Nate K. asks a good question. Where is Cheney and is he still alive? Perhaps Condi finally went berserk and plunged a stake into what remains of his heart.

I can see it now. Rice playing a concert to an audience of 5, coming to the dramatic conclusion, and standing up from her piano shouting "I can't take it anymore. I can't talk to these people who hate us. It's you. It's you. You, Vice-Fuhrer, who put me in this terrible position. And now you'll pay. Take this...and this...and this." Looking down, she sees no blood and realizes that she's just "eliminated" a robot.

There is no heart. But a lot of us know there never was one. So that's not news.

But, given that possibility, what provisions are there in the Constitution that provides for replacement of the vice? After all, there are still two more years left in this administrations term of office.

I cry a lot. Not from emotional things, but because of allergies. But I've never considered just where the tears come from. So the discussion on Bush's tear sent me a-googlin' and here's what I found at a site called Mother Nature(sorry folks, you're wrong):

Tears are salty, watery secretions that keep two parts of the eye constantly moist. They flow over the cornea--the transparent coating of the eye--and they lubricate the conjunctiva--the membrane covering the white of the eye and lining the inside of the eyelids...Even though one tear is as good as another, they come from different sources. The tears that constantly keep your eyes moist, called the basic tear secretions, are produced on the conjunctiva and also in the eyelids. The tears that you cry over spilled milk, lost loves and squandered savings are reflex tears, generated from what's called a lacrimal gland in the upper, outer corner of your upper eyelid. These tears spring into action when you get something in your eyes as well.

Also, one CAN cry from a single eye. I do it all the time, depending on which one is most affected by my problems.

So, the assertion that THE TEAR is fake because tears only generate from the inner part of the eye by the nose is incorrect. That doesn't mean that Bush's tear is real. Or, if it is, it wasn't shed for the sake of the dead Marine. It was likely shed for himself and the mess he's gotten himself into. Or it could be fake.

Now Daddy Bush....that guy can really cry! It's another lesson the little Shrub should have learned at his knee.

I cry a lot. Not from emotional things, but because of allergies. But I've never considered just where the tears come from. So the discussion on Bush's tear sent me a-googlin' and here's what I found at a site called Mother Nature(sorry folks, you're wrong):

Tears are salty, watery secretions that keep two parts of the eye constantly moist. They flow over the cornea--the transparent coating of the eye--and they lubricate the conjunctiva--the membrane covering the white of the eye and lining the inside of the eyelids...Even though one tear is as good as another, they come from different sources. The tears that constantly keep your eyes moist, called the basic tear secretions, are produced on the conjunctiva and also in the eyelids. The tears that you cry over spilled milk, lost loves and squandered savings are reflex tears, generated from what's called a lacrimal gland in the upper, outer corner of your upper eyelid. These tears spring into action when you get something in your eyes as well.

Also, one CAN cry from a single eye. I do it all the time, depending on which one is most affected by my problems.

So, the assertion that THE TEAR is fake because tears only generate from the inner part of the eye by the nose is incorrect. That doesn't mean that Bush's tear is real. Or, if it is, it wasn't shed for the sake of the dead Marine. It was likely shed for himself and the mess he's gotten himself into. Or it could be fake.

Now Daddy Bush....that guy can really cry! It's another lesson the little Shrub should have learned at his knee.

According to Condi's testimony, we are not going to escalate the number of troops, nor are we going to increase them. We're going to AUGMENT (def: to make or become greater; enlarge; increase) them. Oh, OK, that's clear.

We're going to increase them. We're going to enlarge the force. There are going to be greater numbers. We will be - and ARE right now --sending MORE troops to the quagmire in Iraq!

That lady sure has a way with words, doesn't she?