>President Urges Calm, Restraint Among Nation's Ballad Singers > >WASHINGTON, DC In the wake of the recent national tragedy, President Bush >is urging Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, and other singers to resist the >urge to record mawkish, insipid all-star tribute ballads. "To America's >recording artists, I just want to say, please, there has already been enough >suffering," Bush said. "The last thing we need right now is a soaring Barbra >Streisand-Brian McKnight duet titled 'One For All.'" Reports that the FBI >had confiscated several notebooks and audio tapes from Diane Warren's home >could not be confirmed as of press time.
