When All Else Fails, Put On Side Two of Led Zeppelin IV

Apparently, in the early days of the Shrub 43 Presidency, when the now praised and lamented CJ Rehnquist was being vilified for throwing the tiebreaking vote in the 2000 elections, the Dubster was warned to prepare for the three greatest potential catastrophes to strike the US: 1) a terrorist attack on NY, 2) a hurricane hitting New Orleans, and 3) an earthquake leveling San Francisco.

What are the odds, statistically, of even one of these occurences happening in our lifetime? How about two? If you weren't religious before, its enough to make you invoke the deity of your choice to seek an explanation that makes sense.

With gas prices feeling like Europe, FEMA misdirecting planes full of refugees headed for Charleston, SC to Charleston, WV, and Miami, Virginia Tech, and Boston College diluting the ranks of the ACC, who can be blamed for feeling that the world as we know it is coming to an end? At least the Atlanta Braves are headed for Division title number 14, and the Falcons look well positioned to knock off the Eagles in their home opener.

So sit back, crank up "When the Levee Breaks" on the 8 track, and remember the words of Mike Damone, "I'll have the linguine with clam sauce and a Coke, no ice, and she'll have the same".