Hump Day Quick Fix 6 (12/8/04)
Quick review of an elementary school Christmas songfest at Coeur d'Alene High Tuesday night: Song selection that included penguins, snowflakes and Frosty the Snowman but left out mention of the Christ Child: frightful; singing and kids: delightful. The director did include "Silent Night," which doesn't mention You-Know-Who by name. Bottom line? Score another one for the evil forces of Political Correctness.
1. Political 'Toon Fix: Chuck Asay (UN oil-for-food scandal), Henry Payne (Steroid use), and Guy Gilchrist (Your Angel Speaks).
2. Humor Fix: Jay D. Dyson provides another of his Sacred Cow Burgers here.
3. My Way Fix: This Day in History here, This Day in Music here, Today's Birthdays here, and Positive Quote here.
4. Top of the News Fix: Charges expected for 5 Pacers, 5 fans here, No women in running to replace Rather? here, Senate expected to pass 9/11 bill today here, Ecoterrorists burn 41 homes in Maryland here, and Bush acknowledges toll war taking on military here.
5. Abstinence-Only Fix: LifeNews.com finds holes you could drive a truck through in California Demo Henry Waxman's much-ballyhooed anti-abstinence report here.
6. Opinion Fix: Andrew Sullivan/New Republic (A case for Iraq optimism), Kathleen Parker/Orlando Sentinel (Bush hardly a zealot), Zev Chafets/NY Daily News (Racist slap at Clarence Thomas), George Will/Houston Chronicle (Baseball needs more character), and Tom Foley & Newt Gingrich/Washington Times (Protecting the Homeland).