News and Notes from Sunday
Mark Steyn does it again. His must read commentary on the President's visit to Europe is both hilarious and spot on.
Cox and Forkum sum up the irony of the USS Jimmy Carter.
Ruud Lubbers has resigned in an effort to escape the scandle of his inappropriate behavior.
Doug Wead tapes the future president and then allows the NYTimes to hear a dozen or so of the tapes. Next comes the story in the Times.
Spain has agreed to the EU constititution. The voting was light and pro-EU. Too bad the remainder couldn't get out of bed to vote for their nation and against the EU.
Sergey Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister, admits that the Ukraine and Georgia are "absolutely sovereign, absolutely equal states in the new geopolitical architecture." Long time coming and certainly timed to ease tensions for this Friday's meetings between Bush and Emperor Putin. Lavrov also added some advice for Western leaders seeking to help former Soviet states:
"Russia wants to respect the interests of different countries - those neighboring us as well as those that would like to be more active in this region," he said. "But ... their interests here and their purposes should be understood and should not contradict the norms of relations between civilized countries."
