The "Weather Persons" Lie - Water Vapor Satellite of a Dangerous Arctic Ocean Vortex Flow - 'click on' is UNISYS

This is the water vapor satellite 1.21.05. It is a very complex vortex flow/front.

The 'branch' of the system is bringing hot equatorial north. I should get you the western satellite.

Here:

UNISYS GOES West Water Vapor

http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_west_loop-12.html

There is so much heat that there are two low pressure super cells in the upper troposphere. Two circulations centers are easily discerned. THAT, my friends is NOT a jet stream.

One is over Baja, very, very hot, very, very turbulent.

One south of Alaska, very volitile but of course not as well defined because the air is not as hot and the veleocity is not as high and therefore the circulation center is less well defined. No less effective.

This is an Infrared Satellite - the 'click on' is Visible 3-D from The Weather Network of Canada

The 3-D satellite might have to be 'clicked on' for the animation. It is very interesting. Well defined velocity of the system can be noted.

Infrared Satellite of very dangerous storm front. It is vortex flow that comes from the equator to the north polar cap. The speed of travel has nothing to do with a jet stream. Any jet stream that is still existing is far less dominant than the ionized vortex flows that exist today. There are no more trade winds except in an oscillation when the peripheral winds of the vortex are weaker for a few hours.

Let's take a look at UNISYS, Infrared:

The heat can be seen easily. The concentration is at the northern aspect of the vortex flow.
This is GOES East:

http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_ir_enh_east_loop-12.html

This is GOES West:

http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_ir_enh_west_loop-12.html

Terrifying America. CNN's Paula Zahn has it down to a science, especially when it is happening NOW !

Here we go again.

Does everyone remember the Democratic National Convention?

Does everyone remember the 'well scripted' terror alert by an unsubstantiated source by CNN?

Does everyone remember the 'stupidity' of the attempt at CNN's propaganda?

I do.

I also remember reacting to the 'initial' reports by Paula Zahn the same as I do now.

"Oh, no, Oh, no." Terror in the way of CNN's Terror alert. A dirty bomb is coming. A dirty bomb is coming." Do you think it might be coming from Dick Cheney's hatred of the Muslim country of Iran? The 'terrorists' of Boston went form four to ten to zero.

Oh.

Now.

That we are all breathing a sigh of relief, CNN's Paula Zahn a 'TERRIFIED woman' can now again be alarmed to bring all sympathies to her rescue to 'get control' over that terrible scare from Boston a big city with a real consequence if something as terrible as a Dirty Bomb occurred.

Of course, Paula is far too sensitive a woman to 'pick on' New York City as the poor people there are already traumatized enough by Bush's Hate War that manifested in 9/11. So. With Boston not having the 'smarts' of New York City of course it is a vulnerable city that needs to be more terrified as their planes were once a weapon.

Oh, my.

And of course, being it is Boston, the question of the day is 'Do you all feel safer knowing some flight marshalls and pilots carry guns?' Right, Paula. When is someone going to sue these people for 'Scripted Terror' that results in ridiculous spending of money in Boston and Massachusetts to suite the "Politics of Fear" of Cheney's Hate of Iran? There should be an investigation and reimbursement to the 'false alarms' of the federal government of unsubstantiated alerts. The people of this country are flyin' tired of the agenda and the hate.

And of course, with Cheney wanting to recruit Israel for his Hate Agenda of Iran, Paula is so concerned for us all that we will have 'suicide bombers' in the USA just like they do in Israel. We really need to get those Iranians, now, don't we.

No room for progressives on primetime in inauguration coverage either

Profoundly moral statements were made in the demonstrations against the Bush Administration by half the nation of the USA. These weren't disgruntled voters. They are Americans with strong moral fiber to their beliefs based in peace within their intellect and the common good of humanity in their hearts. Two qualities that grossly escape Bush and his pundits like Woodruff backed by the known bigotry of Sharon 'The Religious Bigot and Racist' von Zweiten.

Israel is a Sovereign Nation and NO, it will not be used by Dick Cheney to invade the Caspian Sea

Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel

Ariel Sharon has a firm hand on a burgeoning peace process. He doesn't need inflammatory help from the likes of Dick Cheney. Egypt and Israel are involved in a trading relationship. Mr. Abbas has deployed Palestinian Security Forces to Gaza to stop violence against Israelis. Senator John Kerry was just to Syria in an attempt to settle old arguements there. For the first time in a long time, Israel is acting autonomously to find it's own way to peace and maybe, just maybe that is what needed to be done all along.

U.S. Adds Israel to the Iran Equation

The Jewish state 'might well decide to act first' to foil Tehran's nuclear ambitions, Cheney says.

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Israel is not the puppet for the USA. There have been differences between Isreael and Iran before and that has resulted in bombing of a nuclear reactor before, but, this time there is much more at stake when realizing the aggressive and manipulative nature of the Bush Administration and Richard Cheney by the very fact they illegally invaded Iraq.

Prime Minister Sharon is not a stupid man that needs to be told what to do, he has done incredible work within Isreal including the Labor Party and bringing on board the loyalty of all parties to stand together in political difference but completely on the side of what is best for Israel. I am encouraged by the editorials I read in "Haaretz" and "The Jerusalem Post" which speak to the issues of inclusiveness and reaching out to the diaspora. Their critism is of Palestine and the lethargic organization against militancy, as well as the new relationships Prime Minister Sharon is making. It is not uncommon for the opinions of new such relationships to be criticized until they are well tried as Israel has a long history of disharmony with it's neighbors.. I think that's fine. I think that is all very healthy. But, it is my opinion Israel is on the right track.

