"THINK OCCASIONALLY OF THE SUFFERING OF WHICH YOU SPARE YOURSELF THE SIGHT." Albert Schweitzer

-U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq: 3840
-U.S. soldiers wounded in Iraq: Official military count: 28,176
Estimated by reports: 100,000
-U.S. soldiers treated for mental problems: 12,000
-U.S. soldier suicides: 148
-Iraqi civilians killed since invasion: Estimated at over one million. (Lancet Report).

"Animals have two functions in today's society: To be delicious and to fit well." Greg Proops

Speaking of animals: We have always thought we were "king of the forest." The rest of creation should bow down before us. We're smart, imaginative, can use tools, and we don't operate out of sheer instinct. Yet man has created wars, religious intolerance, revenge, pollution, political talk shows. We have invented guns, bombs, weapons of mass destruction, Ann Coulter. Ask a dolphin who it thinks is smarter.

President Bush is looking to remain relevant as a lame-duck president. I got some bad news for him. He wasn't relevant when he was involved with the Texas Rangers, (he was the managing partner after putting up only 1% of the cost, thanks to daddy), or when he was in oil, (Arbusto and Spectrum 7 Energy Corp.,both bought by some of daddy's friends before they went bust), or when he was Governor of Texas, (he presided over 143 executions, the most ever for a governor, drove the educational system into the ground, and elevated Texas to the most polluted state in the union), or when he landed on that aircraft carrier masquerading as a soldier. So I ain't quite sure how he intends on becoming relevant now? He has taken us down mediocrity lane, which pretty much sums up his life journey. HAIL TO THE CHUMP!

It's time to get nervous. The mortgage industry has gone up in a puff of false hope for millions of homeowners, the war in Iraq is projected to cost over two trillion dollars in stupidity, and gold is soaring. Now for the bad news: The Cubs lost again. The end is near!

That would be a downhill trend for them. Look what its done for us over the last six years.