Hello all!

I hope you are all well. I am spending my summer in Washington D.C. I’m sorry I haven’t written in such a long time; I promise I didn’t forget. Zack fussed at me, so I decided to write an entry.

First of all, I can not believe how many people have I-Pods! These things are everywhere (even I have one). On the metro, walking down the street, in a bookstore, these little podders go. I must admit that I too have become attached to my I-Pod. It sends out a signal to those around me “leave me alone, don’t ask me for money, just ignore me.” And trust me this is the signal you want to send out when you are alone in the city on the creepy metro. You don’t want weird people coming up to you, no joking. Every time I see another I-Podder I feel like we should have some sort of “I-pod greeting” like an “I-Pod slap.”

I am interning for my Congressman, Robin Hayes. The office is pretty nice, awfully slow though. I am not very good at answering the phones, seeing how no one is willing to quickly explain the damn complicated telephone or hand me a manual. I even tried looking up the instructions on the internet, no use. I think that I am getting better. Also, I want to either talk or argue with the people who call. And that ties up the phone lines. There are quite a lot of rude people out there. And they all seem to be calling the office right when I pick up the phone. I don’t know how to respond to these people. Mama always said the only thing crazier than a crazy person is someone who will argue with one. I agree, but sometimes crazy is tempting. This post is getting kinda long, so I think I will head out. Take care youse people!

Hey folks! Sorry I haven’t written in a while but alas, I have no life. Furman has that effect on people. Anyway, I am writing an English paper about censorship in textbooks, and I thought I would share with you what the P.C. (politically correct) police have been up to as of late.

Here is a list of banned words in textbooks. If this subject interests you, I suggest reading The Language Police, by Diane Ravitch. She discusses the downfall of education as a result of political correctness. (Very interesting) Her book includes a glossary of these terms and also a list of pictures banned in textbooks too. So here you go I hope you are angry after reading this)

A Glossary of Banned Words

Please immediately report if these words are found in your textbooks

Dialect (banned as ethnocentric, use sparingly, replace with language) [SF-AW]
Differently abled (banned as offensive, replace with person who has a disability) [SF-AW]
Dirty old man (banned as sexist and ageist) [NYC]
Disabled, the (banned as offensive, replace with people with a disability) [SF-AW, HAR1]
Dissenter (ethnocentric, use with caution) [ETS2]
Distaff side, the (banned as sexist) [ETS2]
Dogma (banned as ethnocentric, replace with doctrine, belief) [SF-AW]
Doorman (banned as sexist, replace with door attendant) [HRW1]
Down’s syndrome (banned as offensive, replace with Down syndrome) [ETS2]
Draftsman (banned as sexist, replace with drafter) [NES]
Drunk, drunken, drunkenness (banned as offensive when referring to Native Americans) [SF-AW, HM2]
Duffer (banned as demeaning to older men) [SF-AW]
Dummy (banned as offensive, replace with people who are speech impaired) [SF-AW]
Dwarf (banned as offensive, replace with person of short stature) [SF-AW, HAR1]

* * *

Heretic (use with caution when comparing religions) [ETS2]
Heroine (banned as sexist, replace with hero) [SF-AW, HAR2, NES]
Hispanic American (use with caution as some groups object to the term’s suggestion of a shared European cultural heritage, replace with specific nationality)[NES]
Homosexual (banned, replace with person, child) [AEP]
Hordes (banned as reference to immigrant groups) [CT]
Horseman, horsewoman (banned as sexist, replace with equestrian) [HRW1]
Horsemanship (banned as sexist, replace with riding skill) [NES]
Hottentot (banned as a relic of colonialism, replace with Khoi-khoi) [NYC]
Houseman, housemaid (banned as sexist, replace with servant, housekeeper) [HRW1]
Housewife (banned as sexist, replace with homemaker, head of the household) [SF-AW, HAR1, HAR2, NES, ETS2]
Hussy (banned as sexist) [SF-AW]
Huts (banned as ethnocentric, replace with small houses) [SF-AW]

