17. February, 2003 - holiday? well, sorta

Today is Presidents Day (actually the official name is “Washington’s Birthday”). I find it a little interesting that it gets less notice (other than as an inconvenience because the Post Office is closed) than St. Valentines Day does. Of course there aren’t millions of dollars worth of chocolates to be sold today. It’s also interesting that the first useful page I found was published by the US Embassy in Sweden.
Legislative duo takes on archaic state laws, trying to get at least a few of them repealed every year. Now that’s good government. [strib]
Paul Graham has some thoughts about why Why Nerds are Unpopular, especially during high school.
Over the weekend, there were a number of Protests Around the World. Jim hasn’t left any commentary, so I’ll just leave you with the pointer. There’s also plenty of news at IndyMedia.
This photo made me think of Neville Chamberlain almost immediately (especially ironic because the photo is from London). [some guy]
There’s talk that Bush planned Iraq “regime change” before becoming President, but the PNAC themselves say it was a position paper they wrote, and admit that the people from the Bush administration who read it made it clear that they did not agree with our analysis and recommendations. [some guy]