VBVW for September 7, 2007: Burma Shaved

• The Very Best •

A group of Myanmar Buddhist monks took policemen hostage after the police injured protesters marching against the doubling of the country’s oil prices. Nice to see those monks kicking ass just like they do in the martial arts movies. The police were later released unharmed. By the way, geography buffs, Myanmar is what they’re caling Burma these day.

German police arrested three men who had stockpiled 1500 pounds of explosives for use against U.S. military bases. If you think these three men were fundamental Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Taoists, or even Zoroastrians, you haven’t been paying attention.

Fred Thompson announced that he is running for president. That gives us a wide variety of approximately three dozen colorful candidates who are expecting to be on the ballot . . . 15 months from now.

• The Very Worst •

No-longer-relevant comedienne Whoopi Goldberg defended Michael Vick’s killing of dogs. Still no word on how she plans to defend her tired, racist and bitter existence.

The British Food Standards Agency released a report claiming that food additives cause bad behavior in children. Now we have a government-sanctioned excuse for bad parenting around the globe.

After experiencing technical problems with a Boeing 757, officials of Nepal Airlines sacrificed two goats on the tarmac to appease a Hindu sky god. This might sound really crazy, but how about sacrificing $7.95 for a socket wrench?