Why does this matter? Becaues he has long been considered one of the only people capable of keeping Tibet from turning away from the spiritual, non-violent ‘middle path’ approach to dealing with Chinese oppression, and turning to violence as their situation not only improves, but gets worse. But time is running out for the Dalai Lama.

At the Dalai Lama’s eventual passing, more than a few scholars, human rights advocates and even world leaders are worrying that China will take advantage of the resulting power vacuum (the Dalai Lama is usually selected at a very early age- 4 or 5 years old, and then usually at least 10 years of intense training takes place before he (it could also be a ’she’) is really able to assume the mantle of leadership) and there are whispers that they may actually even attempt to select the next Dalai Lama themselves, instead of letting the Buddhists monks do so- a move which would be such a slap in the face to Tibetans, not to mention anyone who advocates freedom to practice religion, independence and liberty. The Dalai Lama himself, as usual, is surprisingly open-minded and democratic when it comes to what should take place upon his death.

One of the reasons I was so upset with Secretary Clinton’s comments about human rights while she was in China, was due to this particular issue and the fact that with each passing year, hope for an autonomous Tibet and the end of the Dalai Lama’s exile, is fading. China knows all too well that time is not on the Dalai Lama’s side and unless there were international pressure to have talks between the Tibetan Government in Exile sooner rather than later, the Chinese Communist Party leaders have absolutely no reason to end their oppression of the people of Tibet. Put simply, China is waiting for the much revered, respected and loved Dalai Lama to die.

Finally, the GOP narrative about Sarah Palin, which the media had originally taken at face value, is unraveling as we speak. Yes, they will blame the media, but really, some of those speechwriters should have been less sloppy with the facts. Or maybe not? Maybe this is all part of the strategy- lie and say what the base wants to hear, then when the media uncovers the truth, claim they are being sexist and biased.

If I didn’t know better, I’d think Karl Rove was behind the strategy. Oh, wait, maybe he really is.

A source with close ties to the Log Cabin Board of Directors provided information about the meeting to GayPatriot earlier this week.

This source disclosed that the Log Cabin meeting was not reflected on Senator McCain’s published schedule in advance and the meeting. A second source familiar with the Log Cabin-McCain meeting reports that Senator McCain has routine personal meetings that are not shown on the Senator’s public schedule.

The specific timeframe of the Sammon-McCain meeting is not completely clear, but appears to have taken place within the past couple weeks or so.

Yup, I’m sure it’s just an oversight that the meeting didn’t appear in his book.

Wow.

The next thing you know he’ll be telling us smoking may pose a danger to our health.

You know, you just can’t make this stuff up.

I actually had heard the stories of McCain’s bad temper, even when it came to his wives.