vicarious irony

I walked into the break room and CNN International was showing a story on Paris Hilton's release from jail. I found the situation amusing because the reporter on scene was reading a viewer's statement, and that viewer was questioning why the media was there. The reporter, of course, treated it as the rhetorical question it was not.

Breaking News - You are the media! Why are you there?

Random stories that have caught my interest of late.

No one told me that the circus was coming to town! And here I am without any popcorn ...

So, how does international law work again? State-running tyrants are evil, but state-sanctioned tryanny is A-OK? To be fair, I am sure they were asking for it.

Things would be so much easier if only the same rules applied to everyone!