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• Sacco, Vanzetti Case Exhibited in Boston

  Sun Sep 23, 2007
  • yeah, but they were holding two wires and a lite-brite each...

• Americans Want to Win in Iraq

  Tue Feb 20, 2007
  • from the article:In a major victory for the White House, the Senate early Friday voted 77-23 to authorize President Bush to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein refuses to give up weapons of mass destruction as required by U.N. resolutions.

• Americans Want to Win in Iraq

  Tue Feb 20, 2007
  • They'd have you thinking that almost everyone wants us just to pull out of Iraq because we've already lost.

• Americans Want to Win in Iraq

  Tue Feb 20, 2007
  • Link to the survey questions and responses: Moriah Group (PDF). Note: that the Margin of Error is often great enough to swing many of these results to the opposite conclusion.

• Bicyclists who wear protective helmets are more likely to be struck by passing vehicles

  Wed Dec 13, 2006
  • What protects against opening car doors?

• The Definitive List of Most Over-rated Bands of All Time, Ever, Period

  Tue Dec 12, 2006
  • The List suggests "All Time, Ever": the Pumpkins were way overrated. Not saying they lacked talent, just way too much hype.

• Newsvine Decides: Who's the most under-rated music artist?

  Tue Dec 12, 2006
  • I think Pearl Jam deserve a bit more acclaim than they receive. They've produced fantastic singles, innovative albums, and a bit of crap (although, crappy PJ is better than most could ever create).

• The Definitive List of Most Over-rated Bands of All Time, Ever, Period

  Tue Dec 12, 2006
  • I'll nominate the White Stripes and Lenny Kravitz? Not sure, but the Smashing Pumpkins might still deserve mention on this list.

• Ten Fascinating Facts about Iraq Overlooked by the Media.

  Sat Dec 2, 2006
  • Opal, I'll agree with your general assessment of the "writer-hobbyists" of the blogoshpere and the "political hobbyist" nature of many of our elected politicians.

• Ten Fascinating Facts about Iraq Overlooked by the Media.

  Sat Dec 2, 2006
  • Most of these facts were common knowledge before 9/11. It's just that facts (sometimes) interfere with policy decisions and political ideologies. 1. Iraq is Actually Two Countries: Autonomous region perhaps, but not another country.