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 What's Latin for Restart?
* Ok. I couldn't stand it any more. Mullings is returning. Call out the band-width police.
* The title above refers to the last Mullings which was written on March 5 and was titled: "What's Latin for Hiatus?" whose etymology is from the Latin verb hiare which translates more or less to "to yawn."
* I wondered whether I could do these without having Monica as a foil. Watching Al Gore's campaign last week showed me the light.
* First, Gore hired the guy who developed the tobacco companies' ad campaign to derail the Tobacco Bill in the Congress; then it was announced he had raised about seventy-three cents more for the current quarter than Bill Bradley; and finally, Gore's pollster tried to put a positive spin on his 15-point deficit in the polls, after which yet another pollster was added to the campaign.
* This is a long-standing strategy in political campaigns: When the numbers look bad, change pollsters.
* Bill Bradley will have to start answering some questions, like, "why do you think so many Democrats are giving you money and what are they telling us about Al Gore?
* Is Dick Gephardt still a member of Congress? What does Dick think about his chances of ever becoming Speaker of the House if he has to depend on Al Gore's campaign to pull him along?
* To begin with, Mullings will resume on a twice-a-week basis: Mondays and Thursdays. It will be distributed via e-mail and on the web page: www.mullings.com.
* This is not a true Mullings. It is merely my way of ruining your three-day weekend. The first no-kidding-around, full-bore (both meanings apt) Mullings will appear as spam in your e-mail box on Thursday morning.
* By the way, the Latin for restart is, resumptum which, like so many words from the Latin, sounds it ought to translate to "the act of clearing one's throat."
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