By: TRUTH CAUCUS · 05/11/2008 · AIM: crnctruthcaucus · Section:

TO WIT – DEATH TOLLS AND MOTHERS DAY

As the reported Myanmar death toll is lowered from 100,000 to 28,458…

As this is proof of God. (Or bad reporting?)

As the Hurricane Katrina death toll moved from 10,000 to a final tally of 1,836. (Over night.)

As the TRUTH CAUCUS benchmark for a significant natural disaster isn’t the death toll. It’s whether or not CNN’s Christiane Amanpour shows up. (At last check, she’s not there.)

As Barack Obama thinks national, but Hillary Clinton thinks…West Virginia.

The border state. Virginia’s separated twin. The heart of Appalachia. Coal country USA.

The state John Denver says takes us home.

It’s do or die for Hillary Clinton in West Virginia. (Or wait, wasn’t that last week in Indiana?)

Anyway. If there’s one thing you need to know this week, it’s this: Hillary Clinton must win West Virginia by like 70%. (Along with the rest of the primary states. And the superdelegates. And, she might even need a posthumous endorsement from FDR.)

But, there are other things of concern.

The news cycle is about people saying O.J. Simpson confessed to killing his wife. (A question that may or may not have been answered…10 years ago.)

It’s about North Carolina shock polls and rising gas prices.

The news cycle is about the L.A. Lakers getting beat by the Utah Jazz and the box office bomb “Speed Racer.” (Admission requires an IQ of 65.)

The news is about Lebanese violence, elections in Serbia, and explosions in Gaza.

But, a cursory glance at the news wires tells us today is about more than that. It’s about the deep stuff. The important stuff. The stuff that warms our soul.

It’s about Jamie Lynn Spears celebrating her first Mothers Day.

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