Cruz Bustamante wants to drop talking about recall and focus on his own campaign. "How do you expect me to compete if I don't focus?" he asks.

Chris Hitchens wants us to forget the kitsch and flag-waving of a 9/11 commemoration and stiffen up. He has a point.

The National Research Council wants you to know that your dog and/or cat is too fat. They say you can tell if you can't find Fido or Fluffy's ribs.

Hillary wants the world to know:

1) "I have said I am not running. If I knew another foreign language, I'd say it in that. "
2) I'm saying, `I'm not going to do it.' "
3)"I am absolutely ruling it out."
4) "I was not making an announcement that I was running for reelection."
5)"I keep saying no. That's the same today as it has been."

(All these statements were made at the Clinton's pad in Chappaqua, N.Y. Sunday night and we all know how Hillary keeps her word.)

Rather grandly, Ahmed Qureia (his other name is Abu Ala) wants you to know that he won't take the job of Palestinian prime minister unless the Bush administration pressures Israel to "stop its antiterrorism onslaught."

A man fingered by NBA superstar Kobe Bryant's cousin as one of the two real killers of Martha Moxley wants you to know "I had nothing to do with it."

In an interview with CNN's Paula Zahn, George Herbert Walker Bush, the current president's dad wants you to know that he has total control of the remote control in his house and that Barbara leaves the room when he starts yelling at the TV.

Your LComStaff wants you to know that our Annual Buy-Us-Enough-Bandwidth- to- Survive fund raiser will start next week so plan accordingly. We have a serious election to get through and we're going to need the juice to do it.