1 It was oriented toward Mecca, the name was the "Crescent of Embrace," and there WERE 44 glass blocks HONORING all aboard INCLUDING the terrorists. The Heinz (as in Teresa Heinz Kerry) Foundation was fronting money and philosophical control(or at least heavy input) and the original architect/designer made public statements that confirmed his antiwar, anti-Bush sentiments. So, of course, there was no reason for anyone to object to the BS. Just swirls in ice cream cones... Right. And Democrats talk about the surge not working, but the surge reached full strength with deployments in MID-JUNE 2007. So, in the ONE-MONTH it has been in effect, all the problems haven't been solved. Surely thirty days should have been enough. The US media, after all, held off on using the term "quagmire" for eight days at the start of the war in 2003. President Bush was first asked whether he could avoid a quagmire in Afghanistan four days after the start of the war there. Next week we will discuss why there is no bias in the media. And no debate over anthropogenic global warming.