Ripped from the headlines

I've more or less come to expect Law & Order shows to somehow or other be loosely based on current events, "ripped from the headlines" as they say. I thought it was kind of cheesy, but sometimes they had a nice spin on things - the politician is found guilty of killing the intern he slept with, for example.


The gang at the SciFi channel are getting into the habit now too though. The current Battlestar Galactica seems to be mostly a ripoff if Iraq, but without a clear indication of who the bad guys are and who the good guys are.

Earlier on in the season, the humans were clearly the good guys - the Cylons had invaded their homestead and were torturing them for information on the insurgent groups. More recently, however, the humans attempted to use a biological weapon to wipe out the Cylon race.

I can't wait to see how the season ends - the only question is - do I watch it on the SciFi channel, or on CNN Headling News :)