Sen. Trent Lott, in his first public remarks since resigning as Senate Republican leader, said Sunday that had fallen into a “trap” set by his political enemies. “When you’re from Mississippi and you’re a conservative and you’re a Christian, there are a lot of people that don’t like that,” he said. “I fell into their trap and so I have only myself to blame."

Lott: ‘I fell into ... trap’ set by foes

] "Saddam Hussein said in a statement Tuesday that Iraqis
] were ready to fight a holy war against the United States"

Bring on the Jihad Mr. Saddam. I don't think this President
Bush is going to stop when he gets to Bagdad and run away.
When is he done there...off to North Korea we must go.

Too bad the Gipper didn't really build some "Star Wars"
where we could just shoot some "lasers" from space. :)

Saddam says Iraq ready for holy war

] "North Korea, mired in a dispute with the United States
] and its allies over its nuclear program, warned
] Washington on Tuesday that internationalizing the issue
] would only lead to an "

N. Korea hits back in war of words

] "Late last week, two soldiers of the U.S. Army's 9th
] Psychological Operations Battalion began doing just that
] in Salang, a tiny northern village surrounded by towering
] mountain crags.
]
] The Americans lifted a 21-inch TV from the back of a
] green camouflage Army Humvee and showed a five-minute
] propaganda video in the Dari language to 100 villagers.
] Nearby sat two destroyed Soviet-era tanks - rusted relics
] from the decades of war that have wasted the country."

U.S. troops ask Afghans what they think of them

] "In a fresh sign of preparation for possible war with
] Iraq, the United States has ordered another 27,000
] Reserve and National Guard troops to prepare for active
] duty, defense officials said Saturday."

US calls up 27,000 reserve troops - Dec. 14, 2002

] "A British vicar reduced children to tears and stunned
] their parents when he said Santa Claus and his reindeer
] would burn to a crisp while delivering presents at
] supersonic speed.
] Stand-in vicar Lee Rayfield shattered the illusions of
] dozens of kids when he joked in his carol service sermon
] that Santa and his reindeer would burn up doing 3,000
] times the speed of sound as they delivered gifts to 91.8
] million homes. "

I don't think he accounted for Milk & Cookie time.

Children burned by Santa story

] "French is such a rich language that it now has, by state
] decree, two words for "@" -- the "at" sign that has
] become a worldwide symbol for the Internet -- but only
] one official way to pronounce it.
]
] A special commission struggling to defend French against
] the spread of English in cyberspace has decided that the
] popular e-mail sign can be named either "arobase" or
] "arrobe.""

Oh for crying out loud! The bloody French!

cyber.confusion@french.language

] "For the first time, the operation is being run from
] outside the United States, in what could be preparation
] for a possible war with Iraq. The high-tech simulation
] started shortly after 7:30 a.m. (0430GMT) on Monday and
] will run 24 hours a day for the next nine or 10 days. "

Nothing like flexing your muscles before a fight.

U.S. kicks off war games in Gulf - Dec. 9, 2002

] "A jury on Thursday handed a life prison sentence to a
] Texas man who shot and killed a longtime friend he
] accused of drinking the last beer in his refrigerator.

I bet it was cheap redneck beer too.

Texan Killed Friend Who Drank Last Cold Beer

] "More than 8,000 sailors and Marines left the East Coast
] on Thursday as part of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S.
] Truman battle group, its first deployment since last
] year%u2019s terrorist attacks. The group was making a
] scheduled move to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian
] Gulf."

8,000 sailors ship out to Gulf