Sunday Morning in Tribeca

I was walking out the deli with my croissant and coffee when who should I see coming in but Dan Rather! To all the non-Americans out there who are collectively saying "Who?' - Dan Rather is the grizzly old journalist who put George's Bush's Vietnam war record on the front pages during the election in 2004 by saying that he had managed to avoid active duty. Rather had the memo's to prove it as well but unfortunately they were fake!

Now, the irony to this story is that everyone knows that George Bush used his privileges to get out of serving Vietnam, even Republicans don't deny this, hell, half of them did it too! Wouldn't you if you had the choice? The story was true - the memos were fake, the Republicans managed to spin the story so the memos became the issue not Bush's draft dodging and the rest is history! Rather retired and a cetain type of American journalist was consigned to the pages of history.

Well, anyway, I have a lot of respect for Dan Rather and when I saw him this morning I wanted to shake his hand and punch him at the same time! "Thanks for all the good stories Dan, especially the one where you interviewed Sadan Hussien before the first gulf war in an effort to avoid more bloodshed, but on the Bush memo story, what the hell were you thinking???". In the end I said "Good Morning" and stepped around him to the door.

It's been a strange week in the news - here is an article about the guy who started Domino's pizza. Apparently he is a devout Catholic and is currently building a town in Florida where Catholics can live out their guilt-ridden little lives in peaceful observation of the laws of Rome. Think of it as a kind of Celebration (the Disney town) for people who hate heretics!

According to published reports, "the $240 million first phase of the campus plans to be centered around the 'Oratory of Ave Maria,' a 60,000 square-foot church with aluminum and glass arches, and will include the nation's largest crucifix in stained glass with a 60' high bleeding Jesus. Officials say the church would be the largest fixed-seating Catholic Church in the nation, with room for 3,333 to 3,500 worshipers"

Meanwhile thousands of miles away a man was caught fucking a goat and was made to marry it. One day I would love to discover that these two stories have some kind of holistic connection! Think about that the next time you order the Deep Dish!!!