07 Feb 2006
West Begining to See Wide Islamic Protests as Sign of Deep Gulf

Yeah, there's a gulf alright ... and mind you, this gulf only applies to other "People of the Book" - Jews and Christians. For us heathen folk, it's more like a chasm than a gulf. And I think I'll take that as a badge of honor.

Without freedom of conscience, without the freedom to respect (or not) whatever one considers Divine in the manner that seems best to the individual, freedom itself is meaningless. And folks who think we're establishing freedom in Iraq are seriously deluded.

The conflict has pushed both sides across an unexpected threshold, where each views the other with miscomprehension and suspicion.

(link) [New York Times]

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Balloon in car creates super-sized blast

With a little less luck, these folks would've been a shoo-in for this years Darwin Award.

A couple planning to set off their own Super Bowl pyrotechnics accidentally blew up their own car while transporting a balloon filled with an explosive gas.

(link) [CNN.com]

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