HAPPY NEW DECADE

The Pope on New Year's Day asked all the armed groups in the world to "stop, reflect and abandon the way of violence."

And I'm still wishing for a pony for Christmas.

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This year, there's a new name for our forces in Iraq.

It used to be called the Multinational Force-Iraq, or as President George W. Bush called it, "The coalition of the willing."

But now it's called the United States Force-Iraq, because since Britain, Australia, Romania, Estonia, Tonga and 26 other nations pulled out, no one else has been willing.

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Here's something to think about.

• People killed in coal mines in the U.S. in 2009: 18
• People killed by nuclear power plants in 2009: 0

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• People killed in coal mines in the U.S. in 2008: 29
• People killed by nuclear power plants in 2008: 0

I'm just sayin'...

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