Cute Rebuttal of the McCain vs NYTimes Kerfuffle

Well done in the model of the UPS ads. And, as Shadowmom would notE, this girl has MUCH better hair than the UPS ads guy does. Check it out. I have a feeling that the media doesn't yet realize with McCain vs Obama, they have two tigers by the tail. Both will be fun to cover, but will not necessarily be predictable or vulnerable to the usual tactics of newscasting that sell papers/tv ads/magazine/web banner ads.

Russia Counters

Russia has countered our proposal for a missile defense system by saying that we should put our missile defense in Turkey, Iraq, or on sea platforms. So, let me get this straight... putting our missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic is a threat to Russia's balance of power, but putting them in Turkey or Iraq which appear to be *closer* to Russia is okay? I read somewhere that one of the Russian leaders in this is former KGB and wants to return to the Soviet Union style Russia. Is this Russia admitting that they want Poland and the Czech Republic back?

The link above is a NY Times article which seemed to have a good summary and a small number of ads. For those that prefer, here is a USA Today article (Unfortunately, it appears to have a pop-up, but the FireFox pop-up blocker blocks it).

For those wondering where Azerbaijan is, you can see it on the map just north of Iran.

Another cool thing, apparently the NY Times allows you to double click words on their site to get a definition (such as finding out about Azerbaijan). Very cool.