In The News Today

Everybody has heard the latest on K-Street politics that hit the press from CA earlier this week. Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham tearfully resigned his post after admitting to taking as much as $2.4M in bribes in return for driving business towards particular defense contracts. It is still not yet altogether clear how the co-conspirators, Mitchell J. Wade, president of Washington-based MZM Inc., and Brent Wilkes, head of San Diego area defense contractor ADCS Inc., will respond to the court submitted documents charging them with bribery. This may, as I believe we will find, open up a rusty can of righteous worms and expose the hypocrisy rampant amongst the progressive corporate lobbyist and those elected to conscript laws on our behalf. It is well understood that the lobbyist actually play a huge part in the actual drafting of many laws and bills, but the back-scratching has profited both sides of the Avenue. Just not the voters or our trust of those involved. I do give Rep. Cunningham credit for oweing up to what he has done, admitting it publicly, apologizing for it publicly and willingly taking his punishment like a man. Hear his public announcement here. Whether Democrat, Republican, or Bostonian, actions deemed illegal must be dealt with swiftly and openly. I hope that this starts a fire under the entire Washington Federal bureaucracy encouraging them to make themselves accountable to their constituents for their decisions and actions. Maybe then, we'll see it trickle down to the State levels of government as well.

Have you hear of 15-year-old Ram Bahadur Bamjon, who, people say, has been meditating without food or water under a "pipal" tree for six months? They say he may be the next Buddha incarnate. And this means what for the world today?

I have to admit that I was impressed with his afrontedness by admitting that indeed "we do have a strategy. We do have a plan. I saw a strategy that is being implemented in Iraq." These were bold statements for a Democrat. But then again, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman has never been politically correct and has usually presented a more honest front when faced when truth and facts. He has asked President Bush to detail to the American public the progress that our servicemen and women have made over in Iraq - "from military triumphs to the proliferation of cellphones and satellite dishes."

Fayetteville, Arkansas abortionist, Dr. William F. Harrison offers a difficult perspective on the abortions he does: New Life through the Death of another. His perspective is that the end justifies the means. But even the simplest lessons from college Psychology 101 such as the Life-Boat quickly reveal that this doesn't always hold much water. No pun intended here. In short, if Christians are to ever win the war on death, we must offer life. Not judgment and condemnation but love, money, personal assistance, a warm shelter, food, clothing, an education, and whatever it will take to persuade a young mother to not kill her child. If we fail to do this, we are as bad or worse than the abortionist who is offering her an albeit painful and guilt-filled second chance at life.

And, on a more interesting note, laser guns will soon not be relegated to the Star Wars Conventions in Las Vegas. The U.S. Air Force has launched into beta testing in real situations the "first man-portable, non-lethal deterrent weapon and is intended for protecting troops and controlling hostile crowds." Check it out and other incredible tools being developed to enable and protect our military personnel.