Only America could a sex affair have more value in the media than war in Georgia. Men cheat, they cover it up and I think most people agree that it happens. I’m not defending John Edwards, I think he’s quite the scumbag for having dragged his wife through all this, but let me remind you of a few things that are currently going on which I think are slightly more important than who John Edwards is screwing:

The industrialized nations, mainly the United States have decided that Bio Diesel with its many critics somehow is the way for us to become energy independent. In a recent article by the guardian the author Aditya Chakrabortty talks about a secret report which reveals the fact that the production of bio diesel has caused world food prices to rise by 75%.