This is the practice that once got people thrown out of exams in high school. A close friend, now a professor of nuclear physics at a major university, covered the sleeves of his shirt with solutions to algebraic equations. The shirt subsequently was passed through generations of math students, and has attained the magical aura of the Turin Shroud.
But back to Ms. Palin. The words written on her palm were "tax,""energy" and "lift American spirits." Unfortunately, Ms. Palin had been consuming a fruit smoothie, and the moisture on her palm blurred the ink, so that the words came out as "owlt," "ummwrgy" and "ulg Am#*lgick." But, far from being nonplussed, Ms. Palin continued with her powerful presentation, declaring, "I am here tonight among all you good God-fearing, freedom-loving people, to say that the major issues facing America today are owlt and ummwrgy, and my task, my mission, as I humbly and reverently see it, is to ulg Am#*lgick."
The assembly rose in a standing ovation, and more than one Tea Party supporter called it "the best speech she has ever given." Not every listener understood "ulg Am#*lgick" as "lift American spirits" but, this being Tennessee, many did just that. Pass the Jack Daniel's, please.
In other news, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is slated to carry the Olympic torch through Vancouver's Stanley Park. In a later event, Governor Schwarzenneger (the Terminator) will meet BC Premier Gordon (El Gordo) Campbell in an arm wrestling competition to decide who gets to use the slogan "the best place on earth."
We surely enjoyed most of the drama, dance and music of the opening ceremony – pity Joni Mitchell wasn’t present for her piece – but I’m firmly convinced that all copies of the sheet music to the quasi-operatic “Olympic Anthem” should be tossed into the Olympic flame at the earliest possible moment.
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