the foobar zone

It's only occasionally that an article crops up which is so completely clueless that my hackles are raised. But some drivel in the online issue of The Weekly Standard has really hit rock bottom in terms of factual inaccuracy, idiotic bias and nationalistic tunnel-vision.

I mean, what are these goddamn news agencies talking about in their stories about a fire in a bus depot, that makes it necessary to bring in the terrorist aspect?

So it appears that Alberto Gonzales' term in the office of US Federal Attorney General has come to a close. Ding-dong! Whatever about state-side, the only weeping done on this side of the Atlantic will be crocodile tears.