We could send him a tree, but maybe he doesn't like hugging trees

Something, though. Maybe a teddy bear. Or a nice soft blankie. Do you think? That cute little Alberto Gonzales guy, I mean. Those big ol' mean Senators keep asking hard questions that make him sooooo uncomfortable! Have you been watching any of that? Poor little fella. Or maybe he could just suck his thumb, is that allowed?

OK, OK, I'm being facetious. Sorry, sorry. Let's try to be a little more upbeat here.

AP: "Despite the sacrifices called for in education, Amtrak, community development and local law enforcement grants, health research, and many other programs frozen or cut under his plan, Bush's $2.77 trillion blueprint forecasts a record $423 billion deficit for the current year and improves upon that figure in 2007 largely by lowballing cost estimates for the war in Iraq."

See? A record! Records are good! And the budget calls for cuts to the Mining Health and Safety Administration, too. They don't need as much because there are fewer miners now.

Forget about Gonzales. I need a teddy bear.

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