* * *

Pollyanna (banned as sexist, replace with optimist) [AIR]
Polo (banned as elitist) [ETS1, ETS2]
Pop (banned as regional bias when referring to soft drink, replace with Coke, Pepsi [however, note that brand names are banned by California social content review guidelines]) [AIR]
Postman (banned as sexist, replace with mail carrier) [MMH, HRW1]
Postmaster, postmistress (banned as sexist, replace with post office director) [HRW1]
Pressman (banned as sexist, replace with press operator) [NES]
Primitive (banned as ethnocentric when referring to racial, ethnic, religious, or cultural groups) [SF-AW, HM1, NES, NYC, AIR, ACT, ETS2]
Primitive man (banned as sexist, replace with primitive peoples) [HAR1, HAR2, NES]
Profoundly deaf (banned as offensive, replace with person with loss of hearing) [HAR1]
Provider, the (banned as synonym for husband) [HM1]

* * *

Sect (banned as ethnocentric when referring to a religious group, unless it separated from an established religion) [SF-AW, ETS2]
Senile (banned as demeaning to older persons) [SF-AW, HM1]
Senility (banned as demeaning, replace with dementia) [APA]
Senior citizen (banned as demeaning to older persons) [SF-AW]
Serviceman (banned as sexist, replace with member of the armed services, gas station attendant) [HRW1]
Showman (banned as sexist, replace with showperson, entertainer, producer) [MMH, HRW1]
Sickly (banned as demeaning reference to person with disabilities) [ETS2]
Sightless (banned as offensive, replace with people who are blind) [SF-AW]
Sioux (banned as inauthentic, replace with Lakota, Dakota, or Nakota) [SF-AW]
Sissy (banned as demeaning) [MMH, SF-AW, NES, CT]
Sissified (banned as demeaning) [HRW3]
Slave (replace whenever possible with enslaved person, worker, or laborer) [AEP]
Sneaky (banned when referring to Asian Americans) [SF-AW]
Snow ball (banned for regional bias, replace with flavored ice) [AIR]
Snow cone (banned for regional bias, replace with flavored ice) [AIR]
Snowman (banned, replace with snowperson) [AEP]
Sob sister (banned as sexist, replace with exploitive journalist) [NES, AIR]
Soda (banned for regional bias, replace with Coke, Pepsi [however, note that brand names are banned by California social content review guidelines]) [AIR]
Songstress (banned as sexist, replace with singer) [HM1]
Sophisticated (banned when it refers to religious practices or beliefs) [SF-AW]
Soul food (banned as regional or ethnic bias) [ETS1]

Foods to Avoid in Textbooks
[HRW2, for all of the foods below]
Gravies
Gum
Honey
Jam, jelly, preserves
Ketchup
Juice drinks
Pickles
Pies
Potato chips
Pretzels
Salad dressings, mayonnaise
Salad oil, shortening
Salt

Stereotyped Images to Avoid in Texts,Illustrations, and Reading Passages in Tests
Girls and Women/Boys and Men: Images To Avoid
Girls as peaceful, emotional, warm [SF-AW]
Girls as poor at math, science [SF-AW]
Girls as neat [SF-AW, HRW3, MMH]
Girls as shorter, smaller than boys [SF-AW]
Men and boys as strong, brave, silent [AIR, RIV]
Boys as strong, rough, competitive [SF-AW]
Boys as curious, ingenious, able to overcome obstacles [NYC]
Boys as intelligent, logical, mechanical [SF-AW, NYC]
Boys as quiet, easygoing [SF-AW]

People of Color: Images To Avoid
People of color as universally athletic [AIR]
Minority children or adults as passive recipients, observers of action, or victims in need of rescue by others [MA]
People of color who become successful by accepting discrimination and working hard [NYC]
People of color who abandon their own culture and language to achieve success [NYC]
People of color as exotic, childlike, folkloric [NYC]
People of color as gangsters and criminals [NYC]
People of color living in poor urban areas [AIR, ETS1]
People of color being angry [AIR]
People of color as politically liberal [AIR]
People of color belonging to any one religion [AIR]
People of color valued as tokens or valued by whites as professional peers [AIR]
People of color sharing a common culture or preferences [AIR]
People of color sharing common dress [AIR]

