I’m in the middle of a lot of planning for the Cornell Coalition for Life (CCFL) right now. I don’t really have a lot of time to blog, but it is a good stress reliever and I feel a little guilty ignoring my blog. Sooo… I invented a weekly smorgasbord. These are a few articles that caught my eye over the week.

“Spy Jonathan Pollard caught on tape” from MSNBC

Not really sure how I feel about this one. In general, I view people who spy on America as uncool. If you get caught spying on our country, I feel that we ought to help you out and give you an inside look at the way our death penalty works. However, I love Israel almost on the same level that I love America.

Over 18 months, he stole an estimated 1 million documents, including sensitive intelligence about the Soviet Union and the Middle East, potentially compromising sources and methods.

“It devastated the national security of this country,” says Olive.

Though Pollard confessed to the crime, leaders of Israel and Pollard’s supporters in the U.S. have vigorously lobbied to get him released from prison or pardoned, arguing that he was, after all, spying for a friend of the U.S., not a sworn enemy.

Pollard was sentenced to life in prison and has served 20 years.

“He has served longer than any American in history for spying for an ally, and every day he spends in prison now is a day of injustice,” says Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz.

Ridiculous. Our country is full of real traitors who do far worse than spying for Israel and get off with a mere slap of the hand, (i.e. Senator Rockefeller’s special visit to the Middle East before the war with Iraq, Jane Fonda’s little jaunt in Vietnam, NY Times revealing every little top secret tidbit they can get their hands on, etc.). I would even say that the talking heads in the media harm our country more with their lies than Pollard ever could. I don’t know… I guess we have to punish him somehow for getting caught to keep face. But life in prison? Serial killers and rapists commit far worse crimes and sometimes don’t get life in prison. Weird.

“To Be Married Means to Be Outnumbered” from everybody’s favorite traitor, the New York Times.

This was pretty much a hodgepodge of statistics that didn’t bother me one way or the other. But, there were a few lines that made me chuckle.

The highest share of male couples was in San Francisco, where, according to the census, they accounted for nearly 2 percent of all households.

Hahaha… um, are we supposed to be surprised here? Do they honestly think they’re telling us something we don’t know?

A number of couples interviewed agreed that cohabiting was akin to taking a test drive and, given the scarcity of affordable apartments and homes, also a matter of convenience. Some said that pregnancy was the only thing that would prompt them to make a legal commitment soon. Others said they never intended to marry. A few of those couples said they were inspired by solidarity with gay and lesbian couples who cannot legally marry in most states.

… a test drive? Ew. Convenience? Double ew. Never intending to marry? Give me a break. I’m pretty sure that is just code for: “Hey, I kind of like you, but who knows what hottie may come by next so let’s keep this on the down-low.” And the solidarity thing really does make me laugh. I say, knock yourselves out kiddos.

There was only one little quote that crossed the funny line and honestly annoyed me just a bit.

“Cohabitating is our choice, and we have no intention to be married,” Ms. Lynch said. “There is little difference between what we do and what married people do. We love each other, exist together, all of our decisions are based upon each other. Everyone we care about knows this.”

If anything, she added, “not having the false security of wedding rings makes us work even a little harder.”

False security? Oh, I’m sorry. You must have meant the maturity to actually commit to a moral relationship rather than just shacking up. Cohabitating is your choice, eh? You mean you couldn’t convince your man to marry you. I almost feel sorry for you… but not quite.

“Ban Ki-Moon: Rice Should Talk with North Korea” from the completely unbiased ABC News

I actually read this on Hot Air and thought it was really interesting. As I stated in my comment there, I ultimately feel that the UN is a completely useless waste of time, money, and New York real estate. However, because our President and Congress are completely spineless and would never withdraw from the UN, we basically have to put up with it… for now. When I’m the president (I turn 35 in 2022, so I’ll be elected in… 2024, right?), we’ll get rid of it. Anyway, back to putting up with it for now. I am slightly optimistic about Ban Ki-Moon (is that all his last name or is Ban his first name?) in that he doesn’t hate America yet. “Slightly optimistic” really means nothing. He’s just off to a bit of a better start that Kofi Annan.