But, nowhere do Jews speak of trouble with Tehran and they haven't so to begin now is being nothing more the USA's puppet. After all the USA has denied Israel it's guaranteed loans and is holding now it hostage to I am sure a greater reality to poverty.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is more than capable of diplomatic relations with Tehran and the European Union to resolve issues that in the past were only Israel's to worry over. The world map has changed a lot and the USA is an occupier in Iraq. When Israel confronted the nuclear capacity of Iran before the region was different, relations were different. Prime Minister Sharon and Israel should not be a 'PAWN' to Mr. Cheney's ambitons with Halliburton. The security Israel seeks lies with her Prime Minister and not the exploitation of the Bush Administration. Perhaps it is time Israel join the EU in voicing it's concerns while coming to the negotiation and trade tables with Iran.

A comprehensive study of climate change in the Arctic, released Monday, does what few people anywhere in the debate have managed: it puts a face on global warming. Among the first victims, the study predicts, will be polar bears. That is because unbroken sea ice serves as a kind of herder for seals, concentrating them around breathing holes and other small openings, where they become polar bears' favorite prey. The study concludes that by 2070, the top of the world is likely to be mainly open blue water in the summer.

Morning Papers - It's origins

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History January 19 …

… 0570, born Mohammed Islamic prophet (Koran)

… 1806 Britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope

… 1809, born, Edgar Allan Poe, lived only forty years as an American writer, known as a poet and critic but most famous as the first master of the short-story form, especially tales of the mysterious and macabre. The literary merits of Poe's writings have been debated since his death, but his works have remained popular and many major American and European writers have professed their artistic debt to him.

… 1833 Charles Darwin reaches Straits Ponsonby, Fireland

“Annabel Lee”

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of annabel lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

She was a child and I was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my annabel lee;
With a love that the wingéd seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud by night,
Chilling my annabel lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me—;
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud, chilling
And killing my annabel lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful annabel lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful annabel lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

… 1840, United States explorer Charles Wilkes claims part of Antarctica for the United States.

… 1853, Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiered in Rome.

… 1871, 1st Negro lodge of US Masons approved, New Jersey

… 1919, "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 meters high x 25 meters wide kills dozens, Boston

… 1940, born Mary Mills LPGA golfer

… 1943, born, Janis Joplin brought her powerful, bluesy voice from Texas to San Francisco’s psychedelic scene, where she went from drifter to superstar.

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… 1944, the federal government relinquished control of the nation's railroads following settlement of a wage dispute.

… 1949, Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians signs a contract worth $30,000, making him the highest paid pitcher in the big leagues to date.

… 1952, PGA approves allowing black participants

… 1953, Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary

… 1955, a presidential news conference was filmed for television for the first time, with the permission of President Eisenhower.

… 1963, born Adele Peterson LPGA golfer

… 1966, Indira Gandhi, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, becomes prime minister of India.

… 1969, Joanne Carner wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational

…1970 UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist

… 1970, President Nixon nominated G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court; however, the nomination was defeated because of controversy over Carswell's past racial views.

… 1981, the United States and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.

… 1983, Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia

...1984, California Supreme Court refuses to allow quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia to starve herself to death in a public hospital, she appeals and is later granted the right to die

… 1993 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal

… 2004, John Kerry won Iowa's Democratic caucuses, while John Edwards placed second; Howard Dean, who finished third, delivered a fist-pumping, bellowing concession speech.

Missing in Action

1967 ASHBY DONALD R. SR. NEWPORT NEWS VA

1967 BRADY ALLEN C. NORFOLK VA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98

1967 EHRLICH DENNIS MICHAEL POMPTON PLAINS NJ

1967 JAYROE JULIUS S. GEORGETOWN SC 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98

1967 KRAMER GALAND D. NORMAN OK 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98

1967 YARBROUGH WILLIAM P. JR. ABILENE TX PROBABLY DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85

1968 JOHNSON WILLIAM D. ROCKY MOUNT NC

1968 MURRAY PATRICK PETER ST PAUL MN REMAINS RETURNED 04/10/86

1968 WALLACE HOBART MCKINLE JR SHARON WV

1974 KOSH GERALD E. 01/31/74 RELEASED HONG KONG

The New York Times

Death Toll From Tsunami Reaches at Least 226,000
By REUTERS
Published: January 19, 2005
Filed at 9:56 a.m. ET
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - The global death toll from the Asian tsunami shot above 226,000 Wednesday after Indonesia's Health Ministry confirmed the deaths of tens of thousands of people previously listed as missing.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-quake.html?hp&ex=1106197200&en=85cf1643207f0e37&ei=5094&partner=homepage

5 Car Bombs Rock Baghdad in Effort to Disrupt Elections

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/19/international/middleeast/19cnd-iraq.html?hp&ex=1106197200&en=0fff63703cb3bf5e&ei=5094&partner=homepage

Rice Endorsed by Senate Panel to Be Next Secretary of State
By DAVID STOUT
Published: January 19, 2005

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 - Condoleezza Rice was overwhelmingly endorsed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today to be the next secretary of state, but only after some spirited exchanges signaled that Iraq will be a divisive issue in President Bush's second term.
The 16-to-2 vote by the panel cleared the way for Ms. Rice to be confirmed by the full Senate, in all probability in time for the inaugural celebrations on Friday that will mark the start of Mr. Bush's second four years in the White House.

