Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Trendy Tuesday

Today let's identify current trends, tea leaves, signs of the way things are going in politics, in society...

More evidence of Obama as Dem front-runner: even Clinton-backers expect him to win.

High gas prices remain a center of controversy as oil executives get grilled by congressmen.
Conservatives beware: this will surely continue to lead to demands for expansions of state powers.

More Islamic extremism: an imam in an East London mosque backs punishments such as rape and killing for non-Islamic "unbelievers."
Conservatives need to remember, and to keep emphasizing, that the war on this kind of Islamic fascism still goes on.

Good news from Iraq: the liberation of the city of Karmah.

Surprising trend: democracy to triumph in Zimbabwe? Long-time dictator/thug Robert Mugabe, loser of the recent election, to step down? Let's hope so.

Obama/Clinton continues to divide the Democratic Party: Bill Richardson endorses Obama, James Carville calls him a Judas and defends the remark...