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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim S who wrote (3297)	4/27/2000 8:38:00 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

And don't forget the radical right wing comics! 'South Park' Parodies Reno on Raid Associated Press Online - April 27, 2000 16:54 Jump to first matched term By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Only four days - and two all-nighters - after the Elian Gonzalez raid, Comedy Central's "South Park" aired a parody that depicted Attorney General Janet Reno in an Easter bunny outfit capturing Romanian contortionists. The cartoon was completed only hours before it was telecast on the cable network Wednesday night, a Comedy Central executive said Thursday. In the episode, a rifle-toting cartoon Reno drops from a helicopter with a team of commandos to grab Romanian quintuplets from a closet, disabling their new family with tear gas hidden in an Easter egg. The girls had escaped from a circus, but Reno ordered them returned to their home country after their father - with a gun to his head - begs for them to come back. As they leave for Romania, the girls have harsh words for protesters who wanted them to stay in America - "get a life" - and for the "South Park" kids who harbored them. "You know nothing about Romania, and yet you assume that it is so much better than America," one girl said. With that, they left - for a book tour and appearance on "Oprah." In a perfect world, "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone give Comedy Central their episodes three weeks in advance. They often push those deadlines, but never as dramatically as this week, said Debbie Liebling, a network senior vice president. Last Thursday, Parker and Stone told Liebling they were writing an episode that paralleled the Elian Gonzalez case. But it required some furious rewriting after Saturday's real-life raid. For instance, the rough draft had Reno in a bunny suit, but she wasn't commanding a raid until after Saturday's events, she said. With the help of computer animation and an extensive "South Park" library of images used during their three years on the air, Parker and Stone were able to quickly make the episode. It took two full nights of work, Liebling said. "This is the first time they've taken such an immediate advantage of a breaking news story," she said. "It's pretty amazing to be able to take animation and be that timely. I don't think anybody has ever done that." Like students who don't crack open a book until the night before the exam, Parker and Stone seem to work better on deadline, she said. They cut it so close that Liebling wasn't even able to see the final product before it aired. "It's been that way more than we'd like," she said, "but in this case it actually worked out very well." Parker and Stone weren't able to talk about their handiwork on Thursday. "They're sleeping," Liebling said. marketwatch.newsalert.com and that right wing wacko letterman: > > 6) From the April 24 Late Show with David Letterman, the >"Top Ten Janet Reno Pet Peeves." Copyright 2000 by Worldwide >Pants, Inc. > >10. Having to brush up on Spanish just to read hate mail. >9. Armed troops + civilian resistance = Paperwork, paperwork, >paperwork. >8. In the Elian TV movie, she'll likely be played by John Lithgow. >7. When she gets angry, she turns green and muscles burst through >clothes just dry-cleaned. >6. No one believes, "It was a chocolate gun pointed at Elian's >head." >5. Whenever she calls "Playboy" and offers to pose, Hefner's "in a >meeting." >4. Saying, "It's the tear gas" when crying at "Erin Brockovich." >3. When Lenscrafters runs out of gigantic, outdated, poorly-fitted >frames. >2. Men who feel inadequate when she brings battering ram into >bedroom. >1. Constant political pressure to reunite Hall and Oates.

To: Jim S who wrote (3297)	4/27/2000 9:15:00 PM
From: lawdog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

I don't see many involved who haven't tried to benefit themselves one way or another, except maybe the kid. And the father, and those who were doing their utmost in the face of some extremely inflexible people to resolve this peacefully. Since we now feel it is OK to settle everything with a SWAT Team, including kid grabbing, maybe this was the way it should be. It's not OK. I hope that hearings are held so that the Republicans can testify to America why they are eroding our civil rights and trying to pin their malfeasance on Janet Reno. If you think the whole situation is solely the responsibility of "the family" (Horrors! They're Republicans!) and people like me that you call "Right Wing Zealots," you need to reassess your outlook on life in general and intrepretation of the Constitution in particular. The exile leadership was the puppeteer. The family, however, appeared to be willing participants. "Right Wing Zealots" refers to a particular part of the Rep. party. Which, by the way, of which I am a card carrying member. However, my loyalties to justice run far deeper than my loyalties to a political party. I'm sure you are no different. If Reno really did violate the Constitutional rights of the Miami family we will find out in the "hearings". Contrary to your beliefs, however, Lott and his cronies will only succeed in demonstrating what complete lack of good leadership that they exercise AND that it is their policies that are at the root of Reno's actions. You call yourself lawdog and you seem to write well, but it looks pretty clear to me that you are more involved in the entire situation emotionally, rather than rationally. I find your insinuation insulting. I am no more emotionally or personally involved than you. Let me see if I understand you correctly. Your position is that anyone who believes this was a mockery of our laws and family values is too involved emotionally? Well I'd like to hear your description of the phoney fainter's problem. Unless of course, you are like one of the Castro apologists I saw on some talk show that was trying to convince us that life in Cuba is vastly superior to life in this country. If you in fact think that Elian is going to a better life in Cuba, then I don't know how to continue the conversation; our frames of reference are just too far apart Nice personal attack. It is on par with the rest of your drivel.