Meanwhile, in the Middle East...

Dana Mathewson

Protests in the streets in Syria, Assad cracking down just as his father did years ago, and Zippy is ignoring it. Not good. http://www.urgentagenda.com/PERMALINKS%20VI/JULY%202011/04.SYRIA.HTML

Of course, the MSM is ignoring all of it because it won't have any apparent affect on Zippy's re-election. Syrians aren't expected to vote for him...