Persons Who Are Older: Images To Avoid
Older people as meddlesome, demanding, childish, unattractive, inactive, victims of ridicule and violence [MMH, NYC]
Older people in nursing homes or with canes, walkers, wheelchairs, orthopedic shoes, or eyeglasses [HRW1]
Older people as helpless and dependent on others to take care of them [AIR, NYC, ETS2, RIV]
Older people as ill, physically weak, feeble, or dependent [AIR, NYC, ETS1]
Older people as funny, absent-minded, fussy, or charming [NES]
Older people who have twinkles in their eyes, need afternoon naps, lose their hearing or sight, suffer aches and pains [NES]
Older people who are retired, are at the end of their careers, have lived the most fruitful years of their lives, or are engaged in a life of leisure activities [NES, NYC]
Older persons who are either sweet and gentle or irritable and pompous [HM1]

The Language Police on Patrol featuring other banned words such as: ...dinosaurs, mountains, deserts, brave boys, shy girls, men fixing roofs, women baking cookies, elderly people in wheelchairs, athletic African Americans, God, heathens, bookworms, owls, birthday cake, fairies, lumberjacks, witches, craftsmanship, busybodies, cults, yachts, dogma, extremists, snowmen, heroines, huts, jungles, limping, Navajos, one-man bands, slaves, dialects, straw men, and religious fanatics...
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Sources
[ACT] Fairness Report for the ACT Assessment Tests, 1999-2000 (ACT, 2000).

[AEP] Association of Education Publishers online newsletter, speech by Jonathan Rosenbloom of TIME Learning Ventures, September 3, 2002.

[AIR] American Institutes for Research, AIR Principles for Bias, Sensitivity, and Language Simplification, Fall 2000.

[APA] American Psychological Association, Publication Manual, 4th ed. (APA, 1994), pp. 46-60.

[APhilA] American Philosophical Association, Guidelines for Non-Sexist Use of Language, www.apa.udel.edu/apa/publications/texts/nonsexist.html, 2001.

[CA] California Department of Education, Standards for Evaluating Instructional Materials for Social Content: 2000 Edition (California Department of Education, 2001).

[CT] Connecticut Department of Education, Fairness/Bias review guidelines for the Connecticut Mastery Test, 2002.

[ETS1] Educational Testing Service, Overview: ETS Fairness Review (ETS, 199 .

[ETS2] Educational Testing Service, Sensitivity Review Process: Guidelines & Procedures (ETS, 1992).

[HAR1] Harcourt, Striving for Fairness (unpublished document, for internal use by publishing company, 2001).

[HAR2] Harcourt Horizons, Editorial Guidelines (unpublished document, for internal use by publishing company and reviewers of its textbooks, 2001).

[HM1] Houghton Mifflin, Eliminating Stereotypes (Houghton Mifflin, 1981).

[HM2] Houghton Mifflin, HMR 2001: Guidelines for Literature Search (unpublished, for internal use by publishing company, 2001).

[HRW1] Holt, Rinehart, and Winston School Department, Guidelines for the Treatment of People and Related Issues, 1981.

[HRW2] Holt, Rinehart, and Winston School Department, Guidelines for Literature Selection, 1984.

[HRW3] Holt, Rinehart, and Winston School Department, The Treatment of Sex Roles, 1975.

[MA] Massachusetts Department of Education, Guidelines for Bias Review of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, March 3, 1998.

[MMH] Macmillan McGraw-Hill, Reflecting Diversity (1993).

[NES] National Evaluation Systems, Bias Issues in Test Development, 1991.

[NYC] New York City Board of Education, Promoting Bias-Free Curriculum Materials: A Resource Guide for Staff Development, 1988.

[RIV] Bias and Sensitivity Concerns in Testing (Riverside Publishing, 199 .

[SF-AW] Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley, Multicultural Guidelines, 1996.

Courtesy of: http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/forest/9342/PS289Newsletter/bannedwords.html

American Ninja Attack! A friend of mine at Clemson has been making these movies that are HILARIOUS! I don’t really understand the plot, but it’s all good. Next weekend I will be transformed into a ninja and put into one of their movies. I need to think of a good ninja name. Anyway, here are the links They are worth your time, no lie. )

American Ninja #1

American Ninja #2

A chance for the critics to fix American Ninja 6-2

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A chance for all of those who have groaned to come be a part of a ninja epic.

