yessiree

my my, this is wonderful:
obese tourist airlifted from ship
it presently occupies the "most popular story" status.

anything the bbc can do to confirm the foreign understanding of an american population totally bifurcated into pamela andersons and obese, bible-toting g.w. apologists (last week a french girl actually told me that's what her fellows in france believe, at least those that haven't travelled to the u.s.-- and with those kinds of expectations, why should they? i tried to be a bright light to her, at least. her name is estelle, and she was lovely company.)