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...hours of the morning. Images of Snuggie-clad folks high-fiving one another at an outdoor sporting event (and looking like, as one blogger put it, members of a "laid-back satanic cult") have appeared during prime time on such cable stalwarts as ESPN, Comedy Central and CNN, becoming so ubiquitous that everyone from Jay Leno to a gazillion people on YouTube is talking about it. Just Google "Cult of the Snuggie." (See the top 10 viral videos...
...governor, shared a widely held view in the region that Texas has a symbiotic relationship with Mexico. "I feel let down. I see the President as a fixer," Foster says. He believes "weighty issues" like Iraq distracted Bush, while national media voices like Fox News' Bill O'Reilly and CNN's Lou Dobbs have fanned national sentiment on the border fence. "I am optimistic that with border governors like Governor [Janet] Napolitano, Obama is getting people in the Cabinet who understand the border," Foster says...
...single credible terrorism threat, domestic or foreign, to the Inauguration. That covered the whole gamut of threats, from a cyberattack on sensitive computers to the use of weapons of mass destruction. Top officials have echoed these findings. "I don't anticipate anything disruptive," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told CNN. But, he added, "part of my job is to hope for the best but plan for the worst...
...Mall will be opened to the public during the inauguration. Formerly a staging ground for the day’s parade, it will be flanked on either side by giant TV screens allowing everyone to view the swearing-in ceremony. But those in attendance should be wary: according to CNN, if the expected 5 million people actually do show up, each person will have approximately one square foot to stand on. Inaugural Balls: Ten official balls will take place throughout the D.C. area, although this spot, the convention center, will house the unprecedented Neighborhood Inaugural Ball, which promises...
...these other flight names and numbers that are emblazoned in our mind because everybody died. But in fact, if you look at the last two major incidents involving passenger jets in the United States, in Denver and now this one - I'm assuming from the CNN reporting that they think everyone is safe - but in both of the major incidents, the plane that went off the runway in Denver and this incident, you've got very, very high survival rates: 100% in Denver - with some injuries, obviously - and what looks like 100% here. People generally believe that no one survives...