A group of us have been working on a movie this semester, it’s sort of a sequel to a sequel: “American Ninja 6 – 2: Retribution.” The most important scene we want to film involves a large battle between white and black ninja. The two armies will battle for a while, and as the black ninja die, they will rise again as ninja-zombies.

Understandably, we’re in dire need of ninjas for the climax of this movie. If any of you are interested in being an extra for this moment in cinematic history, come film with us on top of the Strom Thurmond Institute (behind Cooper Library) Saturday the 23rd at 1 pm.

For extra incentive, everyone who is part of the movie gets a free copy of it on DVD and their name in the credits. If you’re interested, send me an e-mail at mcollin@clemson.edu
No martial arts experience is needed (As you can see from the videos, we lack it already) just the will to dress in all black or white (we use t-shirts to make ninja masks).

Hola Friends!! I found this AWESOME site: http://www.gone2thedogs.com/  (Click on:  GAME.)

You find out what dog breed you are. I am a Freakin’ POODLE!! Please go and find out what breed you are, and come back to let me know! Seriously, let me know! 

Calvin and Hobbes is definitely my favorite comic strip. I am a female version of Calvin. Anyway, here are a few of my favorite quotes:

"There's more to this world than just people, you know."
-Hobbes

"Why should I have to WORK for everything?! It's like saying I don't deserve it!"
-Calvin

"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul."
-Calvin

"Reality continues to ruin my life."
-Calvin

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."

-Calvin

"Do you hate being a girl? What's it like? Is it like being a bug?
I imagine bugs and girls have a dim perception that nature played a cruel trick on them, but they lack the intelligence to comprehend the magnitude of it."
-Calvin

"Childhood is short, maturity is forever."
-Calvin

"If people could put rainbows in zoos, they'd do it."
-Hobbes

"In my opinion, we don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks."
-Calvin

"Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?"
-Calvin

"I don't know which is worse, ...that everyone has his price, or that the price is always so low."
-Calvin

"You know how people are. They only recognize greatness when some authority confirms it."
-Calvin

"History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That's why events are always reinterpreted when values change. We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices."
-Calvin

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
-Calvin

"It's only work if somebody makes you do it."
-Calvin

"Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success... ...Flat stretches of boring routine... ...And valleys of frustration and failure."
-Calvin

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want."
-Calvin

"I'M SIGNIFICANT!...screamed the dust speck."
-Calvin

My favorite movie is MEET JOHN DOE by director Frank Capra. This movie is from the era when Hollywood made movies that made you feel like a decent human being. Here are a few excerpts from the movie that get me kinda choked up (today is show and tell I guess):

Below is a letter which reached my desk this morning. It's a commentary on what we laughingly call a civilized world:

Dear Miss Mitchell:
Four years ago, I was fired out of my job. Since then, I haven't been able to get another one. At first, I was sore at the state administration because it's on account of the slimy politics here. We have all this unemployment. But in looking around, it seems the whole world is goin' to pot. So in protest, I'm goin' to commit suicide by jumping off the City Hall roof.

                                                               Signed,

                                                       a disgusted American citizen. John Doe.

Editor's Note: If you ask this column, the wrong people are jumping off the roofs.

A speech by John Doe:  

