Posted: 03/07/07

Pat Smith reads the news
Each week, Pat Smith will select one news story to read aloud in the modern vernacular. Think of it as the Vatican II for news writing.
This week, Pat's story is Libby guilty of lying in C.I.A. leak case, from the March 7 New York Times.
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Quotes of the Week

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
-Mark Twain

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
-Anonymous

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.
-Ernest Hemingway

Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway. -Maya Angelou

When it comes to children, Wu Tang is for the children.
We teach the children, you know what I mean?
-Russel "Ol' Dirty Bastard" Jones

I feel sex is a beautiful thing between two people. Between five, it's fantastic.
-Woody Allen

Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?
-George W. Bush

Keep cool my babies.
-Conan O'Brien