Priorities 101

In his decision today to veto legislation, yet again, that would increase a program that provides health insurance to children, the President has made his priorities clear: fund the Pentagon at twenty times the rate of the State Department, and veto expanded health coverage for children.

Mr. Bush's gesture reflects not only his ideology, but the mindset of the Party which pledges to protect the so-called "right to life" while spitting in the eye of the living.

Is it any wonder that we've come closer to understanding neanderthals better during this administration than at any other time in history?