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Beren One Hand
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I laughed for hours after watching this video.

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Covering the flooding in the northeast, Today Show's correspondent Michelle Kosinski canoed through a subrban street, proclaiming, "This is essentially part of the Passaic river in this neighborhood. It rushed in yesterday through the streetsit is really hard to control a canoe or boat while you're out in it," while two men walked through the screen, showing that the water was barely ankle deep.

Matt Lauer struggled to keep a straight face, joking about the "holy men" who were walking on water.

"Have you run aground yet?" Katie Couric asked.

"Why walk when you can ride?" Kosinski replied.

Later, an NBC News spokeswoman explained that Kosinski had been riding in deeper water near an overflowing river down the street, but there were concerns that the current was too strong for her.

"It's not like we were trying to pass it off as something it wasn't," spokeswoman Lauren Kapp said.

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[ October 16, 2005, 04:34 PM: Message edited by: Beren One Hand ]

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Shan
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Journalism ain't what it used to be . . .

Who was that woman in the early 1900's that pretended to be "crazy" so should could experience the care given patients in the psych ward and write an expose?

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Beren One Hand
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That Michelle Kosinski is no Nellie Bly. [Smile]
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What I like is the way the website hints that "Well, see, the media is faking it so its OK for the President to fake it."
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Beren One Hand
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Yeah, the two things aren't exactly comparable.

For one thing, Katie Couric immediately pointed out how absurd the whole situation was, while Scott McClellan defended the president's teleconference with anger and tenacity. [Smile]

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Shan
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Nellie Bly - that's it! Do you know how long I would have stewed over trying to remember that?

You are so wonderful, Beren!

[Kiss]

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Beren One Hand
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You spoil me Shan. [Smile]
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Shan
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I do?

*consults "internet wifely agreement" for clarification*

Nope - it says right here, Section C, paragraph 4:

"Internet spouses shall indulge one another in all things possible via electronic communication mediums."

C'mon - that doesn't mean spoil, does it?

[Wink]

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Whoa, good contract. [Smile]

*fans Shan and feeds her chocolate dipped strawberries*

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*basks in the indulging*
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