Here is a great editorial:

"I'll give you 10 news stories from the past few weeks and you tell me what they all have in common."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/26/opinion/26friedman.html?th

I'll give it away:

"The common denominator is a country with a totally contradictory and messed-up set of priorities."

I will disagree with him on his analysis. I think this reflects most of the Republican agenda - HYPOCRACY!