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>>> But on Wednesday Israel said it would renew attacks on rocket-launching militants in the Gaza Strip, threatening to derail what already had been a shaky truce <<<


So, the terrorists can fire rockets into Israel, daily, and in AP-World that's called a 'truce'. However, if Israel dares to retaliate, they're blamed for breaking said 'truce'.

I guess in AP-World, when the V-1's and V-2's were hitting London, it was actually a 'truce' between Germany and England.

I guess the RATS will be able to tout at their convention how they spent $14.4 billion on a program that was suppose to cost $4 billion.

The same RATS who were just bitching about Halliburton's supposed "overcharging" of oil prices in Iraq.

Usually most 'overcharges' afd self-inflicted, a result from the government's overspecifications and numerous requirements.

I agree. I have a friend who used to work in part of the supply process with the DoD and used to just be amazed at some of what he'd tell me. Perhaps some of it's changed since then, but one instance I can recall was the DoD's description of a phillips screw driver. A normal person goes into the local hardware store, finds one and buys it. The DoD description was a page long of specs that had to be met.

A bit interesting, but another point to consider as well. When these companies outsource to other nations, those nations do not follow US law. Thus, if something 'bad' happens, what might lead to an arrest in the US could very well be something different with the outsourced people. Thus, your medical records, credit history, etc can be off in the hands of a non-US citizen, offshore, and they're not under US laws and regulations in respect to what they can do with it. Two such places known to be places to outsource to are Pakistan and the Philippines. Gee, no anti-US people over there.

Just this year a woman in Pakistan was working for the UCSF Medical Center because it decided to outsource the clerical positions to there. The woman had access to actual patient data and threatened to post it on the Internet unless she was paid more money. Something you never saw make the headlines, and was rather quickly hushed up.

Disappointing that the short term gain of saving quick cash is more of a priority over creating an Achilles heel that can be used against us.

Evidently some of the "trusted" Iraqui security personal working with the US were actually still working with Saddam.

I've never understood the US's logic in that one. Yes, I know there is a manpower crunch over there and they are trying to get the Iraqi's to stand on their own two feet as quickly as possible. But come on. If you're going to even consider letting these people be involved, at least give them some low ranking spot that you can keep an eye on them.

Does this mean we can now sue the government for lost revenues due to taxes out of our paychecks?

The trials would be open to the public, human rights groups and news media, suggesting they could be televised. Their work is not expected to begin for months.

A shame. Too bad they couldn't employ some of the same tactics Saddam had used on him directly.

I admit, I didn't even think of that. It was VERY distracting, I thought. And it was just some TV sitcoms, I could imagine not just porno, but something extremely violent, like a war movie, being even more distracting.

True. But I wasn't thinking of the distraction angle but rather what if John and Jane Doe in their car full of kids pull up behind or near a vehicle showing something like that. Granted something like that isn't going to be common place, but I imagine it will happen. The view I'm looking at is that why should John and Jane Doe, and their kids, have to suffer because of some clod showing something like that.

Which is so disappointing to see that sort of thing just brushed away by the liberal media. Could you imagine what it would be if a group of Israeli's did the same thing to a mosque?

If that memo can be proven to be authentic, that's yet another issue the DemocRATS can't use. I'd imagine the phone lines are melting at the DNC as they try to figure out how to spin this into a negative light along with Saddams capture.

I love TV as much as anyone, but, in the words of Pearl Gould, enough is enough and this was too much!

In certain situations I wouldn't see a problem with them. Such as with the mini vans or SUV's that have the screens in the back to keep the kids occupied on trips. Although it does raise an interesting point that I'm sure will pop up sooner or later. You mentioned you could see the screen from behind. What happens when someone has one of those things playing, and they're watching some hard R or X rated movie?

>> He has been, as many British have, a rock of granite behind America during the last 2+ years of war. Few others (such as Maggie Thatcher) would have - or could have - supported us as Blair has. <<

I agree Master. Tony Blair has taken a pretty harsh beating in the liberal media over in the UK while standing shoulder to shoulder with Dubya on Iraq.

>> "Ordinary Iraqis don't have enough electricity, gas lines are long, they cannot understand why America can't solve these pressing problems. Saddam being captured changes nothing." <<

Meanwhile, from the FoxNews article on their website about Saddam:

Iraqi journalists in the audience stood, pointed and shouted "Death to Saddam!" and "Down with Saddam!"

In the capital, radio stations played celebratory music, residents fired small arms in the air in celebration and others drove through the streets, shouting, "They got Saddam! They got Saddam!"

Two, almost exact opposite, reports of the same story. And CNN wonders why their ratings are pulling a lead ballon.

Unless you can convince me that Jews & Israel can somehow not be interlinked.

Sammy Davis Jr. 8P

It doesn't help that replacement auto parts are so obscenely expensive

My guess would be the overall cost of the new fender or quarter panel is still cheaper then injuries sustained by the human body. Let alone a death.

"I don't want this to be a nation of hamburger flippers and hair salons," he said. "My question is: If we keep losing all these jobs, then who's going to buy all this foreign stuff?"

Not just the manufacturing sector either. Pharmaceutical companies have started doing the same, as well as other businesses. A woman in Pakistan, a few weeks ago, tried to blackmail a pharmaceutical company into paying her off otherwise she threatened to publish patient names and informaiton on the internet. How soon till this starts becoming a regular occurance? Think US laws are going to apply to them as well? Something to think about the next time you open that bottle of perscription medication, and ingest it into your body on the assumption it's 'safe'.

Personally, I'd like to see every company that outsources to also be held civilly liable for anything that happens to their "acceptable risk" in doing such.

I don't know how true it still is in present day, but some of the earlier models of the SUV flood were built on light truck frames, and thus had to only follow the light truck safety standards. Which, are less then passenger cars.

That, and the increase in costs of damages is part of safety and crumple zones. More and more cars are designed to fold up during an impact rather then to stay solid. This allows the kinetic energy from the cars to be transferred to the collapsing vehicle parts rather then into the driver and passengers.

It’s hard to know which is worse — excusing the “new anti-Semitism” because it reflects a popular anti-Israel point of view, or pandering to a Muslim minority increasingly influenced by hate-filled leaders who demonize an entire people.

Since when is bombing Synagogue's, a place of the Jewish faith, "anti-Israel"? As well as random acts of violence against citizens of their own countries who happen to be of the Jewish heritage? Sounds more like racism rather then being anti-Israel.

Yeah, that means they were advertising for people to ambush and murder our soldiers. Wasn't there also an 'anchor' for them that was busted with known Al-Quada ties? And recently the issue of how their reports just 'happened' to be on the scene when terrorist activities were taking place? That's a bit more then just 'advertising' and citing a single incident. Too bad the White House won't release a "Best of" Arie and Helen at the press conferences. I'd buy one. 8)

I was in Turkey ten years ago and was warmly welcomed all over the country as the American I most obviously was.

I agree, I was in Turkey a little over two years ago and it was a wonderful place with wonderful people. I'd love the opportunity to return and visit the sites I missed.

Why do Turks hate Americans?

Remember, much of this is coming from the liberal press. You can find American's who hate Americans, and write it up so it appears to be the majority. Just look at the New York Slimes.