I have a few things to touch on and I need something to kinda pull it all together, so I'm going to just sum it all up as a discussion on some things going on and the illogic of the reasoning.

Lebanon- We suck...well, by we I mean the US & Israel. The US because we're not using our influence and we're giving intellegence & weapons to Israel, but Israel's "logic" behind bombing infrastructure & civillians doesn't work. Hezbollah sucks. I'm giving you that. What they're doing is not cool and steps need to be taken. I'll go into those steps at another time. But using what Hezbollah does as an excuse to screw the democratically-elected government of Lebanon and the citizens by bombing bridges, hospitals, etc, doesn't cut it. Hezbollah was only favored by about 20% of the Lebanese...thanks to this, that number is higher AND it's creating more terrorists. Just like in Afganistan & Iraq. This goes against Israel's need for security...but the thing is, they're not stupid. They have to know this - so then what is their reason for doing something that goes against their stated interest? Hmmmmm??? Stupid is as stupid does.

AND...if you call for the killing of innocent civillians then you can't be pissed about 9/11...logically. Sure, you can look at it from a hypocritical, nationalistic point of view, but Israel (and the US in Iraq) has been purposely targeting civillians and non-related infrastructure. Evil is as evil does.

Terrorists in Britain- Who knows if all the details of this is going to come to light, but I have questions? How did the British know about this plot? Were civil rights violated? I don't know. But logically, this was taken care of by means of law enforcement, not militarily. 9/11 could have been taken care of via law enforcement, if The War Criminal & Co, followed the intellegence.

So...this plot comes to light and THEN, we go to a red level terror alert. Using the right-wing logic, wouldn't that alert other terrorists that we're on to them? Because that's the logic used for the calls for censorship and over-classification of information.

Jam-master Joe Lieberman- I will admit, I'm a bit torn here. I mean with Lieberman's insistence that he's running as an independent. I tell folks they shouldn't vote based on party so his running as a non-dem shouldn't matter to me. But by the same token, I do want parties to stand for something, so if he's still a registered Dem, or would be ready to just take whatever Republican help just to win...kinda like that alleged Green Party guy in Pennsylvania. I'm for anyone's right to run for office - especially if it's not in a corporate-sponsored party, but his reason for running is really about himself and not about ideals. So...if you're making me choose...take a hike Joe.

Organizing at Wal-Mart- Well, there is finally a Wal-Mart where workers are being allowed to organize. Here's the catch...it's in China! (you have to go to the bottom of the page)

Wal-Mart gave in because there's a bigger market there and let's face it, most US workers won't give up their "creature comforts" to go on strike or boycott. Oh yeah - unions in China are government controlled. There have been individual communitites that have resisted Crap-Mart, but they know there's 4 more area towns that drool over the possibility of having them come.