According to federal data, the guns used by two-thirds of the 41 students involved in 37 school shootings since 1974 came from their own home or the home of a relative. Bush is the new Herbert Hoover. Instead of a car in every garage and a chicken in every pot, it is cars too big for a garage and massive houses where owners work so late, they are more likely to buy Kentucky Fried than cook their own bird. Bush has also promised a gun in virtually any hand that wants one. In our ever expanding homes where it is easier to lose track of our children and our weapons, that may be a big mistake.
Refrigerators can now detect if the beer supply is low.
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