Essay 345

The Midweek MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• First Lady Laura Bush lashed out at Hillary Clinton for the senator’s “plantation” remark (see Essay 344). “I think it’s ridiculous,” Bush said. “It’s a ridiculous comment. That’s what I think.” She then stepped back into her big White House.

• An ex-McDonald’s finance director pleaded guilty to swiping over $100,000 from the fast food behemoth. His initial defense was claiming to have been coerced by the Hamburglar.

• The couple in the infamous Wendy’s Chili Finger case has been sentenced to at least nine years behind bars. They will probably find much worse things than severed fingers in the prison gruel.

• At a Connecticut casino, Bobby Brown proclaimed he and Whitney Houston “ain’t together no more. We’re getting a divorce.” Looks like Whitney may be tired of Being Bobby Brown’s wife.