Misc

I feel that the Obama administration is correct in treading lightly on involvement in Egypt.  The middle east is a culture of violence, religious fanaticism,  and tribalism that never changes.  Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt may be ungovernable and we should not let the defense industry talk us into any sort of engagements there.  The people in the middle east will finally need to work out on their own whether they want to be part of the modern world.

Governor Martinez is slapping window dressing together for the media's enjoyment by saying a couple of million dollars of funding will protect our rivers and watersheds.  She knows that will do little to help restore some natural balance, or maybe she doesn't?  She should realize that you can't do much with that kind of money.  The problem in our watersheds is huge and this won't make any difference at all except for her p.r.

If she really wants to protect the state's water supplies then she needs to tightly control fracking to get oil and gas out of the ground.  It only endangers ground water.