"...I GOTTA WEAR SHADES"

The Republican-controlled Senate yesterday turned back a Democratic effort to stop the Bush administration from conducting research to develop "low-yield" nuclear weapons but faces other showdowns today over the administration's nuclear weapons policy.

The vote was 51 to 43, largely along party lines, in favor of a GOP proposal to lift a decade-old ban on research or other activities to develop these new battlefield weapons.(full story)

Ahh, "low-yield" nuclear weapons, you know, the ones that make several city blocks unlivable for decades rather than several hundred square miles. Will they resemble the "nukes" from Starship Troopers?

I suppose we're setting a good example in the eyes of those blasted commie Saddam sympathizers by expanding our WMD program. Wait a second there...