The "Sadness" Gets Pretty Deep: The Clintons issued the following statement through their spokeshuman yesterday regarding the death of their dog Buddy: ``We are deeply saddened by Buddy's death.'' Over the years they have issued the identical statement for the following. Former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, three dedicated international aid workers, King Hussein of Jordan,Tammy Wynette, Charles F.C. Ruff, Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Roy Acuff. Their sadness continued to deepen for the following: Meg Greenfield, Judge Higginbotham, Dan Dutko, Roy Lichtenstein, Rep. Bruce Vento, Rep. William Hatcher, Rep. Sidney Yates, Rep. Herbert Bateman, U.S. embassy bombing victims in Kenya and Tanzania, Pat Nixon, John Slane, John Lindsay, Jason Robards, Lars-Erik Nelson, Leah Rabin, Hosea Williams, Virginia Foster Durr, Pierre Trudeau, Sen. Paul Coverdell, Bob Squier, Charles M. Schultz, Jr., Tom Foerster, Tom Henderson, Egypt Air Flight 990, Lane Kirkland, King Hassan II, Jerome Robbins, etc. (Our thanks to a poster on FreeRepublic.com for doing this wonderful search. We are deeply saddened we didn't think to do it ourselves.)

Scene to Remember: In l998, Clinton throws stick to Buddy on his way to his car. Buddy runs long to fetch stick. Master steps into limousine and glides away. Buddy brings back stick and finds no one to give it to. Drops stick on lawn. Wanders away.

Greta's Little Secret? Page Six (could we even go on with our lives without them) reports that MSNBC is eyeing the formidable Alan Keyes to go opposite the Ungrateful Greta at 10:00 p.m. To be on the safe side, she is hanging on to a very long memo she has written in case they try to paint her as an ungrateful traitor. Sure sounds like something an ungrateful traitor would do.

American Airlines Stands Its Ground: The case of the airline vs the Secret Service agent gets more interesting everyday. We don't post press releases on the site so here's the link to the one American put out yesterday. Stalwart crew there and until we hear differently we are on the Fly Boys' side. It surely sounds like this agent was throwing his weight around. Here's what the Washington Post has to say about it with an informative thread by Ldotters attached.

Slip Sliding Away: Well, Toracelli beat the hot watch, ten suits and a free sportscar rap yesterday as Manhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White bumped the charges of accepting illegal gifts back to the Senate Ethics Committee and refused to bring charges in court. The Torch is one lucky dude. Let's see if the luck holds for his re-election.

LDotter Note: Your comments on the untimely death of Buddy, the Clinton's dog, have been picked up by Salon.com in an article that will have you chuckling all the way to work. Now we promise to shut up about Buddy. It's over.

-Your Dog (and cat and gerbil) Loving LComStaff