WIRED FOR SOUND
by Bryce Martin

Our insightful media recently reported the great breakthrough when Iraq agreed to let U.N. inspectors interview a Baghdad scientist without a minder present, and, even better, at a location chosen by the inspectors. Hot diggety. We should be able to get a lot of useful info from this whistle blower, huh? It is a totally useless exercise. Saddam would have briefed the scientist on what not to say, threatened him and his family, and fitted him with a wire to monitor his every word. Although this would seem an obvious outcome of such a meeting, nobody in the media has made such a mention. The talking heads miss on another one. They're too busy asking the tough questions to Al Sharpton, as if someone who pronounces "asked" as "axed" could share any illuminating thoughts, and bowing to Bill Clinton as he spouts his revisionist history.

TODAY'S FOLKSY EXPRESSION OVERHEARD: "Quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper."
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