A few years back, some on the right wanted Bill Clinton to lose in Kosovo more than they wanted America to win. When President Clinton attacked Iraq or went after Osama, the right viewed it as a “wag the dog” conspiracy or a nefarious plot to serve his own personal ends. That is the way it is today with some on the left in regard to Iraq. Their rage towards this President knows no limits. They cannot even take a pause to celebrate the third time in a year that an Arab nation has exercised democratic rights.

–The Moose, Mirror Image

The whole darn thing is good. Read it and be hopeful.

Religions become counter-productive to world order when they neglect the fundamental values of compassion, kindness and self-discipline that make them “more or less the same,” [The Dalai Lama] said.

–”Dalai Lama Says All Religions ‘More or Less the Same’”:http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=2,1939,0,0,1,0, Buddhist Channel