THE TENSION: The Decline and Fall of Western Civ. for 12 Sep

Heads up, this news rolls downhill.

A Palestinian shows how a folded twenty dollar bill appears to show the World Trade Center buildings on fire.

Unable to view reality through anything other than a political lens, Democrats contend the president used a prime-time address commemorating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to make partisan arguments bolstering support for the Iraq war, reports AP. Note to Dems: If the U.S cuts and runs in Iraq, the terrorists will replay same the victory chants they used to celebrate 9/11 and the mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

AP reports Iran, Syria, North Korea and more than 100 other nations are pushing to broaden the world's definition of "terrorism" to include the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

A fundamental law of liberalism is trying to having things both ways. That said, unable to decide if Bush is an evil mastermind or a dolt, liberals and lefties flip-flop between blaming Bush for having a hand in the Sept. 11 attacks or calling Bush a dumb ol' devil. If anyone knows how the government has been able to contain leaks involving a 9/11 conspiracy, I'd sure be interested. With all the other government leaks to the press, I want to know how Bush was able to keep the lid on a conspiracy that could involve tens of thousands folks who would be potential leakers.

At least ten stingrays have been found dead and mutilated on Australia’s eastern coast in the last week in what conservationists believe could be revenge attacks for the death of Steve Irwin, the popular naturalist and television personality, according to the Times Online.

AFP reports New York transport authorities shut down part of the city's main bus terminal over a 'stink bomb' when someone spotted an object that resembled a hand grenade but was in fact a bottle of perfume.