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(CBS) A lot went right with the just-completed first free elections in Iraq in half a century. ... Overall, Iraqis were brave and determined, and turned out to vote in large, heartening numbers. ... The much maligned, newly trained Iraqi security forces put in charge of basic polling place protection performed far beyond general expectations.... American soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors once again delivered -- big time -- in hundreds of ways, large and small. ... The insurgency failed to pull off a single "spectacular" on Election Day. There was not one cataclysmic event.

WASHINGTON - "Lethal Weapon" actor Danny Glover is the latest celebrity facing an icy brand of national pride that puts the pinch on public figures who question American foreign policy. A threatened boycott seeks to force telecommunications company MCI to dump Glover as its pitchman because of views he expressed about Cuba and against the war. Similar frostiness extended to the Dixie Chicks and actors Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon when they came out against war in Iraq. Glover said this chill comes from right-wing factions that he denounced as self-appointed thought police. "It's basically this rabid nationalism...

MIDI - CARRIE ANNE Hey, Bobbie A-A-A-Ann…hey, Bobbie A-A-A-Ann Back in Little Rock she played with Willy He really loved the sleaze…she got down on her knees Then inside his mom's house unprotected They had created the unexpected Hey Bobbie A-Ann It is time, dear…demand Bill's DNA Hey Bobbie A-Ann It is time, dear…demand Bill's DNA Danny has turned into a teenager He starts to wonder…about their blunder He's asking questions, Willy's worried Will she bring him to face a jury Hey Bobbie A-Ann It is time, dear…demand Bill's DNA Hey Bobbie A-Ann It is time, dear…demand Bill's DNA...

I mentioned this incident on a thread the other day, and there were people who did not know about this incident. It was so good, I thought I would post it for everyone's enjoyment. -------------------------------------------------- "No news is usually good news, but on Sept. 11, 1987, no news was a complete fiasco. That was the night Dan Rather stormed off the set of the CBS Evening News when a tennis match threatened to cut into his broadcast. After the final game ended sooner than expected, Rather's tantrum left more than 100 stations scrambling to fill an unprecedented six minutes of...