Bush Think Tank Formed: Former President George W. Bush announced the appointment of James Glassman to head the think tank to be affiliated with his presidential library. Matt snarks:
Glassman is, of course, better known to bloggers who like to make fun of know-nothing conservatives as the author of the late nineties bestseller Dow 36,000. I think that’s the kind of detachment from reality you need to dedicate your life to bolstering the reputation of the Bush administration.Japan's New First Lady: Miyuki Hatoyama, the new First Lady of Japan, has an interesting story to tell. As noted in the British paper The Independent, the 62-year old former actress claims to have met Tom Cruise in a prior life and to have been abducted by aliens,
"While my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus," she explains in the tome she published last year. "It was a very beautiful place, and it was very green."And to think I always thought Venus was the blue planet....
