Enough Security Issues To Go Around

Security -- or the lack of it -- dominates BlogPulse on several fronts today.

From the world of heavy metal, fans are discussing the shooting death of former Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott at a Columbus, Ohio, night club during a Wednesday night performance. Coverage of the shooting encompasses four of Thursday's top five blog links and four of the five top phrases. Twenty-five-year-old Nathan Gale has been arrested for jumping onto the stage and shooting to death Abbot and three others.

The Guardian takes a deeper look at Alabama politician's efforts to shield American's sensibilities from what he calls an attack on traditional moral values. In the interview with Rep. Gerald Allen, we find out that even though Allen doesn't have any personal experience with what he calls literature that mentions/promotes homosexualty, he thinks it's really important to protect Alabama (and everyone else) from it.

On the Iraqi security front, coverage of the pointed questions asked of Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld about armor for military vehicles in Iraq continue to be replayed. And from this Washington Times articles comes the after-effects of the war on terror: increasing numbers of U.S. veterans of the Iraq war showing up at homeless shelters.

In the "issues and people that keep recurring" department, the Canadian Supreme Court has issued a ruling that opens the door for legal same-sex marriages. In the U.S., former presidential candidate and Vermontn governor Howard Dean is back in action, although no one's sure why or what for.

TREND GRAPH OF THE DAY: IBM's recent sale of its PC business to a Chinese computer maker is definitely causing some spikes in interest and discussion.