Quite right! Education is an outrage, it's evil, it should be stamped out! Folks will start thinking and then there's no knowing what they might vote. Oh, and while he's at it, he should get rid of the malaria too.

And who said politicians couldn't be honest, and Germans didn't have a sense of humor, or ... No Photoshopping needed on this one. (c) Nick OHara 2005

And who said politicians couldn't be honest, and Germans didn't have a sense of humor, or ... No Photoshopping needed on this one. (c) Nick OHara 2005

Hello again. First, let me state that I have nothing against Americans. Some of my best friends are, indeed, Americans, and in general, just because the plane got highjacked, you don't have to hate the passengers. Or even the cabin crew. Now, if you are an American, I have a warning for you. Not because someone is following everything you do on the Net or snooping on your harddisk, or that there are crucial parts of your anatomy needing improvement, but because your country is in danger of b...

Earth spins faster if you go West. Now, I know that's untrue in more than one way in the scientific sense, but in daily life it makes more sense. Go West and you can eat you dinner in ten minutes (ready in two) while watching world history that's condensed in two-sentence soundbites, two minute CNN items or, for the intellectuals, twenty minutes of Discovery Channel. (And if there's no commercial as an excuse for a break, they just throw some two minute movie or a preview about a documentary ...