by Kelley Rouse
Merciful heaven! Senator Bob Dole
is in an uproar over Mother Nature's
riches and wants to make sure they aren't
squandered...especially if there is money
to be made. The Senator's fight with
broadcasters has extended to new territory.
At first, I thought he was just getting into
the spirit of Earth Day when he had this
to say:
"The airwaves are the nation's most valuable natural resource and are worth billions of dollars. They do not belong to the broadcasters."
Interesting to think of airwaves as being
a natural resource. But I suppose they are.
Broadcasters now use the public airwaves
for free, but there is discussion in Congress
about charging them for channels needed for
a new, more advanced digital television system.
Broadcasters say if that happens, they will
no longer be able to provide free tv.
The most compassionate quote of the week
goes to Florida State Transportation Planner
Leanne O'Connell. O'Connell wrote a letter to
an AIDS fund-raising group saying that
she was sorry that innocent people had
contracted the disease but "as far as the
gays and lesbians of this world...let them
suffer their consequences!"
Can you BE so stupid along with being so
environmentally insensitive? To James Edward
Tyson for just HAVING to have those snapshots
of his kill for the day: An American bald
eagle.
The developer at the photo-shop turned Tyson
in. Tyson was sentenced to 4 months home
confinement, 200 hours community service, and
$19,000 in fines.
It was really something to be heading around
Salisbury's by-pass last night and seeing all
the lights on the Shorebird's new stadium. It's
looks like a REAL city.
Thank you Senator Bill Bradley for giving birth
to a bill that will require insurance companies
to cover "at least" 48-hour hospital stays
for new mothers and their babies.
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
has approved the measure.
Kudos to the small town of Tallmadge, Ohio,
for having some taste.
Tallmadge, population 17,000, which boasts
28 churches and no taverns, decided that an
advertising campaign for the soda KICK was out
of line.
The billboard read, "Gotta problem
with the taste of Kick soda? Call 1-800-BITE-ME.
Actually, the number doesn't exist - it lacks
an 11th digit. But the local distributor of
the high-caffeine, high-sugar citrus drink yanked
the billboard anyway.
Have we learned everything we ever wanted
to know and some things we didn't, about
Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski
without him saying a word? Have you heard
Kaczynski speak?
A & E actually had a Biography on Kaczynski
last week.
Kelley!