Update

All, it seems, is not right with the world, today. The Spurs are out, and so are the Suns. Dallas knocked them both out in 7 and now faces Miami in the NBA Finals on Thursday night. On the up-side, the World Cup starts this Friday and I will try and catch as many of those games as I can, because, for me, at least, the Finals over with.
Speaking of the World Cup, this year to be held in Germany, there has been great controversy over the Iranian presidents proposed visit the games if his team makes it into the second round. A good part of this up-roar stems from comments he made denying the Holocaust and threatening to wipe Israel off of the map. Now, the words of madmen and lunatics frequently make for good news sound bites, but when this one tried to defend his insane statements to a leading German language magazine, he sounded even crazier than usual. Here's one example:

Ahmadinejad: Look here, my views are quite clear. We are saying that if the Holocaust occurred, then Europe must draw the consequences and that it is not Palestine that should pay the price for it. If it did not occur, then the Jews have to go back to where they came from. I believe that the German people today are also prisoners of the Holocaust.

What's more, it seems that Iran has started blocking access to several websites and blogs on the ‘Net, further fueling rumors that the government there is preparing for military actions against them. Iran has repeatedly stated that they will continue to push their nuclear agenda despite protests from several nations concerned with Iran’s nuclear ambitions
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is threatening fuel shipments to the West over this and I don’t understand how they think this makes them look any better. Besides that, once they threaten our oil then they are really going to get grabbed by the nose and kicked in the ass.
This comes in response to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s statements that Iran must respond within weeks.
No, all is not right.
But someone is trying to do something about it, it seems, because tomorrow is June 6, 2006, 666, and crazy Dutch Christians are holding round the clock prayer vigils to ward off evil. But no, we’re not looking at the start of the Apocalypse. Chances are we’re right smack in the thick of it, already. Just for fun though, here’s a 666 website maintained by Rev. Felix Just, S.J., a professor of theology at the University of San Francisco