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Updated on March 25, 2003
		March 15, 2003 I know I just wrote something, but I just noticed that you added wheels to KHAN on the Who's Who page. uh....those are new, right? --Elizbaeth
		Oh, Elizabeth. Here we thought you were a big Rockwood fan and you go and disappoint us like that! Yes, the wheels are new, but only by a couple of months. It's all there in the archives, all you have to do is take some time out from that "schoolwork" that's keeping you so busy. Where are your priorities?
		March 19, 2003 Nah. Senator Lott was never a member of the Klan. You must be thinking of that sanctimonious Senator Robert Byrd. Being an ex-Klansman makes you unelectable for the post of Dog Catcher, unless you're a Democrat. --R.C.
		Oh, R.C. Here we go and berate Elizabeth for not reading the archive and then you go and do the same thing! Really, people. We already know you're avoiding work if you're here in the first place, why not take some extra time and look through the archive? Your boss won't mind. Really! We asked!
		March 21, 2003 Are you watching the NCAA basketball (men's) tournament? If so, who are you rooting for (Oklahoma?)? Go Gators!!! --The Raven's Mirror
		Indeed we are watching, TRM, and you are correct in that OUr team is looking good so far (at least, the men are--the women finally got to a point where they couldn't overcome their injuries). Unfortunately, your team not only stunk up the joint on Sunday but also slightly messed up our bracket, for which we're a little bitter. But in the end that probably hurts you more than it hurts us. After all, we still could have six of the Elite Eight and all four Final Four teams correct! Just call us psychic!
		March 24, 2003 I never realized the power of the internet until I could look at comics that aren't done weeks ahead of time. Instead they can poke fun at current events. Leave it to Hollywood bozos to always use the camera for good or for bad. Oh, Friday's comic...I thought it was funny, but then again, I ain't french (purposely left uncapitalized). --Bored at Work
		Many things that you might guess were French really aren't, Bored, but that's okay. The French have done positive things in the distant past and recent past, and we're sure they'll do some good in the future. It would be nice, however, if they weren't such jerks, now. But don't get too down on celebrities. All they know is the camera, and really...if they turned one on you 24 hours a day, wouldn't you spout off, too?
		March 24, 2003 Yes. We are paying attention. While your Michael Moore alt tag upset me, I applaud the fact that you did it. It takes courage to take a stand - any stand. But back to that in a minute. If there's a theme I've noticed in your work the last few days, it's a theme of hypocrisy. The miniscule amounts of coverage on the Jim Moran thing by the mainstream media, (with the exception of course, of Fox News, I'm sure) needed to be called out by someone. Bravo for drawing a guy in a hood (though it took me a while to figure out it was a Klansman, as opposed to a Shmoo. I know you don't think it took guts, but we don't exactly see cartoons of Klansman in the funny papers, now do we? Your strip got me thinking about something, which is this: The world is a little more complex that just black and white/right and left/Republican and Democrat, isn't it? I'm sure that if we all look deeply enough, there's a little bit of Al in us, ready to take action on something, up until it gets inconvenient - or, at least, there's something more entertaining on television to show us maybe our convictions could stand a bit of re-assessment. Maybe sometimes we should take a tiny vacation from our own rightness, listen to the other side a little bit and consider that as humans, sometimes we need to let go of our opinions to broaden our brains. I'm a left-wing liberal and I hate this war. Yet, I sat riveted to CNN well into the wee hours of Sunday morning, watching the live video from Umm Qasar, enjoying a quiet thrill watching our tanks and our guys blasting the Republican guard. Guess who's the hypocrite now? All of which made today's shout out to the Oscars very timely: what a perfect display of hypocrisy. The very audience that booed Michael Moore so fervently (He gets booed, yet Roman Polanski gets a standing ovation?) gave him an Oscar for being the kind of obnoxious fellow who shouts his perception of the truth. They expect him to behave differently when clad in a tuxedo, accessorized by a Bill Conti orchestra? I spent all day angry and upset about this, until I realized: this is America. People get to yell and boo at each other until the cows come home and it's okay! Dissent is what makes this country great, whether you're complaining about the war, or complaining about "unpatriotic" protesters. Thanks for upsetting me. It got me thinking. Now back to your regularly scheduled comedy. What's for pudding? --Dr. Zira
		We almost agree with you, Dr. Zira. Except we don't think it's dissent that makes this country great but rather the freedom of dissension. It's a fine line, but we know people who are against the war not because they themselves disagree with it, but simply because they think that somebody should be against it. This is a stupid line of reasoning. There are plenty of valid reasons to be anti-war, but "because Bush is for it" is not one of them. As for Michael Moore, we thought Roger and Me was funny and TV Nation was hilarious. However, unlike what Moore apparently believes, this doesn't mean we're a fan of his politics. Here at Team Rockwood, we can separate our sense of humor from our political beliefs while ironically, Moore --a political humorist-- doesn't seem to be able to do the same. As a result, a humorless Moore often looks like a self-parody of himself, a left-wing conspiracy theorist prattling on about the evil Bushies in much the same way that right-wing conspiracy kooks bore everyone in the room about the evil Illuminati. That said... WE LOVE IT! We can't get enough of conspiracy theories and wish Michael Moore a long and happy career in whatever world he thinks he lives in!
		March 24, 2003 Your comic with Michael Moore? Perfect. --Joe
		Ya think? We were worried that maybe we'd portrayed him a bit too thin.
		March 24, 2003 I realize it's tough to fit things into a three panel strip, but Michael Moore was drawn a little on the thin side... I guess you would need a full page for that slob. --John
		Come now, John, if we wanted to pick on people just because of their size, we could pick better targets than Michael Moore.
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