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O Come Let Us Adore Her

Friday January 5, 2001


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  • TITLE: "O Come Let Us Adore Her" A terrible pun on a line from the famous Christmas carol, Adeste Fideles. This, from the Ask Jeeves website:
    The hymn Adeste Fideles, who origin remains unclear, is said to be by Saint Bonaventure, a Franciscan priest who wrote the original words in Latin in the 13th (XIIIth) century. Original manuscripts from the 18th (XVIIIth) century which include both words and music are, however, signed by John Francis Wade, a musician from the English Catholic colony in Douai, France.
    The name of Marcus Antonius de Fonseca, master of the King of Portugal's chapel, is also mentioned as the composer of the music. This carol is supposed to have been sung at the end of the 18th century in the chapel of the Portuguese embassy in London."

  • "hey, Beavis …" From the Beavis and Butthead cartoon. I am not going into a long deal about Beavis and Butthead. Period. Hey, Beavis! He said period.

  • "…Health Care Legislation …" The Hillary Clinton Health Care Task Force, which operated more or less illegally while coming up with a plan to overhaul health care in the US, is seen by many - or at least seen by me - as one of the principal reasons for the Republican Revolution in 1994. For one view of that process go here.

  • "… a live quorum call …" The House and Senate start each day with a variety of housekeeping issues. Normally a quorum call is not necessary so long as no one makes a point of order that a quorum is not present. The age and health of a number of Senators, coupled with the 50-50 party split means control of the Senate will be in doubt every day.

  • "commercial viability of a dot-com …" The business model for a huge number of dot-coms last year was to drive as many people to the website (eyeballs) as possible which would then lead to huge advertising rates, blistering IPOs and big cars for everyone. It didn't work.

  • "Something like the Chief Justice …" Chief Justice William Rehnquist who, by Constitutional requirement, presided over the Senate Trial of President Clinton had special robes designed which had gold stripes on each arm.

  • "Florida may need David Boies …" If Florida State had beaten Oklahoma then there would have been a - can you stand it? - a tie for national collegiate football champion between Florida State and the University of Miami. Thank you, Sooners. ____________________________________________________________________________________

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