Thursday 03 July 2003

George W. Bush today, the most powerful man in the world, directly addressed Iraqis who are sniping and firing grenades at American troops: "bring them on", he taunted, according to this NYT story. .......... this seems like a bad idea. What better way to make a guy with an AK-47 feel important than by challenging him through a televised speech?.............surely American boys will die as a result of this speech ......... to hear a guy sitting at a desk 6000 miles away doing it............ Why aren't military families objecting to this? ............... Will a day come when we Americans can hear our leader talking about something other than kicking Third Worlders around? [Philip Greenspun Weblog] - "that's what a man with daughter's would say" so said my Mum when she heard this! 9:32:48 PM

Society: Major overhaul of national lottery aims to rebuild public confidence. [Guardian Unlimited] 5:19:57 PM