Google offers high-speed Internet in your toilet

Google Inc. enjoyed their annual April Fool's Day joke, but this year they used potty-humor. Google Posted a link on their home page that lead to a site offering consumers free high-speed wireless Internet through their home's plumbing system.

The prank was named "Dark Porcelain" and Google's Toilet Internet Service Provider (TiSP) is said to work with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. Septic tanks however are incompatible with the system's service requirements.

Google even included a prank press release that quoted Google's co-founder Larry Page and providing a step-by-step instructions for installation of the new system, and even a Frequently Asked Questions section. Marissa Mayer, a Google vice president, called TiSP a "breakthrough product, particularly for those users who, like Larry himself, do much of their best thinking in the bathroom."

Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people

Kristof is distressed that the Democratic Party leadership is too supportive of the State of Israel. He says that he prefers the view of U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Barak Obama who recently stated, “Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people,” for which he says Obama was “scolded.”
Kristof blames Israel for all the troubles of the Mideast citing the speech of King Abdullah of Jordan as proof. The King stated, “The wellspring of regional division, the source of resentment and frustration far beyond, is the denial of justice and peace in Palestine.”
Kristof denounces President Bush for treating Israel as an ally. He writes that he would prefer the relationship that existed before the Bush administration with the U.S. role as “an honest broker in the Middle East” and having a “tradition of balance.”

Barak Obama and ISALAM

Barak Obama's exposure to Islam is a positive point for this Democratic presidential candidate. His exposure was in Indonesia, a country where there's a more moderate Islam than the Bush and Cheney allies in Saudi Arabia.
A candidate who is intelligent and worldly is appealing! That he must prove he is a Christian is so much less important than understanding others in this world, than respecting others, than knowing how to communicate and work with others in the international sphere.
Obama has proven his willingness to be a public servant in the national sphere, and has attributes that make him valuable in the international sphere.
Why Obama's campaign aides want to downplay his exposure to Islam and emphasize his strong Christian beliefs says something negative about what the people of this country may be looking for.
Certainly what matters most is intellect, caring and an ability to reach out to others of different cultural backgrounds throughout the world, especially with today's globalization and threats of terrorism.