Another story you won't find in the US press

THE US government secretly advised Scottish ministers it would be "far preferable" to free the Lockerbie bomber than jail him in Libya.

Correspondence obtained by The Sunday Times reveals the Obama administration considered compassionate release more palatable than locking up Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in a Libyan prison.

The intervention, which has angered US relatives of those who died in the attack, was made by Richard LeBaron, deputy head of the US embassy in London, a week before Megrahi was freed in August last year on grounds that he had terminal cancer.

The document, acquired by a well-placed US source, threatens to undermine US President Barack Obama's claim last week that all Americans were "surprised, disappointed and angry" to learn of Megrahi's release.

Internet News

It's really a pain in the ass to click on a news story, find out it's a video and then have to watch a 30 second commercial to see the clip. Hey dumb asses!!! I just want to read the news and not have to watch some 'talking head' report on it.

Michael Steele must go!

Michael Steele, John McCain and the rest of the 'centrist' GOP must go. I don't care what he said about Afghanistan, his 'leadership' of the GOP is only one step better than Obama's leadership of out great country.

BP oil disaster Part 4

So, they have this huge ship that will 'process' 20 million gallons of sea water and extract 'most' of the oil. The oil is stored and the processed sea water id dumped back into the Gulf of Mexico. They are currently testing and are waiting for EPA approval. I bet the EPA will have a problem with the discharge of processed sea water that still has small amounts of oil in it.

Would someone at the EPA please use some common sense. Oh wait, the government, environmentalists and common sense are not used in the same sentence.