Other bothersome things.

The number of soldiers dead in Iraq has passed 1000. God knows how many civilians have been killed. I'm sure it's far higher.

And the assault weapon ban in the US is set to expire in about a week. I always did want my own AK-47. Go here if you're in the States to send a message to your Congresspeople and the President to do something about this: http://www.moveon.org/savetheban/