Administrivia, General Chaos

Number One with a Bullet

Ford will start selling a bulletproof Lincoln this summer for $140,000.

Mark Bentley, the product marketing manager for Lincoln's Town Car, said he and other executives who were pushing the project encountered numerous skeptics until the terror attacks. “Suddenly they said, 'We understand the need for this vehicle,'” Bentley said.

Yeah, I know who'll be buying this in Baltimore. Of course, when GM comes out with the Escalade version (with the optional gun ports and liquor cabinet), it'll be a lot more popular…

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General Chaos, politics

They Like Us! They Really…oh, nevermind; They don't

Press and Public Abroad Seem to Grow Ever Angrier About the U.S.[NY Times]

And this is a surprise to…who? I mean, support for the US after 9/11 was based on sympathy for the people, not support of the US leadership. So we're surprised when our fearless leader takes us to war against international consensus (er, I mean, in spite international consensus), that we're unpopular again? Two words: “freedom fries.”

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