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==>April 17th: Word got out that Democratic Presidential Candidate John Edwards allowed his campaign committee to pick up the tab for two of his recent haircuts...which cost $400 each. This story made me realize that every news week must have at least one hair-related news story...Britney shaves her head...the horror-tastic Sanjaya hairdos...even Don Imus's hair-raising comments (you see what I did there?). Who will be the subject of this week's hair-related news story? Only time will tell.

==>April 19th: When asked during an interview whose idea it was to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq, Karl Rove responded "I think it was Osama Bin Laden's." To be fair, Bin Laden was one of the worst dictators Iraq had ever seen...wait, didn't Bin Laden used to go by a different name when he was an Iraqi dictator? 'Saddam' something or other? Eh, I must be mistaken.

==>April 21st: Students of Turner County High School in Ashburn, Georgia held an integrated prom, with black and white students attending the same prom, for the first time ever. The explanation of "It's always been a tradition since my daddy was in school..." was given by one of the students. Well then, dear, your daddy and your community are what the rest of us call 'racists'.

==>April 23rd: After a meeting with Gen. David Petraeus, President Bush stated "There's been some progress [in Iraq]. There's been some horrific bombings, of course. There's also been a decline in sectarian violence." So, which was it in Iraq today: "progress" and declining violence, or "horrific bombings"? Let's take a look...

• 9 U.S. soldiers killed in suicide car bomb with 20 more U.S. soldiers and 1 Iraqi civilian wounded.
• 1 U.S. soldier killed in Muqtadya in roadside bomb.
• 6 Iraqi police officers, including 1 police general, killed in a suicide car bomb in Baquba.
• 20 Iraqi civilians killed and 35 more wounded by suicide car bomb at a restaurant in Ramadi.
• 4 Iraqi civilians and police killed, with 6 more wounded, in a suicide car bomb just outside of Ramadi.
• 7 Iraqis killed and 16 more wounded when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest inside of a restaurant near the Green Zone.
• 10 people dead and 20 more wounded by suicide car bomb in Tal Uskuf.
• A mosque in southwest Baghdad was bombed, with a mosque guard being killed during entry into the mosque to set explosives.
• Two parked car bombs exploded near Iran's embassy.

Hmmm...I think it was more of a "horrific bombings" day, kind of like the other 1,450+ days since President Bush's banner declared "Mission Accomplished" on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln.