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Hawaiian Food and Entertainment - Best Of Hawaii - Hawaiian Islands Vacation Travel Food & Entertainment Oahu Maui Hawaii Kauai Molokai Libations & Recipes Let's Eat The Hawaiian Islands offer the full range fromAmerican fast food, to Asian, Hawaiian and Europeancuisines. Plus, in the last few years a wonderful"fusion" cooking has taken over the islands with theintroduction of Euro-Asian dishes served in our moreup-market restaurants. Dining options are quitevaried so we have tried to list just the "best' plusisland restaurant directories that help you find what you crave!Hey, playing at the beach all day makes us all hungry! Party on... Whether it's a hukilau or hip hop, once the sun goes down, it'stime to party. By your choice of island, you have set the tone of your trip.Waikiki is, of course, the busiest, but Lahaina, on Maui, is also famous for it'snightlife. The Big Island and Kauai are a bit quieter...(take a book).The following web sites take you to low-key local hangouts as well as some of the"hot" nightclubs of Honolulu. Please forgive us if the establishment is not "cooking"the night you go there. Always call first or ask a local where to go on a certain nightand remember: Monday nights are "dead" all over the world except sports bars duringfootball season! Start by selecting an island: Oahu | Maui | Hawaii | Kauai | Molokai top of page Home/General Info Packages Lodging Transportation Airfare Food & Entertainment Activities Shopping Culture Travel Store Travel Maps BOH Home Page Site Search Site Map Contact Us © 2001 Best of Hawaii

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Hawaiian Music Events "Aloha Joe.com is one of themost influential Hawaiian Websites on the Internet" (Movieline Magazine) HAWAIIAN RELATED EVENTS Around the Mainland & Hawaii 2006 AWARD EVENTS VOTE NOW!!!!! <><><><><><><><><> WHITTIER COLLEGE - Whittier, California This year, to receive a DISCOUNT on your tickets @ Whittier College, you need the CODE **** see below <click here to get the latest code> Once you have THE CODE, you can order tickets to any show...during that period. <><><> SPECIAL ADDED EVENT Hawaiian Music Institute Concert JANUARY 28, 2006 - 8 PM An evening of island music from some of Hawaii's best slack-key & ukulele players! For tickets please call 562.907.4203 REMEMBER - YOU ALWAYS SEE "THE BEST" AT WHITTIER COLLEGE <><><> APRIL 8, 2006 "Legends of Hawaiian Music" EDDIE KAMAE & The Sons of Hawaii The first time @ Whittier College! Shows at 3 PM & 8 PM <><><> MAY 27, 2006 THE BROTHERS CAZIMERO <It will be their 12th appearance at Whittier College> Shows at 3 PM & 8 PM Call the Box Office 562.907.4203 <> PHOTOS FROM PAST WHITTIER COLLEGE SHOWS You can always.. SEE the view of the stage from every seat in the Ruth B. Shannon Center @ Whittier College! >Discount Code does NOT apply to SeatAdvisor.com< <><><><><> *** THE TICKET DISCOUNT CODE Is available to Aloha Joe's listeners and applies to DIRECT BOX OFFICE SALES ONLY! To assure that you ARE a listener (or at least a website visitor) Whittier has added a CODE which is used to receive the ticket DISCOUNT. The code will change each month, so be sure to look ALSO: Once you know the CODE you can order tickets for any of the Whittier Concerts. <><><><><><><><><><> 11th Annual Hula Ho'ike 2006 and Concert by the Makaha Sons Join Halau Hula o Leilani and kumu hula Leilani Rivera Bond Saturday, February 4, 2006 Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall, Lihue, Kauai Crafts and food sales start at 5:00 pm auditorium doors open at 6:30 show starts at 7:00 and ends at about 9:30. Advance sale adult tickets, $15 ages 4 through 14, $8. At the door, adults $20; keiki $15. Donna Stewart, phone 808-635-7248 or email dsmanu@hawaii.rr.com Leilani Rivera Bond, phone 808-651-0682 or email darryl.leilani@verizon.net <><><> Thursday February 16, 2006 -7:30pm HAPA In Concert featuring Dancers from "Hula Anyone?" Marjorie Luke Theatre 721 E. Cota Street - Santa Barbara, CA Tickets $28.50 general-$38.50 reserved Purchase at Lobero Theatre Box Office 805 963-0761 or online at www.lobero.com concert info only - Rod Lathim 805 569-1064 <><><><><><> Southern California Ukulele Festival Benefit Concert 7PM, February 25, 2006 Seal Beach Leisure World Clubhouse #2 13533 Seal Beach Blvd., Seal Beach, CA Join us for a Benefit Concert for the SoCal Ukulele Festival featuring the charm and variety that ukulele has to offer. Proceeds will help fly internationally known artists to the Festival on October 7th. So, on February 25th hear "Lil Rev" (comedy/traditional), "Moana" (traditional Hawaiian), and Ian Whitcomb (tin pan alley). Tix are $15 at door or by mail w/SASE ($8 youths 16 and under, and children 6 and under free with paying