Today in Western New York, more than 46,000 people suffer from Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. Without a research break- through or the development of new treatments in the next few years, 14 million baby boomers nationwide will be victims of the disease, and the cost of their care alone will bankrupt both Medicaid and Medicare. We urge voters to call their senators and representatives to ask them to commit more funding for Alzheimer's research." [Letter to the editor, Buffalo News] 7. "OK, I've been shilly-shallying around here, hesitant to come right out and say what I think, but I'm becoming convinced that our president, the man with his finger on the nuclear trigger, is a bona fide nutcase. I really do. For him to say God told him to strike al-Qaida is just nutso. For him to say God told him to strike at Saddam, ditto. This guy is not dealing with a full deck." [Editorial, SFGate.com]