Glancing at the Google news page yesterday I saw the following two headlines next to each other:
Britain greets President Bush with jeers in the Seattle Times
Bush Protestors Quiet So Far on foxnews.com

Someone's full of shit here, and I think I know who it is. The Fox News article starts off, "Fewer than 100 anti-war protesters were standing outside Buckingham Palace on Tuesday night as Bush and his entourage arrived." First of all, this is directly contradicted by numerous credible news sources. These other accounts generally estimated the number between a "few hundred" and "several hundred". Furthermore, the Fox article conveniently ignored the protests that occured in other parts of the city. Such as the protesters at the airport when Bush arrived. Or the 1400 who gathered at a Quaker Meeting house. Or the 500 protesters at the US embassy. Or the group who spelled out "Bush go home" by lying down. My roommate pointed out that Bush is quite possibly more disliked by the international community than any other President in US history. Doubtless Bush would excuse the global masses who disapprove of him as terrorists, freedom-haters, or hairy-palmed masturbators if he ever bothered to answer international reporters. But objections from most of the world's population haven't prevented Bush from continuing to cram his globalcop medicine down their throats. And pushing around foreign leaders and imposing his will on poor nations. While smiling widely and congratulating himself on bringing freedom and peace.

Though, I do have to disagree with the British protesters in one aspect. I don't want Bush to go home. In fact, would anyone care to join me in making a big sign that says "Bush stay there"?

i think we all knew this was coming

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You can also check out the history of Michael Jackson's face.

*shudder*

aftermath

We had a great turnout for the party. Thanks to all who came. Nate and I estimate the crowd at 70+ in total, despite the rain. The most popular drinks (by amount missing next day) were vodka, O³, and JD (thanks to Seth and his campaign). Rum was the least popular. One person threw up. The cops showed up at 2:30 with a remarkable lack of humor, threatened me with various forms of prosecution, accused me of lying, but ultimately left us alone since we were, after all, obeying the law. More or less. We had some great costumes. Kat, Barney, and I were team matrix. Dianna was gorgeous as a cat. Jason and Heather as Tyler Durden and Marla Singer were a couple of my favorites. James's cheshire cat was perhaps the most impressive. That must have taken ages to make. She was also, I am told, the genius behind Nadja and Jessica's excellent cosmumes. If anyone has pictures from the party, please let me know, or email them to me so I can display some of them.

Also, on behalf of Nate and myself I'd like to thank the following:

• Kat, for bringing guns, and driving all the way from Vegas to be with us
  
• Ryan Bacon, for extended help with setting up
  
• Seth, for the sound system
  
• Jenny Murray, for cooking us tasty snacks
  
• Jon Allen, for all the free beer
  
• Nadja, for the kiss cards
  
• Barney for bringing the flask

Finally, we have a couple pieces of jewelry and a jacket that were left at our place. If anyone knows who they belong to speak up. They will be waiting patiently for the owner. Anyway, I've managed to follow up the strep throat with a nasty cold, so I should get some sleep. I hate being sick.