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If our ancestors had had the good sense to build the Lou Dobbs
Wall in 1900, it would have prevented Michel Dabaghi, the son
of Lebanese parents, from being born in the United States
and growing up to take the job of medical pioneer away
from Americans.
(Will anyone notice that I figured out how to center images?)
Anything-other-than-election-blather news:
Venezuela deployed tanks toward the Columbian border. Uh-oh! That’s not good.
Researchers have found what might be the earliest picture of Helen Keller with her teacher, Annie Sullivan. Go and take a look. It’s wonderful!
House Democrats want a $70 billion tax hike to offset the alternative minimum tax. Well, there’s the first Rethug ad for the election.
Scientists are developing a brain scanner that will be able to decipher what you are looking at by looking at your brain waves. Oy, something else they’ll make you go through before they let you get on an airplane!
Actor Patrick Swayze, 55, is being treated for pancreatic cancer. Best wishes to him.
Here’s some good news–the House has approved the Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act. It took more than 10 years. Of course, in the height of irony, Chimpy, an alcoholic (and who knows what else) opposes it.
So what’s new by you?
In the news…..
2 fighter jets crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, but both pilots ejected and were rescued.
The nasty old school-bus-sized satellite that will most likely never hurt anyone might be the target of a Navy missile on Wednesday. The Commanderer has spoken. 
Hey, it’s not like the 50 or so million bucks can be spent better elsewhere! Well, at least the Commanderer didn’t screw up and shoot down Atlantis by mistake. The shuttle and its 7 astronauts landed safely. Welcome back!
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After all, he took a nobody actress and made her almost a somebody:
(AP) ST. LOUIS Days after actor Michael J. Fox appeared in a TV ad urging Missouri voters to support stem cell research, opponents will unveil their own commercial during the World Series Wednesday night.
The Cardinals’ starting pitcher for Game 4, Jeff Suppan, is among several celebrities who appear in the minute-long ad. Others include Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner, Kansas City Royals player Mike Sweeney and two actors — Patricia Heaton of TV’s “Everybody Loves Raymond” and Jim Caviezel, who portrayed Jesus in “The Passion of the Christ.”
“Amendment 2 claims it bans human cloning, but in the 2,000 words you don’t read, it makes cloning a constitutional right,” Suppan says in the commercial. “Don’t be deceived.”
Amendment 2 would provide constitutional protections for embryonic stem cell research in Missouri.
I’m voting for Alex Keaton to go Back To The Future, and rooting for Jeremy Bonderman, Craig Monroe, Carlos Guillen, Magglio Ordonez, Brandon Inge, Sean Casey and the rest of the Motown Maulers to take some starch out of the Arch.
As for Raymond, we’re cool, but in your next sitcom, go with Sandra Bullock, whose immediate $1 million donation to the tsunami relief effort helped spur $1.03 billion that was ponied up. (Her donation, as an individual, was only exceeded by Steven Spielberg’s $1.5 million).
