Riddle me this: 1. Wal-Mart has banned FHM, Maxim and Stuff magazines from its shelves based on their "racy" content, but continues to carry Cosmopolitan and Glamour. A quick look at this month's Cosmo reveals it to contain stories like "Naked Chefs: Hot Nude Men Who Can Cook," "Our Sexiest Bed Game: Play it with your guy tonight; he'll think he died and went to pleasure heaven" and "75 Sex Secrets of Couples Who Don't Know the Meaning of Ho-Hum." Umm... 'scuse much, double standard or something? If Wal-Mart is going to force its conservative Christian ethics on the country, it should do so across all gender lines, not just the men. Not that I condone forcing conservative Christian ethics on anyone, I'm just sayin'. 2. Two studies have found dangerously high levels of perchlorate in lettuce grown in California. Perchlorate, which is used in the manufacturing of rocket fuel, flares and munitions, has apparently gotten into the local water table and the Colorado River from area defense factories, and high enough levels can cause problems in developing fetuses. Now, here's the kicker: Read down to the bottom of that article, and you'll see a short paragraph about how the Bush administration has put before Congress a bill exempting the military and defense contractors from cleaning up their own toxic waste because it would "hinder military readiness." Now, let me take a moment to get this straight... our government wants to run off to other countries to defend our way of life, but they don't care about us back here on American soil eating food contaminated by waste created by these weapons used to defend us. And you're asking me to say our Fearless Leader is smart?