Author: John Schultz

UN Security Council to Investigate Page Program of the US Congress
Speaker Hastert Cancels Page Program, Triples Funding for Intern Program
Gas Prices Drop To Under $45 A Barrell On Concerns Americans Are Sitting At Home Watching Cable News For The Very Latest On Page Scandal Firestorm
Evangelicals Declare Scandal Marks The Coming of Armageddon – Begin “Duck & Cover” Drills At Homeschools
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh to Head Page Program Probe
Democrats on Secret October Surprise Committee Uncork Champagne, Dance
Prime Minister Of France Cancels US Trip Citing “The Stench of Immorality”
Yes. These are all fake. Except the one about Louis Freeh.
Update – Looks like Louis Freeh isn’t going to investigate. But it was seriously talked about.

Conspiracies Abound In the Middle East Press
The MEMRI Report
By STEVEN STALINSKY
October 4, 2006
Controversies in the Middle East are surrounded by conspiracy theories that proliferate in the region’s press. Recent conspiracies have involved the identity of the person behind the cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, the genocide in Darfur, and the true perpetrators of terrorist attacks worldwide.
The latest Middle East conspiracy was hatched September 12, following Pope Benedict XVI’s contentious speech in Germany on Islam. Influential Middle East press and broadcast outlets and prominent figures claimed that America, Jews, Zionists, and/or Israel were really behind his comments.
… Full article

The media uses the word firestorm in 3 ways:
1. Literal firestorm, e.g. “The river valley erupted in a firestorm this afternoon, destroying 300 acres of national forest in just 2 hours.”
2. Political trouble, e.g. “Senator Smith’s on-air comments sparked a firestorm of criticism”
3. When Muslim’s get offended. Which can happen on days that end with Y. And in the a.m. And in the p.m. Just about anywhere that comments or situations get taken out of content.
And the priceless quote of the day:

“Anyone who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant encourages violence,” [Pakistan’s] Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said.

From this article about yesterday’s activities on the B16 Bavarian Victory Tour:

“In an organ, the many pipes and voices must form a unity,” said Benedict, himself an accomplished pianist. “If here or there something becomes blocked, if one pipe is out of tune, this may at first be perceptible only to a trained ear.
“But if more pipes are out of tune, dissonance ensues and the result is unbearable. Also, the pipes of an organ are exposed to variations of temperature and subject to wear.
“This is an image of our community. Just as in an organ, an expert hand must constantly bring disharmony back to consonance,” he said.

Translation for the folk group members out there:

You know how Bobby can’t seem to tune his E string right? Well… it sounds bad. And you don’t want bad sound on things like “On Eagle’s Wings.”