What all-American red blooded blue- state kid wouldn’t want to receive this action figure? The George W. Bush “Elite Aviator” is sure to become a collector’s item.  What better momento to remember his trimuphant flight on to the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in 2003 where he stood proudly on the flight deck in front of a banner that declared “Mission Accomplished”.  No one quite remembers what mission was accomplished that day other than him managing to get through the flight without losing his lunch. 

Unfortunately, Sears is sold out right now but you can still place an order in hopes that it will be available before the 25th.  If your son is anything like Dubya, this is the closest he’ll come to military service.

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I know that’s hard to believe but a project to restore the marshlands drained by Saddam Hussein after the first gulf war has now achieved 50% success.

Saddam punished the Shittes for rebelling against him by draining the 20,000 square mile wetlands which supplied drinking water to the area.  Some biblical scholars propose that this area was the Garden of Eden.

The project is funded by the Japanese and Italian governments which are training local resources to continue the project. 

Perhaps more constructive efforts like this would go a long way to reducing the tensions of the area but I guess it wouldn’t give the war machine much to do which would certainly be bad for big business.

The 2006 word of the year as judged by Merriam-Webster of dictionary fame is TRUTHINESS.

Accredited to Stephen Colbert of “The Colbert Report” (remember the “t” in report is silent), it is defined as Truth that comes from the gut, not books.

Colbert, in my opinion, has long surpassed Jon Stewart and “The Daily Show” as the funniest thing on TV. His satire of the conservative agenda is so dead-on that you sometimes forget that it’s a comedy show.

When told of the honor, Colbert said;

“Though I’m no fan of reference books and their fact-based agendas, I am a fan of anyone who chooses to honor me,” he said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

“And what an honor,” he said. “Truthiness now joins the lexicographical pantheon with words like ‘squash,’ ‘merry,’ ‘crumpet,’ ‘the,’ ‘xylophone,’ ‘circuitous,’ ‘others’ and others.”

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Steven Wright

“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.”

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The always halarious Ricky Gervais (best known for The Office – the British one, you know, the good one).  From ThrowAwayYourTv.com

Caution, some language makes this a very adult version!