Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clearly wants to be famous. And this kind of megalomania is a key driver behind the psyches of really bad leaders on the international stage.

To a certain extent, the Bush administration has probably helped to kickstart the effort. But this dude wants the world’s attention in a big way and that’s always bad news when dealing with these sorts.

Man, this is some seriously tense video featuring an exchange between Rummy and a protester.

Interesting that Rummy’s first response to being called a liar was to say he never lied and then to mention that Colin Powell didn’t lie.

Listen closely. You do not flush out a product or a business plan or an idea. You flesh it out.

You flush crap. So please flush the mixing up of flush and flesh.

There are always a few buzz words and phrases you hear during different web eras (long tail, anyone?) – but I hear this constantly. I mean like once every three meetings. Someone says flush out instead of flesh out.

Please, stop.

And while we’re on the topic, unless you are an algebra teacher, it’s probably not entirely necessary to use the word orthogonal more than once or twice a week (or even a year for that matter). If you find you’re doing so more than once or twice a day, flush it, flesh it, do whatever you gotta do.

Is anyone else finding it impossible to concentrate on anything else now that the whole Denise Richards, Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear thing is in full swing?

A recent study indicates that the richest Americans enjoy levels of health that are lower than the poorest folks in England. Especially in categories like heart disease and diabetes (12.5% of American adults suffer from it), the sickness of Americans is shocking.

Forget the maintenance of the military machine and the economic firepower. Are we eating ourselves right out of the empire business?