Michael Moore quiz on your knowledge of various issues surrounding Iraq

A new LJ'er named avenescent posted this as a comment to an earlier post of mine recently, but subsequently deleted it. It comes from Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine website (but I couldn't find the article on there), and I thought some of the questions were pretty interesting. The most interesting ones to me are related to defense spending and its relative amounts compared to what the UN predicts would be necessary for eradicating famine around the world. I've long thought that the surest way to bring about the regime changes and new democratic systems that Bush claims to want would be to ensure that all of Iraq's citizens were well-fed and sheltered. I can only assume that truly effective humanitarian work in Iraq and other countries would actually go much farther than war would, to achieve their stated objectives.

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Really interesting resignation letter submitted to Colin Powell from the US Ambassador in Athens

This letter appeared in the NY Times -- you need to register to see it, but if you haven't already registered for that site, it's worth it. butsz copied the letter here, and it originally appeared on NYTimes.com here.

in-flight attendant jokes

I feel like I may have already posted these before, but whenever something makes me laugh out loud like some of these did, I feel the need to share. I doubt if any of them are true, but lots of them are pretty funny.
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Are you READY?

http://www.ready.gov/

This site is classic. Needs no further introduction after you arrive.

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My brother-in-law sent these editorial cartoons to me that I thought were pretty funny, even though they ring a bit too true. They're behind the cut if you want to see them.( Read more... )