Early Week Bits

Tons of British aid donated to help Hurricane Katrina victims to be BURNED by Americans (Golly gee, isn't Bush a hoot?)

Here we go again: Republicans revive Social Security deform

Is EPA stonewalling on the release of important Katrina contamination data, as they did following 9/11?

Call me picky, but I honestly think that the Leader of the Free World should know how to button his own shirt. Maybe my standards are too high.

A "noble" reason to purchase a "Girls Gone Wild" video.

GRAPH: Iraqi Coalition deaths versus the "Last Throes" of the insurgency.

Recent polls show that the American voters are READY TO HAND OVER THE CONGRESS TO THE DEMOCRATS. When will the leadership of the Democratic Party stop shooting itself in the foot and start representing its own constituency?

Here is a new, non-partisan resource for information about potential flu pandemics, the FLU WIKI, its purpose being to "help local communities prepare for and perhaps cope with a possible influenza pandemic."