White House knew of levee's failure on night of the storm. And yet Nero played guitar on the following day, claiming New Orleans had "dodged the bullet."

So, now we've got someone suing Apple for iPod-related hearing loss; this is right up there with obese people suing McDonald's. So-called frivolous lawsuits really aren't so frivolous at all, as they give folks like George Bush and Grover Norquist an excuse to try to weaken citizens' rights of redress for true injuries resulting from corporate malpractice.