Americana - When will Judge Judy judge Bush's war against Iraq ?

["Jurriaan Bendien" <J.Bendien@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Oprah Winfrey, up till now the largest-earning American presentator, has
been ousted from her top position. The American television judge, Judge
Judy, is going to earn more. The tough sentences of the judge will earn her
100 million euro in the next four years. The 55-year old Judge Judy attracts
the most American daytime TV viewers. Her new salary is 160 times higher
than that of an American judge".

- news item, Spits (Amsterdam), 3 January 2003, p. 1

Fascinating stuff. What is the popular attraction of watching a court
programme like this ? Do Americans watch it, because they missed out on
better things to do with their time ? Or are they suddenly very much
preoccupied with fairness, or law and order ? Or do they simply like the
idea of judging and being judged ? Whatever the case, the question that
arose in my mind is "When will Judge Judy judge Bush's war against Iraq ?".
I imagined an script for how it might go, but of course that isn't like the
real thing !

J.


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