… On Ms. Rice's nomination, all 10 Republicans on the Foreign Relations Committee voted in favor, as had been expected. Six of the panel's eight Democrats also voted in favor, with only Senators Barbara Boxer of California and John Kerry of Massachusetts in opposition.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/19/politics/19cnd-rice.html?ei=5094&en=4c80c9855308a881&hp=&ex=1106197200&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1106171845-cJlkdrRyDpqCM/lbw0mrkA

Israel to Resume Limited Security Contacts With Palestinians
By GREG MYRE
Published: January 19, 2005

GAZA, Jan. 19 - Israel agreed today to resume limited security contacts with the Palestinians, a move suggesting the two sides were seeking to pull back from a potential showdown in the Gaza Strip, at least for now.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/19/international/middleeast/19cnd-mideast.html?hp&ex=1106197200&en=e8c905725c10ca00&ei=5094&partner=homepage

The Los Angeles Times

Bacteria Found in Airline Drinking Water

By Mary MacVean, Times Staff Writer
Drinking water on 29 of 169 passenger airplanes tested late last year was contaminated with bacteria — a worse result than several months earlier, the federal government said in a report today.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-011905water_lat,0,6911512.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Inaugural May Include Rare Visitor: Snow

From Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The forecast for President Bush's second inauguration includes the possibility of snow.
Flakes were falling in Washington today, with the National Weather Service anticipating an inch or two accumulation, meaning there could be snow on the ground for Thursday's ceremonies.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-011905inaugural_wr,0,5225982.story?coll=la-home-headlines

California Executes Confessed Murderer

SAN QUENTIN — Last-minute court appeals rejected and clemency vigorously denied by the governor, Donald Beardslee was executed early this morning, 24 years after he confessed to the slayings of two Bay Area women.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-execute19jan19,0,4899107.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Rice Wins Backing for Senate Confirmation

By Paul Richter and Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writers
WASHINGTON — Voicing displeasure over the administration's handling of the core issues of prisoner abuse and the Iraq war, Senate Democrats today forced delays in the confirmation of Atty. Gen.-designate Alberto R. Gonzales and Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-011905rice_lat,0,5780103.story?coll=la-home-headlines>

Justices Ponder Nuissance of Cell Phone Towers

By David G. Savage, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today debated the nuisance of cell phones — not their irritating habit of ringing at the wrong time, but rather the need for hundreds of cell phone towers to transmit their signals.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-011905scotus_lat,0,6203310.story?coll=la-home-headlines>

Bush's Sad Reality

Do you plan to watch any of the inaugural events?

Yes
21% 31879 votes

No
79% 120974 votes

Total: 152853 votes

WE PLAN TO BE PROTESTING IN THEM.

January 20, 2005

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History...

… 1841, the island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. (It returned to Chinese control in July 1997.)

… 1887, the U.S. Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base.

… 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is formed.

… 1930, born Buzz Aldrin, United States astronaut, aerospace engineer, author, and pilot. On July 20, 1969, Aldrin became the second human being to set foot on the moon. He served as the pilot of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, the capsule that descended to the surface of the moon.

… 1942, Nazi officials held the notorious Wannsee conference, during which they arrived at their "final solution" that called for exterminating Jews.

… 1954, "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," a play by Herman Wouk based on part of his novel "The Caine Mutiny," opened on Broadway.

… 1986, the United States observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

… 1986, Britain and France announced plans to build the Channel Tunnel.

Michael Moore Today

Michael Worries About The Students Being Safe. You know, there was a protest not long ago where the military rolled a tank into a peaceful demonstration in LA. We don't need nor want another Kent State. I have no doubt that this president is so hated that every law enforcement officer has orders to shoot to kill. Add to that the reality of SUPPOSED terrorists crossing the Mexican borders (although to me they look like one family. The two men have the same last name. The two women are probably their spouses. They are probably making their way to family/friends/support system somewhere.) and there is a bit of a toxic mix out there. Not just students but everyone needs to be aware today when 'interfacing' with legal authority today. Things are just a mess in this country. Bush is a hazard to every living person's health. But, Michael is a very vigilant man. This is his way of not only supplying support but insuring safety. He's something. When the rest of the country couldn't careless about these kids, Michael Moore is at his best. Thanks, Mike.

STUDENTS:

If you're planning on protesting the inauguration, send your stories and pictures to photos@michaelmoore.com as quickly as possible so we can post them!

http://www.michaelmoore.com/

Text Messages to Mobilize Inauguration Protesters
By Robert MacMillan / Washington Post
About 400 demonstrators who plan to protest President Bush's inauguration Thursday will take their cues from a higher power -- the cellular airwaves.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1031

The Jakarta Post

Thousands flee homes as floods paralyze Jakarta
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Panic, fatigue and confusion were etched on Wagino's face, a resident of Kalibata in East Jakarta whose house on the Ciliwung river bank was swept away in Wednesday's floods.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20050120.@01&irec=0

Singapore gives help in to Acehnese in 'Asian way'
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Meulaboh, Aceh
It came as no surprise when the trucks full of soldiers with familiar faces passing along the main streets of Meulaboh on the west coast of Aceh were greeted by waving children and adults yelling "Singaporeans, Singaporean soldiers have arrived".

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20050120.A03&irec=5

Both debtors and creditors are 'loose with money'
Kornelius Purba, The Jakarta Post
"Go to hell with your aid," Sukarno, the country's first president once said in a speech in the 1960s to provoke anti-American sentiment among the Indonesian people. At that time he refused any assistance from western countries although millions of people were reportedly starving.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20050120.A01&irec=1

The Daily News (Sri Lanka)

President launches US$3.5 billion recovery drive in Hambantota :
Let's join hands and rebuild the Nation from the ashes of tsunami
From Ranil Wijayapala and Mohamed Niyaz in Hambantota
President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in a historic ceremony yesterday launching the US$3.5 billion recovery drive from Siribopura in Hambantota said the tsunami tragedy should be a new beginning to rebuild our nation by joining hands irrespective of caste, creed or political affiliation in a massive united effort in overcoming this unprecedented catastrophe, the worst in our history.

http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/20/new01.html

Donors to reconstruct all damaged schools, universities and training colleges
The Ministry of Education has finalised the list of schools damaged by the tsunami and the private sector led donor who will initiate repairs and reconstruction. The Memoranda of Understanding between the Ministry and the donors are being signed this week.

http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/20/new02.html

Dangerous ambivalence
When a comprehensive and objective history of the tsunami terror comes to be written, a special chapter may have to be devoted to the heroism, courage and humanity of the Lankan law enforcement authorities.

