Good morning . .
It was a relatively slow news weekend. Ted Kennedy, sounding much like the Ted Kennedy of old (slurred speech and all) was on Meet the Press reiterating is inane speech at the National Press Club.
Saturday night the elite of Hollywood presented a Tsunami Relief Concert similar to the concert after the 9/11 terrorist attack. I did not watch and, as noted before, I will not give to this project. In fact, by holding this event the Hollywood elite have forgotten those in peril and in danger in thier own backyard. The weather in California has been terrible with flooding, unexpected snow, dams leaking, but the Hollywood elite doesn't seem to care about their neighbors. Where is the massive fundraising for California, Utah, Ohio, and other states pounded by thus year's winter weather. It is no where and the Hollywood elite don't care. Why? They figure that US tax dollars, not from them, will pay for all the disasters here. It is all very hypocritical.
While the report on Rathergate told CBS they need to revise and restructure their news division, it is apparently not going to happen. CBS is actively courting NBC diva Katie Couric to replace Dan Rather. Couric is not a journalist nor has true journalism stature or credentials. She is, primarily, a cheerleader for liberal causes and the Democratic Party. If CBS thinks that she will help their image or credibility, they are wrong.
Would somebody please tell Leslie Moonves that he needs to close the current news division and hire people from Fox who understand the news and journalistic ethics. Katie Couric is NOT the answer.
If CBS were to select Couric, the black eye network would have to wait 16 months for Couric's contract to end at NBC. CBS could install a "caretaker" anchor until Couric was available. By that time NO ONE will be watching CBS News.
TIME.com: Goodbye, Dan. Hello, Katie? -- Jan. 24, 2005
Airbus, Boeing chief rival in the airliner business, will unveil it newest airliner this week. The A380 will be the largest jetliner. It will be able to haul 550 passengers on two passenger decks. Its size will require airports that accept the jumboliner to reconfigure gates and jetways to accommodate multiple exits.
More will be known about the capability of the new Airbus in March when it begins test flights. It is scheduled to go into service in 2006 and currently has firm orders for 139 planes.
Boeing, on the other hand, will be using plastics in the manufacture of its latest plane the "dreamLiner" scheduled to begin flights in 2008.
The Airbus A380 is substantially overbudget, but receives most of its funding from European governments. Boeing has to rely strictly on contracts for sold planes for its revenue.
Yahoo! News - Airbus to Unveil Largest Passenger Jet
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is planning to deliver the oath of office to President Bush on Thursday. The ailing Chief Justice toured the Inauguration site on Thursday.
Rehnquist is recovery from the effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatment for his thyroid cancer. While he has not been present at the Court since October, Rehnquist has been working at his Virginia home and participates in many of the Court's decisions.
Yahoo! News - Rehnquist Preparing for Inaugural Duties
More in the Afternoon Update.
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