To defend my very off topic post from last week, I just wanted to say that was a huge distraction in the media to hide the US involvement in the Syrian crisis. The day of the huge flairup about chicken, the news media overlooked making as big of a deal on the president signing a covert op sending US taxpayer's money to support the rebels- who are foreign nationals and the anouncement that we can now fundraise here in the states for the rebels who are infiltrated by al Qaeda operatives. From RT news:­The Syrian Support Group (SSG), a Washington-based organization closely connected to rebel forces, has been granted a license by the US Treasury to begin fundraising on behalf of the opposition.

"The move allows the group to provide the rebels with “financial, communications, logistical services otherwise banned” by American sanctions on Syria, the Daily Telegraph reports.
However, the license doesn’t permit the SSG to directly buy weapons.
The organization has already hailed the measure as a “game-changer.”
The group wouldn’t reveal the amount of money it’s raised since the license was granted in late July.
Among the SSG's other activities is active lobbying for a US-led intervention in Syria by establishing a no-fly zone and demolishing the country’s air defense systems.
Last week, the US boosted its so-called “non-lethal aid” to the rebels, increasing funding by $12 million and bringing the total sum spent on humanitarian aid to $76 million."

Just wanted to put this out there for my fellow Steps because I don't like to see our citizens played by the media like a fine piano.