OpinionJuly 11, 1991
MISSOURIANA
If it's any comfort, this is the hot weather you dreamed about last January. --- You're definitely getting older if you can remember when state government spent less in a year than Gov. John Ashcroft cut from the existing budget. --- The bad news was that the recession kept many cities from having a Fourth of July fireworks display. The good news is they didn't have any money to hire Roseanne Barr to sing "The Star Spangled Banner."...
If it's any comfort, this is the hot weather you dreamed about last January.
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You're definitely getting older if you can remember when state government spent less in a year than Gov. John Ashcroft cut from the existing budget.
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The bad news was that the recession kept many cities from having a Fourth of July fireworks display. The good news is they didn't have any money to hire Roseanne Barr to sing "The Star Spangled Banner."
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Why can't Saddam Hussein act as defeated and as humiliated as our politicians and generals say he is?
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The news media reports John Sununu is keeping a low profile these days. In Teenage Language, that means he can't have the keys to the car for a month.
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How come one of the questions no one ever asks about a Supreme Court nominee is how he or she will look dressed in a black robe.
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Just when you've found a cool spot to escape the hot weather, some television announcer tells you what tomorrow's heat index will reach.
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