BBC NEWS | Americas | ‘Freedom fries’ lawmaker’s U-turn Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) has reversed his support for the Iraq war and now wants the troops brought home. He was formerly an adamant supporter of the war who led the whole Congressional “Freedom Fries” campaign to rename fried potatoes to get back at those wimpy peaceloving French bastards. His change of heart took place when he attended the funeral of a US sergeant and listened as the widow read her husband’s last letter home. He’s attended a lot of funerals, actually, and written over 1,300 letters of condolence, and he…
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… whether Michael Jackson is guilty or not. Naturally, everyone in the office is all a-quiver and jumping online to try to find live video. I can hear live feed-type audio coming from all over. Naturally, this will slow the office network to a crawl. If only the Onion had a live feed. That would be a lot more bearable. And of course now I’m curious enough to try to get a live feed going, but must try to resist. But if he’s guilty and he starts to cry in court, I’m betting his nose falls off. UPDATE: Huh? Okay,…
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This sounds like something that would be fun to do some Saturday: Community Sing at the Masthouse If it’s anything like McMenamin’s was in Seattle a couple of weeks ago, it would be awesome. No drinking – fine, it’s a private home. No smoking – AWESOME.
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The G8 ministers are attending next month’s summit are invited to bag the lavish banquet they’ll be served one night at Gleneagles, Scotland and have a single bowl of rice on Devonshire Green with some nice people from MakePovertyHistory.org. More information: G8: You’re Invited! Please RSVP