Ripped off of MetaFilter (emphasis mine):

In July, Georgia federal judge William C. O�Kelley ordered Barrow County to remove a Ten Commandments plaque from its courthouse. The suit was filed by ACLU Georgia, which not only succeeded in getting the plaque removed, but also recovered $150,000 in attorneys� fees and expenses. Ten Commandments-Georgia pledged to reimburse the county for its legal expenses. In order for the group to raise the last $52,000 it needs to meet that pledge, it has put the actual Ten Commandments plaque that was removed from the courthouse under the order of the court up for auction on eBay.

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Originally written October 28, 3004

After getting up early, we walked to Ho Chi Minh’s masuleum to see his mumified body. To bad he had a previous engagement in Russia. Apparently, about this time ever year he makes a trip over to russia to see the master technicians who keep him from turning into dust. Still, his place is pretty swank. We watched the changing of the guards (kind of pointles when he’s not there). The changing is supposed to be as good as London’s, however we thought that if you liked seeing a few guys in white ‘march up and down the sqaure’ then this was your thing, otherwise a yawner. Good thing we just happened to be there. We also visited the museum dedicated to his life and writings and the struggle for workers rights, democracy, and a free Vietnam. Full of arts symbolism that is hard to interpret it is perhaps the strangest museum I’ve ever been to. No pictures allowed here. » Read the rest of the entry..

Nothing doing today. We booked a 3 day kayaking adventure on Halong bay for 158US each (all inclusive save drinks) for Friday. We also prchased needed supplies (flashlight for caves, candy, underwear). Heather had trouble finding things that would fit her GIGANTIC frame. Heather also went to the Ethsnitician to prepare for bathing suit time. The beauty people were fascinated with heathers nice nose and how it goes “in” before it goes “out.” Hard to explain, anyway it is nice and curvy. Who knew?

For an early dinner we had fried morning glory (spinich) and ‘hicken with 5 tastes’ both of which were very yummy. We didn’t talk much during dinner we were so hungry. Those two dishes with rice and a beer cost under .50 CDN (not bad for a touristy place). Now we are catching up on internet activities and planning on hitting some desert later. Mmmmm…..

“FEMA will not allow any of the kitchen facilities in any of the cabins to be used by the occupants due to fire hazards. FEMA will deliver meals to the cabins. The refugees will be given two meals per day by FEMA. They will not be able to cook.” link

“There’s a credentials unit to process every visitor, an intake unit to provide identification tags and a bag of clothes to every evacuee, several Salvation Army food stations, portable toilets, shuttle buses, a green army-tent chapel with church services three times a day and a communications team to keep reporters as far away from actual news as possible.” link

“…a Gretna Sheriff showed up, jumped out of his patrol vehicle, aimed his gun at our faces, screaming, “Get off the fucking freeway”. A helicopter arrived and used the wind from its blades to blow away our flimsy structures. As we retreated, the sheriff loaded up his truck with our food and water.” link