting your own, writes Will saletan in Slate.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/809261.asp
Du Pont: Kill the Snake...What we know about Saddam more than justifies toppling him.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pdupont/?id=110002280
Rosset: Where Is Ms. Cho?...Iraq isn't the only country making a mockery of the U.N.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/cRosett/?id=110002281
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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