At least… (drum roll)… 935.

Let’s take a second and really grasp that number. They didn’t do it once. They didn’t do it twice. Bush and his people said false things that started a war at least

So now, after almost half a trillion dollars down the hole…

and somewhere between at least 80,000 and quite possibly up to 1,220,580 violent deaths later…

… with no end remotely in sight, and still Bush gunning for a new war, despite his own administration’s comprehensive National Intelligence Estimate…

… I find I must confess that after several minutes of thinking, I have no bloody clue how to end this post on an optimistic, inspiring, or remotely useful note. But there it is.

At least… (drum roll)… 935.

Let’s take a second and really grasp that number. They didn’t do it once. They didn’t do it twice. Bush and his people said false things that started a war at least

So now, after almost half a trillion dollars down the hole…

and somewhere between at least 80,000 and quite possibly up to 1,220,580 violent deaths later…

… with no end remotely in sight, and still Bush gunning for a new war, despite his own administration’s comprehensive National Intelligence Estimate…

… I find I must confess that after several minutes of thinking, I have no bloody clue how to end this post on an optimistic, inspiring, or remotely useful note. But there it is.

Walking the beach in Bocagrande a couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across some Colombian teenagers burying a male friend in the sand.

The Colombian kids, being exactly like kids everywhere, were giving the guy a large pair of sand breasts and giggling naughtily.  Like they were the first ones who ever thought of it.

Flashback: for longtime readers, this is exactly what a bunch of kids in Singapore were doing, too.  The only real difference was the weather.

All over the world, wars and languages and cultures may divide us, but humanity still seems united by one powerful force — teenagers get a big kick out of sand hooters.

It’s stuff like this that makes me think humanity almost has a shot.

Walking the beach in Bocagrande a couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across some Colombian teenagers burying a male friend in the sand.

The Colombian kids, being exactly like kids everywhere, were giving the guy a large pair of sand breasts and giggling naughtily.  Like they were the first ones who ever thought of it.

Flashback: for longtime readers, this is exactly what a bunch of kids in Singapore were doing, too.  The only real difference was the weather.

All over the world, wars and languages and cultures may divide us, but humanity still seems united by one powerful force — teenagers get a big kick out of sand hooters.

It’s stuff like this that makes me think humanity almost has a shot.

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• The Badonkadonk Land Cruiser, nicely packaged for just under $20,000, including 14 cup holders.

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• Or Ken Jennings’s new Trivia Almanac, released today, just $13.60 and packed with over 8,000 questions.

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