Soft on terrorism
-Western civilization for sale-
The seminal document setting down the basis for law in western civilization is up for sale. According to the report, "A rare copy of the Magna Carta, a 13th century English document enshrining the rule of law, is to go on sale in December, in one of the most important sales of a document in history."
The document -- one of only two known to exist outside the UK -- is expected to fetch around $30 million. Disturbingly, "The proceeds of the sale are to go to a charity set up by US billionaire and former presidential candidate Ross Perot." WTF?
Expected to be among the bidders is US President George W. Bush, who hopes to edit out that bit about a writ of habeas corpus. Take that, you terrorist-loving 13th century monarch King Edward I! (AFP)
-Headline of the day-
"Hippy, playboy Jesus ad riles Belgian bishops." The ad, which depicts a "pot-bellied, hippy Jesus performing miracles and picking up scantily-clad girls up in a nightclub" isn't going over as well as you might expect.
The ad, for "Plug youth television," is meant to portray the channel "as the coolest thing that even Jesus, with all his powers, could hope for." The ad ends with Jesus's dad, God, booming from above, "you still want more!" when Jesus asks for a subscription to Plug TV.
Kids these days... The actual son of God was unavailable for comment. (AFP)
-Pool sharks-
The Bush family pool boy has come out with some criticism of said Bush family. As you might expect from the people who gave you the Presidents George and their wife/mother/harpy Barbara "The Queen of Hearts" Bush, these people suck to work for.
"If every American had to pool-boy for these people for a day, you'd have a revolution on your hands," says James Razsa. In fact, he even tells a funny story:
Razsa recalls one day when former first lady Barbara Bush was on her way over, and it looked like there wouldn't be time to bring the pool's temperature up to her desired 82 degrees in time. The family's caretaker was in a panic, he says.
"He kept shouting, 'Barbara will go crazy! Barbara will go crazy!'" Razsa recalls. "This is the same woman who after Hurricane Katrina said (of the Houston Astrodome refugees), 'You know, they're underprivileged anyway, so this -- this is working very well for them.'"
Comparing the Bush's lifestyle with the problems facing the average person every day, Razsa says, "I look at the biggest middle finger in the world all day." He's so not getting a good reference from them... (SF Gate)
