8/9/05 -- Jennings, Attack of the Clones, Siege at Crawford

An Era Dies
I seldom a watched Peter Jennings, but having him gone is like a kick in the stomach. All those newscasters, the heroes of my youth, seem somehow immortal. The world is now a bleaker place.

Everyone (see picture at left) is shocked and saddened by his passing. Even Mr. Snooch The Evil Man.

Some People Jennings interviewed (including two former Presidents) remember him:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/080905_nw_jennings_update.html
An article praising Jennings for his documentary on the nuclear bombing of Japan: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001011694
ABC News' Biography: http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=126542

Snuppy the Clone
He's not a Stormtrooper, but the cute, fuzzy dog is only the beginning. Considering how many unwanted pets die, cloning a much beloved pet seems a little...ammoral. I also worry about too much genetic similarity making it too easy for diseases to spread, etc., but I guess the expense of the cloning process puts Franken-dogs a long way into the future.

Editorials about Snuppy
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/3298809
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/opinion/12333330.htm
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5546029.html

Next: Clones of Bill Frist
http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s4i8826

More Clone Humor:
http://www.theonion.com/wdyt/index.php?issue=4132
http://www.thecoffeeplace.com/Jokes/aaaaabpk.html

" If my clone had a sex change operation could I legally marry her? After all, she'd have an irresistible dry wit."

Waiting for G.W.
Cindy Sheehan has been protesting against the war in Iraq for awhile. Personally, usually I find political protesting to not necessarily be the most constructive way to move society, but you have to admire this woman's determination (and media savvy, call me a cynic.)

http://nytimes.com/2005/08/09/opinion/09tue1.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/06/AR2005080600679.html?sub=AR

Interview: (pro-left website)
http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/04/10/int04050.html

Articles/Speeches by Ms. Sheehan
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/38/9839
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00280.htm
http://www.lewrockwell.com/sheehan/sheehan10.html

Her Webpage
http://www.angelfire.com/sk3/spkhntrca/Casey.html

It'll hit the fan if the media gets to see her hauled away in handcuffs, I think, all over CNN...
http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/08/41976.php