October 30, 2006
Monday
As has been the case in recent weeks, the war in Iraq has dominated the McLaughlin Group. Today, the panel discussed the politics of semantics regarding Iraq. What does the President mean when he says he is for "benchmarks" but against "timelines?" The group all agree that the war in Iraq is not going well and thus politically manifests itself as a positive for the Democrats and a negative for the GOP come next Tuesday.

Start reading and understanding Chapter 4!!!!
See ya tomorrow in class...I am really starting to like the class of 2007, seriously...

QOD: [a paraphase] The science is undeniable, we have a huge problem on our hands and its Global Warming and it is not going to go away, in fact it is going to continually get worse...the problem is here and now." Tony Blair

TPNS: United Kingdom has chosen to take a proactive, leadership role in attempting to deal with Global Warming. The idea is based on this notion of Pollution Units that could be bought and sold or traded, based on supply and demand...the idea is that we must as a global community agree to the premise that we must limit our pollution output...more on this later...pollution in the form of Global Warming is real and will cause serious problems in our life time...no question about it...If you disagree, you are fooling yourself.