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How the times have changed

By Tom Chambers • 12:01 a.m. June 30, 2007 • 0 Comments • 0 Trackbacks

Tags: media, terrorism

breaking news The massive U.S. media coverage of the London car bomb incident early yesterday shows just how much things have changed. It’s all over the T.V., will likely be in all the papers this morning and will dominate the weekend’s news shows.

Back in 1995 I took a trip to London with school. A week before we were to leave, not only had my parents jokingly hidden my passport (it wasn’t very funny), but there was a small item in the news that someone was lobbing small bombs on the runway at Heathrow.

In those days, a car bomb going off in London wasn’t a big deal stateside. It was a small item. Thrown in at the end of a newscast or including in the World Briefs section of the paper.

Now, after Sept. 11, it’s big news.

How the times have changed.

Don’t just sit there, say something!

ON THE SIDE

YES, THEY REALLY ARE ‘DEATH PANELS’ • Tragic. What bureaucratic ‘guidelines’ get you.

KWANZAA-ING SEPT. 11 • No ‘War on Terror,’ No ‘Merry Christmas.’

TACTICAL BACON • With a 10-year shelf life, perfect for that bunker, earthquake kit, dorm room or Mormon storage facility. Oh, and it’s BACON!

SO, BUSH VOLUNTEERED TO FLY IN VIETNAM? • More egg on Dan Rather’s face.

I’LL SEE YOUR $9 TRILLION, AND RAISE YOU … • CBO’s ‘optimistic’ projection assumes federal spending is going to fall between now and 2012.

YEAH, BUT WOULD WE PROSECUTE THE CIA OPERATIVES THAT TORTURED THEM? • Best way to deal with a zombie attack? Act swiftly and aggressively to eliminate the threat.

WHAT’S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN? And let’s not even get started with the ’40 acres and a mule’ promise.

DON’T KILL A WHORE WITH FAKE BOOBS • And think you’re gonna get away with it.

‘WE ALL AGREE THAT THE SYSTEM IS IMPLODING’ • In Canada. The answer? ‘Doctors need to develop a plan to cure it.’

THERE’S A REASON I DON’T DRUNK TEXT IN CHINA • Well, in addition to not, you know, being in China.

HOPE AND CHANGE GOES LIMP AGAIN • Apparently, not as many got it on on Election Night as thought (or maybe they just killed their babies at Planned Parenthood).

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