Thursday, April 24, 2008

Bronwen

International:
Hamas offered 6 months of peace with Israel if they would lift their blockade of the coastal strip. Israel refuses to negotiate with Hamas, so Egypt has done much of the mediating. Israel promises to maintain the dissent ion as long as Hamas is a threat to civilians. "We have affirmed the group's approval of a truce in Gaza Strip ... that could be expanded to the West Bank and would be set at six months... the truce should be accepted by both sides," Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said. Hamas believes Jews should be obliterated and has killed hundreds in suicide bombings.

Hamas needs to be hunted down and killed. I know that's easier said than done, but it would certainly be justified. There is really no point negotiating with nomad thieves and murderers. Personally, I believe there will never be peace in the middle east because exterminating a religion to it's roots that has been in existence since the 7th century is impossible; but, "If I must choose between peace and righteousness, I choose righteousness" - Teddy Roosevelt.

National:
Barack Hussein Obama complained that McCaine shows no political differences from Bush. Speaking to the United Food and Commercial Workers union, Obama goes on to say, "This is the most anti-labor administration in our memory, you and I share a vision for our country. We'll have a National Labor Relations Board that actually believes in unions." Senator Barack Hussein Obama was scheduled to take the day off.
The competition also insulted the Republican party that day. Clinton said, " We cannot have a leap of faith or any guesswork in this election. A lot of people voted for President Bush the first time because he said he was something called a compassionate conservative. That sounded good — nobody knew what it meant — but it sounded great."

Uh, Hilary? I'm pretty sure any English speaking human can understand compassionate conservative, although I never recall Bush being labeled as such. (the adjective doesn't fit many or any politicians) As for Obama, he really can't be taken seriously. The democratic party flees to Canada for fear of draft, plans to pay for illegal health care, and supports expanding welfare. My personal opinion is that most unions are absolutely nothing but trouble and are not necessary.

Ps. Tomorrow is a silent day in support of some queer kid. I wonder if either of them will issue any statement (or lack of haha) to show support.

National:
Senator McCain indited Bush's delayed reaction to hurricane Katrina on his visit to New Orleans today. "I want to assure the people of the Ninth Ward, the people of New Orleans, the people of this country: Never again, never again will a disaster of this nature be handled in the terrible and disgraceful way it was handled," McCain said.

Well, to Mrs. Clinton who claims there is no difference between McCain and Bush, I believe Senator McCain is making it more than clear. The local government and many of the civilians shared in the blame for the poor decisions and ill handling of the situation. Our government is designed to be slow and tedious. I'm not saying it's excusable, but a more difficult problem than more people understand it to be.