Thursday, May 13, 2004

U.S. Officials Sport Fake Degrees. More than 400 government employees, including many high-ranking officials, received fake degrees from diploma mills, according to congressional investigators. The findings spur calls for better means to vet academic credentials. By Ryan Singel. [Wired News] 9:14:08 PM     I watched the execution A co-worker had a link to one of the web sites that is streaming the beheading of Nicolas Berg. My first reation was surprise at how unmoved I was immediatly following the end. I can only attribute this to the desensitizing effects of TV and movies. However, after a short time I replaced the image of Nicolas Berg with that of my child - after all this man was someones son. And at that point I became quite angry and very sad. Maybe this material should be made available to the US public. I guess in a way it already is. There would probably be a great outrcy for revenge if more people watched it. The whole thing is just so damn sad. What was a Jewish boy from Pennsylvania doing in a war-torn Muslim country that is crawling with terrorists? 9:01:46 PM

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