The toothpaste museum!
Bob Morris @ Dec 27th 2003 00:15 - Category: Unfiled ;
Archive for December 27th, 2003
People actually get paid to…
Bob Morris @ Dec 27th 2003 00:14 - Category: Unfiled ;
People actually get paid to say this stuff!
Terrorism analysts: They “fear” an “organized effort to kill Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf”
Um, with two assassination attempts in eleven days, I’d say it’s not a “fear” but a “reality”, wouldn’t you?
The U.S. government is “considering” increased screening of cattle after mad cow diseased cattle was discovered.
“Considering”? Well that’s just great. Mad cow, when it hits humans, is 100% fatal. And they’re “considering” doing something about it? Hey, don’t rush things, better check with Dubya’s cattle rancher buddies first. Wouldn’t want some little ole thing like Mad Cow interfering with the God-Given Right to Make a Profit.
Coffee, Tea or Handcuffs? Welcome…
Bob Morris @ Dec 27th 2003 00:09 - Category: Unfiled ;
Coffee, Tea or Handcuffs? Welcome to America, Australian journalist.
An Australian journalist came to the States to interview Olivia Newton-John. She was held incommunicado, handcuffed, not given food or water, then sent back home. Why? Oh, there were official mumblings about she didn’t have the proper visa, but in reality the problem was an out of control security apparatus with no checks and balances, staffed by officious little pricks.
When Smethurst returned to Melbourne, camera crews were waiting — all major Australian media outlets reported her ordeal. The story was treated as an example of bureaucratic arrogance run amok, because many parts of the world are still outraged by what happens at American airports to foreigners — and to many Americans.
Way to go Dept of Homeland (In)Security! One of the few allies we haven’t completely alienated as yet is Australia, however it appears you are trying hard to do just that.
Smethurst says U.S. ambassador Tom Schaeffer privately apologized to her for her treatment, but will not do so in public.
Hey, Tom, that’s showing some kind of guts, huh!
Not that it matters much — the only U.S. press coverage of Smethurst’s ordeal was found in an Atlanta Constitution squib culled from the Australian Associated Press.
What a big surprise…
In John Ashcroft’s America, you are a criminal and may be held with no explanation until/if they release you. Laws? HA!
Let’s make 2004 the year Ashcroft and his band of loonies get thrown out of office along with George Bush.
