Three weeks ago, I was told by a highly placed source that several neo-conservatives hawks were trying to push Donald Rumsfeld out of power.****I doubt George Bush has heard of James Madison’s Federalist Papers. Certainly he has never read any of them. Unquestionably he doesn’t know that Madison once wrote, “Religion flourishes in greater purity without rather than with the aid of government.”****I guess it doesn’t matter much to the Shrub that Thomas Jefferson declared that the doctrine of the Trinity was “incomprehensible jargon”.****I am bored to tears by ignoramuses who say “evolution is just a theory”. In science, “theory” is not another word for conjecture or hypothesis but means “a set of organizing principles”. Thus, the theory of thermodynamics is not a conjecture. Ditto, evolution.****“Partial birth abortion” is an oxyidiocy. It refers to an abortion sometime in the middle of the 2nd trimester of pregnancy.****

Crazy bits……………….In Iowa, one boy shaved off the eyebrows of another while the latter lay unconscious****A woman in Arizona has piled up 70 speeding tickets and will now take a break from that while she rests her leadfoot in a jail cell.****A detective accused his wife of getting him high on marijuana so he would have to quit his job. [My wife doesn't love me that much.]****A fraternity in Central Florida U. was closed down for forcing recruits to wear panties.****A teacher’s aide has gone to prison for 9 years because she stripped off all her clothes and touched herself in a seductive manner in front of her 11 year old students. [Those poor kids. Will they survive this trauma?]****

Bad News Department…………A cat tipped over a candle and set a house on fire. The dog brought his mistress her prosthetic leg so she could escape. While outside, the dog heard the cat meow. He ran back inside in a futile effort to save the cat and he died, too. If you want to know what makes a human being a good person, just list all the virtues of your dog and if you find them in any person you know then keep that person as a friend for life.