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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Navy now: Even though it's miles from the ocean, Camp David is run by the Navy. So it's guarded by Marines, very muscular-looking men in fatigues and very, very short haircuts. They run an extremely tight ship: before the small party of reporters and lensmen were admitted into the compound for a brief photo session with the three smiling leaders, the Marines sternly lectured them that under no circumstances were they to bring in alcohol (those press guys!) use cell phones (which, to the glee of the White House, don't work well up here anyway...
...issues for his audience, Bush made no promises. He only alluded to his support of school vouchers (most black organizations fear they will skim educational resources) and took a total pass on Supreme Court appointees and the death penalty (though four Gary Graham supporters loudly brought it up for him before being escorted out). He denounced racial profiling but offered no solutions, and as for affirmative action, he would only say, "Strong civil rights enforcement will be a cornerstone of my administration." Read my lips: No new quotas...
...Probably not enough kudos, however, to keep black Oklahoma congressman J. C. Watts on the running-mate list. And speaking of racially based calculations: another hopeful just struck off the veep roster, one supposes, is Christine Todd Whitman, though for different reasons. The New Jersey governor sunk further into her own racial-profiling mess when a photo of her, gleefully frisking a black man on one of her ride-alongs with the cops, hit the papers Tuesday in full glory...
...math before going on to learn about etiquette, how to stay out of fights and how to manage their time. The voluntary program would be available only to students ages 8 to 14, because "that is the age when youngsters start to crystallize their values," says my father. Though he is a Democrat, his idea sounds a little like the one uttered years ago by Republican Newt Gingrich. Gingrich proposed bringing back state-run orphanages to rescue at-risk children from unfit mothers. My dad admits the similarity between his idea and Newt's and doesn't apologize...
There are exceptions, of course, to my anti-green condiment rule. Green chile sauce (? la Tabasco) is passable, I suppose, but even though it's often hotter than its red counterpart, it always seems a pale imitation. Green salsa is palatable, but generally brings to mind questions I'd rather not contemplate while eating, like: How did this color come into being? What sort of bizarre food colorings am I consuming? Could I use this salsa in a multimedia performance art project...