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Others feel just as strongly that this complex, global, interconnected era should make the country especially suspicious of anyone who believes he has a monopoly on the truth. In Chicago, Jay Schwartz plastered on his minivan a bumper sticker declaring the President a "Punk Ass Chump," and has ordered a second batch of 5,000 to give away at his vintage-clothing and memorabilia shop three blocks from Wrigley Field. The first was scooped up in a month. "I'm so frustrated at what he's done to our country and to the world, and I think the stickers just...
...Chump! [Expletive]! Wuss! [Expletive]-Bag! [Expletive]! [Expletive]! Cheater! [Expletive]! [Expletive...
...throw punches in Boxing Chump or bang on the drums in Beat Freak. And then there's Wishi Washi, where you clean virtual windows and score points for washing speed and thoroughness. (An unlikely premise, but then no one expected the Sims to be a hit either.) The whole package retails around €60. Eventually, Sony plans to merge the technology with other PS2 franchises, like Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. In the meantime, that nasty karate master is coming straight at me: a kick to the groin should do the trick. A Foggy Idea It's guaranteed...
...Hopefully the jokes circulating these days are a small sign that optimism is beginning to replace last year's pessimism. A current favorite casts Saddam Hussein in the role of a chump: The Iraqi leader is standing on the banks of the Tigris River as his colorful Information Minister Mohammed Saeed Sahaf holds up two fingers making the "V" sign. "What happened?" Saddam asks. "Were we victorious over the Americans...
...relief. Hemingway made you feel like a lazy chump for missing out on the running of the bulls in Pamplona, but the new breed of travel books gives you the oxymoronic pleasure of being both over there and back here at the same time. As Alain de Botton puts it in The Art of Travel (Pantheon; 272 pages), "We may best be able to inhabit a place when we are not faced with the additional challenge of having to be there." As travel books go, The Art of Travel is on the unconventional side. It isn't about traveling anywhere...