Michael Geer at The American Thinker comments on Old Media's hissy-fit about the Cheney hunting accident:

Vice President Dick Cheney’s unfortunate hunting accident has a silver lining for those who can see it. The resulting media embarrassment proved that the US Media in all it’s power and reach has become so moribund, so lazy, so lacking in essential vigor that they forgot to disguise their actual anger. Their braying complaint? That the White House waited 24 hours before telling them about an accident.

The Old Media's fundamental ineptness is in full view, and it isn't pretty.

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From Yahoo News: Vietnam Bans Alcohol in Karaoke Bars

HANOI, Vietnam - Karaoke bars in Vietnam will no longer be allowed to sell or have alcohol on their premises as part of the country's continued campaign against so-called 'social evils,' a government official said Friday.

Daniel Henninger, in OpinionJournal notes:

Have you ever noticed how on a scale of one to 10, every untoward event in the life of the Bush presidency goes straight to a 10?

(Title best sung to the tune of the Aerosmith song).

Did y'all know that the Vice President shot someone? Heh. Me neither. It's something, isn't it?

Elsewhere in what passes for news in the world today:

Hey, how about that guy who (allegedly) shot his wife and kid then escaped to England! Good for him there's no extradition treaty between the U.K. and the U.S.

And what about that Bode Miller guy! He's sure some skater. Looks like he'll sweep all of the gold medals.

How about that U.S. curling team? What athletes!

Hey, I saw a funny cartoon about a religious figure the other day. I think I'll go burn down an embassy.

Matt McIntosh at WindsofChange.net has good point:

We're in a race to bring the rest of the world up to our level before the bin Ladens of the world can bring us back down to theirs. That was the purpose of Iraq, and no matter how one felt about the wisdom of the Bush administration's choices (or lack thereof, depending on your point of view), we can all hope that the Iraqis will succeed, insh'allah.

from Wikipedia

Item: Syrians burn Danish embassy. All over a bunch of cartoons.

Item: IAEA refers Iran to the UN Security Council. Iran says they'll go ahead and continue to do what they're in trouble for in the first place--develop nuclear weapons.

The world's headlong descent into the next world war continues apace. The last won killed over 60 million. The next one will be worse.

From Little Green Footballs:

This was probably the actual sign:

One last question, courtesy of Filbert's brother: Why is there "ham" in "Mohammed?"

Muslims think images of the Prophet Mohammed are blasphemous. Does that mean that pictures of guys named Mohammed are blasphemous, too?

When Snookums and I were in Knoxville, TN a few weeks ago, I was pretty sure we saw a coyote.

Apparently, its not that uncommon to see those mangy creatures in the outskirts of American cities.