I recently outlined my views on the Middle East in a major speech given the day after I proclaimed that I am without doubt the Democratic nominee for President. I delivered that speech to my primary constituents, the good fellows at AIPAC, on K Street where all the lobbies cluster. I’m writing to you not to reiterate some of the concerns and priorities I raised in that speech, points presented to AIPAC because I was forced to if I am to stay in this race, but rather to tell you what should be done if terrorism against America is to end.
The big news this week: Car manufacturers are having very bad headaches!
Sales are down, really down. We see declines, according to Bloomberg News, in GM sales, down last month by 19 percent; Ford down 28 percent; even Toyota sales down 21 percent. If you think those figures were bad, Chrysler sales were down 36 percent and Hummer sales dipped down 59 percent in one month.
McCain's Military Service is Not a Qualification for the White House
Gen. Wesley Clark is currently going through the ritualistic self-immolation required whenever the media seizes on a comment and tries to make it into a "gotcha!" moment. Once he's done throwing himself to the wolves, the only response the media will accept when someone dares to do something other than genuflect before John McCain, the man they deem untouchable, perhaps we can more soberly evaluate what he said.
Israel has again begun allowing the transfer of fuel and other essential goods into Gaza after sealing border crossings a day earlier due to Palestinian rocket fire.
Authorities in China are scrambling to clear a 13,000 square kilometre-wide algae outbreak that is threatening to mar Olympic sailing events off the coastal city of Qingdao.
New York officials have agreed to introduce reforms after surveillance video showed staff ignoring the plight of a woman who lay dying on the floor of a hospital emergency room.
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