13 June 2006

Random thoughts today:

1) Those wacky Cubans. Fidel and his boys cut off the electricity to the U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Havana. It's currently on generator power. Calls for electricity to be restored have gone unanswered. Check out the story HERE. Fidel is seriously losing it. Reminds me of a story recently in which Castro's personal physician says the dictator is on track to live to 140. Yes, 140. That's not a typo. Fidel will turn 80 this August and the CIA believes he has Parkinson's Disease. Remember when he fell off a stage a couple of years ago? Good times.



2) Believe it or not, Geno's Steaks in South Philly is now in the center of the immigration debate. At issue: Geno's English-only ordering policy: "They don't know how lucky they are. All we're asking them to do is learn the English language," said Geno's owner Joey Vento, 66. "We're out to help these people, but they've got to help themselves, too." According to a wire story, Vento-- whose grandparents struggled to learn English after immigrating from Sicily in the 1920s-- said he posted the sign about six months ago amid concerns over immigration reform and the increasing number of customers who could not order in English when they wanted a cheesesteak. At the risk of sounding un-politically correct, I agree with Joe. Check out the story in the Philly Inquirer HERE.



3) This press release was just emailed to me:

MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHER JOINS C-SPAN'S "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" WEDNESDAY AT 9 A.M. ET

TO DISCUSS "OPERATION HELMET"

All of which means--Cher will be in my building tomorrow morning. FABULOUS!

Believe it or not, "Operation Helmet" is not about deploying hair stylists to our nation's local TV news anchors. It's a group that sends upgraded helmets to our soldiers overseas. You can learn more about the group HERE.

Somehow I don't think Cher will be wearing this "ensemble" to her big trip to Washington. But wouldn't it be fun if she did??
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4) For NO reason at all: HOFF INVADERS!