Officials with the city's Department on Aging went to Lillian Fletcher's home Oct. 29 to make a welfare check, and called police when they saw Fletcher in a window swinging a hammer back and forth . . . officers arrived and in an attempt to subdue Fletcher one of them used their Taser. The department is trying to determine if the officer violated department policy regarding the use of stun guns.

Strange times. The dollar is worth half of what it was when Bush took over from that rogue Clinton, Richie Daley in Chicago actually thinks having the Olympics there would be a good idea, 45 million Americans have no health insurance and 35 million need a handout just to get food.