Jewish World Review Jan. 17, 2006 / 17 Teves, 5766

And now for the important news ....

By Argus Hamilton

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Bill Clinton spoke Saturday at the memorial for U.S. Senator Gene McCarthy, who rallied opposition to the Vietnam War. Things move so much quicker now. We have not even invaded yet and already Walter Cronkite says it's time to pull out of Iran.

Tim Kaine was sworn in as governor of Virginia in Colonial Williamsburg last week. Only a Democrat could get away with that. If a Republican were inaugurated fifty feet from a slave auction re-enactment, the Democrats would make his wife cry.

Jack Abramoff said Friday he's writing a book of Torah commentaries. He said he decided to become an Orthodox Jew at age twelve when he saw Fiddler on the Roof. However in college he saw The Great Train Robbery and decided to become a lobbyist.

Congress began writing a bill Friday proposing the first lobbying reform law on Capitol Hill in decades. It's detailed. The bill is so long, congressmen think they can charge the paper industry ten million dollars just for introducing it.

Washington D.C.'s former mayor Marion Barry tested positive in a court-mandated cocaine test. He now serves on the City Council. Marion Barry's spent his entire career helping to cement the nation's capital's reputation as a work-free drug place.

Saddam Hussein's trial judge asked to be taken off the case last week. This reflects the religious uncertainty sweeping the people of Iraq today. They're not that convinced Jesus will come again and they're not that convinced Saddam won't.