REUTERS/Rick Wilking U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14, 2005. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of freedom from want, persecution and war.

Anonymous White House source claims photo ops came too little too late

FEMA head Michael Brown, probably off to Washington to receive his Medal of Freedom from Bush.

Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, Pharyngula, and Feministe, (while Gisleson FARTs into his couch cushions) here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. Bone Machine - Pixies
2. Under the Milkyway (Tranquility Bass Mix) - Strawpeople
3. Glory & Consequence - Ben Harper
4. London's Calling - Parry Gripp
5. I'll Make Him Love Me - Barbara Lewis
6. A Good Idea - Sugar
7. Anytime - Neil Finn & Friends
8. Life on Hold - Telephone!
9. Gin House Blues - Nina Simone
10. Pretty Bigmouth - Olympic Hopefuls

Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, Pharyngula, and Feministe, (while Gisleson FARTs into his couch cushions) here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. The World's Not Falling Apart - Dar Williams
2. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - The Cardigans
3. I Remember - Damien Rice
4. Road Movie To Berlin - They Might Be Giants
5. Shakespeare's Sister - The Smiths
6. Game of Destruction (Demo) - Fishbone
7. You're Driving Me Crazy - Squirrel Nut Zippers
8. Rock of Gibraltar - Nic Cave and the Bad Seeds
9. La Nina De Puerta Oscura - Paco De Lucia
10. Roll With It - Oasis