The Earth is a Conflicted Place

Crazy news lately. I was fascinated by the poll of the national media which found that 67% of reporters, pundits and editors believed that the United States mission in Iraq was failing miserably. While 78% of our military personal on the ground in Iraq felt things were going well and as planned. I'm more predisposed to believe the ones who are actually on the front lines doing the work than those sitting at their wall-facing-desks a thousand miles away.

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How about the Supreme Court hearings on the NH Parental Notification Law. The arguments seemed to almost entirely focus on the incredulous chance that a minor might need an immediate emergency abortion and no parent can be found. First of all, the process most referred to today was in cases such as eclampsia. Often an abortion is contraindicated in cases of such. BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY. Usually the individuals blood pressure is so unstable that an abortion SHOULD NOT BE IMMEDIATELY PERFORMED until the pressure, amongst other conditional functionals, are stabilized. Justice Scalia retorted brilliantly that if it's such a time critical emergency that no time for a phone call exists, then for God's sake, the doctor probably doesn't have time to scrub or don gloves. Even in cases where there might be an immediate emergency need to do such an drastic technique, there are already laws and statutes on the books authorizing AND mandating that the medical personnel do such. Hence, no one would be left to die on a table because they NEEDED and emergency abortion because they couldn't reach a parent or guardian. Think of it. The child, and I'll call them children because they still are, could potentially go in for an abortion requiring no notification. But, if something went wrong during the process, the doctor would need to stop and contact a parent or guardian because now the corrective treatment requires that notification occur. My kids can't get an aspirin from the school nurse without her calling me for permission but could get an abortion and potentially suffer major consequences without them feeling the need to inform me? Are they out of their minds? If you get the chance to download the oral arguments today, they speak for themselves. It's about money and power. Nothing else.

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Did you hear about the Caucasian and female suicide bomber? Born and bread in "white-bread" Belgium, this 37 year-old named Murielle Degauque, donned a belt of explosives and tried to kill members of an American Patrol Unit in Iraq. Fortunately, she was the only fatality. She has, however, been referred to as a "typical girl-next-door." But how typical is she really? She had a habit of hanging out with "difficult kids." She explored drugs. I guess that's typical for Europeans at least. She had married and divorced a Turkish man; met and then left an Algerian; and then met a Moroccan....oh wait, I mean a Belgian of Moroccan extraction (named Issam Goris), who then married her, took her to Morocco and helped her convert to Islam. This conversion to Islam is what predicated her sympathy for Osama-Bin-Satan and her desire to commit Jihad. For what, I don't know. The 79 virgins are for the males only. This is what European news says typifies the common girl-next-door. If this is what we can expect as the typical European girl, I'll tell my sons to not only buy American but marry American!

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How about this one from my home state: A mall in Massachusetts issued an apology after a 4-year-old girl was apparently told she was not allowed to sit on Santa's lap unless she purchased a $21 picture of the meeting. "I See Stupid People..."

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How about this scary one: Russian Squirrels bit a stray dog to death which had been barking at them in a Russian park. Them are some tough squirrels my friend!

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And finally, is nothing sacred anymore: Nativity Video Link As if that's the worst they can do.