We need to place on record that the charitableness and valour of the Lankan Army, Navy and Police, in particularly the North-East, has done the Lankan State proud and proved the impartiality and fair - mindedness of the latter.

… But where was the LTTE when all this and more was happening? The Tigers have now emerged from their watery dugouts, may be, to cry "foul" at the Lankan State's initiatives aimed at reviving the North-East but were conspicuous by their absence when the people of the North-East were crying out to be assisted and saved. The North-East citizenry has seen this duplicity and is already contrasting the LTTE's negative role with the glowingly positive role played by the Lankan law enforcers.

Having thus lost credibility, the best the LTTE could do now is to join-up with the Government in bringing normalcy to the North-East. However, the LTTE seems to be having other agendas on its mind.

… Under the guidance of President Kumaratunga, the Government, on the other hand, is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to re-build the devastated areas of the North-East. As indicated by us yesterday, even a fleet of vehicles has been sent by the Government to the North to be of assistance in the LTTE's reconstruction effort.

However, the LTTE seems to be jealously guarding what it considers is its territory. Food convoys are being waylaid and State assistance in other forms are returned to sender. Nor is the LTTE ceasing the recruitment of child soldiers. Organisations such as UNICEF and Human Rights Watch have reported a stepped-up child soldier recruitment drive by the LTTE to, perhaps, replenish its combat cadres which were considerably wittled down by the tsunami.

Needless to say, this is no way to make peace with the Lankan State. The LTTE seems to be talking peace but readying for war. It is following a Janus-faced policy while loudly proclaiming a reconciliatory course with the Government. Such dangerous ambivalence wouldn't help the cause of peace. We call on the LTTE to grow-up and be responsible.

http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/20/editorial.html

Sydney Morning Herald

Iceberg appears to run aground
January 20, 2005 - 6:25PM

The world's largest iceberg appears to have run aground, posing more problems to scientific bases on Antarctica and penguin colonies, where tens of thousands of chicks face starvation, scientists say.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Iceberg-appears-to-run-agrounds/2005/01/20/1106110869146.html


Rice admits errors, but says Iraq invasion justified
By Michael Gawenda, Herald Correspondent in Washington
January 20, 2005

Condoleezza Rice testifies before the Senate foreign relations committee during her confirmation hearing as Secretary of State.
Photo: AP
On day one of her confirmation hearing, Condoleezza Rice, George Bush's choice for Secretary of State, defended the war in Iraq and said it remained America's great task to spread democracy and freedom throughout the world.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Rice-admits-errors-but-says-Iraq-invasion-justified/2005/01/19/1106110815110.html

Singapore to pull troops out of Aceh
January 20, 2005 - 9:29PM

Singapore is pulling most of its military personnel out of Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh province as aid efforts switch from emergency relief to longer-term reconstruction work, the city-state's defence ministry said.

Forces from the wealthy island republic have concentrated on the shattered town of Meulaboh on Aceh's west coast, which was among the areas hardest hit by the December 26 earthquake and devastating tsunami.

"The initial rescue and relief operation is over, and now we are moving into the new stage of reconstruction," Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean said Thursday as he toured Meulaboh. "It's time to turn it over to private groups."

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Singapore-to-pull-troops-out-of-Acehs/2005/01/20/1106110877100.html

Move Australian embassy now: ALP

The Howard government must fast-track the relocation of Australia's embassy in Baghdad and detail any threats to others around the world, the federal Opposition said today.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/After-Saddam/Move-Australian-embassy-now-ALP/2005/01/20/1106110858484.html>

Australians injured in Iraq blast

Two Australian Defence Force personnel were injured in a car bomb explosion outside Canberra's embassy in Baghdad yesterday, an attack Australian officials said appeared to have been directed at the defence force barracks next door.
The bombing took place at 7.05am Baghdad time and is believed to have killed three Iraqi passers-by and injured seven others who were outside the embassy, which is located in a fortified compound.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/After-Saddam/Australians-injured-in-Iraq-blast/2005/01/19/1106110815712.html

Severe storm warning for areas around Sydney
January 20, 2005
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Sydney and surrounding areas, including the Illawarra, Southern Highlands and Blue Mountains.

… Wind gusts of up to 124 kmh were recorded at Yanco, in the Riverina, just before 1pm (AEDT), while strong winds and hail caused roof damage in Canberra and Orange.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/After-Saddam/Move-Australian-embassy-now-ALP/2005/01/20/1106110858484.html

UN adopts tsunami aid resolution
January 20, 2005 - 2:40PM

The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution urging the international community to maintain its support for tsunami victims beyond the present emergency relief so the affected countries can rebuild the lives of millions of survivors.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/UN-adopts-tsunami-aid-resolutions/2005/01/20/1106110860604.html

Indonesia expects toll to rise 50%
January 20, 2005

The Indonesian tsunami death toll is likely to soar to 150,000 and Aceh province will need three to five years to rebuild, the government in Jakarta says.

"As of now, we know that there are over 100,000 dead and 40,000 missing," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told a conference of donors in Jakarta. "There are about 500,000 homeless people in the emergency camps and thousands of tsunami orphans."

Indonesia's Social Affairs Ministry had put the number of missing as of Tuesday at 12,070 but Haniff Asmara, the secretary of the disaster control force in Aceh, said 89,832 bodies had been retrieved and another 60,000 bodies were expected to be recovered over the next four weeks.

"Perhaps we will never know the exact scale of the human casualties," Dr Yudhoyono said.

… The organisation's spokesman, Chris Lom, said a convoy of 40 trucks returning from Banda Aceh, the aid distribution hub for Aceh, to the North Sumatran capital of Medan had been forced to stop overnight, midway through its journey, because of floods.

