The "Story"
Some days 3N overflows with non news. Today, there's just not much to poke fun at.

In all seriousness, some really nasty things happened today. From the hotel blast in Baghdad that has so far killed 27 to the arrest of the Ohio highway sniper in Las Vegas, there's really a lot going on today that's legit.

It's easy to be cynical and caustic all the time, but some days it's just not warranted.

If there was one thing 3N would pick out today it would be results of a poll published in today's Baltimore Sun that shows, surprise surprise, world opinion of the U.S. is sinking fast. We need a poll to tell us this?

The poll surveyed residents in nine nations, five in Europe and four Muslim states. Of course the Muslims had dim views on U.S. foreign policy, but pollsters were surprised to find that even Britons are becoming increasingly weary of U.S. bullying tactics. Read the entire article at the above link, it's worth your time.

Add those country's feelings to ones expressed by Mexicans in a similar study some weeks ago which showed a clear majority of Mexicans are strongly opposed to U.S. foreign policy. Worse still were the chants of "Osama, Osama" going around the stadium during the U.S. soccer team's Olympic qualifying match against Mexico some weeks ago. You know you're in trouble when a mass of civilians rallies behind a man responsible for the death of thousands of similar, innocent civilians. Chilling, really.

The News
If there was one bright spot today it would be the paintball attack on World Bank President James Wolfensohn in Slovenia. In a brave show of civil disobedience, an unnamed attacker covered Wolfensohn and his Slovenian host in green paint as they toured the streets. The Reuters picture and brief story can be found at this Yahoo News link.