I feel old...

Forty percent of Americans have never lived when there wasn't a Bush or a Clinton in the White House.

Bush may veto Dems plan to expand children's health coverage

President Bush on Thursday asked Congress to give him a "clean" extension
of a state-run, federally funded children's health-care insurance program
so he could sign it before the program ends Sept. 30.

He threatened to veto a plan that he said Democrats currently have in
Congress in favor of an increase included in his 2008 budget proposal.

"We're not playing politics," said Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., on the
floor of the Senate shortly after the president's news conference. "We
were coming together in a bipartisan way to be able to give more children,
American children, the ability to get their health-care needs taken care
of. And it's time that we have the president join with us in the right set
of priorities for American families."

I guess you really can't go home again

(CNN) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that Democrats
are disappointed that they have been unable to force President Bush to
change course in Iraq, but vowed to keep pushing with or without
Republican help.

GOP senators have successfully filibustered every Democratic-led push to
bring troops home from Iraq, using a procedural vote Wednesday to kill a
proposal that would have required the Pentagon to give troops returning
from Iraq stateside time equal to their time in the combat zone.

Though six Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the plan, the final
vote was four short of the 60 needed to break a filibuster.

"They want to protect the president more than they want to protect our
troops," said Reid, D-Nev.

Dave and O

Oprah Winfrey and first-time guest David Letterman share a laugh on the first show of her 22nd season held at WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Monday, in New York. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions,George Burns)

Report: VA distorts record on wait times (AP)

The Department of Veterans Affairs repeatedly understated wait times for injured veterans seeking medical care and in many serious cases forced them to wait more than 30 days, counter to department policy, an internal investigation shows.

There's something to this photography thing...

A survey conducted by a British psychologist queried subjects about their
mood before and after they ate chocolate, drank wine, listened to music,
and gazed at photos of loved ones. Only the photos gave a noticeable lift
-an 11 percent improvement.