Cameron Diaz apologizes for communist bag:
US actress Cameron Diaz has apologised for wearing a bag with a political slogan that evoked painful memories in Peru.
The voice of Princess Fiona in the animated Shrek films visited the Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru's Andes wearing an olive green bag emblazoned with a red star and the words "Serve the People", perhaps Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong's most famous political slogan, printed in Chinese.
The bags are marketed as fashion accessories in some cities around the world, but in Peru the slogan evokes memories of the Maoist Shining Path insurgency that fought the government in the 1980s and early 1990s in a bloody conflict that left nearly 70,000 people dead.
"I sincerely apologise to anyone I may have inadvertently offended," Diaz said in a statement. "The bag was a purchase I made as a tourist in China and I did not realise the potentially hurtful nature of the slogan printed on it."
One prominent Peruvian human rights activist said Diaz should have been a little more aware of local sensitivities when picking her accessories.
But what of those Americans with the Che t-shirts and bags? What is their standing in Peru? Gore: "If everyone would just have agreed with me sooner we could have saved Mother Earth":
In an extraordinary outburst aimed at America's failure to tackle global warming, Al Gore says that if scientific agreement on the climate crisis had been reached sooner it would have been easier to "galvanise the public and persuade Congress to act". The point of no return will be reached within 10 years, the former vice president says, and we cannot wait any longer to solve the crisis. He blames a focus on instant gratification for the "exclusion of long-term consequences in our decisions and policies" and writes about his "mission of solving the climate crisis". His Oscar-winning documentary on climate change, An Inconvenient Truth, became the surprise box-office hit of 2006.
What a fucking moron, at least we've still got 10 years, that's something. Again, I pose the question.. What did he do in the '90s when he had the "bully pulpit" for 8 years? Not a goddamn thing. Besides, it's not man's fault, it the worms:
Jim Frederickson, the research director at the Composting Association has called for data on worms and composting to be re-examined after a German study found that worms produce greenhouse gases 290 times more potent than carbon dioxide.Worms are being used commercially to compost organic material and is in preference to putting it into the landfill. The German government wants 45% of all waste to be composted by 2015."Everybody... thinks they can do no harm but they contribute to global warming. People are looking into alternative waste treatments but we have to make sure that we are not jumping from the frying pan into the fire," said Frederickson.
So even in death as the worms do their dirty work, you will still be harming the planet...you heartless sod. Here come the Thought Police:
WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., said Sunday she is "looking at" the possibility of reviving the fairness doctrine for U.S. broadcasters.
Communist Jane at it again:
Where would America be if it weren't for the traitor Jane Fonda? How many American soldiers died because of her antics? Well, Hanoi Jane is back on the anti-American campaign (as if she ever left it). Did anyone happen to see this ad in the New York Times? Jane and her fellow comrades of The World Can't Wait are on their latest campaign to impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney. Didn't you know? They are "war criminals," they openly torture innocent people and they no better than Adolf Hitler. Did you get that? Hitler. You know that a liberal campaign is off to a great start when they throw Hitler into the mix. There is absolutely no merit to the debate, no willingness to discuss ... just call it Conservative, liken it to Hitler and be done with it. You have yourself a true anti-American campaign. Bush and Cheney are not war criminals. First of all, Cheney is not the commander and chief. Only the president has that role – get it right. And "war crimes" implies that that America violated some international law. Go ahead, Jane. Give me a cite! Now guess who else signed on to the campaign? Why none other than our probable Green Party nominee for President, the cutest little jihadist no longer in Congress, the lovely Cynthia McKinney! We know she has a great right hook, why doesn't she just take care of the job herself? Now here is a criminal for you. Saddam Hussein's cousin was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court yesterday. He is going to hang. And that is exactly how it should be. He helped with the killing of hundreds of thousands of Kurds and Shite Muslims. Using chemicals weapons to wipe out people based on their religion ... THAT'S a war crime. Let's see if Hamas Jane has anything to say about this guy!
Bush surrenders...to Congress?:
The Bush administration has begun exploring ways of offering Congress a compromise deal on Iraq policy to avert bruising battles in coming months, U.S. officials said.
With public support of the war dropping, President Bush has authorized an internal policy review to find a plan that could satisfy opponents without sacrificing his top goals, the officials said.
Um, Mr. President, you claim to want to win in Iraq and most of Congress (Reid, Pelosi, Murtha etc.) want to lose. Where's the wiggle room for a compromise deal?
Vlad the Impaler: America is worse than the Soviet Empire at the height of it's power:
THE history of the Soviet Union had fewer black pages in its history than certain other countries, not least the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in a speech."Regarding the problematic pages in our history, yes, we do have them, as does any state,'' Putin said at a social sciences conference, citing Stalin's purges during the 1930s.
Yes, like not signing Kyoto...
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