The convoy, which was supposed to make the journey in 24 hours, was stuck somewhere near the border between Aceh and North Sumatra.

"Flooding is a bigger problem than security," he said.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Indonesia-expects-tsunami-toll-to-rise-50/2005/01/19/1106110815042.html>

New warnings as bird flu kills six
January 20, 2005 - 2:25PM

Health experts are bracing for a repeat of last year's bird flu outbreak after the deaths of six people in Vietnam in the last three weeks.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/New-warnings-as-bird-flu-kills-sixs/2005/01/20/1106110859691.html

The New York Times

Two Killed as Construction Crew Ambushed in Iraq
By EDWARD WONG
Published: January 20, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 20 - A Briton and an Iraqi security guard were killed and a Brazilian man working for one of South America's largest construction companies was kidnapped in a roadside ambush north of the capital on Wednesday, an American military spokeswoman and a British security company saidtoday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/international/middleeast/21cnd-iraq.html?hp&ex=1106283600&en=dcc8ab10cf5fe67d&ei=5094&partner=homepage


U.S. Forces Winding Down Tsunami Relief Effort
By JOHN O'NEIL
Published: January 20, 2005

The admiral in charge of the American relief effort for regions hit by last month's tsunami said today that he will begin handing the work over to local governments and aid groups, and that he expects to wind up the military effort by late February.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/international/worldspecial4/20cnd-relief.html?hp&ex=1106283600&en=123465b9dd6c0cce&ei=5094&partner=homepage

FBI adding 10 more Chinese names to those being sought in Boston terror threat
By Curt Anderson, Associated Press Writer January 20, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The FBI on Thursday added the names of 10 Chinese to the list of those being sought for questioning about a possible terror plot targeting Boston.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/01/20/fbi_adds_10_names_to_those_being_sought_in_boston_terror_threat/

FBI probes killing of contractor in Iraq
By Curt Anderson, Associated Press Writer January 20, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The FBI is investigating the fatal shooting in Iraq of a U.S. contractor who had accused Iraqi military officials of corruption.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/01/20/fbi_probes_killing_of_contractor_in_iraq/

History

January 21…

… 1966, Beatle George Harrison and Patricia Ann Boyd marry after meeting on the set of A Hard Day's Night.

… 1861, Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, and four other Southerners resigned from the U.S. Senate.

… 1942, Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded "One O'Clock Jump" in New York for Okeh Records.

… 1950, former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring, was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury. (Hiss, who always maintained his innocence, served less than four years in prison.)

… 1977, President Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders.

… 1997, Speaker Newt Gingrich was reprimanded and fined as the House voted for the first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct.

1919 Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland

1977 Italy legalizes abortion

Missing in Action

1966 EGAN JAMES T. JR. MOUNTAINSIDE NJ

1967 BAUGH WILLIAM J. PIQUA OH 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 1998

1967 CONLEY EUGENE O. AKRON OH

1967 HOGAN JERRY FRANKS TUSCALOOSA AL

1967 KERNS ARTHUR W. EL PASO TX ARMY PFOD 12/23/66 SAIGON VICINITY GRID XS820960 DIA=AWOL ARMY=PFOD REFNO 2058

1967 SPOON DONALD R. MOUND CITY MO 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98

1968 COALSTON ECHOL W. JR. MEMPHIS TN

1968 ELLIOTT JERRY W. GREENVILLE MS

1968 HILL BILLY D. FALLON NV

1968 KIMSEY WILLIAM A. JR. RELIANCE TN

1968 RAMSAY CHARLES J. NEWARK NJ RADIO CONTACT LOST

1973 CHRISTOPHERSEN KEITH A. SOUTH ST. PAUL MN OVERBOARD CVA61 SEARCH NEG

1973 PARKER CHARLES L. JR. SAN DIEGO CA OVERBOARD CVA61 SEARCH NEG

1973 WIEHR RICHARD D. MANKATO MN OVERBOARD CAV61 SEARCH NEG

SpongeBob SquarePants is:

Promoting the acceptance of homosexuality - 10% - 17202 votes

Promoting tolerance and diversity - 17% - 28030 votes

Absorbent, yellow and porous - 72% - 119008 votes

Total: votes - 164240

Tough to sell homophobia to people who feel secure.

Michael Moore Today

Hundreds decry Bush in Evanston
By Sue Laue / Chicago Tribune
Several hundred Evanston Township High School students walked out of classes Thursday to protest President Bush's policies.
"Bush went to Iraq for no reason. There are no weapons of mass destruction. He lied," said Katlen Castillo, a 16-year-old sophomore.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1060

'Out of class, in the moment'
By Bronson R. Hilliard / Colorado Daily
At 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning - about the time President George W. Bush was taking the oath of office at the inauguration in Washington, D.C., - Travis Moe and about 100 of his fellow Boulder High School students were making protest signs and their way toward the intersection of Canyon and Broadway.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1061

Protest fills downtown Seattle streets
Seattle Times
Inauguration Day in Seattle featured a student walkout, rallies and marches, with demonstrators protesting the war in Iraq and the entire "Bush agenda" on issues from tax cuts and Social Security to gay marriage and abortion.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1062

Smiles for the family, a fiery warning for the world
By Julian Borger / Guardian
George Bush began his second presidential term yesterday with a call to American action abroad, committing the US to the spread of global democracy and "ending tyranny in our world".

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1053

MICHAEL, fifty years ago was WWII. What does that tell you?

The Boston Globe

Radiation Sensors Deployed as Boston Probes Threat
By Greg Frost January 21, 2005
BOSTON (Reuters) - Police carrying radiation detectors patrolled Boston's subway system on Friday after the FBI added another 10 names to a list of people it wants to question over a reported "dirty bomb" plot in the city.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/01/21/radiation_sensors_deployed_as_boston_probes_threat/

Police probe allegation against Bill Cosby
January 21, 2005
LOS ANGELES -- A female acquaintance of comedian Bill Cosby has made an allegation against him that has prompted a police investigation in Pennsylvania, the entertainer's attorney said Thursday.

Attorney Walter Phillips said he spoke Thursday with authorities in Pennsylvania who told him they have begun an investigation. He would not discuss the specifics of the allegation -- which he called "utterly preposterous" -- but said it amounts to, at the most, "inappropriate touching."

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2005/01/21/police_probe_allegation_against_bill_cosby/

The Jakarta Post

Tsunami damage to environment put at US$675 million in Indonesia
KOBE, Japan (Agencies): The United Nations Environment Programme on Friday estimated damage from Asia's tsunami disaster to Indonesia's environment would amount to US$675 million.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050121201941&irec=0

Govt sets up 10 spatial planning teams for Aceh, Nias Island
JAKARTA (Antara): The government has established 10 working teams in charge of preparing general frameworks for the spatial planning of nine regencies of Aceh province, and Nias Island, which were devastated by the tsunamis on Dec. 26.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050121190043&irec=2

THEY SHOULD consider beach renourishment, offshore protections for early breakwater and the very least breakaway stilted foundations that allow buildings to stand while water rushes under them.

GE donates giant water purifier for Aceh tsunami victims
WASHINGTON (AFP): Top U.S. multibusiness company General Electric has dispatched a giant water purifier system to Indonesia for providing potable water to earthquake and tsunami-hit victims in restive Aceh province, officials said on Thursday.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050121170457&irec=6

The Price of Preemies

And other news from the techno-frontier.
By William Saletan
Updated Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005, at 10:55 AM PT

You and I are cultural and political creatures living in an age of science and technology. From sexuality to liposuction to surveillance to cloning, we're being overrun by technologies full of implications about who we are and how we should live. The purpose of Human Nature is to expose and discuss those implications. In the weeks to come, what you'll find here is a steady diet of news updates and quick takes, coupled with longer columns exploring some topics more thoroughly.
Let's start with a few updates.

PREEMIES

Item: Most premature babies who survive to age six have disabilities.

Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Outlet: Associated Press, Jan. 6

Gist: Eighty percent of 6-year-old children who were born between the 22nd and 25th weeks of pregnancy (the current lower limit) have disabilities, and 46 percent have severe or moderate disabilities (cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, hearing loss, vision problems, etc.).

Implication drawn by the researchers: "Parents need to go into this situation with their eyes wide open and with an open dialogue with their doctors as to what they should do."

Translation: Pull the plug.

Other implications: According to the AP, "The rate of premature births in the United States has crept up in recent years, in part because of a rise in multiple births and older mothers." So think twice about IVF, ladies.

Let's do a Cheney Observer

continued...

Fin Whale stranded on Martha's Vineyard, January 17, 2005 

The Oceans are Heating

Fin Whale on Martha's Vineyard not in the water around Martha's Vineyard. January 7, 2005. What is a Fin Whale doing at Martha's Vineyard? It's not unusual for there to be a stranding there from time to time but I don't recall a Fin Whale ever stranding there. Fin Whales are normally found in the much colder waters near Iceland. What the heck?

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?
oref=login&tntget=2005/01/18/science/18whale.html&tntemail0

When I first encountered this article I was reacting to the fact the weather in Wilmington, North Carolina was fairly mild most of the time and displaced the reality it was actully January 2005. The Fin Whales would normally be feeding at the Equator and not breeding, giving birth and lactating in the cold waters of Iceland.

The twelve Pilot Whales brought to UNCW for necropsies today from the Outer Banks stranding of over 30 whales of the same species is resulting in primarily healthy whales that somehow lost their way.

Normally this time of year these beautiful and magnificent marine mammals are at the equator feeding and frolicking. But, there has been several strandings now along the shores of North America in the warmer waters of the Gulf Stream that indicate to me these mammals are stranding because they are lost. They believe they have found their ususal 'wintering over' grounds when in fact they are far more north than they should be. It is not unusual to have an occassional stranding in Massachusetts but never before have I hear of a Fin Whale stranding there. This mammal believed it had found the equatorial waters when in fact it hadn't. This particular Fin Whale 'looks' to be under weight as well which leads me to believe it's feeding from last year was barely holding up for it's return trip south again.

The species most endangered are more 'in danger' than ever before due to Global Warming and Climate Change. These are some examples. The entry regarding the Pilot Whales is below.

The Bush Administration is not an honorable government. They are exploitive of their own, the Iraqis and that nation's assets and they will be of any nation they set foot on. Bush has no honor. He is not a reverent man. Attending church masks the man he is. He is oppressive to civil rights and human rights. Cheney is worse than Bush is. 

The Children of London moarn the innocent dead Children of Iraq. Their vigil stated at least 10,000. 

Protestors outside the USA Embassy in London 

Let it speak for itself. 

Current USA mlitary dead 1368 as of Bush's Inauguration. That does not speak to the number of innocent lives he has taken as a result of his illegal war. 

The USA is quickly becoming a Facist Nation. The country is slipping into irreconcilable debt with promise by every member of Bush's Cabinet to maintain itself in a chronic state of war. 

Building Bridges and Closing Gaps - Not a Bush Priority

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
Staying on the path of an unfulfilled dream
By M. Daniel Gibbard and Gary Washburn
Tribune staff reporters

January 18, 2005

With the passion of a preacher and the skills of an actress, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter Yolanda gave Northwestern University students a lesson Monday in the civil rights movement's past and urged them to be its present and future.

"To some of you, the civil rights movement is ancient history," she told a full house during King Day ceremonies at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.

Yet it was only 40 years ago, she said, that the "ugly, sinful" era--the "whites only, colored only" signs, the killings and beatings, the institutional racism--was in full effect.

"It was not a documentary, it was not a reality show on TV," said King, 49. "It was live, and in living color."

