July 07, 2006

Charlie's Show Prep #130

• Gov. Doyle isn't dumb enough to allow his government to ban ducky derby fundraisers. While technically illegal they'll be allowed to continue.

• With North Korea's missile launches there's pressure on Boeing to deliver an effective missile defense system.

• President Bill Clinton was asked about Robert Kennedy's theory that the 2004 Presidential election was stolen and said there was a "a compelling case." [via digg]

• In the aftermath of the "cancellation call heard round the world," an AOL executive sent out some rah-rah memos to the Member Service peons--I mean employees. Notice they've been "experiencing more challenges" from customers promising to record the phone conversations. With a possible move away from subscribers and the people needed to retain them AOL may never have such an embarassment again.