All those who are hoping that comprehensive immigration reform is going to
happen this year -- Latinos, businesses, churches, agriculture industry, law
enforcement and others -- are in for a rude awakening.
The trick for politicians will be
to look as if they're doing something, when really they're doing nothing. But,
regardless of how it looks, it's a long shot that Congress will pass immigration
reform this year.


That's bad news for those who
want to give the undocumented a chance to get right with the law and develop a
sensible, fair and efficient policy for future immigrants. But it's good news
for those who resist legalizing the undocumented because they're afraid of
foreigners -- either because of competition with their work ethic, or that
they're changing the culture and complexion of the country.

This is sort of interesting but I don't think that those who are here illeagally should be able to become legal.

    Huge crowds in the Vatican cheered Pope Benedict XVI on
Wednesday as he made his first public appearance since announcing his
resignation at the end of the month.
He thanked the Roman Catholic
faithful in several languages and said it was not appropriate for him to
continue as pope. "I've decided to resign the
ministry given to me by the Lord. 
    I've done this in full freedom, for the
benefit of the church," he told those gathered in a Vatican City audience hall  for his regular weekly appearance. Benedict said he is fully aware
of the gravity of his decision but he could not carry on as pope "I don't
have the strength that it requires."

    I sort of think there is a side story to this but I could be wrong.  He could have resigned on his own free will, but it sort of makes you think what made him decide that he needed to retire beside age.  The next question is why did he resign right before Ash Wednesday, but the real question is who is going to be the next Pope.

~CNN~

Arguably the most wanted man in America, fired police Officer Christopher
Jordan Dorner may well be in hiding -- plotting his next move after allegedly
killing three people. Officers toting high-powered weapons fanned out Friday
across thousands of square miles, searching for their former colleague.
More than 100 officers zeroed in
on a mountain resort town west of Los Angeles where searchers Thursday found
Dorner's burned-out pickup truck. An approaching storm threatened to hinder the
already difficult manhunt.
 "We're going to continue
searching until we either discover he left the mountain or we find him," Sheriff
John McMahon said Friday.
 "It's extremely dangerous," he 
said.

I would like to learn why he has taken war to the L. A. police.  Maybe he has a reason or maybe he just got into some trouble.  Some say he was fired for no reason. 

    On Tuesday afternoon, bus driver
Charles Poland Jr. was shuttling children from school to their homes when he dropped Miller's two boys off and a man boarded the bus.
 He demanded Poland, 66, hand over a child. Poland refused, blocking access to the bus' narrow aisle as at least 21 children escaped out of the back emergency door, according to police.  Poland ended up getting shot immediatly dying.  The suspect took 2 kids but one escaped.  They are now in an underground bunker.
(Bus Driver Above)
  It's unclear whether the
suspected gunman was after a specific child on the bus. Police have said there
is no connection between the suspect and the abducted boy, whose identity is
being withheld.
    
    This is sort of strange and weird.  Why would someone want to kidnapp a child and then go into a underground bunker.  Apparental there has been talk that this man is a dooms day preper.  The police have said that this bunker is four feet underground and is laced with PVC pipe.  Neighbors and other sources have named the kidnapper as Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, a Vietnam veteran and retired truck driver, who moved to the area about five years ago.