Freedom of screech shall not be abridged
E.S., a Minooka reader, regarding attempts to block the distribution of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" documentary, writes:
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
The real terrorists lurk here among us News Item: "A group opposing Michael Moore's documentary 'Fahrenheit 911' is urging U.S. movie theaters not to screen the film. . . . Move America Forward, which says its goal is 'supporting America's war on terrorism,' has launched.. .."
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Good luck getting it to roll uphill News Item: "Attorneys representing Army Pfc. Lynndie England, who is charged in the torture and abuse scandal at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, said Thursday that they planned to call Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as witnesses at her preliminary hearing this month."
Monday, June 14, 2004
Whatever the language, this isn't so simple
The Austrian government's effort to simplify the language of its public documents has become known as "verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen."
Appropriate, or not
Sunday, June 13, 2004
Why Soldier Field has such a nice ring to it
News Item: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. says it will work with Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team to decide new name for Bank One Ballpark now that Chase is buying Bank One Corp.
Tuesday, June 8, 2004
It's a little late for second thoughts
We Have Seen the Present, and It Does Not Work, Especially During the Not Me Decade, in which everybody else is responsible for everything:
Monday, June 7, 2004
Hold on for your lives in topsy-turvy world
Five days remain until a Reformed Church bicycle rally and a nude bicycle rally occur at the same moment in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.
Can't they sacrifice just one more time? News Item: President Bush pays tribute to the nation's veterans on Memorial Day, saying, "We acknowledge the debt by showing our respect and gratitude."
Tuesday, June 1, 2004
A vote of confidence in low-tech balloting News Item: Canadians will use paper ballots, which can be recounted, instead of computer touch-screen ballots, which often can't be recounted, in their June 28 elections.
Sunday, May 30, 2004
Memories light the corners of our coals
It was first decided that May 30 should be set aside for Memorial Day so that we could honor the soldiers who died for us on the day the flowers were most in bloom.
Looks like we missed some evildoers News Item: Institute for Strategic Studies finds al-Qaida now has more than 18,000 terrorists ready to strike and that its finances and command structure are in good order.
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Second casualty of war is consistency News Item (2004): House Majority Leader Tom DeLay condemns House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for calling President Bush "incompetent" in time of war, saying, "Her words are putting American lives at risk."
