Tragic and ironic death tolls

That more Iraqi citizens would be killed in one non-military exercise of religious freedom (though this particular practice had been allowed and is part of the Muslim tradition) than in any war related event is indeed as ironic as it is tragic. And, predictably, one of Muqtada al-Sadr's supporters would be quick to blame the new government, which he opposes, for the high death toll after the panic-driven stampede in 110-degree heat amongst a religious procession of about one million Shiites on Wednesday. Furthermore, it was probably one of his boys that ignited the whole thing.


And, coincidently, the natural disaster of hurricane Katrina has caused more widespread and costly devastation than the worst attack on our country.
And Cindy Sheehan is predictably irritated that she's been bumped off the front page, so she's got to blame President Bush for the hurricane, further demonstration that she is not of sound mind.

Then Robert Kennedy Jr. has to even further embarass the Democrats with his fever swamp accusations.
"Well, the science is clear. This month, a study published in the journal Nature by a (that's ONE) renowned MIT climatologist linked the increasing prevalence of destructive hurricanes to human-induced global warming." (Hey, Bobby Jr., we puny human beings are too insignificant to effect the globe like this!)

"Now we are all learning what it’s like to reap the whirlwind of fossil fuel dependence which Barbour and his cronies have encouraged. Our destructive addiction has given us a catastrophic war in the Middle East and--now--Katrina is giving our nation a glimpse of the climate chaos we are bequeathing our children." (What an embarassment! If his name wasn't Kennedy, he'd be busing tables in some vegan deli in Greenwich Village.)

And to think that he knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was an uncle of his. "Congressman, you're no Jack Kennedy." (Thank you, Lloyd Bentsen )

Brad