Highlights and Low Notes of the Week: the Verbal Jazz Newsletter
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Happy Earth Day and Administrative Professionals Week, everyone! Or something to that effect. Verbal Jazz has long noted, at least in an internal monologue kind of way, that the environmental movement suffers from a crisis of comedy. Not that there is anything funny about poor air quality or pollution, but something about the apocalyptic visions of Denver, CO offering oceanfront vistas does not seem to resonate all that well. It just turns people to their gasoline-chugging SUVs...I like SUVs just fine, as long as they stay off-road as god intended. "What Would Jesus Drive" not withstanding, the environmental movement has always had an air of religious superiority, in a you're either for organic, free-range farming or you're a stupid, lazy American who gives a damn only about yourself. Who knows, maybe Verbal Jazz will try out some enviro-comedy on these very pages.
In other developments, Verbal Jazz sure wish he had his camera with him today as he walked by the Massachusetts State House and observed an anti- Gay Marriage rally (with assorted pro-gay marriage folks). The anti-gay folks were calling for the ouster of the "SJC-4" (the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has seven members; the Gay Marriage vote was 4-3 in favor of). Seems a bit self-aggrandizing to call for the ouster of four Justices, who merely interpreted the law, over one issue. I mean if those justices had a habit of going duck hunting with members of the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association, then we might have a problem. But note that Verbal Jazz never calls for the ouster of Scalia: he provides this space with too much material. (As a side note Verbal Jazz will commend Scalia for seeing that it is okay for his speech to be recorded; who knows why it wasn't before...)
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Before we get to the matter at hand, Verbal Jazz would like to offer his condolences and congratulations: Condolences to longtime friends Michael, Anne-Louise and Aileen (and their mom) This week they lost their Dad. Verbal Jazz is sure that they will miss him very much...and congratulations to Anne-Louise and her husband Michael on the birth of their daughter Makayla last month. Makayla is a beautiful baby girl who slept for almost the entire hour I saw her.
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Now, for the matter at hand:
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The Verbal Jazz Highlights and Low Notes
http://www.verbaljazz.com
* Notes from the 12th press conference of the Bush Administration (April 14)
* Children to pay taxes on allowance income (April 15)
* Bin-Laden to host radio talk show (April 16)
* Foreign leaders pick Kerry to win Boston Marathon (April 19)
* Saudi Prince to take prominent role in Bush Campaign (April 20)
* Boston Mayor plans parade after Sox take 3 of 4 games from the Yankees (April 20)
* Providing aid and comfort to polls (April 21)
* No rights for you until we have a chance to deny them (April 21)
* A fool and his (or her) money give to Nader (April 22)
* Kerry for Murderer-in-Chief? (April 22)
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Special mention goes out to astute Verbal Jazz reader Jen H-W who noted that I, a baseball fan, failed to mention the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier on April 15. From now on I promise to always associate Robinson's wonderful accomplishment with having to pay my taxes.
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Do you have friends? They'll really hate you if you forward this to them. So do it...I dare you!
If you happen to be said friend who receives this forwarded message, I apologize for your thoughtless friend. I really do.
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This Verbal Jazz Newsletter was published in the bowels of hell - we hope you enjoy our eternal damnation for a variety of offenses. If you have received this in error or no longer wish to receive this fine newsletter, please explain to me why Maurice Clarett should not be in this weekend's NFL Draft, or simply as to be UNSUBSCRIBED, and I will cease to trouble your weary soul from this moment hence.
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Sign up for this weekly newsletter on the left. You know you want to
Happy Earth Day and Administrative Professionals Week, everyone! Or something to that effect. Verbal Jazz has long noted, at least in an internal monologue kind of way, that the environmental movement suffers from a crisis of comedy. Not that there is anything funny about poor air quality or pollution, but something about the apocalyptic visions of Denver, CO offering oceanfront vistas does not seem to resonate all that well. It just turns people to their gasoline-chugging SUVs...I like SUVs just fine, as long as they stay off-road as god intended. "What Would Jesus Drive" not withstanding, the environmental movement has always had an air of religious superiority, in a you're either for organic, free-range farming or you're a stupid, lazy American who gives a damn only about yourself. Who knows, maybe Verbal Jazz will try out some enviro-comedy on these very pages.
In other developments, Verbal Jazz sure wish he had his camera with him today as he walked by the Massachusetts State House and observed an anti- Gay Marriage rally (with assorted pro-gay marriage folks). The anti-gay folks were calling for the ouster of the "SJC-4" (the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has seven members; the Gay Marriage vote was 4-3 in favor of). Seems a bit self-aggrandizing to call for the ouster of four Justices, who merely interpreted the law, over one issue. I mean if those justices had a habit of going duck hunting with members of the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association, then we might have a problem. But note that Verbal Jazz never calls for the ouster of Scalia: he provides this space with too much material. (As a side note Verbal Jazz will commend Scalia for seeing that it is okay for his speech to be recorded; who knows why it wasn't before...)
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Before we get to the matter at hand, Verbal Jazz would like to offer his condolences and congratulations: Condolences to longtime friends Michael, Anne-Louise and Aileen (and their mom) This week they lost their Dad. Verbal Jazz is sure that they will miss him very much...and congratulations to Anne-Louise and her husband Michael on the birth of their daughter Makayla last month. Makayla is a beautiful baby girl who slept for almost the entire hour I saw her.
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Now, for the matter at hand:
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The Verbal Jazz Highlights and Low Notes
http://www.verbaljazz.com
* Notes from the 12th press conference of the Bush Administration (April 14)
* Children to pay taxes on allowance income (April 15)
* Bin-Laden to host radio talk show (April 16)
* Foreign leaders pick Kerry to win Boston Marathon (April 19)
* Saudi Prince to take prominent role in Bush Campaign (April 20)
* Boston Mayor plans parade after Sox take 3 of 4 games from the Yankees (April 20)
* Providing aid and comfort to polls (April 21)
* No rights for you until we have a chance to deny them (April 21)
* A fool and his (or her) money give to Nader (April 22)
* Kerry for Murderer-in-Chief? (April 22)
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Special mention goes out to astute Verbal Jazz reader Jen H-W who noted that I, a baseball fan, failed to mention the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier on April 15. From now on I promise to always associate Robinson's wonderful accomplishment with having to pay my taxes.
+ + + + + +
Do you have friends? They'll really hate you if you forward this to them. So do it...I dare you!
If you happen to be said friend who receives this forwarded message, I apologize for your thoughtless friend. I really do.
+ + + + + +
This Verbal Jazz Newsletter was published in the bowels of hell - we hope you enjoy our eternal damnation for a variety of offenses. If you have received this in error or no longer wish to receive this fine newsletter, please explain to me why Maurice Clarett should not be in this weekend's NFL Draft, or simply as to be UNSUBSCRIBED, and I will cease to trouble your weary soul from this moment hence.
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