since I think Kyla protested too much and was a publicity hog. She looked like a tramp and they called her on it. Anyway, they're a public company and can provide service to whomever they want. And if they want to take advantage of all the news coverage, then more power to them.

OK, to be fair, I am griping about SJC back in the dot com days. I spent way too much time there between 1999 and 2001. Now, imagine my disbelief, each time, at having to drag my carry-on and laptop bags up a set of those rolling stairways to board either Delta or United's 737s, and this is in high-tech Silicon Valley. Somehow, their renovations were all car related, including moving rental cars a bus ride away from the main terminal (Southwest and American got the newer terminal, so you always had to get on a bus to get a rental car). If my company's office was not a mile away from SJC, I would have booked all my flights out of SFO. At least they've got dim sum, Just Desserts, and the Body Shop in the United Domestic terminal.

Did Wolfowitz go to the ethics committee with the numbers in his girlfriend's new, excessive, World Bank funded compensation package? NO. If he did, then he'd have the cover he was looking for.

Going to the ethics committee for approval to negotiate his girlfriend's compensation package? Was that a green light for him to break the World Bank's rules? I don't think so and neither does the World Bank. So Wolfowitz's arrogance, hubris and cronyism come shining through again. He ought to pay the price for thinking the rules he wants applied to the rest of the world do not apply to him.

Riza should have resigned her post, instead of "forcing" her boyfriend into backdoor negotiations for her inflated promotion and salary package at State. Or, Wolfowitz should have completely removed himself from the situation and told Riza she'd have to figure out the situation herself.

So, the result is the stink. Publicly, Wolfowitz tells these countries needing development funding that they need to stamp out corruption, while he engages in the same practice behind closed doors. It's called hypocrisy. It's unethical to hold people to a higher standard than the one you are willing to engage in yourself. And, when people are caught doing just that, they wreck not only their personal reputation, but very often the reputation of the organizations they represent.

So, whatever "cloud" Wolfowitz claims is hanging over his reputation is one he created himself. And, since he is not an honorable man, the stink of the cloud continues to suffocate the World Bank and the countries they are trying to help.

You know, birds of a feather do flock together. Gonzales' stink has poisoned the Justice Department. Rove's stink has poisoned our country's politics. Bush's stink has poisoned our country's standing in the world. Wolfowitz is just another one of their kind.

Thankfully, the rest of the world is not beholden to Bush and his cronies.

We are supposed to be a country governed by the rule of law. Ours is not supposed to be a country of an "eye for an eye." When we lower our standards, when we torture and kill behind closed doors, before determining guilt or innocence, we are no better than the radical terrorists who claim to kill in the name of God and religion.

Okay, I know this article is about all the pretty doctors on TV, but I wanted to say that I love "Scrubs". It's silly, but on many occasions, its emotional punch is appealing.

Its characters are fraught with hope and insecurities. And, while the stories are funny, they are also tragic. Patients die or move onto the outside world with difficult conditions. Doctors and nurses fall into sadness, self-doubt, or depression when they feel they have failed (if not their patients or each other, then themselves). But, in the end, they all manage to rally around to support the one in trouble and not necessarily in one half-hour episode.

And, in this age where the latest craze is to substitute pop music angst to convey emotion, these guys rarely resort to it. But when they do, they do it well. For example, "How to Save a Life" by The Fray is one of those songs and I think "Scrubs" used it better than "Grey's Anatomy." Instead of just playing over a scene, as in "Grey's Anatomy", the music and lyrics become part of the scene in "Scrubs".

Note: I have to admit, I do not understand the appeal of "Grey's Anatomy." I downloaded the episode, "Superstition", before commenting on its use of "How to Save a Life" and, well, I just don't get it. The characters, while pretty, and the story lines seemed awfully flat to me. On the other hand, I like watching House scowl, be a bastard, and solve all those impossible cases every week.

It hurts to see honorable governmental institutions turned into slimy political machines. These people are supposed to pledge allegiance to our constitution and country, not a person or party. It's gotten so bad, I can't watch television news without screaming every time George W or one of his cronies appears on screen. It's going to be a long time before our country gets its self-respect back.

And, thankfully, it's not me. Unfortunately, Rachel Marsden will follow in the footsteps of Ann Coulter and will make a fortune based on lies and innuendos.

Good luck America.

What was the point of that article? Just who is demanding "obeisance to the party line" here? Obama, apparently, isn't toeing the "we have been oppressed" line that signifies so much of Sharpton's (and, now, Dickerson's) word waving.