Lost comment of the week

Who died and made Locke Yoda? I swear, I'm calling him "Locke Wan Kenobi" from now on. trollprincess has his number good: So far, he's shown every indication of being one of the terrifying cult leaders who ends up convincing a bunch of people to drink the Kool-Aid before swallowing the barrel of a .45. He's persuasive. He's calm. He gives off this knowledgable aura that just makes people want to trail after him like lost puppies. And look who he's used it on so far. The prime examples are Charlie and Boone, both of whom when they were at their most weak-minded. It's getting to the point where Locke's gone beyond helping them and moved into scarier territory.

On the other hand, Jin and Hurley were comedy gold. I can just imagine the actors collapsing in puddles of hysterical laughter the minute the director called "CUT!"

Assorted News Links

Stealing a march from twistedchick, some headlines of general interest.

Scopes' Revenge
Federal judge rules that anti-evolution stickers in textbooks violates the Establishment Clause. "The distinction of evolution as a theory rather than a fact is the distinction that religiously motivated individuals have specifically asked school boards to make in the most recent anti-evolution movement, and that was exactly what parents in Cobb County did in this case," he wrote.

"By adopting this specific language, even if at the direction of counsel, the Cobb County School Board appears to have sided with these religiously motivated individuals."

The sticker, he said, sends "a message that the school board agrees with the beliefs of Christian fundamentalists and creationists."

"The school board has effectively improperly entangled itself with religion by appearing to take a position," Cooper wrote. "Therefore, the sticker must be removed from all of the textbooks into which it has been placed."

Presented without Comment
The search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has quietly concluded without any evidence of the banned weapons that President George W. Bush cited as justification for going to war, the White House said Wednesday. When point-blank asked by Barbara Walters if the war was still worth the price in money and bodies, the President replied, “Oh absolutely.”

In related news, this parody made me smile - Bush Accuses Saddam of Telling the Truth: Evildoer Knowingly Came Clean on WMD's, President Charges