I think at Gitmo they like to splash a little water on the prisoners, too...

As for the lead in the lights....eh, offer it up to the ghost of Christmas past and buy some new lights.

I read where you can counteract the effects of lead from biting christmas tree lights' wire strands with a nice chew of fake Angel Hair.

Just a little pinch between the cheek and gums...

Bill, didn't your mother tell you to be careful about what you stick in your mouth?

Well, thoughtless about what would/could happen of course, I have pulled bulbs outta' the little socket thingys on the strand of Christmas lights with my teeth before...

All last week I stayed in a ritzy hotel, where everything was wonderful except the news I saw that repeated shows of the waterboarding torture. Everytime I turned the damned television on, there it was, for all the world to see. And to think there are actually people who believe that those in other parts of the world hate us because we have more than they. Jeez. If the Islams didn't hate us all that bad before, I can certainly understand why they would now. I will be so damned glad when W. and his sleezy administration leaves the hill.