adult). Call Susan (714/826-9204) or Floyd (562/425-7032) or mail payment to: SCUF Benefit Concert Tickets, 4232 Avenida Madrid, Cypress, CA 90630. IT'S LU'AU TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Sons of Hawaii Annual Scholarship Lu'au!!!!! Saturday, March 11, 2006 Japanese Cultural Institute 17215 South Gramercy Pl. - Gardena, CA Dontation $25.00 - 3 PM - Till??? Call Louis Hanohano 310-635-4783 <><><><><> JULY 30th - 10 AM - KAPIOLANI PARK, WAIKIKI The 36th Annual UKULELE FESTIVAL!!! Come and join the fun.... IT'S FREE!!! see the official website for more information! UKULELE FESTIVAL WEBSITE EMAIL your EVENTS to Aloha JOE SONYA MENDEZ REPORTS "Visit the Luau Cha, Cha, Cha, Girl's WEBSITE" EMAIL SONYA IF YOU NEED EVENT INFORMATION Check out "Mark Your Calendar", Sonya's events listings in the Leeward Current (covering Aiea, Pearlridge and Pearl City), the West Oahu Current (Waipahu, Waikele, Ewa, Ewa Beach, Kapolei) and the Ka Nupepa (Mililani, Wahiawa, Waialua, Haleiwa and the North Shore up to Sunset Beach), distributed by The Honolulu Advertiser. <><> <> Aloha Joe Hawaii Events Report - Jan. 24, 2006 <> Pearlridge Center kicks off First Sunday Fete with special Polynesian entertainment at noon on the first Sunday of each month at Uptown Center Court. The Kaholomua Dance Academy will perform on Feb. 5. Call 488-0981 <> Come watch the best bowlers in the state compete for bragging rights, cash prizes and incentives in a Hawaii TV Bowling tournament from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 5 and March 5 at Aiea Bowl, and on Feb. 26 at Leeward Bowl. Entry free is $65 or $70 at the door. The public is invited to watch for free. Contact Scot Mitamura at 239-5415 <> The Pearl City Lions Club will hold its inaugural breakfast fund-raiser from 6:30 to 11 a.m. on Feb. 11 at Pearl City Elementary. For just $5, enjoy a hearty breakfast of scrambled eggs, Portuguese sausage, rice, corn bread and orange wedges. Juice, punch, coffee and water will be served. There will also be a country store and a plant sale. Donations of old and unused eyeglasses will be collected at the cafeteria entrance and in the parking lot. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance from club members from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 21 and 28 at the Daiei store in Pearl City. In addition. The Lions are raising funds for its district. Purchase a childrens book titled, Wise Up. Cost is $15, of which $10 is tax-deductible. Discounts available for purchases of 10 or more books. Call Lion Alice Kudo at 389-0268 <> Celebrate the beginning of Cherry Blossom season with a trolley ride through Wahiawa town on Feb. 4. Members of the Wahiawa Nikkei Civic Association and the United Japanese Society of Hawaii will participate. The tours -which will depart from the Wahiawa Hongwanji Mission at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. - will be narrated by City Council Chair Donovan Dela Cruz. Each tour lasts 90 minutes. Cost is $5 for the tour and $5 for a "Kitchen Delight" bento. For reservations, call 306-1876 <> Join Jasmine Yoga on the North Shore for its 2 nd annual open house through Feb. 4. Classes will be free for all new students. Finish up the week with a potluck after the Saturday class. Ongoing classes are available Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Fridays at 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. and 10 a.m. on Saturdays (yoga and a smoothie). Classes are held at the Weinberg Community Center in Waialua, next to the Waialua United Church of Christ, 67-174 Farrington Highway. Drop-in cost is $11, discount class cards are available. Call 561-9639 or visit the Web site at www.jasmineyoga.com . <><> Feb 28, 2006 MARDI GRAS AT THE TOWER Celebrate at Hawaii's only waterfront Mardi Gras party while you enjoy entertainment on four different stages, a Mardi Gras parade, and tone of free beads while supplies last! 5 to 9 p.m. Call (808) 566-2337 <><><> Come celebrate with 25 reggae bands and DJs at the Bob Marley Fest 2006 starting from 7 p.m. on Feb. 10 until 3 a.m. on Feb. 11 at the Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park in Kapolei. Tickets cost $15; must be 18 and older to attend. Additional parking with shuttle service will be available at Home Depot. Volunteers are needed. Send e-mail to galmichem001@hawaii.rr.com . <><><> St. Francis Healthcare Foundation will present a Wealth Preservation Seminar from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 9 at St. Francis Medical Center Wests fifth-floor auditorium. Topics include how to produce additional lifetime income, earning generous tax deductions, reducing estate tax and avoiding probate. Featured speakers will be Stephen H. Reese, an estate planner for 16 years, and