There is good news for those of you previously terrorized by our govts war on terrorism. The headline: U.S. to Relax Air Travel Restrictions. The text: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is partially lifting its ban against carrying liquids and gels onto airliners "We now know enough to say that a total ban is no longer needed from a security point of view," said some official sounding muck tee muck. He said that most liquids and gels that air travelers purchase in secure areas of airports will now be allowed on planes. He called the new procedures a "common sense" approach that would maintain a high level of security at airports but ease conditions for passengers. Please note that he said most liquids and gels. Not all, but most. Of course he did not specify which ones would be allowed and which banned or even what criteria would be used to differentiate the two. Makes for quite a guessing game does it not? You are packing for your trip and you get to guess if your stuff will be allowed or banned. Ah well, on with the article: That means that after passengers go through airport security checkpoints, they can purchase liquids at airport stores and take them onto their planes. New procedures also were announced for toiletries and products like lip gloss and hand lotion that passengers bring to the airport. Previously, those liquids have been confiscated at security checkpoints. Now, these products will be limited to 3-ounce sizes and must fit in a clear, 1-quart size plastic bag. The bags will be screened and returned if they are cleared. Again, no mention of how they will determine if your 3 oz of hand lotion is actually explosive. Attention potential terrorists. Please insure that if you are bringing explosive liquid devices onto airliners, you must limit your explosives to 3 ounces or less and must have them in a clear plastic bag. Oh goodie, Homeland security to the rescue. Im sure you all feel so much more secure now. Question: how can any sane person take any of this seriously?

Next headline off of the gv unions choice of ap articles to feature: us army extends iraq duty for 4000. no need read the article. 4000 more soldiers got lied to and screwed. And only their loved ones care. Next article the union considered important enuff to pick up: "pope doesn’t dwell on remarks in meeting". We all know what the remarks were. The media made sure of that. This whole story of one religious leaders insensitive remarks about another religion would be laughable until we realize that some gullible people still listen to religious leaders. While im on the subject, does anyone else find it curious that no one ever mentions the obvious continual bias of the media in always reporting what the leader of one of the worlds many religions has to say, while seldom ever mentioning the words or actions of any of the other worlds religious leaders. In short, why do the catholics and their pope get more coverage than any other religion, and why is this never called media bias in favor of one religion over the others? In our media, If the pope passes gas, its news worth reporting.

Next item: stretch your memories and recall that before we had king george the feeble minded and his deliteful consort big dick cheney, we were entertained, excuse me, led by slick willy and his charming wife hillary. Well don’t look now but the Clintons are at it again. Recall that just after the Clintons election, hillary came out as champion of national health, and promptly totally sabotaged that cause. She pretended to examine all proposals while in actual fact completely ignoring the one successful system, that being the Canadian style single payer system. Instead she came up with a proposal guaranteed to be defeated, as of course it was. So the Clintons appeared to be champions of national health while in fact being just the opposite. That was political brilliance; . to the masses they appeared politically correct, while the real power brokers smiled at and approved their chicanery. Well, recent news is that slick willy has just come out as a champion of the environement, getting very publically involved in some organization concerned with global warming. Yeah for slick willy. And isn’t it merely a coincidence that his wifey poo, dear hillary, is positioning herself to run for president in 2 years? Now factor in that a potential rival for the dem nomination for pres is al gore, who recently got so much great pub with his movie on the same subject. I smell a large rat in slick willy’s sudden interest in a very politically correct cause. Excuse me, two large rats.

Next item: Nevada city council almost passed a resolution advocating the impeachment of king george and his merry band of liars and thieves. It lost 3-2. the leader of the movement, kent smith, spoke eloquently in favor of its passage and stated that even tho the proposal lost, it was important to bring the issue to the public. I thought that councilwoman Barbara Coffman had an important point in that the group did not ask the grass valley nor Nevada county boards to consider the same resolution. Those efforts would have failed of course, but it would have opened up the debate to more people. And of course behind the scene is always money. Nev city needs money, and local businesses drive the engine of local govt. so the question must be asked. Do local businesses care more about the demise of our constitution or their bottom line? My bottom line? : it was entertaining, and I find it refreshing that any public forum actually addresses the issue of getting rid of king george. I think it would be highly entertaining to present this issue to the nev co board of sups and hear what our sups have to say. Would they defend king geo and his merry band or simply retreat behind "its not our place to speak out"? and that begs the question: if its not our elected leaders place to speak out, whose place is it? And the answer is: its all of our responsibility. Every one of us. Its our constitution. If you want to keep it, do something. The nov election is an opportunity. Make sure you are registered, and make sure you vote. If you don’t, there will be an election soon where your vote truly wont matter, because a secret electronic process has already determined the outcome.

Next item: some guy wrote a lengthy letter to military families, military communities, I found a few paragraphs interesting so I offer them to you now: here it is: I would respectfully say this: the problem with these people, the problem with the President, the Vice President, the neoconservatives and the Republican Congress is that they are political ideologues, who treat war as theory, because they lack experience in practice. They are hard core political partisans, who show contempt for commanders when the voice of experience contradicts the ambitions of their politics. They play to win elections, not knowing how to win a war, which the combined intelligence agencies of the American government, now warn they are in danger of losing.

To military families, military communities, I would respectfully propose this: if Demcrats are elected to Congress, what will happen on the morning after the election, is that reasonable people in both parties will sit down, with each other, with our commanders, with respect and goodwill, and begin to plan a way out of this mess. Together. The choice this November is not between a Republican policy versus a Democratic policy. The choice this November is whether we have two more years of one party government and continuation of the status quo, or whether we have two party government, three branches of government, and a renewed spirit of national unity, and national purpose.