israel has kidnapped detained speaker

* this via kathleen:

"President Bush has pursued an "erroneous policy" that has fostered violence in the Middle East, said former President Jimmy Carter, who brokered the historic Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt.

"In my opinion, maybe the worst ally Israel has had in Washington has been the George W. Bush administration, which hasn't worked to bring a permanent peace to Israel," Carter said Friday during a stop in West Michigan.
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"I think in the last six years it's been too much of a subservient relationship in the entire Congress between Congress and the White House," Carter said."

* if i worked in PR at Blogger, i'd be doing everything i could to get lamont over the line on tuesday, and would be prepping the media to use the words 'power of the blogs' in every article wednesday, regardless of the winner

* wow - the mexico election protests finally made the BBC news - 'tens of thousands'

* israel has kidnapped detained the Palestinian parliamentary speaker Aziz Dweik