Ever-annoying reviewer of TV, movies and style Tom Shales poses punditry on the important aspects of the State of the Union Speech: tie colors, camera angles, and how on TV, some people look like other TV people.

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Kennedy looked hale and robust, though one couldn’t help notice a certain resemblance to SpongeBob SquarePants, the popular Nickelodeon cartoon character….As for Bush, when smiling he looks a little like Paul Newman (though too much of the smiling last night seemed self-congratulatory in nature), while his physical stature suggests a folksier version of Dick Cavett.

I’ll have to admit that I’d never heard of SpongeBob, but when I read this, I had to see for myself. I’ll let you decide for yourself, is Tom Shales correct? Were SpongeBob and Ted Kennedy separated at birth?

Bob Ted

I must admit, I find myself in the unusual position of agreeing with Tom Shales. So much so, I had to compare his other two TV people who look alike. What do think, could the President and Paul star together in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Old Guy?

W Paul

Wow, that Tom Shales really has an amazing ability to see resemblences where I’d never see one. But I’m inspired. I think I’ll try just one:

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While I still use Google as my primary search engine, I’m beginning to suggest Altavista.com (a blast from the past, huh?) for searching news headlines. It uses technology and data from moreover.com.

Writing a story for NFIB right now and did a search on “small business” and turned up lots of recent stories:

Small business is big again for IBM (cnet news.com)

HP launches small-business server (cnn)

Small Business Owners: Recession over, recovery slow (bCentral)

AT&T Sells Off Small Biz Hosting Accounts (Silicon Alley News)

(Crain’s Chicago Business)

Bush Says There’s One Word for Economic Security: Jobs (NFIB.com)

NFIB Hails President’s Call for Making Small-Business Tax Relief Permanent (NFIB.com)

Actually, those last two weren’t in the search, but I added them anyway as I know who wrote them.

Ever wonder who gets to sit with the First Lady during the State of the Union speech? Me, neither. Except last night, there was an NFIB member invited along with war heroes, flight attendant heroines, Olympic organizers, a union boss, a bishop and an Enron shareholder who lost $8,000. Here is the official White House First Lady’s Box bio on the NFIB member:

Mrs. Rhoda Reeves, Cape Girardeau, MO
Rhoda is President, Founder, and Production Manager of Horizon Screen Printing. An entrepreneur, she has a family owned business employing 25 people. Rhoda founded her business printing t-shirts for her daughter’s Girl Scout troop. From 1981-1984 she worked out of her basement with no advertising. She now has commercial space.

Ever-annoying reviewer of TV, movies and style Tom Shales poses punditry on the important aspects of the State of the Union Speech: tie colors, camera angles, and how on TV, some people look like other TV people.

Quote:

Kennedy looked hale and robust, though one couldn’t help notice a certain resemblance to SpongeBob SquarePants, the popular Nickelodeon cartoon character….As for Bush, when smiling he looks a little like Paul Newman (though too much of the smiling last night seemed self-congratulatory in nature), while his physical stature suggests a folksier version of Dick Cavett.

I’ll confess. I’d never heard of SpongeBob, but when I read this, I had to see for myself. You decide, is Tom Shales correct? Do you also notice that certain resemblance?

Bob Ted

I must admit, I find myself in the unusual position of agreeing with Tom Shales. So much so, I had to compare his other two TV people who look alike. What do think, could the President and Paul star together in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Old Guy?

W Paul

Wow, that Tom Shales really has an amazing ability to see resemblences where I’d never see one. But I’m inspired. I think I’ll try just one:

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The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz points out the irony of pundits taking money from corporations and then criticizing politicians for taking money from those same corporations. Says it may be time for “journalistic finance reform.” Another reason I point to it is his use of the word “lard.”

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It’s hard for journalists who work for big companies, write books and appear on television to avoid all conflicts these days. But many of these commentators wax indignant when politicians of all stripes appear to be doing the bidding of those who fill their campaign coffers. For media people to line up at the same corporate trough is just asking for trouble.