"Since I know Sweeps Month's almost over, I thought y'all might want some suggestions for what the kids should watch this summer."

Dubya's press conference this morning was both stunning and utterly the same ol' story. He's losing it. Or really lost it ages ago and now we're just seeing echoes. Expect endless parsing of his ranting non sequiters. And, more interestingly, his bizarre, threatening folksiness. A couple for your consideration - he told two reporters (NBC's David Gregory and the NYTimes' Jim Rutenberg) that al Qaeda are a "threat to your kids." Plus, he called the 9/11 hijackers "19 kids" that killed 3000 Americans. Just to call bullshite on that "19 kids" chestnut - Mohammed Atta was 33. One of the others on that flight was 38. You may think I'm fixated on a tiny, absurd statement from a man who strings together almost nothing but the same. But I see this as an essential insight into how Dubya thinks.

Hope your own kids don't get a healthy dose of fear served up in their direction today. Rock on.