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More big backers lining up behind Bush:
Bush Receives Endorsement From Iran
The head of Iran’s security council said Tuesday that the re-election of President Bush was in Tehran’s best interests…

Journalists saved by Google
Journalists in Iraq are learning that having their columns online is a lifesaver - especially if they’re not pro-war or pro-occupation. Australian journalist John Martinkus was googled and released:
Iraqi militants who kidnapped a reporter in Baghdad and threatened to kill him Googled his name to investigate his work before releasing him unharmed…

In the internet age, it is amJapan Today: Jumbo jet passes within 200 meters of Tokyo Tower “An Orient Thai Airways chartered jumbo jet passed within 200 meters of the tip of Tokyo Tower in the early hours of Sept 19, Ministry of Transport officials said Monday.”

Push their buttons and they pull their strings?
Did the Hacks from Crossfire get John Stewart’s Daily Show: Global Edition axed from CNN International?

There have always been rumors of news anchors who wear no pants behind their broadcast desks, and thanks to cable TV we have all seen exactly how loose the dress code is in Howard Stern’s radio studio. But now there is a growing community of homegrown DeeJays cooking up their own radio shows in the comfort of their own home. It is a growing movement called Podcasting.

I just came across this frightening statement via Japan Today’s Quote Of The Day page “If Japanese hadn’t fought the white people, we would still be slaves of the white people. It would be colonization. We changed that.” Tokyo Gov Shintaro Ishihara, insisting that Japan need not apologize for its wartime invasion of neighboring Asian countries, arguing that Japan did Asia a favor by delivering it from Western imperialism.

Watching my video of the debate, I came to wonder, is the cost of this war worth it? If you look at the lives lost, it seems to be getting out of hand.