Snort Notes – September, 2009
MICHAEL JACKSON WILL BE BURIED TODAY...MAYBE
Has this event happened yet? I really don’t know. The last date I heard for a probable burial was today, September 1, but that date was set weeks ago. Since then, the Los Angeles coroner’s office has ruled that Jackson’s death was a homicide, and that fact in itself could lay the groundwork for further delays in laying Michael Jackson to rest.
Speaking of groundwork, someone should dig the hole, oh, roughly three feet by seven feet and six feet deep. Then lower the casket, refill the hole, and suddenly it’s over and everyone has closure. I don’t understand what the delay is. Yes, I’ve heard the old saying about services at the family’s convenience, but come on now; he died over two months ago! Get it over with and let’s move on!
OBAMA FAMILY RETURNS FROM THEIR FIRST FAMILY VACATION SINCE MOVING INTO THE WHITE HOUSE
The Obamas have officially ended their first vacation by returning to the White House looking like any other typical American family returning from vacation: tired, haggard, and miserable. Of course, this is all just keeping up their public personas. I’m sure that deep down they are eager and anxious to get back into the old grind, and roll up their sleeves to surmount the challenges that lie ahead...NOT!
Okay, to be absolutely fair, they did not have all fun and sunshine on their vacation. Their rest was interrupted by the funeral for Senator Edward Kennedy, an event which would bring anyone’s week down. Still, it’s the time which elapsed between Kennedy’s death and his final burial which is most remarkable given the history of some other recent celebrity passings. I don’t want to mention any names, but I hope the Jackson family is taking notes.
SCOTLAND RELEASES CONVICTED LOCKERBIE BOMBING SUSPECT, ABDUL BASET AL-MEGHARI, ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS. HE RETURNS TO A HERO’S WELCOME IN LIBYA, AN EVENT WHICH PISSES OFF THE REST OF THE WORLD
The outrage over the release to adoring throngs continues and is putting a definite crimp in Moammar Khadafy’s efforts to rebuild his international image as an anti-terrorist. Protests are being planned to picket his appearance this month at the United Nations. One United States legislator is calling for an investigation into the release, given British newspaper reports that it was part of a larger oil deal with Libya.
So the score so far is Khadafy is having a public relations headache. Strangely, no one seems to give a damn about his predicament. Congress is being called upon to investigate an event that is clearly way out of their jurisdiction. Seriously, what can we do about it? Have another tea party? Boycott fish and chips? Shake our fist at the British government? Oh, yeah, I’ll bet they’re really scared now.
Sometime in the near future, al-Meghari will succumb to the cancer which Scottish authorities claim he has. I doubt there’ll be much crying on this side of the pond when he finally dies. Of course, if there’s any justice at all, we could fix things so that the Jackson family is placed in charge of his funeral arrangements. Yeah, I’m sure that’ll make things right.
(Thank you for reading. Please live today as if it were the day after yesterday, but the day before tomorrow!)
Has this event happened yet? I really don’t know. The last date I heard for a probable burial was today, September 1, but that date was set weeks ago. Since then, the Los Angeles coroner’s office has ruled that Jackson’s death was a homicide, and that fact in itself could lay the groundwork for further delays in laying Michael Jackson to rest.
Speaking of groundwork, someone should dig the hole, oh, roughly three feet by seven feet and six feet deep. Then lower the casket, refill the hole, and suddenly it’s over and everyone has closure. I don’t understand what the delay is. Yes, I’ve heard the old saying about services at the family’s convenience, but come on now; he died over two months ago! Get it over with and let’s move on!
OBAMA FAMILY RETURNS FROM THEIR FIRST FAMILY VACATION SINCE MOVING INTO THE WHITE HOUSE
The Obamas have officially ended their first vacation by returning to the White House looking like any other typical American family returning from vacation: tired, haggard, and miserable. Of course, this is all just keeping up their public personas. I’m sure that deep down they are eager and anxious to get back into the old grind, and roll up their sleeves to surmount the challenges that lie ahead...NOT!
Okay, to be absolutely fair, they did not have all fun and sunshine on their vacation. Their rest was interrupted by the funeral for Senator Edward Kennedy, an event which would bring anyone’s week down. Still, it’s the time which elapsed between Kennedy’s death and his final burial which is most remarkable given the history of some other recent celebrity passings. I don’t want to mention any names, but I hope the Jackson family is taking notes.
SCOTLAND RELEASES CONVICTED LOCKERBIE BOMBING SUSPECT, ABDUL BASET AL-MEGHARI, ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS. HE RETURNS TO A HERO’S WELCOME IN LIBYA, AN EVENT WHICH PISSES OFF THE REST OF THE WORLD
The outrage over the release to adoring throngs continues and is putting a definite crimp in Moammar Khadafy’s efforts to rebuild his international image as an anti-terrorist. Protests are being planned to picket his appearance this month at the United Nations. One United States legislator is calling for an investigation into the release, given British newspaper reports that it was part of a larger oil deal with Libya.
So the score so far is Khadafy is having a public relations headache. Strangely, no one seems to give a damn about his predicament. Congress is being called upon to investigate an event that is clearly way out of their jurisdiction. Seriously, what can we do about it? Have another tea party? Boycott fish and chips? Shake our fist at the British government? Oh, yeah, I’ll bet they’re really scared now.
Sometime in the near future, al-Meghari will succumb to the cancer which Scottish authorities claim he has. I doubt there’ll be much crying on this side of the pond when he finally dies. Of course, if there’s any justice at all, we could fix things so that the Jackson family is placed in charge of his funeral arrangements. Yeah, I’m sure that’ll make things right.
(Thank you for reading. Please live today as if it were the day after yesterday, but the day before tomorrow!)
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