I just went to Drudge to find a story that I saw reported on News 2 this morning about airport rankings. Apparently, out of 100 nationwide airports, Nashville ranks 7th as the least miserable. This is good news as I will be flying out of here in two days to take my kids to Florida to stay with Jeff's parents while Jeff and I are in Thailand.

The two worst in the nation? Chicago and Detroit. This is not good news, as our early-morning flight to Tokyo on Friday begins with a stop in Chicago. As a cute little tag to her story this morning, Jenna McKee said, "Want some evidence to back this up? One flight to Chicago has already been cancelled this morning, and one flight to Detroit has already been delayed." Normally this wouldn't cause my eyebrows to raise, but it suddenly occurred to me that this could throw a major kink in our travel plans this weekend.

Beginning tomorrow, 108 folks from Brentwood Baptist Church will be attempting to get to Chang Mai, Thailand. If you are a praying sort of person, please lift us up, that God will grant us traveling mercies and that we will have no issues making any of our connectors or getting our luggage. I think this might definitely require divine intervention.

On another note, my trip to Drudge revealed some shocking news. Apparently our friend Ahmadeinejad said yesterday, "With God's help, the countdown button for the destruction of the Zionist regime has been pushed by the hands of the children of Lebanon and Palestine." He's hoping that the currently escalating conflict in Israel is the beginning of the end.

"If you make a mistake and create another war against the oppressed Lebanese nation, this time the angry ocean of the nations of the region will remove your rotten ... roots from the region," the president said in another speech on Sunday night.

And in Russia, Putin stated his intentions to aim their missile systems, potentially containing nuclear weapons, at European targets in retaliation to our decision to establish antimissile bases there in the face of a nuclear threat from Iran. Mr. Putin dismissed this threat as a myth, and claimed that he was being forced into this position by US agression in the area.

Our peaceful years with Russia are over. The arms race has begun to redevelop. The Eastern Hemisphere of our world is literally falling apart before our eyes. Africa is a mess. The Middle East is a ticking time bomb. Russia is vying to become a superpower once again, and they already have plenty of nuclear capability.

Were either of these stories on the news this morning? I just watched GMA's opening segment. Their three big stories are yet another interview with the family of Andrew Speaker, Mr. TB, a discussion of last night's Democratic presidential candidate debate, and the most newsworthy item of all, Paris Hilton going to jail. Yes, the goings on of a sad, sad, socialite whose sole claim to fame is being rich, is more important than some extemely serious threats to our national security. But of course, focusing on national security might accidentally end up leading to another Republican president, and that certainly can't be allowed to happen. Is there any such thing as responsible journalism in this country?

At least the plot to blow up JFK made the news. Somehow.