Fox Sues Al Franken
Giving us all yet another reason to shake our heads in dismay and wonder how anyone can take them seriously, FoxNews--the conservative propoganda network that masquarades as a news source--is suing comedian and writer Al Franken. Franken's new book is titled Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.

It seems Fox objects to the phrase "fair and balanced" being used in the title, a phrase which the network apparently was able to register as a trademark.

So, any of you out there who regularly use these words, be careful! Make sure, from now on, you say "balanced and fair"; if you say them in the opposite order, you could be sued by the Fox propoganda network.


More on the No-NRA-in-IRAQ thread.

As I wrote ten days or so ago, there's no NRA in IRAQ, so no ones decrying the fact that Iraqis are being denied the right typically trumpeted by conservatives as "the most important one to protect freedom".
Well, it goes further. Not only are Iraqis not allowed to own any weapons (even as Bush declares "Freedom is taking hold in Iraq"), now they can be shot on sight if seen with a weapon or talking to someone with a weapon.

I saw this reported on numerous news outlets; here's the story as the Washington Post ran it.

--Lt. Col. Steve Russell, the regiment's commander, said that anyone carrying weapons is automatically considered to be a combatant under U.S. forces' rules of engagement. When the suspected arms dealers pulled weapons from the trunk of their car, Russell said, "at that moment they became enemy."--