May 29, 2005 journal, France rejects the European Union constitution in public vote today Veteran's Day is still more losses not hero's as the war in Iraq gets hotter and has no wins. The 50 caliber rifle shown on 60-minutes manufactured in Tennessee with a range of over one mile is a very dangerous weapon and should not be made at all in my opinion. They demonstrated that it can pierce a half-inch steel plate at over 1 mile. I would guess that this is a worse weapon than the Stinger missile and more accurate by far. Even showing such a powerful weapon on television is an invitation for most terrible things to happen. World Bank headquarters is in prominent Washington D.C. and I wonder who finances it. Yosemite National park is reported to be the most beautiful covered with 30 percent more water in their falls due to a heavier Snows and rains this year, the tourist count is way up. The friendly fire killed Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan, as a poster boy for army volunteers has backfired. Blame it on the enemy and the ratings will increase handsomely for the war. Boeing aircraft production is down by 60 percent according to a report on they're losing out to Airbus in Europe although they do have a smaller and cheaper plane coming out. The new Airbus 380 double-decker has taken the jumbo business seating 500 people. Like the gradual fall of General Motors, Boeing Aircraft big days are over after their CEO was involved in a scandal. The giant corporate hero's are growing fewer like Wal-Mart and Starbucks coffee, like Microsoft miracle. The revolution and transition of corporate power is America is a roller-coaster that will someday be over as the American dollar is weakened as we continue to lose our manufacturing base to Mexico and to China mostly. STUPID Is AS STUPID DOES.>http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts104.html> "Bush Opts for Civil War in Iraq by Paul Craig Roberts. What are we to make of the news reports that Baghdad is to be encircled and divided into smaller and smaller sections by 40,000 Iraqi and 10,000 US troops backed by US air power and armor in order to conduct house to house searches throughout the city to destroy combatants? Is this generous notice of a massive offensive a ploy to encourage insurgents to leave the city in advance, thus securing a few days respite from bombings? Is the offensive a desperate attempt by the B-+-h regime and the Iraqi government to achieve a victory in hopes of reviving their flagging support? Or is it an act of revenge? The insurgency has eroded American support for B--h’s war. A majority of Americans now believe B--h’s invasion of Iraq was a mistake and that Booh’s war is not worth the cost. The insurgency has proved the new Iraqi government to be impotent both as a unifying agent and source of order. US frustration with a few hundred insurgents in Fallujah resulted in the destruction of two-thirds of the former city of 300,000 and in the deaths of many civilians. Are we now going to wit-ness Baghdad reduced to rubble? Considering reports that 80% of Sunnis support the insurgency passively if not actively, it looks as if extermination of Sunnis will be required if the US is to achieve "victory" in Iraq. If this Baghdad offensive is launched, it will result in an escalation of US war crimes and outrage against the US and the new Iraqi "govern-ment." Obviously, the Americans are unwilling to take the casualties of house to house searches. That job falls to the Iraqi troops who are being set against their own people. If insurgents remain and fight, US air power will be used to pulverize the buildings and "collateral damage" will be high. If insurgents leave and cause mayhem elsewhere, large numbers of innocent Iraqis will be detained as suspected insurgents. After all, you can’t con-duct such a large operation without results. As most households have guns, which are required for protection as there is no law and order,” This message will be continued.