Full of news this week. We’ve had a spate of school killings, which makes me wonder just what in the hell it is that triggers these kinds of events.

There is the Florida Congressman Foley who resigned his post after a scandal about his electronic communication with a 15-year-old boy. Funny how this same guy is the author of legislation meant to protect youths from predatory adults over the internet. Also funny how there are law enforcement agencies who pose as kids on line in efforts to “sting” potential predators. The people who get caught talking nasty to kids wind up in jail, even though they didn’t actually do what they were accused of. It’s kind of like committing a crime by proxy. But somehow this Congressman Foley managed to slide by the law, even going as far as checking himself into a clinic for treatment of alcohol abuse. Seems that nobody but Congressmen and Senators get away with breaking the law.

I was listening to news this morning about an Oklahoma Senator who claims that our global warming problem is a figment of everybody’s imagination. He cited all kinds of scientific studies about it, all of which seemed to conveniently ignore the fact that the polar ice caps are melting at a tremendous rate. Well, he’s a Senator, so we’d better listen to him. He obviously knows more about this stuff than we do. If he said that white was black, I would have to believe him just because of his credentials, forget everything else I know about anything.

And the Palestinians, apparently distraught over the lack of violence coming at them over the border from Israel, have begun fighting amongst themselves. So it seems that many people are just intent to fight and kill, and for a shortage of one enemy, they will find another to fill the void.

Finally, Iraqi leaders are meeting to discuss quelling the sectarian violence between the Shia and Sunni Moslems there. These leaders are all in fact leaders of militia factions and responsible for the vast majority of killing in Baghdad. These guys are also elected officials. What the fuck? Nobody really wants peace over there. The people who are supposed to be responsible for law and order are in fact responsible for sectarian murder on a massive scale. You think these guys will ever face trial for any crimes? Fat fucking chance.