This is the first article about this mess that has it right, Kudos to you. Our Government has constructed, with our tax dollars, a worldwide system of listening posts capable of collecting information on anyone or anything they deem a threat. The fact that most people are siding with the Government over Assange shows how well our masters have done their job of creating a climate of fear. We have become a nation of fear mongers who see a terrorist behind every Bush (pun intended). WikiLeaks is the worlds biggest Freedom of Information Act release. As they say, sunlight is s great disinfectant. Let the sun shine and the revelations keep on coming. Innocent people have nothing to hide.

Amen to that. Across the board spending cuts. Nothing is sacred. We need to cut with the sword not a scalpel. And I say this as a Military Member. There is a ton of waste in Military spending. Technology projects especially spend money hand over fist with little or no oversight. I work in this area so don't tell me otherwise. There need to be spending limits. It forces people to be innovative and use things already in existence instead of reinventing the wheel endlessly.
But we really need to cut entitlement spending. Social Security Reform should be a major effort by the Republicans. The long term outlook on entitlements (Social Security, Medicare, Obamacare) is much more worrisome to me than Defense. There is plenty of fat to trim in the Federal Budget, but long-term, entitlement spending is the big killer and will eat us alive if we don't get it under control.

Had he done this in Saudi Arabia, the Royal Family would have covered it up. No way they would ever admit to having a Homosexual in the family. Oh, he might have suffered an unfortunate "accident" a short time later. Now that this is in the press they will have to cut him loose. If they try to bargain for his acquittal it will be seen as condoning his behavior, and the Mullahs would go insane. Thankfully, this guy is locked up and they have a pretty solid case against him. I bet it won't go well for him in the British Penal system.

1. Why does Iran need Nuclear when they're sitting on a Ocean of Oil?
2. What does WMD in Iraq have to do with anything? This article is about Iran's unspeakable hatred of the Jewish people.
3. How much money have we given to Iraq and Afghanistan? And what have THEY done with it?

It must take quite a heart to murder your own child in the womb.

Why is the Obama administration getting a pass from the media on their inept response to the spill? Remember during Katrina we saw all those buses sitting there in the floodwaters and everyone asked why weren't they used to evacuate people? Where are all the pictures of the 100's of skimmers that are just sitting idle in the US. Not to mention all of the equipment which was offered from other nations. I think they are deliberately letting this spill get as bad as it can so that they can build up political support for Cap and Trade. Its either that or they are totally incompetent. I'm not sure which is worse.

It didn't come from the River, Lake Pontchartrain is connected to the Gulf through Lake Borne and the marshes in between.

"This world is Bu!!sh!t." - Janeane Garafalo.

Dude, my family lived in New Orleans and they do not fit your racist stereotype. Many of them were offended by the Media's misrepresentation of those harmed by the storm. Of course, the poor are always the hardest hit in a disaster, but many other people lost EVERYTHING they owned, and many lost their lives. I see your point to a degree, that the media obsesses on the most dramatic storyline, often to the point of distorting reality. But that is not news.

There's no Real sympathy from the Left for Gulf State residents. Here's why:

1. The Left, and especially Hollywood, views the South as a bunch of ignorant, backward, rednecks. You'll see this stereotype in their movies and TV shows, and it is often espoused by talk show hosts and other pundits.
2. The Left believes the Gulf residents brought this on themselves by allowing the Oil Rigs to be built in the first place. NEVERMIND that they all use plastics and lots of other products made from Oil that comes out of the Gulf, as well as Gasoline that is mostly refined in Louisiana and Texas.

All they can muster are Crocodile tears to conceal their real feelings of schadenfreuede laced "told ya so". Nevermind also the fact that they have blocked drilling on land (think: ANWR) and in shallower waters. The Left never feels guilty because they are SO SURE of the moral rightness of their positions. Their attitude is "If you want an Omelet, you have to break a few Eggs." In this case, the Omelet is the wonderful Green Energy future promised by Obama, and the Eggs are all of us little people who depend on Oil to get to work and perform countless other daily tasks. I'm no shill for the OIl companies, I want us to be off of Oil as much as anyone but THE TRUTH is that Oil will be with us for a long, long time. We should do everything we can to conserve its use (it is a precious resource), and we must continue to develop alternative energy source. But there is currently no suitable replacement for Oil. Nothing can yet match its energy density/price ratio. This is well known to any serious student of the energy debate. Solar, Wind, Biomass, none of these come even close. Except for Nuclear, but don't get me start on the Left's obstruction of that.

I applaud Mr. Somerhalder for visiting the Gulf and speaking out. I wish him well in his efforts and will donate to a Telethon if he organizes one. I was born and raised in New Orleans and feel for the folks there who have been hit with the double whammy of Katrina and now this mess. Lets hope it ends soon.