Two random stories...

Isn't the economy failing when coins lose their value? Well, it turns out that pennies and nickels are now worth more melted down than in minted form! Instead of, say, IMPROVING THE ECONOMY, it seems the government, under the ever-watchful eye of the W, will make it illegal to melt the coins down. Only in America.

For an international take on the thought police, read the tale of an Australian man who was pulled aside not once, but twice, by two different airlines in two different (and FOREIGN) airports - first by Qantas in London, then by Virgin Blue in Adelaide - for wearing a T-shirt with W on it with the caption, "World's #1 Terrorist".