Monday, January 20, 2003

Many have mentioned it before, but I'm still surprised and disturbed by the juxtapositions of data we encounter daily in the news media. Sometimes they are as appalling as, "The perpetrator of this brutal rape is still at large. Up next, the cutest doggy you ever saw!" In this morning's New York Times email, I found this:

QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"We believe that a persuasive case will be there at the end
of the month that Iraq is not cooperating."
-SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN L. POWELL

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/18/international/middleeast/18ASSE.html?todaysheadlines

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So, while the administration plans for war, those with disposable income plan their vacations.