{"id":136,"date":"2005-11-30T20:32:25","date_gmt":"2005-12-01T00:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=136"},"modified":"2006-01-09T17:20:08","modified_gmt":"2006-01-09T21:20:08","slug":"lets-blow-up-the-arab-press-and-other-fun-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/11\/30\/lets-blow-up-the-arab-press-and-other-fun-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s blow up the Arab Press (and other fun ideas)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/opinion\/feature\/2005\/11\/30\/al_jazeera\/\">George Bush want to bomb Al-Jazeera?<\/a>  It doesn&#8217;t seem unlikely given Al-Jazeeras standing and reporting.  Plus Georgey hates free speech, if I remember reading my monthly liberal periodical correctly.<\/p>\n<p>In other related news, Republican Representative &#8220;Duke&#8221; Cunningham broke down crying to admit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/linkset\/2005\/04\/11\/LI2005041100587.html\">he took over 2 million dollars from defense firms.<\/a>  I liked his apology which featured his tearful regrets, mostly because it made him look like a fat child who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar.<\/p>\n<p>Christian peacekeepers <a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/I\/IRAQ?SITE=TXKER&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\">go to Iraq, and immediately get taken hostage.<\/a>  The <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/4484338.stm\">Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) is described as an &#8220;ecumenical pacifist group&#8221;<\/a>, and it seems they actually do a fairly good job of reporting life on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and in other wonderful, the earth should now end soon news, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/health\/4484728.stm\">a woman had the first face transplant<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/health\/4482970.stm\">twice as many men are paying for sex<\/a>, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/england\/merseyside\/4477156.stm\">crazy Brit killed a black guy with an axe.<\/a> By the way, if you think this earth is going to be around that long, then you must not <a href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/news\/feature\/2005\/11\/30\/china_spill\/index.html\">keep up with the Chinese.<\/a>  Those damned ninjas will destroy this world faster then we&#8217;ll realize.<\/p>\n<p>And on the semi-annual Bill O&#8217;Reilly update, he has <a href=\"http:\/\/billoreilly.com\/pg\/jsp\/general\/mediadef.jsp;jsessionid=EDDBC7B5482F35D25356D55B2DBDB52E\">published his blacklist.<\/a> Three media outlets, and one of them is MSNBC?  And they use &#8216;far-left&#8217; sources? What?  Well, Happy Holidays to you Mr. O&#8217;Reilly, we can only hope that if there really is a God, someone who enjoys Al-Jazeera and women in headscarves decides to blow themselves up while giving you a hug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did George Bush want to bomb Al-Jazeera? It doesn&#8217;t seem unlikely given Al-Jazeeras standing and reporting. Plus Georgey hates free speech, if I remember reading my monthly liberal periodical correctly. In other related news, Republican Representative &#8220;Duke&#8221; Cunningham broke down crying to admit he took over 2 million dollars from defense firms. 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