I am the man you all know as John Doe. I took that name because it seems to describe...the average man - and that's me. (He clears his throat.) And that's me. Well, it was me before I said I was going to jump off the City Hall roof at midnight on Christmas Eve. Now I guess I'm not average anymore. Now I'm getting all sorts of attention, from big shots too, the mayor and the governor, for instance. They don't like those articles I've been writing. Well, people like the governor and that fellow there can stop worrying. I'm not going to talk about them. I'm gonna talk about us - the average guys, the John Does. If anybody should ask you what the average John Doe is like, you couldn't tell him because he's a million and one things. He's Mr. Big and Mr. Small, he's simple and he's wise, he's inherently honest but he's got a streak of larceny in his heart. He seldom walks up to a public telephone without shovin' his finger into the slot to see if somebody left a nickel there. He's the man the ads are written for. He's the fella everybody sells things to. He's Joe Doe, the world's greatest stooge and the world's greatest strength. Yes sir, yes sir, we're a great family, the John Does. We are the meek who are supposed to inherit the earth. You'll find us everywhere. We raise the crops, we dig the mines, work the factories, keep the books, fly the planes and drive the buses, and when the cop yells, 'Stand back there you,' he means us - the John Does. We've existed since time began. We built the pyramids. We saw Christ crucified, pulled the oars for Roman emperors, sailed the boats for Columbus, retreated from Moscow with Napoleon, and froze with Washington at Valley Forge. Yes sir, we've been in there dodging left hooks since before History began to walk. In our struggle for freedom, we've hit the canvas many a time, but we always bounced back because we're the people - and we're tough. They've started a lot of talk about free people goin' soft, that we can't take it. That's a lot of hooey! A free people can beat the world at anything, from war to tiddlywinks, if we all pull in the same direction.
(Applause)
I know a lot of you are saying, 'What can I do? I'm just a little punk. I don't count. Well, you're dead wrong. The little punks have always counted because in the long run, the character of a country is the sum total of the character of its little punks.
(Applause)
But we've all got to get in there and pitch. We can't win the old ball game unless we have teamwork. And that's where every John Doe comes in. It's up to him to get together with his teammate, and your teammate, my friends, is the guy next door to ya. Your neighbor - he's a terribly important guy, that guy next door. You're gonna need him and he's gonna need you, so look him up. If he's sick, call on him. If he's hungry, feed him. If he's out of a job, find him one. To most of you, your neighbor is a stranger, a guy with a barkin' dog and a high fence around him. Now you can't be a stranger to any guy that's on your own team. So tear down the fence that separates you. Tear down the fence and you'll tear down a lot of hates and prejudices. Tear down all the fences in the country and you'll really have teamwork.
(Applause)
I know a lot of you are saying to yourselves: 'He's askin' for a miracle to happen. He's expecting people to change all of a sudden.' Well, you're wrong. It's no miracle. It's no miracle because I see it happen once every year and so do you at Christmastime. There's something swell about the spirit of Christmas, to see what it does to people, all kinds of people. Now why can't that spirit, that same warm Christmas spirit last the whole year round? Gosh, if it ever did, if each and every John Doe would make that spirit last 365 days out of the year - we'd develop such a strength, we'd create such a tidal wave of good will that no human force could stand against it. Yes sir, my friends, the meek can only inherit the earth when the John Does start loving their neighbors. You'd better start right now. Don't wait till the game is called on account of darkness. Wake up, John Doe, you're the hope of the world.

Now I think this could apply today, don’t ya think?

Lately I have been rethinking the whole creation story. I think that originally there was only woman. Woman did partake of the apple and disobey God. Yet to punish woman He gave us man.

The following conversation took place in the parlors on campus between me and Nicole. Keep in mind we were sitting a foot away from each other and there are people trying to study in the same parlor with us. (poor souls)

RosLlly: whats the matter?
Neecola101: my internet keeps pooting on me
RosLlly: hehe
RosLlly: i mean lol
Neecola101: lol, not funny
RosLlly: pooting?
Neecola101: yes
RosLlly: steaking my words?
Neecola101: lol
RosLlly: stealing
Neecola101: steaking?>
Neecola101:
RosLlly: STEALING!!
Neecola101: lol
RosLlly: i hate the internet
RosLlly: it hates me too
Neecola101: lol
Neecola101: it's a mutual thing
Neecola101: we're sitting right next to each other
Neecola101: it's funny
RosLlly: yea we're weired
Neecola101: lol
RosLlly: wired
RosLlly: no
Neecola101: and you're spelling of it is odd ot
Neecola101: too
RosLlly: weird
Neecola101: lol
RosLlly: did they leave?
Neecola101: for now
Neecola101: they'll be back
RosLlly: our beauty was too much for them
Neecola101: lol
RosLlly: lol
Neecola101: yea it was!

