I give the best discussion of the day to the McLaughlin show for their discussion of the morality of dropping the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, to end WWII. The fact that the question was even on the table is significant to me. The question was pointed toward the knowing killing of civilians in large numbers. Kudos, that is a good question.

But what about the tens if not hundreds of thousands of Iraqis that have been killed as a result of our invasion and occupation of Iraq for no reason? Isn't that just about as bad, or maybe worse. At least Japan attacked us at Pearl Harbor and we had an official declaration of war. In Iraq, we had nothing - just the personal grudge of our president against the leader or Iraq - hardly a legal justification for going to war. Unfortunately, congress rolled over and shares the blood on our nation's hands.

There were some interesting discussions about the budget deficit commission's report this week. But, generally, most of the commentators don't believe it will go anywhere, regardless of the merits, because it won't get able to get the supermajority in the commission that is necessary to get it to go forward. But even Mort Zuckerman apparently is having a hard time swallowing the arguments about not lifting the tax cuts for the richest americans. Apparently he is more worried about the long term impact of the deficits than what he might have to ante up to the government if the tax cuts are lifted. That's interesting. McLaughlin himself was seeming a little self-centered about the issue.

The elections are already a long ago memory. We have a lame duck congress, where most of them think little will happen (don't be so sure). Then the republicans take over, and we'll see how they overreach...um...I mean...govern.