Hamas and Fatah recognize Israel--implicitly

The news today out of the Middle East is varied--more terrible bombings in Iraq, Iran stating that there is no need to conduct direct negotiations with the US, and Hamas and Fatah leaders signing a document that offers a path to the two state solution in Israel and Palestine. Hamas has been pushed to the brink, unable to govern since Western aid was withdrawn a few months ago, but within this new document, there lies some hope. Endorsing a two state solution is in essence a recogniton of Israel's right to exist, this is the first time Hamas has come anywhere near suggesting such a thing. Hopefully, diplomats on both sides can make something meaningful out of this development.

I would very much like to be spicing this site up with pictures but cannot figure out how to do it. The degree of my ignorance regarding this matters is depressing.

Is it interesting to anyone else that nearly every movie theatre is playing both the Al Gore movie and Cars? The latter seems a tad nostalgic for a period when the automobile symbollized all that was American at a cost that most Americans would rather not consider. I'm sure it's very entertaining but I would like to believe that we're near the end of our romantization of the automobile. Surely, we can see the dark side of gluttonous oil consumption by now. Right?