Friday, June 13, 2008

The Third Thousand

During our third thousand, Republican and Democratic Presidential Candidates campaigned. Senators John McCain and Barack Obama won. The United States economy crumbled. Pakistan ended emergency rule. Roger Clemens, Marion Jones, Kwame Kilpatrick, O.J. Simpson, and Britney Spears owned the headlines.

The United States Supreme Court embraced voter identification. September eleventh tribunals commenced. North Korea fired several missiles toward South Korea. Vladimir Putin won Person of the Year. Pope Benedict XVI visited New York and Washington D.C. The Writers Guild of America returned. The George Mitchell Report was released. The Liberty City Seven received two mistrials. J.P. Morgan Chase purchased Bear Stearns.

Reverend Jeremiah Wright prattled and preened. New York Police Officers Marc Cooper, Gescard Isnora, and Michael Oliver were acquitted. Senator Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Jamie Lynn Spears announced her pregnancy.

Joe Gibbs, Bob Knight, Mark Penn, Bobby Petrino, Bill Shaheen, Elliot Spitzer, Sean Sutton, and Meg Witman resigned. Brett Favre, Dominik Hasek, Floyd Mayweather, Steve McNair, Warren Sapp, Michael Strahan, and Chris Webber retired. Bobby Cutts and Wesley Snipes were convicted. David Cook won American Idol.

Larry Brown, Tom Crean, Michael Curry, Johnny Dawkins, Vinny Del Negro, Travis Ford, John Harbaugh, Trent Johnson, June Jones, Todd McLellan, Mike Montgomery, Rick Neuheisel, Bill Parcells, Terry Porter, Rich Rodriguez, Scott Skiles, Mike Smith, Tony Sparano, Bill Stewart, Donnie Walsh, and Jim Zorn were hired. Brian Billick, John Brady, Ben Braun, Cam Cameron, Marc Crawford, Wayne Krivsky, Larry Krystkowiak, Randy Mueller, Flip Saunders, Scott Skiles, Isaih Thomas, John Tortorella, and Sam Vincent were fired.

Shawn Alexander, Cedric Benson, Chris Henry, and Travis Henry were released. Bruce Allen, Romeo Crenel, Michael Cuddyer, Jon Gruden, Justin Morneau, Alex Rodriguez, and A.J. Smith were retained. Pau Gasol, Pacman Jones, Jason Kidd, Shaquille O’Neal, Johan Santana, Miquel Tejada were traded. Jake Long was selected first.

Major League Baseball enhanced their drug testing policy. Florida State suspended thirty-six. Ken Griffey registered his 600th home run. The New York Giants stunned the New England Patriots. The Detroit Red Wings, LSU, Kansas, and Tennessee scored titles. Trevor Immelman won the Masters. Novak Djokovic, Ana Invanovic, Rafael Nadal, and Maria Sharapova won major championships. Ashley Force and Danica Patrick finally won.

E.J. Bavazzi, Benazir Bhutto, Julia Carson, Bo Diddley, Bobby Fischer, Dan Fogelberg, Georgia Frontiere, Charlton Heston, Sir Edmund Hillary, Gordon Hinckley, Stanley Kamel, Tom Lantos, Yves Saint-Laurent, Heath Ledger, Jim McKay, Deborah Jane Palfrey, Oscar Peterson, Suzanne Pleshette, Johnny Podres, Sydney Pollack, and Will Robinson died.

During our next thousand…

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