There is so much news today that I'm having a hard time figuring out what to opine about. Maybe I'll just do all of it.

The attacks on the UK, combined with the news of pre-911 type chatter, combined with the news that federal sources are concerned about a "summer spectacular" of terror, including some kind of massive attack on the US is disconcerting, to say the least. Some Middle East experts have been predicting for the past year that something major was going to come out of Iran this July. This is nerve-wracking, considering the date. I'm glad that we're not heading off to NYC any time soon.

There's also interesting news out of Iraq today, that Hezbollah has been working with Iran (shocker) to train Iraqi militants to carry out attacks against our troops. Obviously Iran and Hezbollah are in bed together to get rid of Israel, but due to the capture of a high-ranking Hezbollah leader, we now have intelligence proving that Iran is behind the scenes of some of the stuff going on in Iraq. I wonder how much we'll hear about this on the news?

McCain had to lay off a bunch of campaign workers due to lack of funds. Poor guy. I wonder how his immigration plan sounds to him now.

Crazy Hugo Chavez from Venezuela met with Crazy Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from Iran, launching construction of a joint petrochemical plant, and signing a bunch of other deals to expand economic cooperation, ranging from setting up a dairy factory in Venezuela to forming an oil company. From Reuters: "The two countries will united defeat the imperialism of North America," a beaming Chavez told a news conference during an official visit to the Islamic Republic, which the United States has labeled part of an "axis of evil".

Isn't Hugo Chavez the same guy that encouraged Cindy Sheehan to run for president? He's clearly a genius that must not be ignored.

But in all seriousness, though no one even wants to think about adding another enemy to our ever-growing list, Venezuela is making it clear that we are going to have to deal with them sooner or later. It doesn't seem like they appreciate being on the backburner, and I'm afraid that could be a dangerous vanity.

But I guess my favorite news item of the day is that Scooter Libby's sentence has been commuted. He hasn't been pardoned. He still has to pay the quarter-million dollar fine and do his probation. But he just doesn't have to go to jail for two and a half years. It's about time, Mr. President. I know this was a hairy situation for you, but why did we have to pretend for so long that this was anything other than a witch hunt?

Scooter Libby was tried and convicted for covering up a crime that never took place. The whole thing should have been dropped the minute that it became known that Armitage was the leaker, who didn't even know that he was leaking. But Fitzgerald had a mission, and that was to try and take down the highest ranking Bush guy he could get. They tried desperately to get Rove, but just couldn't make it stick. Libby has been the fall guy from the beginning.

In his action today, President Bush made it clear that he was not arguing with the jury, and that he felt it was important to face the music if you lie under oath. But I appreciate the fact that he at least stepped up and didn't make this man go to jail. It really was about the least he could do.

But the next few days are going to be fun. Both sides are already lining up to be first to the soundbite board. It's all meaningless. Most people in America couldn't give a flying flip, or probably even tell you who Scooter Libby is. But this is politics in America.

Let the games begin.