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Monday, January 03, 2005 almost fUNnny . . . Day 9 of the tsunami crisis. I know I had promised to lay off the UN for a bit . . . but I can't. As one reader commented on a previous Diplomad posting on the UN, "it's like watching a train wreck" -- you know it's horrible, but you've just got to look at it. In this part of the tsunami-wrecked Far Abroad, the UN is still nowhere to be seen where it counts, i.e., feeding and helping victims. The relief effort continues to be a US-Australia effort, with Singapore...

It's an amazing irony that Bill Clinton, of all people, should be the first American up to the microphone to snipe at President Bush's tsunami response, less than four days after the catastrophe. Of course, nobody could outrace a United Nations bureaucrat for the honors, but Clinton’s effort still wins him "progressive" style points in this informal branch of the Olympic Games. ... Investor's Business Daily has one of the best editorials scorning the ex-president's disgusting performance, but many other media organs are muted on the subject. Using the cocktail chatter language of the Davos and United Nations VIP lounge...

CARBONDALE -- Alan Keyes, a Maryland resident, has agreed to run against state Sen. Barack Obama, but will not announce his intentions until Sunday, a senior GOP official said Friday. Obama and Keyes are polar opposites on the political spectrum. They are connected as being two black Harvard alumni. Beyond that, the two men vying for the U.S. Senate seat of retiring Sen. Peter Fitzgerald are very different. For one, they do not even live in the same state. Obama, a state senator of Illinois resides on the south side of Chicago. Keyes, a former presidential hopeful and talk show...