Vacation: I know, I know, here we are at the beginning of war, possibly hours away from a devastating “shock and awe” attack on Baghdad and I’m heading to the beach. That means no more updates today and no news or posts tomorrow. I’d love to hang around, but I need the time off and I’ve had this planned for weeks. Besides, there is going to be plenty of uniquely annoying coverage on Cable anyway this week-end that’ll go like so…
FoxNews: Air raid sirens have been heard in Baghdad! Let’s go the footage! (Photo of a building with nothing happening — air raid siren in background) Here is our man on the scene in Baghdad!
Man on the Scene: I can confirm that there are air raid sirens going off in Baghdad right now. We don’t know why, we haven’t even heard any rumors, but we’re here, now, in Baghdad and there are air raid sirens going off!
FoxNews: That’s right folks, there are raid sirens going off in Baghdad. Let’s hear what our sister network in Britain has to say about this.
Sky News: Well, we can confirm that there are air raid sirens going off in Baghdad. We don’t know why yet, it could be an attack or another false alarm.
FoxNews: Fascinating! Well let’s go a former general who will also have no idea why there are air raid sirens going off in Baghdad and get his opinion about what’s going on.
Anyway, while you’re burning out on war news, I’ll be unwinding at the beach. I will log in late tonight and post an already prepared list of websites in the daily news section that you can hit while I’m gone.
Have a great week-end, I’ll see you on Monday!