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As you know Chris has been suffering through a cold this week and has been doing a
mean Jimmy Breslin impression with his voice...Funny how even that can't stop him from
interrupting people! Well, we've decided to sideline him today so he can get some
much needed R & R...We'll bring up Barnicle from his bean town bullpen to pinch hit...
You may have heard the unfortunate news that a man was fatally shot this morning
outside of DC...This time at a Fredericksburg, VA gas station, about an hour south of
DC...While unconfirmed, the murder appears to be eerily similar to the recent rash of
sniper shootings in our area...MSNBC has been tracking the story all day and our
correspondent David Shuster will be live on location with the latest details
http://www.msnbc.com/news/816566.asp
We'll also talk to Clint van Zandt and Bo Dietl about the clues we're aware of and
what they tell us...
Plus, Howard will do the politics of the Congressional vote last night on Iraq...The
who, what, why, where, and how the deal was done....This sights, the sounds, the
smells of the vote...(well, maybe not the smell exactly, but you get my drift)...All
the stuff the insiders don't want you to know!
Fineman's latest piece...Bush Studied '67 Pre-emptive Strike...Summer reading includes
account of the Six Day War http://www.msnbc.com/news/819372.asp
But first...Mortman strikes again! Why six House Republicans voted no
http://www.msnbc.com/news/820102.asp
Hey, did you hear what Andy Rooney said recently about female sportscasters on NFL
sidelines? "I'm not a sexist person, but a woman has no business being down there
trying to make some comment about a football game." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021010/ap_on_en_tv/andy_rooney_1
We'll get into these comments in the D block with Steak Shapiro...A sports radio talk
show host in Atlanta...
In the E/F block we'll talk to attorney Johnnie Cochran about his beef with the NFL,
O.J. and Harry Belafonte's comments on Colin Powell....
This just in from Belanfonte's PR people: "My analogy to the plantation existence I
say without regret...Life today for many is not too distant from slavery & oppression,
and by ignoring the views of most of the world's leaders, the President and Secretary
Powell are about to bring moral shame on this nation and do what is politically
expedient at the expense of the poor and disenfranchised."
Gotta run...We're down a man or two so I'm pulling double duty...Peace out and have a
great weekend...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing deep inside a jittery
Beltway...
Joey Pants on the Soprano's Columbus Day parade controversy: "I don't know about this
Christopher Columbus parade that is basically celebrating some guy who 500 years ago
went out to find the Indies and instead found America and then killed all the
Indians...These people need to wake up and smell the cappuccino."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9589-2002Oct10.html
Atta Boy, JC...Carter awarded Nobel Peace Prize...Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday 'for his decades of untiring effort to find
peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights,
and to promote economic and social development.'
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/820072.asp
Action More Likely Than Lawsuit...Black Coaching Candidates Available (The Washington
Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51584-2002Oct6?language=printer
Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott announced Thursday he would not be attending an
Oct. 24 award dinner honoring entertainer/activist Harry Belafonte, following the
singer's comparison of Secretary of State Colin Powell to a house "slave." (CNS News)
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200210\NAT20021011a.html
Congress authorizes use of force...The Senate joined the House in voting solidly
Friday morning to grant President Bush authority to use force against Iraq, approving
a resolution endorsed by the president and leaders of both parties.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/812825.asp
Resolution verbate http://msnbc.com/news/816034.asp
Yeas & Nays...
Senate Roll Call
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/transcripts/senaterollcall_iraq101002.htm
House Roll Call
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/transcripts/houserollcall_iraq101002.htm
Post Analysis: A muscular first step on Iraq...Bush gains freedom, flexibility by
emphasizing U.N.'s role http://msnbc.com/news/820015.asp
Report: U.S. mulls Iraq occupation...The White House is working on a plan to establish
an American-led military government in Iraq should the United States overthrow Saddam
Hussein, The New York Times reported.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/820078.asp
Senior Bush administration officials are pressuring CIA analysts to tailor their
assessments of the Iraqi threat to help build a case against Saddam Hussein,
intelligence and congressional sources said. (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cia11oct11.story
Advocates of an independent commission to investigate the Sept. 11 attacks on Friday
blamed the "invisible hand" of the White House for the collapse of an announced
agreement to create the panel. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20021011/ap_on_go_co/attacks_intelligence
President Bush will spend nearly every day until the election on the campaign trail at
fund-raisers and get-out-the-vote events for Republican candidates, White House
officials said Thursday. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/today/news_d36ae604c09320dc006b.html
Christian Coalition leaders say the group may have had a lower national profile
recently, but it has been working hard to stay viable at the grassroots level. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021011/ap_to_po/christian_coalition_1
An amusing new Republican ad in New Jersey mocks the Torricelli-Lautenberg switcheroo
by showing a boy giving up on a test at school and asking his teacher, "Can I have
Frank Lautenberg take it for me?" (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/49107.htm
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Taylor abruptly dropped out of the race
Thursday, saying he can't repair the damage caused by a Montana Democratic Party TV
advertisement that he said falsely implies he was a gay hairdresser. (Billings
Gazette)
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&tts=1&display=rednews/2002/10/11/build/local/55-taylormain.inc
Townsend Raises Gun Issue In New Ad...Timing of Move 'Shameful,' Says Ehrlich's Camp
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10107-2002Oct10.html
Rudy Giuliani sent a message yesterday to Columbus Day Parade sponsors who want to ban
two "Sopranos" stars from marching - lighten up! (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/49129.htm
Page Six: James Gandolfini and his co-stars in "The Sopranos" hunkered down yesterday
as accusations were made public that they had snorted cocaine together.
http://www.pagesix.com/pagesix/pagesix.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Pre-empting Saddam...The Bush campaign for war against Iraq has been insulting to
American citizens, not just because it has been dishonest, but because it has been
unserious, writes Michael Kinsley.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/819768.asp
Fund's Diary: Bad Hair Day...Did Montana Democrats exploit antigay prejudice?
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110002458
Goremberg: Unorthodox Alliance...Israeli and Jewish interests are better served by
keeping a polite distance from the Christian right.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10067-2002Oct10.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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