While a 19 year old Saudi Arabian woman receives a six month sentence with 200 lashes for being gang raped, American and western feminist groups remain silent. This bizarre silence of women's rights groups reminds of us similar non-stances these groups took on human and women's rights violations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The average price of gasoline has now reached an all time high in the United States at $3.03 per gallon. Higher even than in the Hurricane Katrina aftermath. The recent cease fire and UN agreement between Israel, Lebanon, and the Hizbollah and the recent downgrading of the years predicted hurricanes and gulf coast storms have reduced the risk to the oil industry.