No excuse

There is no excuse for what the Israelis are doing in Gaza. It's not enough that they arrogantly arrested 64 Palestinian lawmakers, they also destroyed the only power plant in Gaza. This will mean a true humanitarian crisis in which all Palestinians in Gaza, including innocent women and children, will suffer. This is not a question of an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth, it's a blatant criminal attack on basically helpless people. You take one of us hostage, we'll totally destroy you (and you won't be able to do anything about it). It's only because Israel has such an overwhelming military establishment compared with the Palestians that they can dare do something as terrible as what they are doing. This is not really about rescuing one hostage, it's about destroying the Palestinians and making sure there will never be a viable Palestinian state (which Israel is desperate to prevent at all costs). This is nothing more than sadistic bullying by a nation that knows no one can retaliate in kind. And, of course, the Israelis have learned over the years that if they just ignore world opinion nothing will be done about it. The U.S. is the only nation that could actually do something meaningful to stop this horrible mess but they can't, or won't, because they are complicit in it.

On a more local scene it appears that Hillary is coming to Idaho, Sun Valley I think. Hillary, as you know, is running to retain her Senate seat in New York (which is apparently a foregone conclusion). Now if what she is running for is the Senate from New York why is she coming to Idaho, of all places? Obviously this trip has nothing to do with the Senate and everything to do with 2008. Most of the money in Idaho that could possibly go to Hillary would have to come from Sun Valley which is hardly populated by local yokels who are more likely to give their money to some nutcase like Rick (beastiality) Santorum or John (mad dog) McCain. Whatever money is available in Idaho for Democrats would be far better spent on local candidates like Grant and Brady.

On to more important matters. It seems that some archeologists (I think they are not actually credentialed) think they have found the remains of Noah's Ark in the Middle East. They belong to some religious group. Obviously, because to claim to have found remnants of Noah's Ark you have to believe there was a Noah's Ark. And to believe there was a Noah's Ark you have to believe in a scenario so far-fetched as to boggle the mind (what, you don't believe that a couple of thousand years ago some guy built a ship large enough to hold a pair of every species on earth?). Oh, you foolish nonbelievers. We need more guys like this in the Senate to balance out the liberals that are ruining our country. You know, the few that still believe in science, evolution, and global warming, instead of fairy tales and intelligent design.

Don't give up yet, don't "cut and run," just stay the course and die for greed and oil. Oh, I forgot, we were told oil has nothing to do with it. Silly me.