So I'm back! The trip was, needless to mention, horrible! Hate the place and the people even more. But I guess I really have no choice!

On other things, this was sent by a friend.... if we haven't so far, we need to learn these in order to understand present day newspaper-speak!

Subject: definitions in the new world order

What do you call a person who explodes a suicide bomb in a residential area and kills innocent people?
A terrorist.

What do you call someone who drops a bomb from a plane and kills innocent people?
A brave American pilot.

What do you call it when a Palestinian uses violence against the Jews who have illegally occupied his land?
A terrorist attack.

What do you call it when an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at Palestinian youths armed with stones?
Self-defense.

What do you call it when a group of people take the law into their own hands and kill people without a fair trial?
A lynching.

What do you call it when the US takes the law into its own hands and kills people without a fair trial?
Operation Enduring Freedom.

What do you call a weapon that can kill thousands of people?
A weapon of mass destruction.

What do you call a weapon that has killed 1.5 million Iraqis, including more than 500,000 children?
Sanctions.

What do you call an army that will fight for whoever pays the most money?
Mercenaries.

What do you call an army in Afghanistan that will fight for whoever pays the most money?
The Northern Alliance (or United Front).

What do you call an attack on the Pentagon, a command and control center in the US?
A cowardly attack on American freedom and democracy.

What do you call the destruction of an Afghan village by US bombs?
An attack on a Taliban command and control center.

What do you call it when just over 3 thousand people were killed in the September 11 attack on the US?
An atrocity.

What do you call it when nearly 5 million people were killed in the Vietnam war?
A mistake.

What do you call it when very rich people exploit poor people?
Greed and selfishness.

What do you call it when very rich countries exploit poor countries?
Globalization.

What do you call the extermination of a people?
Genocide.

What do you call the extermination of native Americans in the US?
Glorious American history.

What do you call someone who stands up in front of a crowd and tells
stories?
An entertainer.

What do you call someone who stands up in front of a crowd at the Pentagon and tells stories?
Donald Rumsfeld.

What do you call a television station that broadcasts only the government's views?
A propaganda station.

What do you call the BBC, CNN, Fox when the World News consists mainly of half an hour of a Pentagon briefing?
Impartial objective world class media.