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The Winter of Their Discontent

Monday, November 18, 2002

• TITLE: "The Winter of Their Discontent"
  The "Winter of Our Discontent" is the title of a 1961 novel by John Steinbeck and is also the opening line of Shakespeare's Richard III "Now is the winter of our discontent ..."

• "... Marketing Plan ..." From that brilliant, epic, tour de force 1989 film: "Ghostbusters II." Bill Murray's character, Dr. Peter Venkman, is hosting a bogus cable television show:

  PETER
  Hi! Welcome back to World of the Psychic. I'm Peter Venkman. I'm chatting with my guest, author, lecturer and psychic Milton Anglund. Milt, your new book is called "The End of the World". Now, can you tell us when it's gonna be or do we have to buy the book?

  MILTON
  Well, I predict that the world will end at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve.

  PETER
  This year?

  MILTON
  Mm-hmm.

  PETER
  Well, that's cutting it a little bit close, isn't it! I mean- just from a sales point of view! I mean, Your book is just coming out, you're not going to see any paperback sales for at least a year, it'll be at least another year before you know whether you've got that mini-series or movie of the week kind of possibilities- I mean, just devil's advocate, Miltie! Shouldn't you have said, "Hey, the world's gonna end in 1992!" or better yet, 1994!

• "... Adam Nagourney ..." Here's the link to the NY Times piece on the lack of leaders in the Democratic Party.

• "... Bob Woodward ..." Here's a link to the first installment of the excerpt from Bob Woodward's new book on President Bush and Iraq in the Washington Post.

• "... LA Times Poll ..." Here's a link to the Mark Barabak piece on the Democratic National Committee's gloomy look at its future.

  Mullfoto of the Day:
  
  The Mullmeister (Left) exhibits, yet again, his giving nature in his never-ending quest to showcase new, exciting talent.

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                                                     Mullfoto by Alex Castellanos
  
  
                  WPA Poster
  

•     Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:
  

  
  Tom Daschle auditions for the title
  role in the U.S. Senate production
  of "Oliver Twist" by reciting the
  "Please, sir, I want some more,"
  speech as Director Trent Lott
  considers his performance.

  ( Larry Downing/Reuters ) ____________________________________________________________________________________