OCTOBER 2000
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20-Oct-00
Clinton: Bush stance on patients' rights makes him "gag"
Bill Clinton said W's bragging
Of his patients' rights law set him "gagging;"
In fact, W
Fought the folks' right to sue
But still, it's not Bush who is lagging.

21-Oct-00
Feds caught monitoring web surfers
Fed bureaus with sinister motives
Without any warning or notice,
Have been slipping in "cookies"
To web-surfing rookies --
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

22-Oct-00
Subway Series begins
There have been many sharp-worded queries
About New Yorkers' grip on the Series
But to even the score
Their may-be Senator
Is a New Yorker only in theory.

23-Oct-00
voteauction.com shut down
The Chicago Board got an injunction,
To halt selling votes by Web auction
It's time to embalm
Voteauction.com
'Til the pols get a piece of the action.

23-Oct-00
Federal DWI blood alcohol level reduced to 0.08
Now federal law in all states --
If you're planning to drive, bike or skate
Don't exit your revel
With alcohol level
On the north side of oh-point-oh-eight.

24-Oct-00
Clemens fined for bat-throwing in World Series
Roger Clemens was fined fifty K's
For unsportsmanlike intent to maim
But his pay is so high
That after the fine
He still made good bucks on the play.

25-Oct-00
AT&T breaks into four units
AT&T broke in four,
Hoping its share price would soar,
But Wall Street said, "Separate
Really means desperate,"
And the price headed straight for the floor.

26-Oct-00
Paula Jones to pose nude in Penthouse
After telling us, "never, no never,"
Paula posed in the altogether
From naked in Penthouse
She can dress for the courthouse
But she's shed credibil'ty forever.

27-Oct-00
Microsoft hacked
Microsoft's fortress was sacked,
When Windows and Office were hacked
Now somebody knows
Developers' codes
That third-party vendors have lacked.

28-Oct-00
Standard time returns
Tonight we set clocks back an hour,
To save some electrical power;
But the chance is now here,
To set clocks back years
Just vote Bush and Helms into power.

29-Oct-00
Clinton, GOP in one last budget fight
Another impasse on the budget
Is tempting some Goppers to fudge it --
But Lott thinks the public
Is sick of this subject
And this time Slick Bill has misjudged it.

31-Oct-00
Hallowe'en Night
Nothing can beat Hallowe'en
For overindulgence obscene;
For children, it's candy
For their elders, it's brandy
For vandals, the night of their dreams.