I Read the News Today, Oh Boy!

The New York Times tells us there's a new outbreak of the Ebola-like (Marburg) fever in Angola that may prove to be the most devastating outbreak of this horrible disease yet. You may recall that this is the disease for which, "There is no cure or vaccine for the highly contagious virus. Victims suffer a high fever, diarrhea, vomiting and severe bleeding from bodily orifices and usually die within a week. "

The Times also reports that North Korea has rejected talks with China with regard to nuclear disarmament.

Also from the Times, we're reminded that Iraq is still a fucking mess, with Shiites converging on Baghdad to protest the American presence in THEIR country.

The Washington Post tells us that the neocons are homing in on Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy at a conference entitled: "Confronting the Judicial War on Faith. Please read the following from the story:

"Not to be outdone, lawyer-author Edwin Vieira told the gathering that Kennedy should be impeached because his philosophy, evidenced in his opinion striking down an anti-sodomy statute, 'upholds Marxist, Leninist, satanic principles drawn from foreign law.'

"Ominously, Vieira continued by saying his 'bottom line' for dealing with the Supreme Court comes from Joseph Stalin. 'He had a slogan, and it worked very well for him, whenever he ran into difficulty: 'no man, no problem,' Vieira said.

"The full Stalin quote, for those who don't recognize it, is 'Death solves all problems: no man, no problem.' Presumably, Vieira had in mind something less extreme than Stalin did and was not actually advocating violence. But then, these are scary times for the judiciary. An anti-judge furor may help confirm President Bush's judicial nominees, but it also has the potential to turn ugly."

Then we've got Dubya: "There is no doubt in my mind there is a living God. And no doubt in my mind that Lord, Christ, was sent by the Almighty. No doubt in my mind about that," as reported in the Washington Post. He went on to say, "I think a walk in faith constantly confronts doubt, as faith becomes more mature," he said. "And you constantly confront, you know, questions. My faith is strong. The Bible talks about, you've got to constantly stay in touch with the word of God in order to help you on the walk.

"But the Lord works in mysterious ways," he added, "and during all our life's journeys we're enabled to see the Lord at work if our eyes are open and our hearts are open."

Yeah, I read the news today, oh boy! The wretched suffering in Angola; North Korea DOES HAVE WMD's; young Americans still dying in Iraq for what? Dubya's democracy?; Neocons apparently advocating, if not impeachment, then the murder of judges they don't agree with. And, then we've got Dubya walkin' with the Lawd.

Hmmm... Jesus wept...