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billoreilly.com survey said that the
eports of
Holloway disappearance would not
a new
affect their travel plans to another
arrest in
country.
the Natalee
And for those 47 percent upset
Holloway case
with
the crime rate in Aruba, I'd
broke on the Web
like
to
offer an all-American, gang-
on Friday after-
infested
urban area (like parts of
noon, and the
Detroit) as a viable vacation alterna-
mystery is one
HARRY
tive. We live in America, and there's
step towards reso-
KI RS BAUM
no crime here, by gosh.
lution.
Columnist
What's further upsetting is that
I've been follow-
the
Holloway story replaced the lead
ing the case of the
"news" story of the
Alabama teen who went
day
on Friday: Tom
missing several weeks ago in
Cruise's proposal to
Aruba with a bit more fasci-
Katie Holmes on the
nation than the case of the
Eiffel Tower. They
"Runaway Bride" because
held a news confer-
it's actually a non-manufac-
ence to announce the
tured story.
proposal, show off the
It still fails the "How does
ring and plug their
it affect me?" test that
upcoming films,
everyone should ask when
Batman Begins, and
they peruse the news, and a
The War of the Worlds,
story that is bound to have
respectively.
a tragic ending.
In an Entertainment
What bothers me almost
Tonight,
Inside
as much as the story itself is
Edition,
People
the uninformed opinions
Magazine, sort of way,
about it.
I guess we should be
Just before the start of
happy that Katie
Game Four of the NBA
accepted Tom's mar-
Finals, I tuned in to The
riage proposal and is
O'Reilly Factor, where her
planning
a nice wed-
story was featured in the
ding
opening segment.
In a news-gathering
Bill was interviewing that
Katie Holmes
way, I'm bothered that
Judge Neopolitan guy with
I had to scroll down
the good hair and complain-
the Web page to read
ing that the authorities had
about an earthquake
bungled the case by waiting
in
California because
a couple of weeks before
the
Tom and Katie
searching a suspect's bed-
thing
was the main
room.
story
on
CNN.com
The disappearance hap-
and MSNBC.com for
pened in Aruba, said the
most of the day.
judge. Even though the FBI
TOM C ruise
And if we don't get
was helping in the investiga-
enough
about their
tion, they could only go as
movie
or
their love
far as Aruba's law allowed,
life,
we
get
an
earful
or
eyeful of the
he said.
"religion of the day."
Bill seemed miffed that American
Thanks, Katie and Tom, for
law wasn't good enough for Aruba,
telling us how wonderful you think
yet the country depends on tourism
Scientology is.
to survive. Why shouldn't our
Thanks, Madonna, for the
Constitution have more clout in a
Kabbalah
water and red string
Dutch country?
bracelets
you're
hawking to everyone
I found it absolutely heroic that
in
Hollywood.
53 percent of those polled in a
One day, you'll all realize that we
only want entertainment from you,
Harry Kirsbaums e-mail address is
not lectures.
hkirsbaum@thijewishnews.com .

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