This book really got my interest.

Not that anyone can afford to actually buy books any more. 

“Regardless of whether you believe we were right or wrong to go into Iraq, the time has come to reconsider our commitment. Estimates on the cost of this war now range from one trillion up to three trillion dollars. We need to consider more positive and productive ways to use our tax dollars.

A recently published book, “What We Could Have Done With The Money” (Rob Simpson, Hyperion Books), explores fifty alternative ways we might have used a trillion dollars, ranging from tax cuts to providing a free college education for every American child who’s currently in high school. ”

http://www.whatwecouldhavedonewiththemoney.com/

 

This is just plain funny.

A regular occurance at the Mfuwe Lodge in the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia where the lodge was unwittingly built on the elephant’s traditional path through to some wild mango trees on the property.

http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=29303