Let's discuss your "watershed" moment. All of us have had some event that changed our mind about something we firmly believed until then. Whether it was race, religion, politic belief or just a set of mind thought you would never change. This will take a bit of thought but it's too hot to go outside. Stay inside and think.

Bubbagate rebate? Now there are 33 people we read that wish to have their fees reimbursed as a result of their connection to the Whitewater probes of the Mr and Mrs Former's. The list looks more like the cast of a bad TVshow or B-movie rather than the kind of rebates we're accustomed to.

Trivial per suit[s]: An Asland, Ohio man has filed a suit against Delta Airlines saying that he had to sit next to an obsese man last year on one of their flights. He says this flight caused him embarassment, emotional distress and etc. He says the obese passenger should have been forced to buy two seats. With all the things that airlines have to deal with these days, now this?

From the who-said-it-when-dept.: Mickey Kaus follows up on this excerpt from the NY Times from August 2nd: 'Two former senior executives at WorldCom became the newest symbols today in the Bush administration's broadening effort to use prosecutions to fend off political problems..'. Originally credited to the DNC as a press release it actually was part of a 'news analysis' by Anthony Labaton, he writes. Just below this item is a follow up to our column from Thursday, August 1st on the NYTimes floundering attempt to 'get Cheney'.

More August travails and travels: August is typically the month when you will find many American's and their families travelling. We now will attempt to list some of these that may be of interest to you that are in today's news: In Louisiana - Outbreaks of West Nile Virus. From Portsmouth, R.I. -- Sea creature spooks swimmers. And from Houston, 'City Battles Giant Weeds'. If you are planning a quick trip to Puntland, better check this out.

More rock bottom: Yesterday we had Bubba reaching zero on the cred meter and this morning we have found that we need to recalculate just where the bottom is. We also have to inform you of this- There are things that Bill won't do for Israel. We warn you, its not pretty.

Rain blame game: Now we know why. A scientist has figured out that a result of the air-war over Afghanistan this year is the lack of monsoon season in India. He writes that our bombs are also contributing to the global waming problems that make it harder for the rains to fall over parts of his native India. Our posters will no doubt have theories, too.

Have a travel suggestion? We welcome news from your hometown or from any other area of our country that you would like to share. Post it to the board and we might just highlight your item in our 'tour-de-jour' we make each Saturday and Sunday morning.

-That's our view from here this morning.
Your weekend-anchor-out-west, Amy Sheehan