News of Note

It doesn't look as if New York is going to land the Olympics for 2012. New York couldn't put aside their neighborhood spats today and voted down a proposed West Side stadium that would play host to the games. Despite the incessant optimistic political rhetoric spouted out by NYC officials, as well as ones from Madrid and Moscow, the summary report released to the IOC yesterday praised Paris and London for their "achievable budget" and "very high quality" reports, while it cast doubts on the possiblity of games in the Big Apple. It looks, at this point, as if Paris will be lighting the torch in 2012, however, as there is some doubt cast by the IOC towards London's transportation infrastructure.

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The 9/11 commission, which has not met in over a year when its final report on 9/11 was released, is gearing up for another round of tough questions. Chairman Thomas Kean was quoted saying "We are going to ask a lot of questions," and "There are a lot of our recommendations that have not been implemented." While some say this may be a political move by a commission littered with those seeking to retain public exposure, others say it is a check on the White House's ability to implement desperately needed improvement in the arena of national security.

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Howard Dean was quoted on ABC programming stating republicans could stand in line to vote because a "lot of them have never made an honest living in their lives." Not surprisingly, Dean is finding members of his own democratic party criticizing these comments, especially since he was most likely referring to a democratic program called welfare. What a moronic statement.

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Did I hear Condoleeza Rice say something about Venezuela? Surely it wasn't about "backing democracy" and supporting "democracy where it is threatened." It's quite odd, every nation with oil just can't seem to get this democracy thing down pat. We should probably protect their democracy and support them, and their oil too. Maybe we could throw in a little bit of liberty while we're at it.