A Muslim man angry with Israel barged into the offices of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle Friday afternoon and opened fire with a handgun, killing one woman and wounding five others before surrendering to police.

Three of the women were in critical condition late Friday.

A law-enforcement source identified the arrested suspect as Naveed Afzal Haq, 30, who until recently had lived in Everett, and said Haq apparently has a history of mental illness. Court records show Haq has a charge of lewd conduct pending against him in Benton County.

The shooting came a day after the FBI had warned Jewish organizations nationwide to be on alert after Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon and al-Qaida's second in command urged that the war raging in the Middle East be carried to the U.S. However, the law-enforcement source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there is no evidence Haq was involved with any group.

The top part there is from the Seattle-Times report.  It's strange to think that the hatred that is directed towards Israel is now starting to show it's face just about a mile from where I live.  I notice too, that under the picture of the man they have in custody for the shooting has "Peace Be Unto You" under this little High School picture. 

Has be been taking lessons from BushCo regarding the peace process, kill first and then proclaim peace?

I'm not sure if this is a beginning of terrorism in the U.S., however it is a striking reminder that the hatred that is the backbone of most of the Middle East Region seems to permeate most of the world.  I particularly don't care about Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, or any of those middle eastern countries, but I DO CARE that BushCo is just rubber stamping the violence with their lack of foresight. 

Of course, maybe the Republicans need another 9/11 to make the Republicans look tough again.  However, 9/11 didn't change my mind about Bush the first time, and if there's another terrorist attack in some large scale then it tells me without a doubt that all the warrantless domestic spying of Americans, the Patriot Act and its intent to be the "Enabling Act" for the King Bush, and all the lies, theft, and destruction of all the things that America used to stand for seem to be lost. 

Is this one man's action a sign of things to come in more horrendous ways?  Most likely, the answer is YES.  As long as the BushCo is doing the job that they are doing in the world without regard to anything but the corporate bottom line (see the latest releases of the oil company profits reports). 

So be prepared, for all the good works of the U.S. Government, led by the most incompetent group of men ever in history to protect you from all the evils in the world, or in reality, be prepared for the BushCo (incompetent group mentioned above) to bring terrorism to you town, in living color for them to use that lovely fear mongering  method of running a country into your living room through the media.

Just remember, BushCo rewards all failures under it's rule with promotions, money and pat on the back.

Those Neo-Conservative-Republican-BushCo followers are at it again.  This is a good one really.  The U.S. House passed the bill to increase the MINIMUM WAGE in the United States.  Start celebrating, start borrowing lots of money at the new increased interest rates, and rejoice, the U.S. House is going to give the poor people a raise that will take until 2012 to be in full force.

OH!  But WAIT there's a hitch, the same bill passed by the U.S. House has included yet another instant giveaway to the Richest Americans, the Estate Tax (or as they call it the death tax).  One of the tax cuts that BushCo has been trying to push through ever since he got into office.  Reason, Bush, Cheney and the small number of the richest Americans will save billions in taxes. 

Why is that an issue?  Why should I care if more tax cuts are handed out like candy to a gaggle of obese little children?  One reason, less taxes collected, less money for social programs, more reasons to cut those things that actually help people.  Doubt me, look at FEMA and New Orleans, was that fiasco handled by the competent and caring? 

Again, it will most likely come down to Senator Cantwell from Washington State to stand up for the right thing.  Not cutting the Estate Tax for the filthy rich.  She's rich, has been for some time, but still there's a large danger in cutting the income while increasing spending.  Soon, the U.S. will have to sell off more things to the Arabs (which Bush has been working on doing for quite some time now) just to pay for the food that they want to send to the troops in whatever "war on terror" location that it will be tomorrow.

It's actually, all politics when it comes to the bill that U.S. House passed.  If the Democrats do NOT vote for the "MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE" they are bad for the poor people, however if a Democrat does vote NO on that bill they aren't trying to deny a minimum wage increase, they are trying to stop yet another tax cut.  The Republicans know that most people in the United States are stupid enough, or at least they were (praying to Lightbulb that Americans discovered a working brain cell), to believe the combination in the bill passed by the U.S. House (the same house that has been noted as being the most corrupt, neo-conservative and anti-American group ever to be in office).

We'll see, the Republicans are going to try every dirty trick that they can to make their political points.  And they will accept assistance from anyone, including Usama Bin Laden to gain a few poll points so they look like they are doing their job.  I just know that the current set of Republicans need to be sent home packing, their retirement packages need to be nullified and transferred into the strong Social Security system that they have been trying to rob since the money was put out of their reach.  And that goes for the Democrats, that are no different than the Republicans, that are more interested in the big money givers than doing the job they were entrusted with through the vote.  As one person said, sorry, I don't know who or where I heard it, "People should not be afraid of their government, their government should be afraid of them."