Stephanie K. Asato, a vice president with Bank of Hawaii's investment services. To register, call 547-6875 or 547-6877 . <><><> In Central Oahu: Bring the family to Dole Plantation in Wahiawa, where the kids can explore 1.7 miles of paths in the giant maze, recognized as the worlds largest maze in the Guinness Book of World Records. The attraction is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for ages 4 to 12, free for 3 and younger. Also, enjoy a relaxing, educational, fully narrated, 2-mile long train ride on the pineapple express. The train departs every 30 minutes between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $7.50 for adults, $5.50 for ages 4 to 12, under 4 free. Call 621-8408. <><><> Check out the North Shore Surf and Cultural Museum in the North Shore Marketplace in Haleiwa. There's an impressive collection of surf memorabilia, vintage surfboards, cultural items and jewelry. The museum opens from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily except Tuesdays. Call 638-8777 <><><> See some of the oldest banyan trees in the islands, rare Hawaiian palms and lush green foliage spread over 27 acres at the Wahiawa Botanical Garden. Nature lovers and plant enthusiasts are invited to take a free self-guided tour between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., seven days a week. The garden is located at 1396 California Ave. Call 621-7321. <><><> The Waimea Valley Audubon Center offers plant tours at 2 p.m. every Thursday and Sunday, when participants can learn about rare and endangered Hawaiian plants. History buffs may take a historical tour on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 1 p.m. Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for ages 4 to 12. Special rates are available for senior citizens, military and kamaaina. Call 638-9199. <><><> In Leeward Oahu: See the U.S. Bowfin Submarine Museum and learn about its role in WWII. The museum, which also offers outdoor exhibits and information about the Japanese suicide missile, opens daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults and $3 for children 4 to 12. Free for ages 3 and younger. Call 423-1314 or visit the Web site at www.bowfin.org <><><> The Board of Water Supplys Halawa Xeriscape Garden displays a series of xeric (dry) plants in a residential scale setting to demonstrate species capable of providing a visually attractive garden, while using less water than most currently popular plants. Also see smaller gardens that specialize in trees, Hawaiian plants, bromeliads and international shrubs. Open for visits and self-guided tours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the garden is located at 99-1268 Iwaena St. in the Halawa Valley industrial area. Call the Board of Water Supply community relations office at 748-5041 <><><> Visit the Battleship Missouri Memorial on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, and learn about the important role the USS Missouri played at the end of World War II. Guided tours are available daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets $16 for adults, $8 for children younger than 12. Special military and kamaaina rates available. The ticket office closes at 4 p.m. Call 1-877-MIGHTYMO <><><> HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS Learn basic Hawaiian words and phrases from instructor Germaine Kaleolani Haili from 8:30 to 9 a.m. every Wednesday through the end of November, at the Ewa end (West) of Ward Warehouse, near the Spaghetti Factory. Call (808) 596-8885. <><><><><> ONGOING Learn to hula! Bring keiki to Ward Warehouse (on Ala Moana Blvd.), near the Old Spaghetti Factory, for free hula lessons from 5 to 6 p.m. every Thursday through November. Contact Germaine Haili at ( 808) 596-8885. <><><> For families bringing their keiki (children) to Hawaii, check a prehistoric baby dinosaur display at Bishop Museum. Keiki will enjoy interactive activities, such as building their own dinosaurs out of plush blocks, making dino tracks in the sand, plus participating in stamping, tracing and coloring stations. Visitors will enjoy seeing fossil displays, both real and cast specimens, of dinosaur eggs and bones. Call (808) 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org <><><> Pearlridge Center in Aiea (near Pearl Harbor) offers lots of fun activities for keiki at Uptown Center Court. Junior Keiki Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. has become a popular adventure for families with school-age children. The first Tuesday of each month is Fun With Science, hosted by Mad Science of Hawaii. <> On the second and fifth Tuesday, Balloon Monsoon will show keiki how to twist balloons into fanciful animals. The sky's the limit when kids get creative at Lego Town on the third Tuesday, and on the fourth