The picture says it all . . .

Bill for First Lady

Optional title: (obviously) Hillary 2008

Panning the pandemic . . .

Reuters: Avian Flu Update

Can you think of a state that needs 'em more?

Florida Vote on Stem Cells

Bushism:

"Ya' gotta understand, it takes awhile to understand."
(Press Conference - "War on Terror/Katrina/Rita" - 9/22/2005)

We understand.

Patient: "Zeus"

Medical Case Histories on Mount Olympus

Ode to Karl Rove . . . and other great Bush poems! (Just $19.95, payable in one easy campaign contribution)

Ode to Karl Rove:

Rove, Rove, row your boat Forcefully through choppy Washington seas,
Oh, and thanks for taking so much time
To help my friends the Saudis.

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It's Tough Being the Most Powerful Man Who Ever Lived:

Dick and Don and Condi Rice And sometimes a throw of dice.
Having so much help at hand certainly is nice.
Mom and Dad and mostly God,
If I ever had to think things out myself it would certainly feel odd.

The Crystal Ball . . .

2006 Political Races: Protect Ya' Neck"

Stuff even we can't make up . . .

ELEPHANT APPRECIATION DAY
Don't forget to appreciate your elephant today . . . (we hear Costco is having a special on bulk boxes of chocolate hearts).

GOP: No new taxes to pay for Katrina! (er, but maybe Rita)

"We do not have to raise taxes" to finance the recovery from Katrina, said Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas. "We do not have to pass debt onto our children."

Oh . . . really?

The National Debt today:

The estimated population of the United States is 297,233,132 so each citizen's share of this debt is $26,675.16. The National Debt has continued to increase an average of $1.54 billion per day since September 30, 2004.

Thanks guys!

Shituation Room: Classic Cafferty

(From Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005 CNN Transcript)

BLITZER: I interrupted Jack Cafferty for that breaking news just a few moments ago. Category 5 monster, I think that's a fair word, Jack. But sorry for interrupting you, but you're in the news business. You understand the nature of this business.

CAFFERTY: Listen, it's THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER. I understand exactly. It's kind of ironic though because the question we were asking is whether the hurricane coverage has taken too much media attention off the war in Iraq, and just as I was starting to read the answers, we had to stop for the hurricane coverage.

Leonardo in Wonderland

This site falls squarely under the category: Best of the web! Read, view and turn the pages on 14 great works of literature and art (courtesy of the British Library).

Leisure: "your gold, your wealth, your treasure."

Because we love (roughly in this order):
1. Sarah Vowell
2. James A. Garfield
3. Hiram College
4. Jon Stewart

We highly recommend this clip (Jon Stewart reading the role of James Garfield), as it includes all the aforementioned people & places.

Roe vs. Wade . . .

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was recently asked about his position on Roe vs. Wade.

His response was, "You know . . . I didn't really care how people got out of the city."