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Guns for Hire Thank you for the article "America's Other Army," about the private security companies operating in Iraq [Oct. 29]. If the architects of the Iraq invasion had used some common sense - like deploying more troops - we wouldn't need military contractors. And if the Iraqi people had backbone and stood up to terrorists, our troops could come home. It seems that American blood is cheap to them. Gerry Turchi, MOORESVILLE...
...trip from San Francisco to Boston. Crammed into my coach-class seat I'm entertaining myself as only a true data geek can - by perusing a massive spreadsheet containing Internet users' unique searches for each of the front-running presidential candidates. United Airlines, you may keep your complimentary headset, thank you. I have no interest in watching John Travolta in drag in Hairspray (who picks these movies?) when someone in the Hitwise sample has searched for "Rudy Giuliani cross-dressing avatars...
...them lots of water and not let them go. See what happens.RR: What’s the longest you ever went without peeing?AS: Well, I’ve gone a long time without peeing. You know, car trips. I would say probably like eight-hour car rides.RR: Impressive.AS: Thank you.RR: Do you have any role models in the peeing field?AS: My dog will pee like anywhere he wants to, which is pretty cool. I like that kind of brazen attitude towards urination.Peter C. Shields ‘09RR: Who do you play in “Urinetown...
...about serious news versus fluff, but rather the audiences they’re supposed to be serving. While it may be interesting to have Maureen Dowd’s voice imploring us to save the world at seven in the morning, we’ll stick with Bob Garfield, thank you very much...
...three members of the Chicago Bulls, Ben Wallace, Luol Deng, and Tyrus Thomas, hours before their season opener, tuning into the Kobe news, wondering if they were headed to L.A. No deal has been done yet, and for that - and the continuation of the gripping saga - we can all thank Kobe: the only way any team can nab the high-priced superstar is by trading away at least a couple of its best players, and the last thing Bryant wants is to end up in a situation as bereft of talented teammates as the Lakers...