Nothing makes 'em madder than the truth
The Associated Press reports that some students at University of Maryland are upset over an editorial cartoon that appeared in their college newspaper.

Students picketed a college newspaper and demanded it apologize for a cartoon that said an American peace activist who was run over by an Israeli bulldozer was stupid.

The publication, The Diamondback at the University of Maryland, refused to apologize, citing the First Amendment.

Good for you, guys! Don't back down.

The cartoon, by student Daniel Friedman, showed a woman in front of a bulldozer. The label contained the dictionary definition of "stupidity," and added another way to define stupidity: "Sitting in front of a bulldozer to protect a gang of terrorists."

More than 60 students protested after the cartoon appeared Wednesday morning.

"You wouldn't see cartoon in the newspaper making fun of 9-11 victims. You wouldn't see a cartoon making fun of a suicide-bombing victim," protester Setareh Ghandehari said.

Of course you wouldn't, except maybe in a place like 'Palestine'. But Rachel Corrie's death doesn't deserve the same respect. Rachel wasn't an innocent civilian just minding her own business who - oops! - got run over by an evil Israeli bulldozer. She was an American flag-burning, pro-terrorism, Palestine supporter, who was killed - accounts of how, vary - attempting to interfere with a military operation to reduce terrorist activity. I'll make fun of any anti-war protesters who get themselves shot trying to break in to military bases for 'civil disobedience', and every human shield that survives Operation Iraqi Freedom, too.

My Eternal Gratitude
For all those folks in the armed services - both those I personally know, and those I haven't had the chance to meet yet - from the bottom of my heart:

Thank you for your honorable and courageous service. May you bring freedom to the Iraqi people, and then come back home to us, safe and sound. I wish all of you the best.

The Disloyal Opposition
So Sen. Kerry underwent surgery to remove a wart from his eyelid. Too damn bad he didn't bother to have them take the beam out at the same time.

Contraband Bliss
I just received a case of Kinder Eggs in the mail. You can't get them in the U.S., because the FDA has determined that Americans are too dumb not to just go ahead and swallow the plastic egg containing the surprise that's inside the chocolate egg. I grew up in Germany though, and for me, they are a tangible reminder of happy childhood times. The milk chocolate shell is yummy, and the little toys inside - most of them assembly required - are neat.

If anyone else in the U.S. misses Kinder Eggs like I do, Kinder Eggs.com is there to help.

Please read Lileks today
This is just brilliant

On the radio today I heard an interview with Liev Aleo, who intends to be a human shield as soon as she can scrape together the plane fare. She believes that Saddam would be dissuaded from his path if we just talked things out - as though a deficiency in conversation has led us to this point. It would have been just another argument of the sort we're all sick to death of hearing, but she's ready to go. She'd hop a plane today. As an American, she believes her place is outside the chain-link fence of an Iraqi electrical substation. She doesn’t think she’d die; she believes that the presence of the human shields would shame the military into calling off the war. You can say, well, fine; you want to be red paste on the side of a transformer outside an Iraqi military base, it’s your life. But my God, it’s so much more than that. The host asked how her parents felt, and she admitted that they were nervous.

c'mon.... follow the link and read it all.

Falcon Flies Free
I am extremely disappointed that Christopher Boyce, the traitor popularly known as "The Falcon" is going to be released on parole. I've posted why, over on Winds Of Change.

Yearning for warmer weather...
Listened to The Danny Morris Band - Storm Surge on the way into work this morning. There is nothing like hearing "Swing With You Baby" to get me in the mood for summer weather and some dancing.