Brits Apologize For One Death; a U.S. Lt. Governor Exploits Another
At the very least, the Brits apologized at the same moment they announced that they shot an innocent man last week in a London subway station. That's why the victim -- Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes is today's burstiest BlogPulse person.
But judging by the reaction, U.S. officials/politicians haven't quite learned etiquette (nor heartfelt sympathy) when it comes to death. Today's third most-shared news story discusses Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherin Baker Knoll's uninvited appearance -- and business-card-handing-out behavior -- at the funeral for a Marine killed in Iraq. "Selfish, tactless and in poor taste," says BlackFive, whose post leads all blog posts for today. "This lady has just got to go" says John Cole at Balloon Juice, while Pennywit asks for a little decency from politicians.
Meanwhile, today's No. 39 link has soldiers asking "why?"
Where in the world?...
MSN's Virtual Earth, (No. 2 top link) the competitor to Google Maps, (No. 29 link) is getting noticed by bloggers, (although here in the nation's seventh most-populous state, couldn't help but notice that on the main U.S. map interface for Virtual Earth, we Buckeyes apparently have virtually no name for our state of residence and no cities?). At least give the Google folks an A for "sense of humor" for its Google Moon maps. Drill in as close as possible on any of the sites to find the hidden surprise! "Very cool" says Gay Orbit blogger.
In this corner...
And check out today's BlogPulse Spotlight entry on the ongoing battle in Microsoft-vs.-Mac-land.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at July 25, 2005 10:15 AM