Tuesday, The 4-H Club and the Hobby Co. will lead an evening of parent-child model-building for lovers of air and land machines <> Nothing sets the tone for the weekend like graceful hula and Hawaiian melodies, every Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Pearlridge Center's Uptown Center Court or listen to classic oldies, jazz, rock or contemporary Hawaiian music every Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Downtown Center Court. For information on all Pearlridge activities, call (808) 488-0981. <> All aboard! The Hawaiian Railway Society offers fun and educational rides every Sunday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., with riders enjoying a scenic, fully narrated, 90-minute round-trip ride from Ewa Beach to Kahe Point (West Oahu). Cost is $10 adults, $7 ages 2 to 12, and senior citizens 62+ Call (808) 681-5461. <> Please Note: ADVERTISER EVENTS LISTED AS PART OF AD PACKAGES NON-PROFIT EVENTS LISTED @ No Charge Send us a flyer - FAXED or E-Mail It's that simple - fax 562.925.1910 (Ask about our reasonable advertising rates) <> HOME Hawaiian Music Recipes Travel Contests Shopping Culture Events Pr-Media Center CDs & Fashions EMAIL Aloha JOE All website content 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Hawaiian Adventure Radio Productions, Inc.

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No Treason - Heisenberg in a Hawaiian Shirt by Billy Beck Journal | Weblog | Metablog | Forum | Archives | Featured Articles | Resources | On Voting Author Index John T. Kennedy Lynette Warren John Sabotta Billy Beck Kipawa Condor Bob Murphy Andy Stedman Aaron Hartter John Lopez Mike Soja Joshua Holmes Patri Friedman Rob Robertson Tim Starr Dick Freely Heisenberg in a Hawaiian Shirt -- By Billy Beck Dec. 6 -- I'm sitting here right now watching the Florida House ofRepresentatives Minority Leader, Lois Frankel (D), making an astonishingfool of herself on network television. Her grief over the announcementof a special session of the Florida Legislature in order to appoint aslate of presidential electors has driven her to distraction. For onething, she says the thing is illegal, and even hinted at litigation toenjoin it. Given the state of the courts these days, she couldprobably get someone to actually hear the case. During herpainful moan, Rep. Frankel asserted it as "naive" that anyone shouldthink the Florida Legislature's leadership was "calling the shots." "The only thing missing from the proclamation today was thepostmark from Austin," she said. She went on about theubiquitous "WillofthePeople" and how outrageous it would be for the"partisan" majority to supplant themselves for the wishes of six millionFloridians. If there is one thing I cannot stand, it's a whineyloser. ("Legal and constitutional scholars far smarter than me have been saying that there is no legal grounds for this!" she let on.)Oh, there's room for it in the case of, say, a ninety-seven-poundweakling getting trounced by a two-hundred-pound bully pounding him justbecause he's little. I could see that sort of thing being worth howlingabout, because the injustice of it is starkly obvious: anyone like thatwho would destroy someone smaller just because he's smaller, isalso a good candidate for a tire-iron on the kneecap just to get hisattention before making things right again. In the matter ofbig-time politics, however, nothing like this is the case. For oneobvious thing: ignorance of the rules is no excuse. Rep. Frankel coulddo herself a favor just by reading the US Constitution. Personally, I'mnot a real big fan of that document, but it's not terribly long orotherwise difficult to understand. Also: I'm not the one who's gone intobusiness under its provisions, which is not the case with Rep. Frankel,even though she's just a whiney Florida state representative. In theinstant case everything she was talking about is subject to theauthority of the US Constitution. "Each State shall appoint, insuch a Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number ofElectors." (Article II, Section 1, paragraph 2) The periodisn't strictly quotation, because the sentence continues beyond thatpunctuation, but it'll stand for the purpose of a great big "HELLO!" toRep. Frankel. So, what exactly is it that drives a person likeher to her appearance this afternoon? Well, she knows an implacablething when she sees it. The Republican majority in Florida is gettingready to have their way with the elector slate, and if they really wantto do that, there is nothing in the world that anyone can do about it.They have all the numbers breaking their way, and poor Rep. Frankel, whowants Al Gore to be president, is going to lose in that case. One wonders if she didn't understand politics when she chose a career.Did she never look forward to