Could Gore Be a Contender?
From a recent post on Digg:
Winning the Nobel Peace Prize sparked all the Gore talk, which has also been fanned by a certain reluctance among many Democrats to embrace the current favorite, Clinton, or Barack Obama or John Edwards. Another plus for Gore is his position on the Iraq war. He warned against the war before it started.
The reason I posted this article isn’t because I supported Al Gore. This is a well-written piece about all the major Democratic candidates’ strengths and weaknesses, while comparing Gore to historic presidential runs. Gore has a good chance of winning the party’s nomination IF Hillary is derailed before February. After that he only has to run on star appeal against the party that took us into a war that is dragging put.
Hint Republicans: Start doing the will of the people. Either untie the militaries’ and border guards’ hands or pull out.
Air America Host Victim of Domestic Violence?
Air America radio host Randi Rhodes is temporarily off the air, but claims she was brutally attacked near her Manhattan apartment are bogus, her lawyer and a police source said today.
Source: New York Daily News
Claims have been flying around that Ms. Rhodes has been mugged while walking her dog. Further speculation was that the attack was by a conservative group or individual. All that is known is that Randi was recently injured. In early versions of her story she was attacked while walking her dog. She never filed a report.
If you put two and two together you get a classic case of spouse abuse. The victim makes up lies to cover what really happened. Said victim will usually not go to the police until the victimization reached a fever pitch and possibly threaten their life.
My alternatives plausible explanations include that wounds were either invited or self-inflicted. The resulting pain and sympathy gives the individual a needed emotional boost to add to their self worth. My final plausible explanation is that it could be something so mundane as she tripped down stairs while intoxicated and couldn’t face her fans or employers without a cover story.
Either way, please pray for Randi and that the truth will come out, because the truth will set her free.
Update 1: I thought I would check out what the ‘blogospehere’ had to say about the incident. The rumor going around now is that Randi was intoxicated and fell, causing the injuries.
The making of the Muslim left
The Guardian Unlimited has a pretty interesting editorial about how Muslim extremism has hijacked their religion. I disagree with Islam, but the guy bring put a lot good points of how radicals can pervert a good thing.
Once I wake up and get some time to fully absorb the article I’ll give my analyse.