The Palestinian civil war continues. Gaza Blast Stokes Hamas-Fatah Tensions. They've taken to blowing each other up. That Fatah is the "moderate" voice of this group is somewhere between laughable and disturbing. When Krathammer first floated the idea of a wall I thought he was nuts. After some thought it seemed not only sensible, but inevitable. He also posited then that a Palestinian civil war would be the inevitable result. I didn't think so as the time or even after thinking about it, but he was right. This has been a simmering conflict with occasional boil overs. Only time will tell if one group thinks they have enough arms and support to make a push for complete control. If Iran starts to feel the pressure from the US enough, they'll likely let out the slack on Hamas' leash. Enough to cause more problems and let them spill over into Israel. They want Israel dragged into the conflict and want the US to take it's eye off the ball. Neither will happen but it's one of the few tricks they have up their sleeve.
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project . Thank God they're going after this guy. He's been so brazen with his porkbarreling and the whiff of corruption around him has been ripe enough to smell from here. I'd rather have a 100% democrat run Congress if they were ethical. Term limits. One term for Senate, two for the House, one for the President. Some fear that would increase the power of lobbyists. Simple, ban any former members from being lobbyists and limit lobbyists to terms as well. (I'm not sure how that would work. Just a thought.) The other answer is transparency. No earmarks without a floor vote. No spending of any kind without a floor vote. All spending committees (intelligence aside) open to the public and recorded and available on the web.
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