So, with all of the coverage of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's visit to the Cape Wind site and all of the photos ops with the Secretary sporting his trademark cowboy hat and boots standing shoulder to shoulder with members of the Wampanoag tribe, how is it that every major news outlet VT has seen failed to miss the whole cowboys vs. indians comparison? How!

Cape Wind, the hotly contested proposed offshore wind farm in Massachusetts' Nantucket Sound, suffered a major setback on Monday when the National Park Service (NPS) announced that the site should be eligible for protection as a historical place.

The Globe must have some pretty sweet deal with Cape Wind investors. Either that or they are out to present both sides of the argument, whatever that's about. In today's edition the paper once again trots out wind loving Cuttyhunks(ers?) to say how much they love wind.

"Nothing is going to be rammed down anyone's throat," says governor Patrick moments before shoving 166 wind turbines into Island waters. Patrick argues that that the area on which the turbines will be cited is "already called a no-man zone for a reason." Oh, well, excuse us.

Illegal immigrants can be easy targets for criminals, often because of their reluctance to go to the police.  For many Brazilians, even those who are legal immigrants or citizens, that fear of the police makes justice unlikely, like these Brazilian "shipping companies," that take your money and the goods and take off.