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U.S., Israeli ties just got more complicated
Tue Jun 1, 2010
- This is the same old pattern...just as peace talks are about to get underway, Israel gives the Palestinians a deadly shove (usually it's a targeted assassination) to de-rail the talks.
Clear solutions elusive on Gulf oil spill
Tue May 4, 2010
- I would have to think that the limit of liability is based at least in part on federal energy policy and goals, not to mention corporate influence on Congress. If liability were to be set too high, our offshore oil reserves would never be tapped due to the risk.
Catholics mull defrocking abusive priests
Mon May 3, 2010
- I am a Catholic. The standard for defrocking a priest need not be the criminal standard "beyond a reasonable doubt"; rather it should be "by a preponderance of the evidence", as judged by a combined lay/clergy tribunal at the archdiocese level. Appeals can be made to the Vatican.
House Speaker Pelosi makes history, enemies
Mon May 3, 2010
- Brian - your point is well taken.
House Speaker Pelosi makes history, enemies
Mon May 3, 2010
- The article was about her strength, savvy and effectiveness as Speaker - i.e. the ability to rally house Dems to forward the Democrat Party agenda. It was not about her own ideology.
GOP offers alternative financial reform plan
Sun Apr 25, 2010
- DUDE, You think you know the party registration of Wall Street executives. So? They will vote for whoever doesn't rock ther boat. Or yacht, I should say.
GOP offers alternative financial reform plan
Sun Apr 25, 2010
- The general incompetence of Dodd (boy am I glad he's on his way out) and the inability of Dems to move forward on this issue is exceeded only by the stupidity of Republicans who think hteir election chances are better served by fighting wall street reform. They're all idiots.
Pope promises action against clerical sex abuse
Wed Apr 21, 2010
- OK, one more time people: The Onion piece that refers to to getting pedophilia down to "acceptable levels" is SATIRE. The Onion is 100% satire.
Pope promises action against clerical sex abuse
Wed Apr 21, 2010
- Sure, go after the pedophiles. But that's not the root of the problem. The problem is the bishops who allowed these predators to do their dirty work. I'm tired of hearing JUST about the priests. Go after those Bishops!
Vatican revs up new strategy in abuse scandal
Wed Apr 14, 2010
- ScubaJim - the reason we have sexual urges is to promote procreation. Satisfying those urges for other than procreation is the icing on the cake. So, you gays are welcome to the icing.

Comments & Feedback

Bob, thank you for your thoughts. I see that you are interested in international politics, so I hope yo don't mind me presenting a different perspective based upon working in the Middle East for most of the last 5 years and not so much on what the media presents.

With the exception of Jordon, I have to say that every "Moslem" government maintains credibility by professing to the masses that they are anti Israel and therefore (even though corrupt, torturing, theives) they are also on the side of "Allah". This deflects critisism of their excesses. Remember the millions of dollars that Arafat stole from "his people"? Not much known about it here in the ME.

The injustice done to a small portion of the "Arab" population has become the total focal point of the Islamic world. Of the whole world, only the Western countries have given Palestinians citizenship. Jordan treats them best of all the Arab countries, but even there, they are not equal citizens.

It would take a long time to revisit the Jew/Moslem fight and the injustice done to the Palastinians, but don't lose site of the fact that the Palastinians have been done wrong by their own brothers and left to be miserable by people that are only deflecting attention from their own corruption and that is worse than any evil done them by the Jews.

It is hard to not be twisted by the media on the problems in the ME, but it really comes down to this... many millions of good people are opressed by horrid governments and if we don't try to help those millions, then we will allways be at war.
— MOS in Colorado