Brewing in The Middle East

What is going on? We have:
1) The Lebanese rising UP
2) The elections in Iraq - a horrible day today, but I do believe the Iraqis are gonna do it!
3) Hosne Mubarek is begrudgingly going to allow some opposition in Turkey.
4) I have read the Saudi's have had the most open elections (for them) in along time!

The point? Things, they are a changing there. It may not be pretty, but it is happening. Time will tell the end result, but it can't be any worse can it? :)

We Are Now Safe

So, what with the appointment of Mr. Negroponte - do you feel safer now? I have absolutely nothing against the individual appointed. I just think it is another layer added to the government that will NOT solve any problem. We will be attacked again, and when we are, Mr. Negroponte will be the scapegoat. Wouldn't matter if it were today, he'd take the hit.

What did you know and when did you know it?
If you were told that Joe Schmo was testing hi tech explosives, why didn't you arrest him?
If you were tapping phone lines and heard about blah blah blah?

The President agreed to this layer of government under duress... 'he' will have to live with the aftermath... the bottom line? This appointment nor any other in the new position will NOT prevent another attack on this country... PERIOD!!

Social Security

Frankly m'dear - I don't give a hang. What I 'do' give a hang about is when someone finally tries to do something about it, he is skewered. Me? I +55 so it is not a gonna matter one way or the other to me. And I am NOT losing any sleep over my kids or their kids. One absolutely 'has' to be an idiot to not know something has to be done.

When just about seven years ago President Clinton said the very same things, the current bunch of wimp senators who are now putting their hackles up, were in total agreement with the then president. When someone comes along who is 'really' willing to fight for a change, those same folks once again say what a dunce our current president is.... OK boyz and girlz, methinks you have been down this road before... todate, going into his fifth year in office I would think you would now know that what President Bush says, President Bush means. He has shown he does not lead by polls (thank you Lord)... he does what he thinks is right for the country.

In the final analysis it will be up to the young people in this country to finally tell the old fogies to buzz off... throw them outta office and get on with their life... Social Security has been a crap shoot since inception anyway... I think I can find documentation where the monies contributed (initially) were even supposed to be deductible... ha ha ha ha ha ha... what a farce.