For the "What you see depends on where you stand" file:
Gordon Brown today described as "unacceptable" the moment when Prince Harry zoomed his camcorder in on the face of a fellow Sandhurst cadet and mused: "Ah, our little Paki friend, Ahmed".
But the Prime Minister predicted that the British public would give the prince the benefit of the doubt over his use of racist language in the 2006 home video.
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I got an e-mail "action alert" today from the American Family Association urging me to think bad thoughts about the Campbell Soup people and then, by God, do something about it, because they refuse to "remain neutral" on gay marriage.
After sending your e-mail, please call Campbell Soup Company (1-800-257-8443) and their Swanson division (1-800-442-7684) and express your disappointment that Campbell's is supporting same-sex marriage.
I love my cats Dutch and Maggie. I like my sister's cats. I like my friend's dog. I understand that pets become a part of our lives, and that we are sad, sometimes even despondent, when they die. But I think the idea of elaborate funerals, complete with approved grieving by invited mourners, is a bit much:
Here's a litle quiz. The Army, Navy, Aif Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are five of the seven uniformed services of the United States. What are the other two?
(If you want to give yourself a time limit, click here.)
Here's a fascinating question to mull over -- call it an exercise in future history:
What are the ideas or practices that are uncontroversial and widely accepted today — and that you personally find unobjectionable — that you think might be seen as barbaric or immoral one hundred years from now?
The best lie of the year, as chosen by the Burlington Liars Club:
"My grandson is the most persuasive liar I have ever met. By the time he was 2 years old he could dirty his diaper and make his mother believe someone else had done it."
The club also named six runners-up but no honorable mention. For that, just fill in anything any politician has said in the last day or two.
A member of the Bush household even the most hardened liberals should have some sympathy for:
The Bushes' 18-year-old female black American Shorthair died Sunday at home in the Executive Mansion.
Named by a then-9-year-old Barbara Bush, the cat, who was also called "Kitty" by the family, was given the name "India" after the former Texas Ranger baseball player, Ruben Sierra, who was called El Indio.
So long, public access:
But in Los Angeles and across California that forum began crumbling last week, a development that advocates say will strip ordinary citizens of a valuable 1st Amendment platform.
For the "anything can happen" file:
