Tim Griffin Resigns

President Bush appointed Griffin as US Attorney at the age of 34 for the Eastern District of Arkansas after the Administration had language inserted in the Patriot Act Reauthorization Bill that removed Senatorial confirmation of replacement US Attorneys. Griffin had served as Karl Rove's "director of opposition research," and news reports suggest Rove and Harriet Miers wanted Griffin in Arkansas.

Head-to-Head Debate

The war in Iraq has divided the presidential candidates for the Democratic party in their most recent live TV debate. The debate held repeated calls of US withdrawal. Not only were they bumping head there, but also in the case of whether or not President Bush had made the US safer from terrorism since 9/11. Obama made it a clear point that both Mr. Edwards and Sen. Clinton had voted in Oct. 2002 in favour of the US-led invasion. The following it up with the fact he oppossed this war from the start. Edwards commented with "He was right, I was wrong." Yet Se. Clinton refused to admitt that her vote for the invasion at the time was wrong. Whether or not she believed it was wrong at the time or not, she stated all the blame should be on President Bush and we should withdrawour US forces. Should be nice to see how the next debate plays out this coming Tuesday.

US-India Nuclear Deal

The nuclear landmark negotiation in Delhi, India has failed. Under this deal, India would have had access to US civilian nuclear technology, if and only if it was open its facilities to inspection. A lot of critics have said that this would only encourage India to develop its nuclear arsenal. Critics have also mentioned that by doing so, this would send the wrong message to countries like Iran, whose nuclear plans and ideas Washington is against. They haven't given up completely on the ideas; there are just a few gaps left that need to be filled in.

Bush on US Compassion

This week President Bush will leave to Europe to meet with the leaders of the worlds industrialized nations. Unlike previous meetings which were dominantly on Iraq, this year the group will discuss international problems. Bush will be stressing the more compassionate side of US foreign poliicy. For example, the US plans on tightening existing econmic sanctions against Sudan, and giving the government additional ones to stop the maddness in Darfur. His next topic he wants to cover was global warming. The idea Bush has is to bring in countries like India and China and other fast growing countries to negotiate and set goals on energy security, reducing air pollution, and cut down greenhouse gases for the next 10-20 years.

New Cold War?

It is known that Iran and the US have been having trouble to on finding common ground with the US in Iraq. Now as of recent, some are beginning to foreshadow the fact that the US and Iran are in the mix of slowly building up their tensions to create Cold War. The US has been claiming that Iran has been trying to destabilise their military presence in Iraq; while Iran has been claim the Bush administration trying to format a "velvet" revolution" in Iran.

This is was it becoming into...

Its been like this for some time now. People have been making a joke of the entire situation. There are still a lare percentage of people who are living in their own little bubble not wanting to take the situation at hand seriously. The fact that the Bush administration set out a goal to find Osama Bin Laden, and the fact they haven't accomplished that goal yet, the good amount of Americans are out to make a mockery of him and his administration. I still find it really strange how they have been able to find anyone they've ever set the heart on to find, yet they can't seem to find the one man who makes them believe they have access and authority into any country? A little strange if you ask me.

Freedom of Religion?

It seems in recent days that the presidential candidates having been spending and extra amount of their time and effort in explaining into detail where exactly they "say" they stand on their religious beliefs. You can only believe so much of what you hear. I personally believe it shouldn't matter, to a certain extent obviously, what our presidents religious view point is. Now if he were to be an atheist, I would worry because would this person worry about some decisions he could make that could ruin the so called "dynasty" we have come to build.

Democrats in general are targeting Roman Catholics, mainline Protestants, and even Evangelicals. Obama has even gone to the extent of holding a weekly conference call to spread his message to religious leaders and opinion makers and report their concerns to the campaign. Some are even given a hard time, for example former mass. governor Mitt Romney has been getting questioned for his Mormon faith.