Treason Barbie
By Erica Wetter, Utne.com
Get your voodoo pins out and prepare to do some damage to Talking Presidents' new Ann Coulter action figure. Now for only $29.95 you too can own the Barbie-like doll and listen to her say compassionate, witty things like, 'Why not go to war just for oil,' over and over again.
http://www.talkingpresidents.com/products-af-coulter.shtml

Queen 'Furious' Over Damaged Plants
By Matt Bivens, TheNation.com
Once again our blundering president has committed a foreign faux pas. While in England last week, Bush and his Black Hawks tore up the Royal Gardens at Buckingham Palace, terrorizing the Queen's flock of flamingoes and causing damage to dozens of rare and historic plants. Needless to say, the Queen is 'furious.' http://www.thenation.com/outrage/index.mhtml?pid=1087

Energy Showdown
By Ralph Nader, CommonDreams.org
The corporate buy-out of the government is going stronger than ever. According to Ralph Nader, the newest energy bill 'is 1700 pages of giveaways and contempt for the American people -- their health, safety and pocketbooks.' Luckily the bill hasn't passed, but that's little reason to excuse the dirty scheming of corporate America.
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1123-08.htm