The World Around You

Believe it folks. The man I mentioned a couple weeks back has gotten a judge to back him up on the burrito defense.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. - Those burritos do have bite.

A judge has ruled in favor of a man’s claim that he had alcohol on his breath not because he drank, but due to his eating of burritos made with beer-and-tequila marinated meat.

William Dolge, 45, was accused of violating his work release for having alcohol on his breath when he returned to jail from his job last month.

After reviewing the burrito recipe, Lincoln County District Judge John Murphy agreed that the Mexican food was to blame.

I was saddened to hear of the death of Gregory Hines. He was a great performer and I will miss him. Dean Esmay mentions him as well this morning.

Time Magazine recruited Jesse Ventura to offer advice to Arnold in this week’s issue.

So be yourself. Be Arnold. Be the guy who can sit and have a cigar with the crew. Be honest. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer to every question asked. Just say, “I don’t know,” if you don’t know. When I did this during my campaign in Minnesota, people were amazed. How revolutionary—a politician who stands in front of the people and doesn’t feed them pre-canned answers!

To win, you have to convince people that you care enough to work hard and make tough decisions. And most importantly, that they are your own decisions.

Now that you are a candidate, you will be getting advice from all corners. Some of it will have checks attached. Whatever you do, keep your distance from special-interest groups, powerful lobbyists and their dirty money. The fact is, Arnold, you don’t need them. You can win this race by going straight to the people.

Based on the sound advice offered, Arnold may want to consider bringing Jesse on board to help with his campaign.

Washington Whispers reports in this week’s issue of US News & World Report,

President Bush and his political staff don’t buy the hype on Democratic presidential primary front-runner Howard Dean. “I’d be surprised if [Sen. John] Kerry doesn’t surge soon,” says an insider. In fact, many Bush aides expect Dean to fade and Kerry to take the nomination. There’s another faction that doesn’t think a Washington insider can get it, leaving Dean as the likely victor. But there is something both sides agree on. “They all sound like jerks,” says a Bushie.