There has been progress, she said, but not enough.

"We as a nation have not reached the promised land," she said. Citing greed, hatred, racism, sexism, homophobia, poverty, violence and war, she said, "The magnificent dream pursued by my father is still a dream."

Rev. Jesse Jackson addressed that theme at a King Day rally in Chicago, calling for new action against poverty, joblessness and the lack of health insurance.

Yolanda King, a movie, theater and television actress, also gave the diverse audience a history lesson.

Outfitted in scarlet and in constant motion across the stage, she acted out scenes from the civil rights movement, including a young girl in Alabama in the 1950s, giddy in anticipation of a bus ride in which she will, for the first time, be free to sit wherever she chooses.

"Can you imagine, colored people can sit anywhere we want to on the bus!" she cried. "I bet old Jefferson Davis is turning over in his grave!"

Donning a head scarf and glasses, she played Rosa Parks, the woman who made that girl's happiness possible when, in 1955, she was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white person, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott, which helped bring Martin Luther King Jr. to national prominence.

She also portrayed the fear and chaos of a student facing down the fire hoses and police dogs that Birmingham Police Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor turned on protesters.

The images from those riots, broadcast on television, helped turn the nation against Southern segregation, she said.

"America was shocked," King said. "It's one thing to hear about [atrocities in the South], it's another thing to see them, sitting in your living room."

Though the protesters lost that first confrontation, national outrage resulting from TV coverage brought great pressure on Birmingham's officials, she said. Connor's men subsequently did not threaten the protesters.

"We today have the same power available to us," King said. "And we must choose to use it."

With a trace of bitterness, she implied that the radical ideas her father espoused, the same ones that got him killed, are often diluted during tributes to him. It is much easier to build monuments than change the system, she said.

"So now that he is safely dead, we will teach our children that he was a great man ..., knowing full well that the dream for which he died is still a dream," she said.

Students praised King's presentation.

"It was a great message, and I definitely think it falls by the wayside sometimes just because life in general is getting better," said Tonjua Jones, 19, a sophomore from Southfield, Mich.

"I thought the message was very hopeful," said Kathryn Schneider, 22, a senior from Glenview. "I felt like she was sending everyone off with the hope that we can make a difference in our smaller communities, starting on a smaller level and moving hopefully worldwide, especially in this time of crisis" in Iraq.

Meanwhile, Jackson was giving a fiery speech at the Chicago Hilton & Towers as part of the King commemoration by PUSH for Excellence. Civil rights activists must go back to the streets at a time of new troubles and injustice, Jackson said.

"Today, 45 million Americans have no health insurance. The middle class is sinking. There is a net loss of jobs in nearly every state. The poverty base is expanding. And so it is a time to march again" in "a new poor people's campaign" for jobs, justice, health care and education, he said.

Jackson, a one-time aide to King, also decried what he said was vote fraud in the 2004 presidential election.

"Dr. King knew progress was built on our voting franchise," he said. "Today, Republicans are shameless as we are disenfranchised, and Democrats are too passive and unwilling to defend their own interests by demanding a thorough investigation of the voter irregularities ..., voter-suppression tactics and violations of the Voting Rights Act.

"Leaders have gone to the West Bank, to Ukraine, and Kerry went to Iraq, checking on democracy." But few political leaders went to Ohio, where irregularities were rife, he said.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who also spoke at the commemoration, hailed progress helping minorities in Illinois.

The governor also released a study he commissioned a year ago to identify racial and other inequalities in Illinois. "Building Bridges and Closing Gaps: Disparities in Illinois" lists 12 problem areas and recent steps the state has taken to address them.

"Illinois finds itself in a moment pregnant with promise," said the study, written by Dr. Robert Starks of Northeastern Illinois University. "Despite alarming gaps in housing, health care, criminal justice, economic development and employment, the state has taken great strides in bridging the gaps."

Dysfunctional Denial. Bush has the worst civil rights record since emanciation. Who is Rice thanking, certainly not her boss ! 

"I owe a debit of gratitude to the Civil Rights Movement in this country."

Condi Rice

Then why Condi has the administration you worked for have such a lousy Civil Rights Record?

My reply to an editorial in The New York Times that 'attempted to dismiss the Democrats questions of Ms. Rice as 'Political Theater.' That's nonsense. Ms. Rice is the woman that had a file on her desk with Osama bin Laden's name on it prior to 9/11.

"Come on now, it was more than poltical theater.

I watched while Condi Rice fell apart into an arrogant rage and stormed from the room declaring war on Senator Boxer.

Where were all of you?

First she answer the issue of Iraq with no insight except to say the Sentors knew more than she did.

CONDOLEEZZA RICE, SECRETARY OF STATE NOMINEE: The time for diplomacy is now.

SEN. JOE BIDEN (D), DELAWARE: And the time for diplomacy, in my view, is long overdue.

SEN. JOHN KERRY (D), MASSACHUSETTS: The current policy is growing the insurgency not diminishing it.

KERRY: The dynamics of the election could actually without the proper actions provide a greater capacity for civil war.

RICE: The political process, as you well know and you all know better than I, is one of coming to terms.

TERMS? Tell that to the dead. Dead Americans and Dead Innocent Women, Children and Elderly that our military has bombed and killed. Tell them they have to come to terms with it. Besides what are the Iraqis coming to terms with THE USA definition of the structure of their government or their own?

And Senator Boxer could not be ore correct. The entire Bush Administration as well as Bush himself sold out the truth for plays of power to facilitate cronies. And they are terrifying the American people. The Cable Networks are AGAIN taking the Rice Testimony to an all time high to start 'a new' the issue of WMD, nuclear proliferation conducting War Mongering in the name of 9/11. Next thing we know they'll be saying Iran was responsible for 9/11 as well.

