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Friday, March 25, 2005
Three sharp bits at LGF today:
1) Blame Bush... looks at how the insurgents in Iraq are doing. Not well. Our media does a lot on the harm the thugs perpetrate in an effort to discourage. But there's a flip side: the insurgents are being worn down by the insistence of the Iraqis and Americans to move forward in spite of their barbaric actions.
2) Jordanian U.N. peacekeepers evacuated from Timor for medical treatment - after attempting sex with goats. But we shouldn't make fun. When I lived in France, I went to McDonald's from time to time. Abroad, we all try from time to time to recapture the feeling of being in the homeland. (Oops! Did I make fun?) The sad side to this story is that these were relatively innocuous types. The real U.N. baddies were going after little kids.
3) Finally, "No room for hatred" looks at what I consider relatively hopeful news from Canada. A child in a Muslim school wrote a bucketful of antiSemitic bile (how's that for mixed metaphor?) and two teachers displayed it as though it were an accomplishment. The hopeful bit? Even though it was Canada, the teachers were given the sack and the principal denounced the antiSemitic shtick for the crass ugliness it was. No word on how soon the Canadian government will seek damages on behalf of... the fired teachers.
posted by gbarto at 10:54 PM
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