Speaking of the Press Club drinking contest, notice how none of them had guts enough to risk their job by asking Bush Jr. the only really important question for most of the world -

I am dreading the results for our troops in Iraq from Bush Jr's reaction to Sharon's latest "negotiating position" - we have troops risking life and limb, and our press lacks the guts to ask the President about the key issue which is fueling the anger with the US in the Moslem world -

I pray to g*d there is some way out of this mess, and for those trying to find one, but it seems to me the town is floating on a sea of b*** s***, and the people of the our nation are going to be hopelessly adrift when it all starts pouring in over the sides -

By the way, those "higher retail sales" that were reported a few days ago are more likely a sign of inflation, with higher costs of goods due to oil price rises -

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