In case you haven't heard, three U.S. troops have gone missing after a fire fight in Iraq last week. After a restless search for the missing soldiers, we find out where they are.

Today, Al-Qaida "front group that claims it has captured American soldiers warned the United States on Monday to stop searching for them... 'What you are doing in searching for your soldiers will lead to nothing but exhaustion and headaches. Your soldiers are in our hands. If you want their safety, do not look for them,' the Islamic State of Iraq said on a militant Web site." There you go. Straight from the horses mouth.

Now, two points. First, this proofs that Al-Qaida exists and this is a blatant threat to us and our troops. Remember the last time Al-Qaida abducted troops? We found them several days later mutilated beyond recognition, in the middle of the road, with a bomb between their legs, dead. The search for these three patriots can not be called off, because, chances are, they are dead already.

Second: Hasn't the Liberal media been saying that Al-Qaida isn't in Iraq? Open mouth, insert foot?

Pattani, Thailand - Separatist insurgents on Monday shot dead a Thai-Buddhist couple working as fruit pickers in the majority-Muslim area of Bannang Sata, Yala provine and injured their three-year-old daughter, police said.

All of this happened in front of the 3-year-old girl. I don't care how old you are, something like that will remain implanted in the back of your mind for the rest of your life.

Funny, I don't hear the Liberal media talking about this anywhere. When are you going to wake up America? When are you going to realize the threat that Islamic fascists impose on our world? They already killed 3000+ Americans on 9/11. They already constantly launch attacks on our allies (Israel). They already continually kill their own people. What's it going to take? These are not people who need "understanding," we don't need to sit around and ask ourselves "Why do they hate us." We need to first realize that they hate us! And second, that they want to kill us! To hell with "why!"

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Are these two entities in a race to be the most hated?

President Bush's Approval Rating: 34.4%
Democratic Congress Approval Rating: 37.5%

The President's approval rating has been low for a while. Congress has only been in office for 5 months and they are closing in the gap. I guess the Democrats will be damned before the President shows them up on anything.

Keep up dated on this monumental race here.

America's oil consumption and demand has gone up roughly one percent a year since 1976. Ironically, this is the same year that the last oil refinery was built.

Kind of interesting. We are a country who's entire economy would fall if we stopped receiving oil, yet we have not build a new oil refinery in 31 years. Oil companies like to blame this on environmental groups. This might be true a certain extent, but appeasement of these groups should be low, low, LOW on the list of our government's and oil companies' priorities.

We need to become energy dependent and we need to tell these environmentalist groups to either become part of the solution or back off.

Everyone in the entertainment industry knows, radio is the last outlet for free speech. Every other outlet of media has been under scrutiny for saying or doing something offensive, but CBS seems to just enjoy caving into political correctness and for firing people who someone might find offensive.

Everyone knows about the Imus situation. Imus was fired from his CBS funded morning show for calling the Rutger's female basketball team "nappy headed hoes." But, it doesn't stop there. Friday, CBS fired two radio shock jocks for making a prank phone call to a Chinese restaurant and pocked fun at Asian stereotypes (read the full article here, but let me say this. One of this jock's wife is Asian).

Now CBS is in another situation, and if they are consistent they will fire two more radio jocks. XM Radio's shock jocks Opie and Anthony are caught up in a controversy after having a guest on their show who repeatedly talked about raped and beating Condoleezza Rice and Laura Bush.

Is all this the result of talk radio and other radio shows under fire for abusing free speech, is this CBS caving into the pressure of the PC cops, or is CBS trying to gain publicity from all these controversies? I would be inclined to lean toward the first option, but since all this has happened to people on the CBS payroll, I think its too early to say.

Oxycontin, in case you didn't know, is a very strong--yet effective--pain killer. This is a drug that is strict limited by prescription, but was widely prescribed due to it's effectiveness. As of Friday, "Purdue Pharma L.P., its president, top lawyer and former chief medical officer [have been ordered to] pay $634.5 million in fines for claiming the drug was less addictive and less subject to abuse than other pain medications." None of these men will see an ounce of jail time.

Many believe they should receive jail time, comparing them to typical street side dealers. This is not a just representation, no jail time for these gentlemen is needed because their drug--from what I heard--did work and all drugs--over the counter or prescription--have side effects of some type. But this $634.5 million dollar fine isn't nearly punishment enough for this $10 billion company. Personally, this company should be charged to pay for any individuals suffering from this drug, which they undoubtedly will once all the trial lawyers get to working.

One final point though. I make no attempt to hide the fact that I'm a Rush Limbaugh fan. I'm actually a 24/7 insider and highly enjoy all I get from the service. In the mid 90's, Mr. Limbaugh came out on his radio show saying he was addicted to pain killers. What pain killer? Oxycontin. Is this an excuse? Maybe, maybe not, but it does prove that he is merely a man. A opinionated man with a big mouth? Yep, but a man nonetheless.

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In a shocking move (not sure how shocking, I am, after all, not British), Tony Blair has decided to step down as Prime Minister of the Labour Party in the UK. I don't know the full story. I don't know what his approval rating in UK was (it has to be higher than Bush's). I don't know what pressure he is receiving from his people and constituents. I don't know what he personal life is like. His stepping down could be justified, but since I haven't heard any of these, I'll go with my gut feeling.

I respect Tony Blair. If he is being forced to step down because of his involvement with the Iraq War, I feel more sorry for him than I probably should, but, I have to say, I am glad he is not the leader of my country.

Look at how Tony Blair handled the 6 sailors that were captured by Iran situation. They had the proof that they were no where near Iranian waters. This was an act of war! But, what does Blair do? He asks them to play fair. He could have rallied the world behind him, mounted up the forces, taken his troops back, and horse whipped it's leaders in shape. But instead, he goes to the UN and plays that BS game. Spineless, to say the least.

The leader of any country has to be one that, when faced with pressure of foreign governments or his own people, needs to stand up to his critics and remind them what's at stake. The UK isn't alien to terror attacks. They have had their own attacks, people have died, and they know what's at stake in Iraq. At least they used to know. Just like our country now, the Liberal media and others opposed to the war are now fueling the public with tails of lose and death from Iraq. Stand up for what you know is right, not for what the media or your critics, the people who don't want you in office anyway, thinks you should be doing.

I'm happy we have a leader willing to saddle up and ride that horse to the end. I'm happy he isn't playing nice with the Democratic congress (who has an approval rating matching the Presidents). I'm glad that this man wants to fight these monsters and bring an era of peace back to this world.

On a final note, Tony Blair, I am happy you stood by us as long as you did, but if you are tired of this war you did the right thing. I guess it is just time for someone else to take the reins. Let's just hope you didn't step down so a Liberal socialist could take over and botch everything up.