a day when her own party would be in themajority and have its way? If she ever did, then whence all thishollering about "partisanship?" What the hell else could sheever expect? If she has some idea that her own appearance on the heelsof the announcement was "non-partisan" or something like it, she shouldbring it on, because I can always use a good laugh. Whether theFlorida Republican leadership of the legislature are"partisans," one thing remains indisputably true: thatassembly is mandated by the US Constitution to appoint a slate ofpresidential electors. They're calling the special session a "safetynet" in case the Certificate of Ascertainment -- already stashed inWashington -- turns out to be not so certifiable as a result of anynumber of legal actions now in progress. They might never stand up andcop to "partisanship" in the deal, right out loud, any more than Rep.Frankel would admit that for motive of her own distress, but they feellike they need to cover the action. Who could blame them? It'svariously said that "the electors were chosen on electionday." This is the "photo-finish" argument; that the only thingremaining is to examine the photos of the finish. That would be thefull-blast manual recounts. The most notable example at the moment isthe Leon County circuit court case which was appealed to the FloridaSupreme Court. The Gore team is still playing for a hand recount of14,000 "under-vote" ballots in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. The "undervote" ballots are the sort that require human peeringthrough to a light source, nonsense aptly called "ballot phrenology" byLynette Warren right here in The Union Square Journal. It was great forillustrating the actual cognitive value of various ardent work carriedon by the various bleary-eyed canvassing boards, which is nil. Now, we could rehearse all the hue & cry over "divining voterintent" and all the rest of it, but I'm not interested. I'll justsensibly assert , here, that anyone who thinks they know who an"undervote" voter voted for, is also just making it up. The simple factis that there is no evidence, in the same way that there is no evidencefor leprechauns. That's that. It's just the way it is. The far more pressing question involves who, exactly, is making up what,exactly, and why they would do it. This is the point whereintegrity requires Full Disclosure. I want to get out of the way, rightaway, that I am a dedicated Clinton Hater. Sooner or later in thesecolumns I will make clear to all the fullest depths of my contempt forThe Lying Bastard and his Ozark Long March. The point is brieflynecessary here, however, for this reason: I am not unreasonable about it. Throughout The Long National Nightmare -- duringwhich I have been far more fully awake than to fall for all the"prosperity" jazz -- I grew to my status ("If only the guykept an "Enemies List" like some presidents we've known!") withclose observation of this administration's record, which was alwaysappraised in terms of principles . All of that leads to fairlyheavy material, all its own. My principles (mainly freedom) are anathemato many, but I'm not here to argue them. (Yet.) What I'm getting at isthe fact that hating Maximum Bill, as well as his whole rotten cast, isan eminently reasonable conclusion at which to arrive by a process ofreason. One more disclosure in order to set a context: Bush isgoing to be a spectacularly rotten president. Not especially evil, Ithink, but spectacularly rotten. Tack that up on your refrigerator: Isaid that. Period. Way, way back in that unholy nightbetween the 7th and 8th of November, Christopher Ruddy writing atNewsmax filed a 4:21am report which stated that "key Democraticprecincts held back turning in their final tallies until the bitterend." Ahead of a few of its unfortunate or improvident competitors, TheNew York Times had stopped its presses sometime near 3:30am in order toavoid another Truman/Dewey style headline goof. Before the morning sunhad raced from sea to shining sea, the Florida vote was legally mandatedfor recount by the hair-thin margin, and forecasts of court challengeswere already hours old. The Florida vote looked like a trainwreck that had finally found its grid-coordinate. The Place To Be. Very shortly after the train wrecked, air was densely fogged withshouts of confusion in numbers that eventually far outstripped thealleged mistaken Buchanan votes. Even before the train wrecked,Gore fund-rouser Terry McAuliffe told reporters, "We got to make surethis election is right." Looking back at that November 7th statement,one wonders whether he knew the wreck was coming, although itwould be fair to note that we're talking about a state in which votefraud is so pervasive that the Miami Herald won a Pulitzer Prize forinvestigating the