Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is traveling this summer to Iraq and Afghanistan – and the taxpayers will be footing the bill.
My Way News – Obama’s summer travel partly courtesy of taxpayers

3 Anchors to Follow Obama’s Trek Abroad
The media is falling over themselves trying to be near “The Chosen One.” It really is discusting how much pandering is going on to be Obama’s favorite. Yeah, yeah, he’s the first African American Democrat to be a presidential nomonee, but seriously folks, stop drooling long enough to report the news.

Bush may not have the slickness of his predecessor, but he is a man you can trust and who prefers to tell it like it is.
Holy Cows: George W Bush – buffoon or great leader? – Telegraph

Doomed to a fatal delusion over climate change | Herald Sun

Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda – Times Online
This should be on the front page of every newspaper in the country!

Global Study Finds More People Happier Today Than 25 Years Ago – News Story – KTVU San Francisco
I know I’m happier than I was 25 years ago… I think. I really don’t remember.

Bush gathers support of European leaders – USATODAY.com
“America Alone”? It’s looking like the tide is turning. Whoever ends up in the White House next January, at least we know that Bush has left us some allies across the pond.

People who might complicate Obama’s campaign

European Court agrees to hear chimp’s plea for human rights| News | This is London
The world just keeps getting nuttier.

Because the polar bear has been listed as threatened due to alleged deterioration of its ice habitat, and because the alleged loss of the ice habitat has occurred because of global warming caused at least in part by the emission of greenhouse gases, environmental activists will argue that all emissions of greenhouse gases that flow as a consequence of the grant of a federal permit of any sort are now subject to review under the ESA and, crucially, that those permits cannot be issued unless and until the United States Fish & Wildlife Service reviews and approves of the requested permit under Section 7 of the ESA, a process which takes at a minimum months and which can cost millions of dollars even if it is successful.
Townhall.com::Polar Bear Pushback::By Hugh Hewitt