In the Middle East, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls for Syria to release detainees while, back in the U.S., Republicans in Congress are trying to deprive detainees of the right of habeas corpus. Popular Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, as Governor, loses his popularity in record time. Pat Robertson (No more need be said, but his latest is a claim that God will retaliate against Dover, Pennsylvania because its citizens voted against the teaching of intelligent design in science classes) The United States and the European nations favor free trade but refuse to reduce farm subsidies that stand in the way of free trade. State Department envoy and Bush advisor Karen Hughes supports women's rights in Saudi Arabia (whether they want it or not) while her Bush administration tries constantly to take women's rights away in the United States.