subject, so I guess it's possible that my eightyear-old niece could have expressed the same worry had she beeninterested. By 4:30am during the overnight on NBC, Newsweek'sJonathan Alter threw down what can only now be regarded as A Plan,looking back on actual events. Nearly frenzied over the nationwidepopular vote margin for Gore, Alter suggested shotgun litigation inevery court with an open door, essentially aimed at keeping the Bushelector slate from being certified for as long as possible. Twobeneficial ricochets might possibly accrue from this angle: 1) Bushmight yield to various unspecified pressures to concede the electionunder the weight of the national popular vote; and 2) it could later beplausibly argued that there could never be an accurate (i.e. - "true")accounting of the Florida vote. It shouldn't require aquantum physicist to understand which way the particles are blowing whena James Carville says that the day will come when we will all understandthat Al Gore won the election in Florida. It's likely the furthestdistance from accident when US Sen. Harry Reid, (D-Nev) come along toremind everyone: "Remember, there's something of a pale over all this:he lost the popular vote by over a quarter-million votes." Now,for the purposes of my own judgment in these matters, a resort tohistory is quite often good enough for me, and here's one thing I know:the name "Daley" anywhere near them is something like acid on fineleather... which isn't to point up a comparison of fine leather toelections, but actually the particular ferocity of the corrosive effect.And that's just for starters, as in: a generation before Carville, ifyou can imagine the devolutionary implications. So, now, we'retreated to some dynamic portrait of yet another working class herolaboring in The Ballot Fields for the future of the past, and here's anoteworthy fact: it's the... Gore people... who pitch that rubbish.Nobody else. I could sit here and nod my head and smile at thesuggestion that there is no Uncertainty Principle at work in thisbusiness, but I'm afraid I won't be very good at it, because theresimply can be no other way of things than that the data will change aslong as they care to look at it, because they're looking at it. Iam not a fool: I know "phrenology" when I see it, even if only as far asI can see the damned lawyers tramping around and the whining losersbaring fangs. Just look at these people, and tell me if the truth is inthem. Go ahead. Pat Caddell is nearly coming ungluedlately, and that looks like a signal matter, to me. "We are headed tohell," he said tonight in looking ahead at partisan divides. The poorguy is making as much righteous noise as he can over the electionstealings of Florida, but he's also got a pretty good grip on which waythe particles are blowing into the future. I've not heard him remarkgreatly on the legal plays. But he might see that sort of thing as swellfor people who dig it, but anyone who thinks that's where the action is,is also the type of person to be excited by a field-goal kicked in thelast six seconds of a 21-7 football game. Yeah: there's a lotof noise in the stands, and even side-bets on miracles (e.g., MartinCounty), but Al's dead. Nobody has to believe that, of course,but they get to hang around and watch to see who's right about it. Andthen, as Carville tells us where his bet lays, "We're gonna have thewrong guy in the presidency because these votes are going to be countedunder the Florida sunshine law." It was Nancy "Amazing" Grace who hippedus, "Those votes will be counted, come hell or high water." Wonder which it'll be. Don't you? Which would be what to the Bushadministration, and would it be "partisan?" Jeez, it wouldalmost call for some kind of price to be paid for winning the election,what Thomas Bray at OpinionJournal.com characterized as "go[ing] allwobbly with gauzy visions of a bipartisan future." How much hell or highwater would that take? The question occurs because of the ways thesepeople raise them... but this isn't the place to start raising otherquestions about burnt drowned bodies. And, see, the thing isthat Maximum Bill can go ahead and ride off to Hollywierd or Oxford ifhe can get away with either one of them... if he can get far enough awayto dodge the splinters if one of his old pillars explodes under him,which is to say: out of reach of "the law." He probably will, and Isaid so years ago. (From 1776 on, nobody ever died so that somethinglike Bill Clinton could be what he has been and then just flit off toparty like a retired Soviet apparatchik as if the blood of the Lubyankacellars had never splashed his trousers.) But the Clintonism is seeped now, and I ain't counting on Dubya to ward it off. [1] Comments Billy Beck Archive

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