The news is too confusing

Now, let's see -- the Bushies think it's vital that all US resources be used to safeguard Georgia's borders. As Bush said yesterday, "Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected."

And yet, there's nothing we can -- or should -- do to stop Mexico from violating American sovereignty and territorial integrity. I suppose if Bush were president of Georgia, he's be working for amnesty for the Russian invaders.

Also, we're supposed to be all panicky about what Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili calls the possible "ethnic cleansing" of Georgians by Russians.

But we're supposed to overlook the real and immediate ethnic cleansing of American blacks by Latinos in Los Angeles.

I just don't get it.