What gives today in the news other than more disheartening comments by more ignorant people, in this case a U.S. General bashing people who are gay, people who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. military. The General believes gay people are immoral, and for whatever mental misfiring he also believes he has the right to criticize gay people and publicly share his opinion while wearing his uniform.

I believe it's immoral to criticize people just for being gay. Actually, it's just absurd and ridiculous to criticize anyone for being who they are. It's like saying people who are left handed, who are tall or short are immoral. There's nothing moral or immoral in being who you are; morality relates to actions and character. This General needs to go back to school.

I will defend equality until my last breath, including in the military. Asking people to fight for their country is one thing; asking people to lie for their country is another. That's exactly what the military is doing with its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. How do you ever build trust on lies? Something isn't adding up for me here.

As much as I support equality in the military, I for one am adamantly opposed to war in the sense that war will somehow obtain peace. It just doesn't work that way, regardless of what anyone might tell you. Sure, it may create a sense of security, but peace--no way. It's counterintuitive, contradicatory and outright foolish. When will human beings grow up and figure it out that we share one planet right now and we're on this journey together. If you watch the news, the constant fighting among our species is an embarrassment to us all.

And let's talk borders, these manmade lines in the sand with all sorts of laws protecting either side of each line. Ridiculous? I think so. Erase the lines and what will happen? I'd be willing to give it a try. But then I believe we're all in this life together, no matter what piece of soil people have laid claim to, and that presents big responsibilities. Until we end the concept of Us and Them, the lines will remain drawn, walls will be built and battles will be fought.

Bush is in Mexico today, and so am I. He's discussing immigration, and he might just be sympathetic to the plight of immigrants wanting a piece of the American dream, but ultimately he's not the visionary to make the necessary changes. I'm not convinced that visionary has yet to surface in the public eye. Perhaps one day in our lifetime. Perhaps.

That's what gives for me today.