"Asked how the foreign policy of Bush has affected their feelings toward the United States, a majority or plurality of respondents in 30 countries said it made them feel worse about America, while in three countries more respondents said they felt better."

Second, the NRA?s interest is in perpetuating the conflict over gun rights, not solving it. Their funding and continued relevance depends on keeping their constituency in a siege mentality ? a persecuted minority of upstanding rural folks whose rights are always under attack from the big bad guv?mint. Without this narrative of victimhood and salvation, the NRA is merely a shill for the arms and ammunition industry, with a few do-good gun safety programs as community-centric window dressing.

I fell in love with SpongeBob when I heard him describe the darkness at the bottom of the sea as 'advanced darkness,' Tweedy said. How could I not write a song for this film? It automatically makes me the coolest dad on the block.