This type of genetic engineering is unBEElievably inhumane no matter who does it, but tell me, if they weren't lesbians can you imagine the media storm this would, and should create? Seriously, if it was a couple of white parents looking to make a blond hair, blue-eyed child that is sure to be six feet tall and athletic, you'd never hear the end of the story on the news. Until now, how many times have you heard about this?

I usually get nauseous after reading PC stories, but this one is even more disgusting. And the liberal media is absolutely terrified to touch it.

Prior to a mayoral election in Mississippi, the Republican candidate, Yvonne Brown, was accused of poisoning food packages from her ministry; voters were told that they would lose their homes and "sent back to the plantation if she won and she regularly receives hate mail after winning. Nothing unusual from Democrat detractors, you say. Did I mention that Brown is black?

Uh-oh. Bush is getting wobbly on the war on terrorism. Sending Powell to negotiate with terrorists (and that's what the PLO are) is not the right signal to send to Americans or those whom we plan to whip in the future for supporting terror acts. You can't appease a people who support -at a 75% clip according to polls- their own people blowing themselves up to achieve means of terror.

Even thus Bush telling the Israelis to withdraw from Palestinian-controlled territory is equivalent to the U.S. stopping short of expunging the Taliban after freeing half of Afghanistan. It just shouldn't happen. Don't side with the Euro elites who want to revoke Simon Peres's Nobel Peace Prize from 1994, yet have no problems with Arafat having one.

Jose Bove, a French farm union activist who is known for attacking McDonald's franchises, has led a group of about 40 Western pacifists to Ramallah to act as human shields for Palestinians from the Israeli military. I've got a better idea. How about they go back to France and surround Israeli buildings and synagogues from being torched by Bove's countrymen. Or if he insists on staying in the Middle East, maybe they should sit in cafes and on buses to protect Israelis from suicide bombers.

Saddam Hussein has increased money for the relatives of suicide bombers from $10,000 to $25,000. So why can't we take out this maniac as soon as possible? One starts to wonder if the bombers aren't killing themselves to secure some money for their families rather than religious beliefs.

You may have noticed that since Israel's invasion of the terrorist territory, the Jewish civilian body count has gone down substantially. Coincidence? I don't think so. Looks like killing and capturing terrorists are good ways to prevent terrorism. Go figure.

If Powell goes to Israel and convinces them to halt their successful movement, then the first Israeli citizen to die will leave blood on the hands of our government.

In last week's Musings, following the Passover massacre, I talked about the need for Muslims to start respecting other religions' sensitivities and their right to exist. Now Palestinians shot their way in and barricaded themselves in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, one of Christianity's most revered shrines. It is part of an effort to entice Israeli soldiers into attacking and defacing the building. No dice, since Israel actually respects other religions, which is why the terrorist gunmen are holding up and insulting the very building that gives them refuge. It is also why the Taliban hid in mosques and Saddam puts many of his major military posts and secret instillations under mosques, hospitals and schools, because they know that we (meaning Western nations) will not destroy anything considered innocent or sacred.

Meanwhile, where's the outrage that the Palestinians inside are holding priests and nuns hostage?

At the opening of the Bahrain Model United Nations Assembly, officials asked for a moment of silence for Palestinians. When U.S. Ambassador Ronald Neumann asked that there also be a moment to remember innocent Israelis who have died, he was ruled out of order and told to sit down. Later Bahrainis attacked the U.S. embassy and demanded an apology for his request. Oh, and Neumann was the chief guest at the event. It's nice to see that respect goes both ways with our Arab 'friends.'

The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities has commissioned local artists to decorate statues of 100 donkeys and 100 elephants, symbols of the country's two major political parties. Sponsors say the colorful Democratic donkeys and Republican elephants will be placed in prominent positions around the city to amuse and engage tourists and residents alike.

"This is a chance to poke fun at ourselves and enjoy a little whimsy," said Tony Gittens, executive director of the commission. In Washington, Gittens said, "we sometimes take ourselves too seriously."

To best portray that, a lawsuit has been filed in federal court by the Green Party to keep the donkeys and elephants from being displayed publicly --- at least until they're joined by statues of sunflowers, the symbol of the Greens.

$10 says that the GOP elephants are defaced by Lefty pantywaists.

Quote of the week:

AFL-CIO political director Steve Rosenthal, last week after a Democratic strategy meeting: "I'll buy dinner for anybody who can say what the Democrats stand for. So far nobody's taken me up on it."

The mayor's office in Washington, D.C., has launched a "war" on rats in our nation's capital. No word yet if Congress has been eliminated yet.

I know, too easy. Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

This year's "One Shining Moment" finale after the NCAA championship game was not exactly a shining moment. The video was overdone with zippy sounds and indiscernible plays, and the song was retouched to make it hip - something that was unnecessary. It's as if CBS was trying to kill the tradition, but couldn't do it outright without making fans sick of it. Unlike past years, not one chill ran down my spine during the tribute.

Alternative fuels, stricter miles-per-gallon standards...fine, whatever, I'm for it. But you can't discount the fact that we need more domestic oil production and less dependence on foreign cartels. The same special interests who are against ANWR drilling are also the ones, or related to those who carp over the fact that the U.S. fought Iraq in 1991 and today in Afghanistan because of "big oil interests."

Sen. John Breaux, D-LA, in a speech to Congress last month, even noted that in the mid-80s both the New York Times and Washington Post's incredibly liberal editorial boards advocated drilling in the barren wildlife refuge in extreme northern Alaska, where the sun shines but a few months a year. As a Louisiana citizen and politician, Breaux knows what it takes to balance the environment and production. He adds, "We are now 20 percent more dependant on foreign sources for oil than during the Arab oil embargo of 1973, and 10 percent more than during Desert Storm."

Another reason you can take that "Yankee lore" baloney and stick it: New York fans booed their prize offseason acquisition, Jason Giambi, for not being prodctive enough. In the fourth game of the season!

It's Masters week, so get out your green jackets and savor every minute of coverage on USA and CBS this week.

The latest Vents from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

This person who keeps buying all the stuff from telemarketers must be found and stopped.

What is now "binge drinking" used to be called partying.

Have you ever noticed that when PBS is asking for donations, you get great programming, but all the rest of the time all you get is an overdose of "The Antique Roadshow?"

Dubya to Arafat: Stop, or the U.S. will say stop again.

I really like my paper shredder. It makes me feel my trash is important.

Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving.

In Georgia, "Smokey and the Bandit" is the training film shown in drivers' education classes.

Yeah, Americans are rude. You got a problem with that?

April 15th reminder: When you put "the" and "IRS" together you get "theirs."

From the "Late Show with David Letterman," Top Ten April Fool's Pranks In Afghanistan:

10. Short-sheeted burqas
9. A fake beard over your real beard
8. Saying you're wife #4, when you're really wife #2
7. Offering someone a can of peanut brittle and a goat jumps out
6. Painting giant bull's-eye on roof of friend's cave
5. Rocket launchers that shoot out little flag that reads "Bang"
4. Replacing secret stockpiles of weaponized Anthrax with Folger's Crystals
3. Writing "Wash me" on Osama's camel
2. Saying you suppot the Hamid Karzai government, but secretly supporting a warlord who has secretly begun to support the Taliban again, but then betraying the warlord, but then betraying the Karzai government and really supporting the warlord again
1. Writing "Wash me" on Osama

Batman's Words of Wisdom, (during Bat-climb): "I wish we could help you, citizen, but we're just a couple of ordinary crimefighters going about our mundane business."

Homer quote: "Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races."

Random site: Slanguage -- Talk the hip local lingo.

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