Tuesday, August 27, 2002

Cuckoo in Carolina. The ruckus being raised by conservative Christians over the University of North Carolina's decision to ask incoming students to read a book about the Koran exhibits such profound lack of understanding of what America is about. By Thomas L. Friedman. [New York Times: Opinion] What would Osama do? Read on. 9:35:07 PM    comment []  trackback []

Greenpeace reports from Johannesberg let us not be shy in recognising those who are in the front line of this work . . . in fact let us actively help each other out wherever possible 6:08:33 PM    comment []  trackback []

CNN URGES U.S. NOT TO INVADE IRAQ UNTIL SWEEPS Pre-sweeps regime change would be 'disastrous,' TV News giant says. Funny! I almost believed it -- THAT'S a helluva testament to what's "realistic" these days -- til I got to the end: In other cable news news, Special Operations forces conducting mop-up missions in Afghanistan scoured the area near Tora Bora looking for any remnants of Geraldo Rivera's career. While they have found no signs of the pistol-packing newsman's career as of yet, they warned that their mission is far from over. "Remember, we thought Phil Donahue's career had been eliminated, and there are still shreds of that hanging around," said a Special Ops spokesman. Let's be careful out there! 4:10:54 PM    comment []  trackback []