Bits & Pieces

 

Bits and pieces from this reporter’s notebook.

Da-deet-da-deet-da-deet-deet....Bill Clinton made over sixty paid appearances last year, averaging about $125,000 a clip. It musta been companies that care more for the title than the man, since Slick Willie doesn’t have anything to talk about after all. I mean, the guy lead the most powerful economy in the history of the world for eight years and his legacy is Monica Lewinsky.

Da-deet-da-deet-da-deet-deet....Speaking of overpaid, most of the people on Capitol Hill. Bill Frist, who leads the Senate, has a trust valued at $6.5 to $31 million. Quite a range. Quite a lot of money. Most of it is family bucks that trickled down from HCA, one of the largest for-profit medical care companies in the U.S. And that’s not all he owns; there are other trusts that pour in the cash for himself, his wife and his children. No wonder the Congress does so little to reform our health care system.

Da-deet-da-deet-da-deet-deet....Other rich people are those who play professional sports. One pro jock who has a $90 million contract to play baseball was quoted as being worried about the decline in park attendance. When told that fans were fed up with exorbitant prices -- e.g., a $10 hot dog -- he alleged that something needed to be done about the problem. This from a man who gets paid more for a single at-bat than most of his fans earn in a year.

Da-deet-da-deet-da-deet-deet....What’s in a name? Not much if yours was Raymond Allen Gray, Jr. of Springfield, Illinois. He had it legally changed...to Bubba Bubba Bubba. "I kind of like to laugh and joke, and it's something silly to kind of poke fun with," he explained, ending a sentence with a preposition. Asked what his (deceased) parents would have thought about the name change, Bubba said, "I'm sure my dad probably would be shaking his head." If his son did that, you’d hear a sound was like a pea rattling around inside a boxcar.

Da-deet-da-deet-da-deet-deet....Finally, in an unrelated story, probably, security personnel followed a shoplifter into the bathroom. Upon opening the door, they were met by a swarm of 100 (est.) honeybees. In the ensuing turmoil, the man escaped with a CD, perfume, batteries and scissors. The investigation is incomplete, but the local police commander reported that the suspect yelled, "Bees! Bees!" to enhance the diversion.

And that’s SetonnoteS...I’m Tony Seton.

 

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