Actually Greg F, I am with you too. And it is nice to know that the American media whores decided to make a story out of the Iraqis who enjoyed the poetic justice of The Mother of All East Coast Blackouts:

Iraqis 10 tips to beat the blackout heat

There is still a whole lot of taboo around Iraq, Afghanistan, etc in the US. All those gung ho "kill Saddam" types are still deeply in denial about how fucked up the entertainment war is that we are waging on the Iraqi people.