Is anyone watching ER?! They're discussing real issues. *Real* issues.

[Myra]

They even complimented the Dixie Chicks.
I've never seen an ER like this...

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Not yet here.

thanks for the heads up

[Gloria]

2. Well, there were also some very pointed comments about the

broken promises "by your President" about money for AIDS.

Also, a discussion of generic drugs, vs the very expensive price in the US. It went so far as to describe how the drug prices were negotiated, and a twice a day regimen would cost $200 a day, vs a more complicated regimen used in the US and costing $1200 a month. I think this was a reference to what Clinton did recently, negotiating with Indian companies so that now 2-3 millions people will be getting treatment in Africa and S. America.

There was also a scene were Carter got yelled at by a few people (including his future girlfriend) about the US in general....

[Occulus]

3. ka-BLAM!

Once in a while Hollywood steps up to the plate on the air. Nice.

[Myra]

4. Also a scene with people sitting around a table criticizing the US.

And a scene where a character says "anyone who'se cool likes the
Dixie Chicks." And overall it was the strongest indictment
of US neglect of the AIDs crisis in a poor black country
that I've ever seen on a mainstream TV show.

I like to think that Bono would be proud of whoever wrote it.