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    The FDA decided to keep Vioxx and Celebrex on the market Friday. Their stock prices shot up. Prescription drugs are so profitable that Colombian drug lords have begun plowing under the cocaine crop to try to find a way to grow arthritis medicine.

    ~Argus Hamilton

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    Dick Cheney said Thursday that America's tax code must be simplified. He said there are more people employed in the tax preparation business than there are in the U.S. Army. That's why it's easier to take Omaha Beach than it is to take away the home mortgage deduction.

    ~Argus Hamilton

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    Hillary Clinton wants election day to be a federal holiday. It seems like it is for most Democrats. They get a nice long vacation when it's over.

    ~Jim Barach

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