Thursday Hailstorms

A shooting has captivated Washington's media airwaves while meanwhile the real stories go uncovered...here are just some of those real stories:

House of Representatives To Hold Inquiry on N.S.A. Wiretap Scandal
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/politics/17nsa.html?hp&ex=1140152400&en=847d7f4d81d903fa&ei=5094&partner=homepage

U.S. Continues Efforts to Overthrow Hamas
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/politics/17diplo.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

A U.S.-Backed Iraqi Government-Backed 'Death Squad' Targets Sunnis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4719252.stm

France Alleges Iran Wants Military Nukes
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/international/europe/17france.html

U.N. Orders Guantanamo Bay Prison to Shut Down
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8DC83769-B744-4C75-9EE1-2A583B9AA320.htm

Tens of Thousands of People Protest the Cartoons in Pakistan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4718958.stm


So to editorialize...while we teenagers and twentysomethings party and work ourselves to death, the elder generation of our parents plot to destroy half the world through war and sanctions. The U.S.-Israeli Alliance continues to seduce governments like France to their cause of world hegemony, while Iran continues to play nuclear war games, China plots to overthrow U.S. hegemony, and pretty much everyone else, including my beloved Canada, sits and crosses their fingers hoping nobody pulls the trigger first.

It's depressing folks, but as a reporter, it's my duty to give you the straight truth and let yourself decide on A. what to think B. how to act.

And you can't do Step B without doing Step A. Make up your own mind, and take sides because before you know it....

Someone's going to fire that first shot, whether you're looking or not.

And if you're old and sober enough to remember 9/11, someone did fire the first shot.

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