SEN. BARBARA BOXER (D), CALIFORNIA: This is my personal view that your loyalty to the mission you were given to sell this war overwhelmed your respect for the truth and I don't say it lightly.

RICE: I have to say that I have never, ever lost respect for the truth in the service of anything. It is not my nature. It is not my character.

BOXER: If you were rolling out a new product, like a can opener, who would care about what we said? But this product is a war and people are dead and dying.

RICE: Senator, I'm happy to continue the discussion but I really hope that you will not imply that I take the truth lightly.

Where do the mistakes of this administration and it's bartering media stop???

The Evangelical Christian Message for Women. "We let you live without a Burka." 

Nice horse.  

Good little 23 year olds always in tow. 

Always elegant and always alone. That's pitiful.  

...and Momma makes three... 

Twins together and never apart 

The Virgin Factor - Never with a boyfriend. 

The Girl with Pomegranates 

Severe Storm in Australia / Sever commentary regarding an unfortunate president below

Gathering Storm over Woilongong, Australia

This was in response to a New York Times Editorial 1.21.2005. I was astounded at the intended anestetic effect the New York Times continues propagate as 'controlled helplessness' on their part and the part of the victimized in this country. I profoundly believe the administration current occupying the Executive Branch of the USA governement is toxic to the public they 'control' and seek greater control over. Mr. Cheney boasted of his increasing 'power' as Vice President. His increasing power includes the ability to keep closed secret documents of the proceeding of his Energy Committee which included 'power brokers' from private industry. The Cheney Energy Report also included Graphic Use of the Caspian Sea as an energy source for the USA. I believe most whole heartedly that the illegal and immoral invasion into Iraq was a stepping stop to the Caspian Sea. The comments and references by Bush in his inaugural speech exudes a 'mission' that is illegal under even the USA Constitution and that is one of expansionism with invasion into sovereign lands that possess oil under the sand. A greater mission needed and certainly one of 'God' would be to extend every effort to stop the civil wars in Africa that result in genocide of the people there. THAT type of goal seems to be out of the question to Bush who seeks nothing but oil and profit and not 'moral' purposes for his nation. To acheive his goals he has gutted and is gutting the USA national Treasury, noting the very early resignation of his first Secretary of the Treasury even after the trauma of 9/11.

I hold Bush responsible for the attacks of 9/11 as the insitgator of it. He launched MDS on a Saturday in full public view long before the interceptor system was close to being ready. Any president in the history of this country never unveiled a weapon or weapon system until it was perfected. Bush didn't care about the protection of the people of this country he wanted an incident to send the country reeling into chaos and into war. He achieved such an incident with the successful attacks of 9/11. There were reports by the FBI noted by Senator Diane Feinstein regarding warnings of the impending attacks. Bush/Cheney ignored them. They ignored them for a purpose.

For this reason and other reasons they are pathologic and the world at every turn needs to defend from them. Prevention of war is paramount if we are to stop Global Warming and the deadly storms resulting from them.

My Reply to Bush's Inauguration Day

The Most Miserable Man on Earth

"The individual who occupies the White House is almost always at the center of American political life, but Inauguration Day is about the presidency, not the president..."

Fine.

It is plainly obvious those that see this administration as benevolent to the country and the world are completely out of touch with everything except an ideologue's ego. It's a shame really to come to the reality that people in this country actually need someone to tell them what is right and best. The country has been lead around by the nose for four tragic years and there is every indication that will continue. I feel sorry for people. I couldn't be more sincere. Half the country can't be wrong.

As an ideologue, Georgie remains in a world of his own making where he believes the USA is still the pinnacle of success and freedom when nothing is more from the truth. This country has never been in worse condition in every way. The USA has taken a face of 'Anti-Social' and 'Criminal' and I don't know if the world has had a greater enemy. At a time when the environment has become enemy number one Bush sees nothing more important than 'being a Boy Scout.'

The tragedy around the world is profound and the list far to long to list here, but, the natural disasters alone have killed hundreds of thousands of people in just the recent month.
The political tragedies coudln't be worse with the top of the list being the genocide in Dafur. It was Tony Blair who took the day, yesterday, in my opinion and not Bush. His analogy of Africa to the Indian Ocean Tsunami is a profound reality that should have been sounded from Washington, DC and not London. I believe the word Africa did not come off the lips of Walker Bush once yesterday from what I can discern in my inattention. Mr. Blair stated the African reality is that there is the amount of deaths per week equivalent to the deaths from the tsunami every week in Africa. He was poignant yesterday in the face of his Coalition counter part and I personally appreciate his dedication to purpose and reaching out to those of us in this country with a conscience and not an ideology. Thank you, Mr. Blair.

On the opposite political pole are the successes as those in The Ukraine. It is a relief to the suffering and even more so when one realizes the people of that country achieved it on their own and with a peaceful agenda having courts that backed them up even today seeking still an equitable settlement to the defeated of the election. The new president takes inauguration on Sunday.

The 'real' issues that could have been addressed yesterday at every turn weren't but deferred to ego driven role models.

No, thank you. The revenge of the weather was the greatest of satisfaction for me.

The time I invested in the political events of the last couple of days amount to a brief amount of time and yet I have a complete understanding of the agenda of this administration. It's juvenile to say the least, immature in it's fiscal responsiblity and negligent to the needs of the people of the USA while victimizing the needs of the people of Iraq and the Middle East. But, then that is what a child does, narcisstically victimizes their parents to find out what reality is all about. Hence, Georgie's ideologies.

I found the coverage at Michael Moore's site far more informing than anything anywhere else including the Sugar Coating New York Times. Michael has captured the day from the viewpoint of the other HALF of the nation. A complete one half of this country is not represented in DC. That is amazing, unfortunate and in my opinion dangerous.

Ideologues are chronically the most miserable people in the world.

They shoot horses, don't they?

The Dead Can't Speak for Themselves