At work people were talking about Gore and when I saw my mom yesterday she wouldn't stop warning me about West Nile virus. Kinda funny when you think about how and what order we sensationalize things.

Al Gore got the Nobel Peace prize, but Mahatma Gandhi did not.

Crack cocaine possession is a 24 year prison sentence but manslaughter is 3.

Media spread fear of West Nile Virus has people running away from dead birds and living in fear of mosquitoes even though nationally it claimed only 100 lives in 2004 while the flu killed nearly 60,000.

And what's the latest craze? We've had everything from killer bees to bird flu, what could be next in our state of fear? Killer brain eating amoebas. Sounds like a bad movie.

So we're being told to avoid water now? How many affected? Oh yeah, 23 nationally over 10 years. I think you're more likely to accidentally drown in your coffee cup or slip in the shower and break your neck.