Today's Tidbits

The ground war in Gaza continues. Israeli troops have dissected the city. It's going to be a long one with many additional casualties. Meanwhile at the United Nations, the US has blocked a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire. However, the rest of the world is either protesting or seeking clarification on the mission. That appears to be a fair question. Although the death toll nears 500, the mission has failed to decrease the rocket fire.

Bill Richardson has withdrew his name from consideration to become the next Commerce Secretary.

American Muslim family gets kicked off an AirTran flight for asking which seats are safest. AirTran has since apologized and reimbursed the family for the additional expenses they incurred.

The Obama administration is getting their new economic stimulus package together. It appears that it will be ready by early February and will could cost as much as a trillion dollars. Spending in this country is at an all-time high. It's a disgrace that a Republican administration jump started this new "shopping-spree" mentality where we casually spend hundreds of billions of dollars with very few questions.

Teaching moderate Islam on Arab television.

Now the anti-smoking nazis are targeting third hand smoke. Gimme a break.

Female suicide bomber kills 38 people in Baghdad.

I can understand a person being a pet lover. But, c'mon. Jumping into a frozen pond to save your dog? What makes it worse is the dog escapes while she drowns.