"Lebanon Estimates 600 Civilian Deaths"
While this is a sad thing there are two things the media doesn't take into account when reporting this.
1) This is a war. Civilians will get injured and killed. There is no avoiding this.
2) Hezbollah still has not come out to fight an open war. They still hide in their bunkers and put weapon caches under or near schools, hospitals, mosques and civilian houses. Israel has been more than generous by warning the Lebanese to evacuate before they begin a strike.
The bunkers that are "in the open" are forty feet or more beneath the ground and the Israelis cannot reach that far with their missiles. How 'bout the US selling (or giving)the Israelis some of our MOAB missiles, which will get the job done. After all, if they keep this up, the U.S. will have one less terrorism network to deal with later. And besides we owe them for the killing of 241 marines in 1983.

George W. Bush is no longer a veto-less President. 5 1/2 years after being sworn in for the first time, Bush has vetoed a bill.
Bush had promised during the 200 election to stop federal funding of embryonic stem cell research and he has followed through with this veto. Fortunately, the House of Representatives didn't have enough votes to override the veto and the stem cell research bill is dead.
I myself am not opposed to stem cell research provided we use adult stem cells. Embryonic stem cell research has not produced anything during the years of study except dead embryos; meanwhile adult stem cells have been proved to have a benefit.
Some adult stem cells actually can be used to heal spinal fractures! Many other types have been used for other useful purposes, that's why there is never any question of federal funding for it. The private sector has discovered the profit that can be made by this kind of research and have wisely funded it. Meanwhile the private sector has steered away from the embryonic stem cell research on account of its not being profitable.

Way to go, Israel! I've been having so much fun reading how Israel is kicking the crap out of Lebanon and Hezbollah in particular. Hezbollah has been killing innocent Israelis for years and Israel has mostly retaliated in small, isolated ways. But it seems that Israel's people have had enough. After the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers on Wednesday Israel launched an attack against Hezbollah's headquarters and has been pounding away at airfields and other strategic targets with a vengeance.
Hezbollah's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, said: "You wanted an open war and we are ready for an open war." Really? Then sit back and relax as Israel blows you and your terrorists sky high. Israel must be glad of an open war considering the way that Hezbollah has murdered innocent civilians for no other crime then being an Israeli.
I suggest that Hezbollah take a look at other people who tortured and oppressed the Jews. Hitler is the most recent and I suggest that Nasrallah repent before he finds his head blown off.

How do you know when something is a bad idea? When Bill Clinton endorses it. Clinton's latest award winner is President Bush's immigration reform, I think this is Bush's cue to drop it like a hot potato.
Addressing NCLR (National Council of La Raza), the biggest Hispanic rights group in America, Clinton said: "I'm proud of him for doing it and I thanked him for doing it." Interestingly enough, NCLR's current president is Janet Murguia, a former Clinton aide.
Clinton also took time from his speech to lambast conservatives who see this reform bill as a way of giving amnesty to law breakers. "They believe in a government that is secret, unaccountable and that maximizes its own power. They really believe the world works better if they run it and we keep our mouths shut."
Meanwhile Clinton believes in a country where felons are paroled, babies killed and gay marriage allowed to undermine the few values society has left.
To all those Republicans out there who think the reform bill good, just remember this motto: "If Clinton is for it, you'd better be against it." Thank you and have a nice day.