So I have these songs from Mel Brooks' "History of the World Part I" stuck in my head ("Auto da fay? What's an auto da fay?"), which I guess is better than having something else stuck in my head, say, like someone else's tongue. The previous link comes courtesy of Google News, which, in the great Google tradition, uses a sexy algorithm to scour the web for new things. It seems like a good idea, but beware the disclaimer: "The selection and placement of stories on this page were determined automatically by a computer program." Vox populii, vox Google. I wonder if they'll start up a porn site... GoOgle.com 
In other news, someone needs to explain to me why anyone would pay to shoot at naked women. I have enough trouble getting women to talk to me, what could possibly influence me to shoot at them? Perhaps this is some sort of NRA dating procedure. Speaking of women and senseless violence, Jessica Lynch is evidently returning home today. While it's a tragedy that she or anyone was injured in Bush's Iraqi Foray, it seems the media has overhyped her return just a tad. What of the other injured US servicefolk in Iraq, Liberia, Afghanistan, etc.? Sources on both sides of the fence tell global news services that the Lynch rescue was staged; 'rescuers' were seen with video cameras, shouted 'go! go! go!', and were firing blank rounds. The 'rescue' came days before Lynch was scheduled to be picked up by an ambulance anyway, by agreement of the Iraqi doctors and US forces.
In happier news, the dam that is the USAPATRIOT Act seems to be cracking. It's a happy day when Republicans come out against an Ashcroftian mandate. Ha, look at the punnery in that sentence. Mr. Ashcroft would turn such a nice shade of red. Anyway... the siege continues, though not successfully in all places. But it's a start. A review of injustices has begun. It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant people can be. In one instance, an official "...was said to have "rudely" asked a person being detained if he 'wanted to kill Christians and Jews.' ". It is my opinion that everyone should take some sort of educational course in world religions, maybe followed up with a refresher on Common Sense. The world isn't American, people, and increasingly they dislike us because we seem to think it is. It's amazingly arrogant to assume that people want to kill us because we enjoy certain freedoms, and it's even worse to assume that they want to attack us simply because we're American. Take a look at the history behind it all and you'll see that for the most part, much of the global ire is perfectly justified. Some isn't (crusading in the name of any deity, crusading based on ancient racial distincions, etc.), but the vast majority of anti-Americanism is easily justified with just a simple history lesson. Maybe if Americans quit waving their mass-produced flags all over the place and listen to the world community instead of assuming America Knows Best, we could get through some of this nonsense and start rebuilding the world the way it should be.
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July 31st, 2003 - 20:18
So i decided to search for your web sit on google. you are result number 115 out of 654000, half way down page 12. unfortunitly you will probably not be number one until you become CEO of some mega company, because there is aparently a ‘Scott Simpson’ in the PGA(news to me, he must not be very good his highest placing was tied at 23rd). the interesting Scott simpson link (111) is a Scoutmaster out of manhattan’s upper westside that did an interview with pbs on gay leaders in boy scouts. “At this point, I’m wearing, you know, the uniform of institutionalized bigotry”. well thats all i have to go finish reading your back log of blog entries(hey that rhymes)