Thursday, October 26, 2006

The News

Leave it to news items to keep a man interested and entertained. It's almost amusing how spin-meisters are making a Catholic priest responsible for a congressman's "loving up" the young male congressional aides. I guess he doesn't have a brain, or maybe it's just located in a different part of his anatomy.

Barack Obama voted against going into Iraq. Other potential candidates say they were misled or duped when they voted to go in. Barack might be young, but he's principled.

Rush Limbaugh shamefully made fun of Michael J. Fox for exhibiting his uncontrollable body movements caused by Parkinson's Disease because he purposefully went off his meds. To many of us, Fox's action demonstrated just how debilitating a disease it is.

What's the 700 mile fence on the Mexican border going to do about the millions of illegals already here, insure that they stay here for a cheap labor supply? If others want in they'll go 701 miles.

We should be able to twist China's arm to discipline North Korea. How much business do we do with their budding capitalist notions through Wal-Mart, et al.

Brazil will soon be 100% energy independent with their emphasis on renewable resources. We've had an energy crunch before. How come we never followed Brazil's lead. Do the boys at Exxon and other oil bigs know anything about it?

Well, it is all entertaining, and we could all have a good laugh over it --- if it weren't so darn serious.