Sharon, don't you understand what's going on? The world's a disaster.

Man, you leave for the weekend and everything goes to hell. The Gaza strip erupts into violence, the U.S. bombs a Somali town, Iranian President Ahmadinejad visits Iraq, Venezuala and Ecuador are on the brink of war with Columbia and Van Halen breaks up yet again.

Sometimes one has to sit back and wonder if mankind will ever be able to break the genetic disposition to conflict and or if David Lee Roth's ego will always be too much for Eddie to overcome.

In Pakistan police fired tear gas at lawyers. If it was the United States the police would be heroes.

Russia held an election with the results somewhat questionable. Dmitri Medvedev will share power with outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin. Thank God we've never had to face a situation where we had two Presidents here in the United States.

As a final sign that the apocalypse is nigh our own Overdroid won an ACME award from the prestigious ACME Comedy Theater in Los Angeles for Best Sketch Comedy series. Surely he is the Fourth Horseman.

(Note: this shot is not fuzzy. The subject is.)

God is like a drug. But instead of too much heroin, you're taking too much God.

From the "Do you want cheese with your whine?" department we have this:

They formed a circle and held hands, praying for the welfare of their school, the nation and the president. Some prayed silently. Others spoke English or Russian.

Administrators at Heritage High School repeatedly asked the students not to pray in the busy commons area and offered them room where they could meet before school. The students refused, triggering a showdown that ended with 11 suspensions last Friday.

First they don't let you pray in the common area. Then the next thing you know they're feeding you to the lions. It's a slippery slope.

Thank Shiva some one's standing up for this poor, persecuted minority of Christians who simply want to rub their religious beliefs in the face of their fellow students without facing this ridiculous harassment from The Man.

The Liberty Counsel, a Florida-based conservative legal advocacy group aligned with The Rev. Jerry Falwell, has thrown its support behind the students, threatening to sue the district over the Principal's suspensions. School officials received numerous complaints Thursday from radio listeners in Wisconsin, and a Christian radio station in Florida plans to air a discussion of the incident and issue, and area churches have phoned in solidarity.

Not everybody gets it:

Miller, the Christian High principal, questioned the point of initially insisting on meeting in the commons instead of a classroom.

"God," he said, "can hear your prayers wherever you are."

Well, sure. In theory. But God gets better reception when you use the non-believers around you as antenna. This is why so many Christian athaletes pray at center field immediately following a game. It's the difference between an analog with interference and a clear digital connection with the Almighty. Shame on the school for forcing these poor Russian students to talk to God on a bad line.