Archive for May 2008
I’m Better Than Your Kids…
It’s about time someone said it:
#1 Issue in America
On both CNN and Fox News I’ve noticed a similar graphic: the phrase “#1 Issue” or some variant scrolls across the screen or lumbers above or below a featured story about sub-prime mortgages, the cost of fuel, or credit troubles.
Shouldn’t we at least assume by now that the Iraq war is the most crucial issue, since it is one of the greatest causes of America’s economic woes? One naturally follows the other. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Not only that, but we’ve lost at least 44 soldiers in Iraq in April alone. No use in crying over spilled gasoline when Americans are dying.
Christ, people, we need to prioritize.
Question of the Week
Should the superdelegates step in and force Clinton to drop out?
Still Searching for Nazi War Criminals
According to the Independent, Simon Wiesenthal Centre released a list of Nazi war criminals who fled before the Nuremberg trials over 60 years ago.
Most of these criminals, who were either convicted in absentia or are in the process of extradition, are in their 90s. These feeble and aging men were at one time responsible of being part of the deliberate extermination 6,000,000 Jews.
Some of these criminals, like Sandor Kepiro, who had personally been responsible for the deaths of 1,000 Jews in Serbia, or the number one Nazi on the list, Aribert Heim (a.k.a. “Doctor Death”), are among the most reviled, wanted war criminals in history.
Some people are arguing that these men are too old to be tried, while others say they must be tried before they die on their own terms. It simply amazes me that in 2008 we are still seeking the convictions of men who participated in the worst crimes in history.
