Have you looked at the list itself? Is he really on it?

I moved a year ago, and a crazy lady in my building started telling people that I was on the list in Michigan. I am NOT on that list or any other list!

I did not even know this rumor-woman!

She told somebody I knew, and that friend looked at the list, and saw I was not there. Then the friend told me about the crazy lady's tales. And I was able to take some action.

So, please look at the list, AND speak to the pastor. Maybe he does not even know about the rumor.

Saddam has the experience and the track record. He ran Iraq better than G.W. Bush.

If we back off, the insurgents will bust Saddam out of the pokey, and put him back in office. At least he will get to run the Former Iraqi Republic of Sunnistan.

Here is another sports connection for celebrity apologies: Remember that on the day Vice President Cheney shot his pal in the face, they were pursuing the SPORT of quail-hunting.

And, do you remember that Cheney humbly told us that that day was one of the worst days of his life? Cheney was talking about his own life, even though it was a much worse day in the life of the poor guy he shot.

Topics with tenuous connections to sports are are fun sometimes. For example, my favorite football team (the 2-8 Detroit Lions) has only a tenuous connection with the sport of pro football.

1. Gingrich is cuckoo! Laugh at him. You know how we always say that G.W. Bush and Cheney would be hilarious if they were not so deadly? Well... Gingrich has no power, and he is a full-fledged Clownbird. Laugh at him. Don't worry.

2. Every 21st-century American city is the 3rd World, even Grand Rapids. Where the heck is Tancredo from? Where has he been? How old is he? How stupid is he?

3. Who gives a rolling donut about Liddy Dole? Did you even realize she still is in the Senate?

Merry Christmas! Who are you Christmas-haters? Cool it, please. Garrison Keillor is on your side, but he likes Christmas. Christmas is the last thing guys like Garrison would fight about.

Please save your nastiness for nasty presidents, vice-presidents, and such. Pecem in Terris! Goodwill!

Nasty kids molest other kids. Let's find some statistics that show how likely it is that some adult presence might prevent kids from misbehaving, and balance that against the dirty old man statistics.

Most of the right-wing gay-haters are fervent Capitalists. They have their Capitalism all entwined with their version of Christianity.

They respect rich folks. They pay attention to wealth, because they believe it comes from the Lord. Rich gays might be able to get through to them.

Rich Gays: Please think about dealing directly with Republicans and other right-wingers. Even if they stay in office, they may listen to you, and modify some of their positions, maybe turn off some of their hate.

Barack is new. Also, Barack and Hillary's strengths and weaknesses overlap too much. They are strong and weak in many of the same ways.

If Senator Clinton gets nominated, her best running-mate would be Senator Lieberman. Serious! Lieberman would cover her back with Conservatives.

However, Senator Clinton will not be the Democrats' best choice. Too many people dislike her. They have no real reason, and it is not her fault, but it is true. And we have no sign of any change in this situation.

W.Bush asking, "So, how's your boy?" is somewhat like Al Capone or Tony Soprano asking after your son. Webb's son's health and safety ultimately are in Commander-In-Chief Bush's hands.

This powerful Capo asking about your kid is extremely creepy. He is letting you know that he knows you have a son, reminding you that he has power over your son, letting it sink in, all under the guise of ordinary civility.

Greetins from Georgie da Mule!

That's Ed Rogers's middle name.

...How's yer boy dooin, back there in Eye-Rack?"

He is co-authoring a book on investments with Martha Stewart.

Poster Chas, you beat me to the punch on that sugar thing by six minutes. Good post, but:

This tariff/subsidy thing could work the other way around, no? Might bio-fuel demand bring the world sugar price up to about the subsidized US price?

Would that be a classic Nikes-and-Escalades-for-the-peasants scenario? Would it also be a victory for free-markets? Maybe. Or maybe I am just simple-minded.

Corn prices would not fall back much if sugar beets took over the ethanol world. Corn would just go back to its normal chaos.

Let's jump on him while he is down, and kick him out. We did not believe he could be so bad, and now we cannot believe he could fall apart so fast, but please believe, and finish him off. (I don't mean kill him, - let's impeach him now.)

He has not a shred of anything left. He will welcome impeachment and a chance to resign. He has nothing left. He longs for Crawford, Texas and his dusty bicycle path through the mesquite.

That geographical position puts the guy in the boat in the Atlantic just north of Guyana, on top of a 2,000+ foot wave.