RosLlly: i mean we are HOTT
Neecola101: and sparkly!!!
RosLlly: LOL
Neecola101: so hott, we need 2 t's
Neecola101: lol
RosLlly: pretty damn sparly!
RosLlly: i mean sparkly!
Neecola101: sparly?
Neecola101: hahahahaha
Neecola101: sounds like a seasoning
RosLlly: parsley!
Neecola101: lol
Neecola101: barley
RosLlly: well if it was a seasoning
RosLlly: it would be HOTT
RosLlly: and spicy
RosLlly: with a little sweetness
RosLlly: hehe
RosLlly: and it would be pink
Neecola101: I bet everyone else thinks we're nuts, laughing our heads off and yet not speaking
RosLlly: yea
Neecola101: what's wrong with them?!?!
RosLlly: but they donk care because we are sparly
Neecola101: donk
RosLlly: lol
RosLlly: danke shaeon
Neecola101: stop, you're making me cry
RosLlly: .lol.
RosLlly: awjat?
Neecola101: q?
Neecola101: that's going in my profile
RosLlly: what it?
RosLlly: whjat is?
Neecola101: our conversation
RosLlly: my spelling os atrocitous
RosLlly: yea

What is the deal with these people?!

CU prof's essay sparks dispute

Ward Churchill says 9/11 victims were not innocent people

By John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain News
January 27, 2005

A University of Colorado professor has sparked controversy in New York over an essay he wrote that maintains that people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were not innocent victims.

Students and faculty members at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., have been protesting a speaking appearance on Feb. 3 by Ward L. Churchill, chairman of the CU Ethnic Studies Department.

They are upset over an essay Churchill wrote titled, "Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens."

The essay takes its title from a remark that black activist Malcolm X made in the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Malcolm X created controversy when he said Kennedy's murder was a case of "chickens coming home to roost."

Churchill's essay argues that the Sept. 11 attacks were in retaliation for the Iraqi children killed in a 1991 U.S. bombing raid and by economic sanctions imposed on Iraq by the United Nations following the Persian Gulf War.

The essay contends the hijackers who crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11 were "combat teams," not terrorists.

It states: "The most that can honestly be said of those involved on Sept. 11 is that they finally responded in kind to some of what this country has dispensed to their people as a matter of course."

The essay maintains that the people killed inside the Pentagon were "military targets."

"As for those in the World Trade Center," the essay said, "well, really, let's get a grip here, shall we? True enough, they were civilians of a sort. But innocent? Gimme a break."

The essay goes on to describe the victims as "little Eichmanns," referring to Adolph Eichmann, who executed Adolph Hitler's plan to exterminate Jews during World War II.

Churchill said he was not especially surprised at the controversy at Hamilton, but he also defended the opinions contained in his essay.

"When you kill 500,000 children in order to impose your will on other countries, then you shouldn't be surprised when somebody responds in kind," Churchill said.

"If it's not comfortable, that's the point. It's not comfortable for the people on the other side, either."

The attacks on Sept. 11, he said, were "a natural and inevitable consequence of what happens as a result of business as usual in the United States. Wake up."

A longtime activist with the American Indian Movement, Churchill was one of eight defendants acquitted last week in Denver County Court on charges of disrupting Denver's Columbus Day parade.

His pending speech at Hamilton has drawn criticism from professors and students, including Matt Coppo, a sophomore whose father died in the World Trade Center attacks.

"His views are completely hurtful to the families of 3,000 people," Coppo said.

A spokesman for Hamilton College released a statement noting that Hamilton is committed to "the free exchange of ideas. We expect that many of those who strongly disagree with Mr. Churchill's comments will attend his talk and make their views known."

Controversial statements

In his essay Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens, CU professor Ward Churchill argues that:

• The Sept. 11 attacks were in retaliation for the Iraqi children who were killed in a 1991 bombing raid and for economic sanctions imposed on Iraq by the United Nations following the Persian Gulf War.

• Hijackers who crashed jets into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11 were "combat teams," not terrorists.

• The people killed inside the Pentagon were "military targets."

http://www.insidedenver.com/drmn/education/article/0%2C1299%2CDRMN_957_3501617%2C00.html

Chuchill's article: http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/WC091201.html

I am slightly covered in chocolate icing and cool whip. Don't we look like a scary rock band? *Thanks Coley for the pic!

I am officially addicted to Facebook. For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, facebook is a website for college students to put their picture and profile on the web so their friends can communicate with them. Basically, it is a race to see who can get the most friends added to their list in their profile. Check it out: www.thefacebook.com Not bad stuff either.