Out of the mouths of drunks

Overheard by Shawn Macomber after former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's visit to Harvard:

"My bus is late because traffic is insane," she said. "Some Middle Eastern big shot is here trying to make it like we're the terrorists and his religious government that does all these crazy bad things to people is perfect. I don't know, I got the story second-hand on a barroom stool. I'm pretty buzzed."