Here's an email I just sent to Gary Kaskel, author of your forwarded email re David Letterman. It is self-explanatory. Gary was grossly mistaken in his interpretation. Please advise your lists to ignore Gary's email.

Thanks,
Livi

My computer's been down for 6 days or I would've responded immediately.

Boy, did you misread this! Did you actually see the show? or are you
going on someone else's (mis)interpretation?

Dave Letterman is a HUGE dog lover. (But if you're not a fan, of course
there's no way for you to know that.) I was watching the show and took
notes (to give to Marijo Gillis, who, by the way, was thrilled to hear
about it).

Dave was making a serious point, particularly with his concluding
comment. Here's how it went:

(Addressing his studio audience):
"How many of you are looking forward to the summer Olympics in Greece?"
(audience applauds)

"You know, they're poisoning 15,000 stray dogs there, getting ready for
the Olympics."
(audience laughs,either because they think it's leading up to a joke, or
they're brain-dead and running on auto-pilot)

(In a voice dripping with sarcasm)
"Yeah, because nothing says 'Olympic Spirit' like 15,000 dead dogs."

Please send a "never mind" follow-up email to your list.

--Livi