Weekly Roundup

Goodbye to summer of 2005
This has been a remarkable summer, at least for me. All of us tried to enjoy as much summer as we can. We managed to make at least one long distance trip (Rocky Mountain National Park). Can’t wait for the next summer!

Fall Blues
This is that time of year again (in US), falling leaves on side of the roads, pumpkins and skeletons by the home windows, and scary movies on the Television. Even after living in US for 12 years, I am still amazed by the season changes. Winter comes early to the northern states of the US and gradually moves south. In Maryland where I currently stay tree colors are just beginning to change. Have you ever wondered why leaves change colors in fall season? Here is a good a site that describes it all.

Political Roundup
US President, George Bush nominated ‘Harriet Miers’ as next Supreme Court justice. Many people, even in his own party (Republican) were surprised by this nomination, since there are many candidates with much better qualification than that of Harrier Miers. It will be interesting to see how ‘Harriet Miers’ will handle the hearings that will be held to confirm her nomination by Congress. Even right wing zealots like Ann Coulter are against this nomination. I sincerely hope Harriet Miers voluntarily refuses to accept this position (however, this is highly unlikely)

Ann Coulter with Bill Maher (on Harriet Miers and more) a clip from onegoodmove.org
Fox News Sunday on Harriet Miers from crooksandliars.com
I like this one very much. Brit Hume is a horrible person in my opinion and look at the way he deffends Harriet Miers. Brit Hume is the guy who said on the air (Fox) the day recent 'London subway bombings' occurred, I paraphrase, '... the first thing that came to my mind was that boy the stocks are going to go down, I can make some quick money here'.

Just In...
Earthquake in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan seemed to be devastating. After what happened in Louisiana, every one will look at the rescue efforts in a different perspective. I listened to PM of Pakistan on CNN, and he was quick to say no to any of the outside help (from America) as he mentioned that Pakistan's PM's office and military is capable of taking care of this catastrophe. This reaction seemed to have influenced by the position India took in the wake of last years Tsunami that killed thousands of people. World politics aside, I hope everyone works together to take care of the victims of this latest natural disaster.