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...Bush afraid that Steve Forbes will launch a round of attack ads like those that so damaged Bob Dole four years ago? Listen to Bush talk about why we're so cynical about politics. "I believe oftentimes campaigns resort to mud throwing and name calling, and Americans are sick of that kind of campaigning," he says, chatting with an unseen listener. "I'd like to run a campaign that is hopeful and optimistic and very positive." It's a textbook effort at inoculation. If you hear anything bad about me, the ad's subtext says, it's that mud throwing...
...crunch could come on his first bill. Judging from his style in New York, he would refer to colleagues who spoke against it as idiotic or disgusting or sick--even if they'd presented cogent arguments against legislation that would grant Senators, as a matter of personal privilege, the right to put homeless shelters in other people's neighborhoods...
...sick of seeing Pokemon on everything but cigarette lighters and medical supplies. But Japan isn't done yet. Here's a peek at some of the crazes coming soon to our shores. Hey, at least they're not Hello Kitty...
...know how geeks like to quote movies, thinking that cultural references make them cool? Well, who do you think makes e-mail viruses? This reference is to the Seinfeld episode where the gang meets a sick young man who has to live in a bubble. The corrupted e-mail registers the recipient in his or her Outlook Express program as "Bubbleboy" of "Vandelay Industries" (a reference to one of George Costanza's fictional workplaces). Melissa, an earlier e-mail virus, makes a similarly hip reference to the Simpsons when opened, but the name itself supposedly came from a stripper...
...sick of the expense and hassle of getting prescriptions filled in the physical world. Is the Internet better? It depends on where and how you shop...