North Korea, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Gov. Jon Corzine

I've written it a thousand times: President Bush is using all diplomatic tools available to him with regard to Noth Korea and he's being criticized for it from the loony Left! On two significant fronts, he is trying to put as much diplomatic pressure on North Korea as possible. First, he continues to insist on six-party talks, including those countries that are neighbors to North Korea and those nations that also have a vested interest in North Korea not becoming the world's next nuclear power. Those countries are Russia, Japan, China and South Korea; they are hardly insignificant countries. Second, he is using the complete diplomatic force of the United Nations. So far, not one country has spoken in support of North Korea's recent missile tests. Many nations have made harsh statements against the tests. And, several UN resolutions are being drafted that will condemn the tests and call for sanctions if North Korea does not suspend additional tests. Or, anytime the hate-Bush Left wants to ridicule the meaningfulness of global condemnation and UN sanctions is fine by me. There is simply no pleasing the blind-with-hatred, logic-lost, liberals.

Poor Sen. Joseph Lieberman. Just six years after being used by his Party to run for Vice President of the United States of America (the first Jewish-American to be nominated for either of the top two spots on a major party ticket and the moderate counter-weight to the ultra-liberal Al Gore), he's being treated as an outcast by the leaders of his Party. Obviously, as a person that roots for the United States and against the terrorists, I've always respected and admired Sen. Lieberman. There's a post down below someplace where I make specific reference to Sen. Lieberman's devotion to principle and honor (even if he is misguided sometimes on tax and abortion issues). However, Sen. Lieberman is now being criticized by the liberal media and others because he wants to hold onto his Senate seat so badly that he's vowing to run as an unenrolled candidate in the November general election if he should lose his Party's primary election in early August.

For those not paying attention, almost everything in the state of New Jersey is at a stand-still as the newly elected Governor, liberally extreme, former United States Senator, Jon Corzine has orchestrated a nearly-complete shutdown because he alientated himself from the Democrats in the state legislature. Uniter or divider, I wonder. Anyway, the Governor wants to raise the state sales tax 17% and the Democrats in the legislature are balking. By missing a July 1 deadline for a budget, the state cannot fund non-critical services so most of the government is closed. Kudos to the Democrats that don't think the taxpayers are mindless money trees that can continuously tolerate tax increases.